Appeal No. 1999-2348
Application No. 08/586,716
properties of a communication system by controlling selected
remote measuring devices which measure selective properties
and instructing the selected measuring devices to selectively
transmit the thus controllably selected data to a data
processing element in a manner that reduces the signaling load
on the communication system. The processor 5 is located in
the base site controller 6 and is in communication with each
of the measurement units 4a-4d (figure 1). The necessary
signaling is carried over the bearer links 3a-3d, which also
carry the telecommunication traffic for which the links have
been set up. The process control unit 5 instructs the
measurement units 4a-4d to make measurements of link
performance, e.g. BER, C/I, received power level or bit rate.
These units may collect data continuously, or may only do so
in response to a signal from the process controller 5. The
measurement units 4a-4d can be configured to make different
measurements according to instructions received from the
processing unit 5. Such changes may be made dynamically,
e.g., depending upon prevailing conditions, for example, the
type of signal, e.g., voice or data being carried by the
bearer, or in response to prevailing conditions elsewhere in
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