Patent ID: 7953403

Claim:
A method for detecting a radio coverage in a multicellular mobile radio system with a plurality of base stations connected to an evaluation unit, comprising: providing a plurality of base stations in a normal operating mode, the base stations communicatively connected to an evaluation unit; consecutively switching the plurality of base stations, one at a time, from the normal operating mode to a measuring operating mode; measuring, by the one switched base station in the measuring operating mode, a field strength of each of the base stations locally adjacent to the one switched base station, with the locally adjacent base stations in the normal operating mode; measuring, by the one switched base station in the measuring operating mode, a quality of synchronicity between the one switched base station and each of the locally adjacent base stations, with the locally adjacent base stations in the normal operating mode; sending each measured field strength and measure of synchronicity quality to the evaluation unit; switching the one switched base station in the measuring operating mode back to the normal operating mode, and evaluating the field strength and synchronicity quality by the evaluation unit; wherein the consecutive switching of base stations to the measuring operating mode, the measuring of the field strength, the synchronizing, the measuring of the synchronicity quality, the sending, and the switching of the one switched base station back to the normal operating mode is repeated such that each of the plurality of base stations is switched to the measuring operating mode.