IP Library Granted Patent US 9,179,339
Granted Patent B2
US 9,179,339 · App. 12/919,006 · Granted Nov 3, 2015

Method and system for testing the wireless signal propagation model of the cellular network

Inventor: Yanwei Wu (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
H04W24/06
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Patent No.
US 9,179,339
App. No.
12/919,006
Granted
Nov 3, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and system for testing the wireless signal propagation model of the cellular network is provided in the invention. The method comprising: selecting a testing site to install a receiving testing apparatus; moving a transmission apparatus along a testing route transmitting a testing signal upon moving; the receiving testing apparatus receiving the testing signal, and detecting the strength of the received testing signal; and obtaining field strength testing data along the testing route based on a synchronization established between the transmission apparatus and the receiving testing apparatus. By this invention, the testing efficiency of the wireless signal propagation model correction in the area covered by the cellular network can be improved.

Claims (28)

1. A method for testing wireless signal propagation model

of a cellular network, comprising:

selecting more than one testing sites to install a receiving testing apparatus,

wherein selecting more than one testing sites to install the receiving testing apparatus comprises selecting at least one height in each of the testing sites to mount at least one said receiving testing apparatus, the at least one receiving testing apparatus being respectively oriented in at least one direction;

moving a transmission apparatus along a testing route, transmitting a testing signal upon moving; the receiving testing apparatus receiving the testing signal, and detecting the strength of the received testing signal; and

obtaining field strength testing data along the testing route based on a synchronization established between the transmission apparatus and the receiving testing apparatus; and

analyzing the field strength testing data to obtain a wireless propagation model about an area of the testing route, the analyzing comprising:

selectively merging the field strength testing data according to a topographic and geomorphologic feature along the testing route; and

performing a wireless propagation model correction using the field strength testing data to form the wireless propagation model under at least one type of environment.

2. The method for testing wireless signal propagation model

according to claim 1 , wherein selecting more than one testing sites to install a receiving testing apparatus comprises:

selecting at least one testing site in at least one type of area.

3. The method for testing wireless signal propagation model according to claim 1 , wherein at least one transmission apparatus is included.

4. A system for testing wireless signal field strength of a cellular network, comprising:

a transmitting apparatus, configured to transmit a testing signal upon moving along a testing route;

a receiving testing apparatus, installed at more than one selected testing sites, configured to receive the testing signal and to detect the strength of the received signal; and to obtain field strength testing data along the testing route according to a synchronization established between the transmission apparatus and the receiving testing apparatus, wherein the more than one selected testing sites to install the receiving testing apparatus comprise at least one height selected in each of the testing sites to mount at least one said receiving testing apparatus, the at least one receiving testing apparatus being respectively oriented in at least one direction; and

a model analyzing apparatus, configured to analyze the field strength testing data to obtain a wireless propagation model about an area of the testing route, the model analyzing apparatus comprising:

a merging module, configured to selectively merge the field strength testing data according to a topographic and geomorphologic feature along the testing route; and

a correcting module, configured to perform a wireless propagation model correction using the field strength testing data to form the wireless propagation model under at least one type of environment.

5. The system for testing wireless signal field strength according to claim 4 , wherein the receiving testing apparatus comprises:

a receiving module, configured to receive the testing signal;

a testing module, configured to test the strength of the received testing signal; and

a clock synchronizing module, configured to establish a synchronization with the transmission apparatus.

6. The system for testing wireless signal field strength according to claim 4 , wherein the receiving testing apparatus comprises at least one said receiving testing apparatus mounted at the at least one height in the at least one testing site selected from at least one type of area and is respectively oriented in the at least one direction.

7. The system for testing wireless signal field strength according to claim 4 , wherein at least one transmission apparatus is included, the transmission apparatus comprises:

a transmitting module, configured to transmit the testing signal upon moving;

a clock synchronizing module, configured to establish a clock synchronization with the receiving testing apparatus;

a locating module, configured to record the location information of the testing route.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2022
From: PATTINGTON IP LLC
To: PRESTWICK LICENSING LLC
Reel/Frame 060630/0596 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2022
From: ZTE CORPORATION
To: PATTINGTON IP LLC
Reel/Frame 060777/0652 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 1, 2010
From: WU, YANWEI
To: ZTE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025229/0602 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2008 1 0007366 · Mar 11, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
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