US 12,081,999 B1
Determining placement of a small cell
Drew Dennis, Lenexa, KS (US); Ricky A. Hohler, Olathe, KS (US); Prasad Pappula, Overland Park, KS (US); Sadanand Pawar, Overland Park, KS (US); Hemant Vasant Tiwari, Overland Park, KS (US); and Callie Eliza Warren, Overland Park, KS (US)
Assigned to T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed by T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC, Overland Park, KS (US)
Filed on Sep. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/465,939.
Application 17/465,939 is a continuation of application No. 16/503,109, filed on Jul. 3, 2019, granted, now 11,115,833.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/742,089, filed on Oct. 5, 2018.
Int. Cl. H04W 16/20 (2009.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04B 17/373 (2015.01); H04B 17/391 (2015.01)
CPC H04W 16/20 (2013.01) [H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04B 17/373 (2015.01); H04B 17/391 (2015.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for facilitating placement of a small cell, the system comprising:
one or more antennas for receiving a first downlink signal from a first macro cell and for transmitting a first uplink signal to the first macro cell;
a user interface; and,
a processor, the processor configured to:
determine a first set of parameters for a first location, the first set of parameters comprising a signal quality of the downlink signal, a signal strength of the downlink signal;
determine, based on a location of the first macro cell that is transmitting the first downlink signal, a distance to the first macro cell and an azimuth to the first macro cell; and
display, on the user interface:
a signal quality visualization representing the signal quality of the downlink signal;
a signal strength visualization representing the signal strength of the downlink signal; and
a location visualization representing the location of the transmitter comprising an alphanumeric value representing the distance to the first macro station and a visual indicator representing the azimuth to the first macro station.