Patent ID: 8032132
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. In a cellular radio receiver, a diagnostic data collection module comprising: a diagnostic data memory in said cellular radio receiver designated to maintain a plurality of operating parameters gathered during operation of said cellular radio receiver and relating to operation of said cellular radio receiver; an operating parameters monitoring and storage module for obtaining operating parameters relating to operation of said cellular radio receiver and for directing storage of said operating parameters into said diagnostic data memory; a digital signal processor for determining a noise characterization based on said operating parameters; a spectrum analyzer for determining a spectrum analysis based on said operating parameters; wherein said operating parameters maintained in said diagnostic data memory comprise a plurality of received signal strength indicators each associated with a different location within a cellular network of the cellular radio receiver; wherein said operating parameters and said noise characterization are subsequently delivered from the diagnostic data memory to a service provider of the cellular network via an Internet interface and processed by the service provider with operating parameters gathered by other cellular radio receivers so as to characterize a coverage area of the cellular network; wherein said spectrum analysis is subsequently delivered from the diagnostic data collection module to the service provider of the cellular network via the Internet interface and processed by the service provider; and wherein at least a portion of said plurality of operating parameters are gathered during normal operation of said cellular radio receiver by a consumer other than the service provider.