Patent ID: 7616665
Filing Date: 2009-11-10
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for monitoring the health of a wireless telecommunication network, comprising: a mobile device; a data service provider infrastructure; and a carrier network having a wireless connection to said mobile device and a connection to said data service provider infrastructure; said data service provider infrastructure being operable to: generate a digital packet including a request for location information; and transmit said request packet to said mobile device via said carrier network ( said carrier network being operable to: receive said request packet from said data service provider infrastructure; attach carrier-network location data for said mobile device, to said request packet; and transmit said request packet including said carrier-network location data, to said mobile device; and said mobile device being operable to: receive said request packet and detect there from, whether location information from said mobile device is desired by said data service provider infrastructure; extract said carrier-network location data from said request packet and store said carrier-network location data extracted from said request packet, within said mobile device; insert said carrier-network location data into a field of an acknowledgement packet that said carrier network will pass to said data service provider infrastructure; and return said acknowledgement packet that includes the carrier-network location data to said data service provider infrastructure, via said carrier network; said carrier network also being operable to: receive said acknowledgement packet from said mobile device; and pass said acknowledgement packet to said data service provider infrastructure; wherein said data service provider infrastructure uses said location information to analyze the health of said telecommunication network.