Inventors:
Mark Austin - Atlanta GA, US
Dock J. Latiolais - Rosharon TX, US
Derek Johnson - Smyrna GA, US
Ali Jabbary - Roswell GA, US
Assignee:
AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP - Atlanta GA
International Classification:
H04W 40/00
H04W 72/00
H04W 24/00
Abstract:
A method of measuring frequency interference between adjacent cell sites in a wireless telecommunications system. The method includes selecting a frequency in a cell site to be used as a beacon frequency. The method also includes activating the beacon frequency in the cell site and recording, at a telecommunications switch, a signal strength of the beacon frequency as measured by a first wireless device operating in the cell site and a signal strength of the beacon frequency as measured by a second wireless device operating in another cell site. The method further includes determining the frequency interference between the cell site and the other cell site based on the signal strengths.