Patent ID: 7039365

Claim:
A method of determining a wireless configuration for a residential wireless transceiver, the method comprising: generating and transmitting a first signal from the residential wireless transceiver, wherein the residential wireless transceiver is fixed in a location during operation; receiving the first signal into a plurality of other fixed wireless transceivers wherein the other fixed wireless transceivers are fixed in locations during operation; generating and transmitting first report messages from the other fixed wireless transceivers indicating characteristics of the first signal; generating and transmitting second signals from the other fixed wireless transceivers; receiving the second signals into the residential wireless transceiver; generating and transmitting a second report message from the residential wireless transceiver indicating characteristics of the second signals; receiving the first report messages and the second report message into a management system; in the management system, determining the location of the residential wireless transceiver based on the characteristics of the first signal and the characteristics of the second signals; and in the management system, determining the wireless configuration for the residential wireless transceiver based on the location of the residential wireless transceiver and the locations of the other fixed wireless transceivers.