Patent ID: 7499700

Claim:
A method for managing reporting by a mobile station comprising: determining, by an infrastructure, a test coverage area; determining, by the infrastructure, a plurality of mobile stations associated with the test coverage area to produce a plurality of test mobile stations; in response to determining the plurality of test mobile stations, provisioning, by the infrastructure to the plurality of test mobile stations and over the air, policies that prompt a reporting by the test mobile stations, wherein the policies comprise an identification of the system operating parameters to be measured by the test mobile stations, instructions for assembling a report message that comprises the measured system operating parameters, and a destination address for a conveyance of the report message; and in response to provisioning the policies to the plurality of test mobile stations, reporting, by one or more mobile stations of the plurality of test mobile stations, measured system operating parameters; wherein reporting comprises: determining, by each test mobile station of the plurality of test mobile stations, whether the test mobile station is in an area of low mobility, has an acceptable power source output level, and is operating in a cell with an acceptable cell loading level; when the test mobile station is in an area of low mobility, has an acceptable power source output level, and is operating in a cell with an acceptable cell loading level, reporting, by the test mobile station, the measured system operating parameters; and when a test mobile station of the plurality of test mobile stations is not in an area of low mobility, does not have an acceptable power source output level, and is not operating in a cell with an acceptable cell loading level, storing, by the test mobile station, the measured system parameters to produce stored system parameters and waiting, by the test mobile station, for an expiration of a waiting period before reconsidering reporting the stored system parameters.