Patent ID: 8060076
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for monitoring an attribute of one of a plurality of radios in a wireless network, the method comprising: monitoring substantially continuously the attribute of said one of said plurality of radios at a monitoring module in said one of said plurality of radios, the monitoring module operatively connected to a second network independent of the wireless network; providing a display device operatively connected to said second network; controlling communications with said monitoring module via said second network using a communication module operatively connected to said display device; transmitting via said second network to said display device a value representative of the current state of said attribute wherein the transmitting occurs upon a change in the state of said attribute from a previous state of said attribute; determining changes in an environmental parameter of said one of said plurality of radios using the state of said attribute and the previous state of said attribute; displaying a value associated with changes in the environmental parameter on said display device; and changing antenna parameters to compensate for changes in the environmental parameter.