Patent ID: 6496700
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
A method comprising:intermittently measuring a path-loss related characteristic between a base station of a wireless communication system and one or more wireless terminals at a plurality of geographic locations within a service area of the wireless communication system thereby obtaining a measured path-loss characteristic, wherein the measuring is performed in substantial absense of correlation to an absolute geographic location regarding where the path-loss characteristic measurements were taken; storing the measured path-loss characteristic in a form relating the measured path-loss characteristic between the base station and the geographic locations of the wireless terminals thereby forming a stored measured path-loss characteristic, wherein the number of the stored measured path-loss characteristics relating the path-loss measurements and geographic locations within the service area of the base station is substantially greater than one; determining at least one continuous system organization parameter of the wireless communication system based on the stored measured path-loss characteristics; and altering the at least one continuous system organization parameter based on the stored measured path-loss characteristics.