Patent ID: 7603479

Claim:
A portable diagnostic device (PDD) for diagnosing packet-based wireless networks, the PDD comprising: an input device configured to convert user input into electrical signals; a radio frequency (RF) transceiver; an antenna; processing logic configured to execute a diagnostic software module that generates diagnostic commands for diagnosing a packet-based wireless network and that interprets diagnostic information sent from the packet-based wireless network to the PDD, the diagnostic information including information relating to a type of data security employed; route tracing logic configured to target an IP address entered into the PDD by receiving and processing the IP address, performing a trace route that collects IP addresses of elements along a route to the IP address, and displaying the IP addresses of the elements along the route; a modem configured to wirelessly communicate via the RF transceiver and the antenna with a base transceiver station (BTS) that is in communication with the packet-based wireless network; and an integrated display device configured to display diagnostic information received by the RF transceiver and processed by the processing logic, the diagnostic information displayed on the display device describing one or more attributes of the packet-based wireless network.