Method and apparatus for collecting data associated with wireless communications

US10834607B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

• Donald J. Barnickel · Flemington, US
• Thomas M. Willis, III · Tinton Falls, US
• Dorothy Zarsky · Summit, US
• Ken Liu · Taichung, TW
• Farhad Barzegar · Readington, US
• Irwin Gerszberg · Kendall Park, US
• Pamela A. M. Bogdan · Neptune, US
• Brandon Pimm · Manalapan, US
• David M. Britz · Rumson, US
• Paul Shala Henry · Holmdel, US
• Robert Bennett · Southold, US
• James Gordon Beattie, Jr. · Bergenfield, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 1, 2019
• Grant date: Nov 10, 2020
• Expiry date: Mar 1, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W64/00
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, wirelessly receiving test signals when an unmanned aircraft is at different positions in proximity to a transmission medium where the first group of test signals is transmitted from different locations, determining RF parameters associated with each of the test signals, and generating placement information indicative of a target location for a communication device to be positioned, where the placement information is generated based on the RF parameters. Other embodiments are disclosed.