Patent ID: 6298233
Filing Date: 2001-10-02
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A method in a two-way wireless communication system for detection and deferred reporting of a communication difficulty and a location at which the communication difficulty occurred, the method comprising in a portable subscriber unit the steps of:providing communications for a user;monitoring a parameter indicative of communication quality during the communications;comparing the parameter with a predetermined threshold; andwhen the communication quality deteriorates such that the parameter reaches the predetermined threshold, performing the steps of:determining geographic coordinates corresponding to the location at which the communication difficulty occurred; andadding a communication difficulty report to a record of communication difficulty reports stored in the portable subscriber unit, the communication difficulty report identifying the parameter and the geographic coordinates, andwherein the method further comprises in the portable subscriber unit the steps of:receiving a request for the record of communication difficulty reports from a fixed portion of the two-way wireless communication system; andcommunicating the record of communication difficulty reports to the fixed portion in response to the request.