Patent ID: 7680644
Filing Date: 2010-03-16
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for analyzing a communications network having a plurality of components, the method comprising: obtaining a site-specific computerized model of a physical environment associated with the communications network; obtaining information pertaining to each of the plurality of components that are used in said communications network from a parts list library, wherein at least some of said information obtained from the parts list library includes frequency-dependent characteristics of particular ones of the plurality of components, the frequency-dependent characteristics comprising a plurality of values for an operating characteristic of the particular component, each of the plurality of values describing the operating characteristic of the particular component at a different operating frequency; modeling performance characteristics of the communications network based upon the information and the site-specific computerized model at a modeled operating frequency, wherein the modeling comprises automatically evaluating the particular components using one of the plurality of values for the operating characteristic of the particular component obtained from the parts list library that corresponds to the modeled operating frequency; and displaying the performance characteristics on a computer display.