Efficient deployment of mobile test units to gather location-dependent radio-frequency data
US9351171B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 10, 2007 |
| Grant date | May 24, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 8, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W16/18
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A technique for designing and testing drive-test plan for gathering location-dependent RF data is disclosed. In accordance with some embodiments of the present invention, one candidate drive-test plan is chosen for implementation over a second based on an economic cost-benefit analysis of both plans. This is in marked contrast to, for example, a selection of drive-test plans, or the design of a drive-test plan, based on a calibration-cost analysis, in which the data estimated to be the most effective to calibrate a radio-frequency tool is sought for a given cost or the least cost. Although a data-estimated-to-be-most-effective-to-calibrate-a-radio-frequency-tool vs. cost analysis is a species of cost-benefit analyses in general, it is not an economic cost-benefit analysis because a data-estimated-to-be-most-effective-to-calibrate-a-radio-frequency-tool vs. cost analysis has deficiencies that an economic cost-benefit analysis does not.
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