Kathryn Lee Hanson

US Patent:

6522888, Feb 18, 2003

Filed:

Aug 31, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/387604

Inventors:

Julio Antonio Garceran - Randolph NJ
Kathryn W. Hanson - Red Bank NJ
Alex Matusevich - Morris Plains NJ

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies Inc. - Murray Hill NJ

International Classification:

H04Q 720

US Classification:

455456, 455 677, 455423, 455440, 455422424, 455436, 455439

Abstract:

A system for determining coverage in a wireless communications systems uses location information for a wireless unit and collects information on communications between the wireless unit and the wireless communications system in association with the location information. The wireless communications system determines and/or receives location information for the wireless unit along with other information associated with the location information. The information by location can be used to represent the coverage of a geographic region. For example, during communications between a serving base station and a wireless unit, the serving base station could receive and/or determine signal quality measurements of a forward link and/or of a reverse link at a particular location. Additionally, neighboring base stations can monitor the communications and determine and/or receive location information for the location of the wireless unit along with the information associated with or corresponding to the location of the wireless unit. The associated information can be linked with additional parameters, such as wireless unit type, wireless unit identity, frequency, operating conditions and/or base station identity.