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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2016
At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);
James Gordon Beattie, Jr., Bergenfield, NJ (US);
Stephen Griesmer, Westfield, NJ (US);
Thomas Killian, Brookside, NJ (US);
N. L. Schryer, New Providence, NJ (US);
Dipesh Hasmukhlal Shah, Fremont, CA (US);
Kaushik Gohel, Atlanta, GA (US);
AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods that utilize femtocell access points (FAP) to perform radio frequency (RF) network sweeps are provided. In one embodiment, a method includes: predicting an availability of an access point (AP) to perform an RF network sweep; and determining that the access point is available to perform the RF network sweep based, at least, on a prediction that a mobile device on a white list for the access point is not likely to access the access point during a time interval associated with performing the RF network sweep. In another embodiment, a method includes: comparing a network quality characteristic for a wireless channel associated with a FAP with a network quality characteristic for a wired network communicatively coupled to the FAP. The network quality characteristics can be the same. The method can then include employing the comparison to determine to which network an impairment is attributable.