Patent ID: 7035642
Filing Date: 2006-04-25
Classification: G01F,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for analyzing wireless communications network performance for a physical environment in which a network which includes one or more wireless communications network components is or will be deployed, comprising the steps of: storing or displaying a computerized representation of a physical environment and one or more computer representations of one or more wireless communications network components which are or can be incorporated within said physical environment, said computerized representation of said physical environment having one or more computer representations of physical objects which model said physical environment and having one or more values or properties which may affect wireless communications assigned to said one or more computer representations of said physical objects, and said computer representations of said one or more wireless communications network components or said one or more computer representations of said physical objects being stored or displayed at specified locations within said computerized representation of said physical environment; defining one or more watch points within said computerized representation of said physical environment where at least one performance metric is to be assessed by using a mouse or other positioning device; and predicting said at least one performance metric for said one or more watch points using said one or more values or properties assigned to said one or more physical objects when predicting said at least one performance metric for said one or more watch points.