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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2008
Christopher M. Yenney, Ashburn, VA (US);
Bryan T. Barbee, Olathe, KS (US);
Ryan S. Talley, Overland Park, KS (US);
Timothy W. Sill, Platte City, MO (US);
Christopher M. Yenney, Ashburn, VA (US);
Bryan T. Barbee, Olathe, KS (US);
Ryan S. Talley, Overland Park, KS (US);
Timothy W. Sill, Platte City, MO (US);
Sprint Spectrum L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for manually configuring low-cost Internet-base-station (LCIB) coverage using an associated mobile station. In an embodiment, an LCIB receives a user command of a first type, responsively enters a coverage-configuration mode, and then receives from a mobile station a series of user commands of a second type, each instructing the LCIB to engage in a power-calibration call with the mobile station. Responsively, the LCIB engages in a respective series of power-calibration calls with the mobile station, each call comprising the LCIB identifying a minimum transmission-power level at which a forward-link frame error rate (FFER) for the mobile station is less than a FFER threshold. The LCIB sets a transmission-power level for a pilot beacon (i.e. configures its coverage) based at least in part on the maximum transmission-power level among the minimum transmission-power levels identified while engaging in the series of power-calibration calls.