Patent Document ID: 20100246544
Application ID: 12413970
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for collecting macro-network operation data through an indoor-based access point (AP), comprising: employing a processor to execute code instructions retained in a memory, the code instructions when executed by the processor carry out the following acts: receiving a directive to scan a confined wireless environment and a scan configuration associated with the directive, the indoor-based AP operates in the confined wireless environment, wherein the request is received periodically or on based on a schedule; when accepting the directive to scan the confined wireless environment, probing if the received scan configuration is compatible with operation of the indoor-based AP; when the scan configuration is compatible with operation of the indoor-based AP, scanning the confined wireless environment in accordance with the scan configuration; and collecting macro-network operation data surveyed through scanning the confined wireless environment, the macro-network operation data includes data on a network that operates the indoor-based AP and a competing network.