Patent ID: 8055202

Claim:
A measuring apparatus for measuring service quality in an area in a communication system in which a plurality of base stations use one frequency band for transmitting downlink signals, wherein the service quality in an area provides an indication of the numbers of concurrently settable communication channels, the measuring apparatus comprising: a receiver configured to receive constant power signals that are the downlink signals transmitted by the respective base stations through constant power channels in which transmission powers are constant; a reception power measuring unit configured to measure reception powers of the constant power signals transmitted by the respective base stations; a reception power selector configured to select a reception power which is a base for measurement of the service quality in the area, out of the reception powers measured by the reception power measuring unit; a ratio information obtaining unit configured to obtain conversion ratios each of which is a ratio of a transmission power of a constant power channel corresponding to a respective base station, to a maximum transmission power corresponding to the respective base station; a reception power converter configured to convert the reception powers measured by the reception power measuring unit on the basis of the respective conversion ratios obtained by the ratio information obtaining unit, and to calculate converted reception powers for the respective constant power channels; and an area quality measuring unit configured to measure the service quality in the area on the basis of a total of the converted reception power corresponding to the reception power selected by the reception power selector, and the converted reception powers corresponding to the reception powers not selected by the reception power selector.