Patent ID: 9167437
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for collecting performance data that can be used to characterize the performance of a wireless communications system comprising at least one client device, a wireless routing device communicatively connected to the at least one client device, a data exchanger communicatively connected to the wireless routing device and an internet service provider, and the data exchanger being configured to connect the wireless routing device to the internet service provider, the method comprising: issuing a request from the wireless routing device to the data exchanger for performance data characterizing a wireless data communication that occurs between the internet service provider and the data exchanger, wherein the wireless routing device includes a memory, and is configured to route communications between the at least one client device and the internet service provider, via the data exchanger; receiving performance data at the wireless routing device in response to the request for performance data characterizing the wireless data communication; collecting the performance data with the wireless routing device; correlating the performance data using the wireless routing device; and storing the correlated data in the memory of the wireless routing device.