Patent ID: 7542762
Filing Date: 2009-06-02
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A wireless communication system in which a general wireless communication terminal that is present in one or more coverage areas of a plurality of wireless communication apparatuses executes a first program provided in the general wireless communication terminal and conducts communication with another wireless communication terminal via a communication network connected to one of the wireless communication apparatuses associated with the general wireless communication terminal, said wireless communication system comprising: a maintenance apparatus for the wireless communication system; and at least one second wireless communication terminal placed in one of the coverage areas of the plurality of wireless communication apparatuses, said coverage area selected as a test area for making a test of the wireless communication system, wherein said second wireless communication terminal is a general wireless communication terminal and includes an application program for testing the wireless communication system that is downloaded from the maintenance apparatus after said second wireless communication terminal is placed in said coverage area, wherein said maintenance apparatus activates said second wireless communication terminal at regular intervals or based on a instruction from a user of the maintenance apparatus, wherein when said maintenance apparatus activates said second wireless communication terminal, said second wireless communication terminal activates the application program, executes communication with said maintenance apparatus, and makes a test of said wireless communication system, and wherein the test comprises performing either a first series of steps or a second series of steps at the second wireless communication terminal, the first series of steps comprising: the second series of steps comprising: