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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2001
Scott B. Davis, Walworth, WI (US);
Michael A. Newell, Williams Bay, WI (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A method of creating a database of poor coverage areas ( ) in a wireless communication system includes ( ) determining if a signal quality metric ( ) of a communication link ( ) in a poor coverage area ( ) is below a signal quality threshold ( ) then incrementing a poor coverage area counter ( ), if not, incrementing a good coverage area counter ( ). Storing one or more previous coverage areas ( ) traversed by wireless device ( ) prior to entering the poor coverage area ( ) and calculating a trajectory ( ) to the poor coverage area ( ) based on one or more previous coverage areas ( ) and poor coverage area ( ). Subsequently, anticipating entry of the wireless device ( ) into the poor coverage area ( ) utilizing the trajectory ( ) to the poor coverage area ( ) and alerting a user of wireless device ( ).