Patent ID: 8775461

Claim:
A case search system for searching for a case that serves as a reference in a design or operation of a wireless network, the case search system comprising: an apparatus including a processor; and a case database which stores a plurality of cases of previous design or operation of wireless networks, and registers for at least one case among the plurality of cases, environment information that determines environmental characteristics of a wireless network in an area associated with the at least one case; wherein the processor comprising; a case search unit that searches the case database for a case among the plurality of cases which serves as a reference for design or operation of a current wireless network using, as a search key, environment information that determines environmental characteristics of the current wireless network in a target area which is a subject matter of the design or operation of the current wireless network, wherein the environmental information represents at least one parameter potentially affecting wireless communication characteristics, wherein the case search unit searches the case having the environmental information similar to that of the current wireless network in the target area, wherein in the case database, for the case of the design or operation of a wireless network, information of a fault observation result is registered in association with environment information, and wherein the case search unit searches the case database for a case which serves as a reference using both the information of fault observation result and the environment information as the search key.