Patent ID: 8374597

Claim:
A method of testing electromagnetic signal strength near a target area, comprising: providing a fleet of vehicles serving a territory near said target area, each of said vehicles assigned to one of a plurality of routes according to a dispatch plan, said dispatch plan comprising vehicle data and route data wherein the route data includes time data specifying one or more intermediate stop durations corresponding to said one or more intermediate stop locations, receiving test parameters for testing electromagnetic signal strength wherein the test parameters include a target area and a time parameter; comparing said test parameters to said dispatch plan for each of said plurality of routes, identifying one or more select routes from among said plurality of routes based on the results of said comparing, said select routes comprising those most nearly satisfying said test parameters including said target area and said time parameter, installing one of a plurality of electromagnetic signal testing units in the vehicles assigned to at least one of said one or more select routes, and receiving data gathered by said plurality of signal testing units installed in the vehicles assigned to at least one of said one or more select routes.