Telecommunications – Radiotelephone system – Zoned or cellular telephone system
Reexamination Certificate
2004-12-22
2011-12-06
Vu, Huy (Department: 2461)
Telecommunications
Radiotelephone system
Zoned or cellular telephone system
C370S328000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08073456
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to methods and arrangements in cellular communication networks exhibiting dynamic cell coverage, in particular, to estimate the uplink coverage in a network in operation. According to the method of the present invention a received rate is determined from at least one mobile terminal being in a communication session, by measuring the number of received transport blocks during a predetermined time interval. The received rate is compared with a predetermined expected rate, and if the received rate is below the expected rate poor coverage is identified. Since the coverage is potentially load dependent an estimate of the uplink coverage has been obtained.
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Duffy James P
Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
Vu Huy
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