Patent ID: 8831592
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a distributed antenna system (DAS), including a plurality of DAS antennas to provide a respective plurality of DAS coverage areas for a wireless network; a plurality of statically deployed monitoring devices, each of the monitoring devices including at least one radio frequency (RF) transmitter/receiver, the monitoring devices configured to run application tests to provide testing of the wireless network to thereby provide test information related to the wireless network, the application tests include testing of messaging services, wherein the application tests include testing of voice, data, and short message services, wherein at least one of the monitoring devices is configured to open a short message service application and send a first test message to a receiving device associated with the system as part of a short message service test and to receive a second test message from the receiving device and to store test results of the short message service test; an evaluation component to evaluate the test information and determine changes to one or more parameters in the wireless network based on the test information, the test information including the test results; a control component responsive to the changes to the one or more parameters communicated by the evaluation component to cause adjustment to one or more parameters of the wireless network based on the test information; and a macro cell transmitter/receiver providing a macro cell having a macro coverage area that overlaps one or more of the DAS coverage areas and wherein the adjustment of the one or more parameters comprises shifting spectrum from utilization by the macro cell transmitter/receiver to utilization by one or more of the DAS antennas.