Patent ID: 8385908

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for modifying mobile network signal propagation predictions, comprising: receiving from a network management system signal characteristics comprising at least a first signal characteristic value and a second signal characteristic value, wherein each signal characteristic value is derived from separate measurements from a plurality of mobile network stations corresponding to signals propagating in a predetermined portion of a mobile telephone network comprising a sector, and wherein the signal characteristics include at least two of received signal strength indicator values, an interference matrix comprising a plurality of interference values each representing interference of the sector with a respective plurality of other sectors of the mobile telephone network, and timing advance values; receiving a first signal propagation prediction corresponding to the predetermined portion of the mobile telephone network; modifying the first signal propagation prediction to produce a second signal propagation prediction using the signal characteristics; using the second signal propagation prediction and a traffic map corresponding to the portion of the mobile telephone network to produce estimated signal characteristics corresponding to the predetermined portion of the mobile telephone network; and comparing the estimated signal characteristics to the signal characteristics received from the network management system.