System and method for determining user-perceived holes in wireless communciation coverage areas

摘要

There are disclosed systems and methods for inferring "holes" in wireless communication coverage areas. These holes are determined based on the user's view of coverage at various locations within geographical areas covered by a broadcast signal. In one embodiment, the wireless coverage area is a cellular network (600) and the holes are determined by actual cellular phone (50) usage within the network. Location and direction of travel data pertaining to a cellular phone's usage is stored and refined within the cellular phone (30) so as to define areas where the user selects to place calls or selects to terminate calls. The data stored within the mobile device is from time to time communicated (331) to the central wireless broadcast system (602). By collecting such data from a plurality of such devices, the central system can map coverage holes (71) from a user's perspective.