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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2018
T-mobile Usa, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Peter P. Myron, Renton, WA (US);
Samson Kim-Sun Kwong, Bellevue, WA (US);
Michael J. Mitchell, North Bend, WA (US);
T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
Monitoring devices, which in some cases may comprise smartphones, are placed at base stations of a cellular communications network to report base station information. This may be performed in some cases without relying on communications with the base station, such as by monitoring sensors of the monitoring device and by analyzing signals transmitted by the monitored base stations. Status information regarding a monitored base station and/or anomalies detected at the base station are communicated to a central support service using the wireless capabilities of the monitored base station itself. In cases where the monitored base station is inoperative, the monitoring device can communicate through a neighboring base station.