US 11,751,079 B2
Transmission speed testing of a wireless local network
William J. Keaton, Yardley, PA (US); Brian E. Bond, Fairmont, WV (US); and David J. Moore, Lakewood Ranch, FL (US)
Assigned to CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed by CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed on Dec. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/561,879.
Application 17/561,879 is a continuation of application No. 16/817,075, filed on Mar. 12, 2020, granted, now 11,223,966.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/869,934, filed on Jul. 2, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0132345 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 24/08 (2013.01) [H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
16. A method for network testing, the method comprising:
registering a testing device associated in communication with a wireless broadcasting device;
initiating a network speed test to determine a transmission speed of one or more network test communications between the testing device and a testing server of a network, wherein the testing device transmits the one or more network test communications via the wireless broadcasting device;
connecting, via the wireless transmitter/receiver, to a wireless network signal broadcast by the wireless broadcasting device;
executing a wireless test client application to communicate with the testing device to receive one or more wireless test communications; and
initiating a wireless speed test to determine a transmission speed of wireless test communications between the testing device and a wireless test client application executed on a mobile device, wherein the testing device transmits first wireless test communications via the wireless broadcasting device where the mobile device is at a first geographic location and transmits, to the mobile device, second wireless test communications via the wireless broadcasting device where the mobile device is at a second geographic location, the wireless transmission speed measurement based on a first transmission speed of the first wireless test communications and a second transmission speed of the second wireless test communications.