Patent ID: 7116980

Claim:
A computer implemented method for management of radio frequency communication coverage over a wide geographic area, said method comprising the computer implemented steps of: creating a database specifying a geographic location for each of a plurality of existing communication locations within a wide geographic area and a listing of physical parameters associated with each communication location, including space availability for additional communications equipment; periodically verifying said plurality of physical parameters for selected ones of said plurality of existing communication locations and thereafter validating said plurality of physical parameters within said database; storing measured signal strength at each specified communication frequency in a predetermined radius around each existing communication location within said database; selecting an entity authorized to transmit by government authorities within said wide geographic area utilizing a specified communication frequency; and thereafter, selectively accessing said database and listing each existing communication location within said database in a geographic location having a signal strength below a specified level for said selected entity authorized to transmit by government authorities within said wide geographic area by displaying a list of all existing communication locations within said database in a geographic location having a signal strength below a specified level and a listing of physical parameters associated wit each communication location, including space availability for additional communications equipment.