Patent ID: 8818354

Claim:
A method comprising steps of: receiving, at a mobile station, a value for each of a plurality of call control parameters for performing a validation test of a model of the mobile station, the value for each of the call control parameters being input from an operator of the mobile station, the call control parameters including at least a duration for connecting the mobile device to a destination device during a test call, a telephone number associated with the destination device, and an indication of a number of times to perform the test call to the destination device, the received telephone number associated with the destination device including a destination telephone number associated with a location based service, the location based service including an emergency service; automatically executing, by the mobile station via a wireless communication network, the test call the indicated number of times each for the indicated duration according to the received values for the plurality of call control parameters; transmitting, to an element of the wireless communication network, location data associated with the mobile station during the indicated number of times of execution of the test call, to identify a location of the mobile station during the indicated number of times of execution of the test call; recording, by the mobile station, the identified location and one or more test parameters during the indicated number of times of execution of the test call; reporting, by the mobile station, the identified location and the one or more recorded test parameters; and validating the operability of the mobile station with the wireless communication network based on the reported one or more test parameters and the identified location of the mobile station, wherein: validating the operability of the mobile station includes certifying that the model of the mobile station is ready for use in the wireless communication network, and certifying that the model of the mobile station includes determining an accuracy of the identified location during each executed test call associated with the location based service.