DIAGNOSTICS AND SELF-HEALING IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE BASED ON PEER-TO-PEER SIGNALING AND EMULATION

摘要

A method ( 400 ) of responding to a signaling problem at a communication device ( 102 ) includes identifying ( 404, 414 ) another communication device ( 118 ) to act as a peer of the communication device if a first signal quality measurement of a wide-area signal received at the communication device is less than a predetermined threshold. The method includes generating ( 416 ) a second signal quality measurement that is conveyed over a peer-to-peer connection ( 120 ) between the communication device ( 102 ) and the peer. The method further includes determining ( 418 ), based upon the second signal quality measurement, whether or not the source of the signaling problem is a fault in the communication device ( 102 ). The method can further include generating ( 423 ) a third signal quality measurement that can be compared to the first signal quality measurement for determining a source of the signaling problem.