Patent ID: 8060102
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for analysing a wireless network with a proposed base station added at a proposed location, the method comprising: receiving first data representative of a test signal received at a measurement location from a test transmitter at the proposed location, and second data representative of at least one communication signal received at the measurement location from the existing wireless network, wherein the first data comprises a signal strength for the test signal received at the measurement location, wherein the second data comprises a power spectrum density indication for the existing wireless network at the measurement location, and wherein the second data further comprises signal strengths for a plurality of communication signals received at the measurement location, each communication signal corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of communication channels transmitted by one or more existing base stations within the wireless network; and processing the first and second data to estimate at least one signal characteristic at the measurement location for the wireless network with the proposed base station added; wherein said processing comprises: