Patent ID: 6081717
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A method for measuring an area surrounding a transceiver, said area receiving a plurality of signals transmitted from said transceiver wherein at least a predetermined proportion of said plurality of signals have a strength exceeding a predetermined threshold, said method comprising the steps of:measuring, at a multiplicity of locations within said area, the strength of a multiplicity of signals;estimating a radius of said area, responsive to said measuring step;measuring the strength of a second multiplicity of signals at a perimeter, said perimeter comprising a plurality of locations at a distance from said transceiver substantially equivalent to said radius; anddetermining, after each of said perimeter measurements, whether a sequential likelihood ratio test is triggered;for a determination that said sequential likelihood ratio test is triggered, determining whether cell border probability is acceptable; andotherwise, measuring a subsequent signal at said perimeter and repeating said step of determining whether a sequential likelihood ratio test is triggered.