TWI478597B - System and method for collecting communication signals - Google Patents

Description

Signal acquisition system and method

The present invention relates to a signal acquisition system and method for use in a communication device.

With the development of communication technology, the cost of various electronic products used for communication is getting lower and lower, and the market price is also decreasing, so that it can be applied more generally. For example, the popularity of mobile phones is getting higher and higher, becoming an indispensable communication tool for users in their daily lives. In order to make the mobile phone have better signal strength and ensure smooth communication, the telecom operators need to construct a large number of widely distributed base stations.

In order to test whether the signal strength of a geographic location is qualified, and to assess whether the base station construction near the cover area is reasonable, it is often necessary for the tester to carry around the geographic location with a mobile phone or other test tool to measure the mobile phone signal. It takes a lot of manpower to perform manual measurement and can not improve the efficiency of measurement, and there is a certain error in the acquired measurement data.

In view of the above, it is necessary to provide a signal acquisition system and method for automatically collecting the geographical location and signal strength of the communication device.

A signal acquisition system is installed in a communication device, the system comprising: a monitoring module, configured to search for signals and positions of nearby base stations after the communication device is turned on, and obtain the strength of the searched signals; Group for communication Positioning the device to obtain the location information of the communication device; and a data transmission module, configured to transmit the strength of the acquired signal and the location information of the communication device to the telecommunication operator by using the base station server.

A signal acquisition method is applied to a communication device, the method comprising the steps of: turning on the communication device; searching for a signal and a location of a base station in the vicinity of the communication device; acquiring an intensity of the searched signal; and locating the communication And acquiring the location information of the communication device; and transmitting the strength of the acquired signal and the location information of the communication device to the server of the telecommunication operator by the base station.

Compared with the prior art, the signal acquisition system and method can automatically collect the geographical location and signal strength of the communication device, and can determine whether the base station distribution in the region is distributed by checking the signal strength near the geographic location. It is reasonable, or whether the base station is in normal working condition, and no need to use the tester to measure near the geographical location.

1‧‧‧Signal acquisition system

12‧‧‧Monitoring module

14‧‧‧ Positioning Module

16‧‧‧Data Transfer Module

2‧‧‧Server

3‧‧‧Database

4‧‧‧Communication device

40‧‧‧GPS

5‧‧‧Base station

1 is a functional block diagram of a preferred embodiment of the signal acquisition system of the present invention.

2 is an application environment diagram of the signal acquisition system of the present invention.

3 is a flow chart of a preferred embodiment of the signal acquisition method of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, it is a functional module diagram of a preferred embodiment of the signal acquisition system of the present invention. The signal acquisition system 1 mainly includes three functional modules, namely: a monitoring module 12, a positioning module 14, and a data transmission module 16. 2 is an application environment diagram of the signal acquisition system of the present invention, which will be described below with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2.

As shown in FIG. 2, the signal acquisition system 1 can be installed in a plurality of communication devices 4 for receiving a plurality of signals from a plurality of base stations 5, recording the strength of the received signals, and then performing the communication device 4. Positioning to obtain location information of the communication device 4, and transmitting the strength of all received signals and the location information of the communication device 4 to the server 2 by the base station 5. The server 2 receives the relevant data and stores the received data into the database 3. The obtained signal strength, location and other information can be used by the telecom operators for reference, thereby effectively arranging the location and quantity of the base station. In the preferred embodiment, the communication device 4 is a mobile phone. The server 2 can be constructed by a telecommunications carrier.

The database 3 may be independent of the server 2 or may be built in the server 2. For example, the database 3 may be a hard disk of the server 2.

In the preferred embodiment, the communication device 4 includes a Global Position System (GPS) 40 for positioning the communication device 4, and includes an assisted global positioning system (Assisted Global Positioning System). , AGPS) for assisted positioning. The AGPS system is not shown in FIG. 2, which is a GPS operation mode, which can utilize the information of the base station 5 and cooperate with the conventional GPS satellite to make the positioning speed faster. In other embodiments, the communication device 4 can be located by the location of a plurality of base stations 5.

The monitoring module 12 is configured to start searching for signals and locations of nearby base stations 5 after the communication device 1 is turned on, and acquire the strength of at least three signals and the positions of at least three base stations 5.

The GPS 40 is used to obtain the positioning information of the communication device 4, and the positioning information obtained by the GPS 40 is hereinafter referred to as GPS positioning information, which can provide information such as the latitude and longitude coordinates of the communication device 4.

The positioning module 14 is configured to locate the communication device 4 to obtain location information of the communication device 4, including: if the communication device 4 includes GPS40 and AGPS, the positioning module Using the AGPS to locate the communication device 4 according to the location of at least three base stations and the GPS positioning information searched by the communication device 4; if the communication device 4 does not include the GPS 40, the The positioning module 14 locates the communication device 4 by using the location of at least three base stations searched by the communication device 4.

The data transmission module 16 is configured to transmit the strength of the acquired signal and the location information of the communication device 4 to the server 2 via the base station 5.

The server 2 receives the data transmitted by the data transfer module 16 and stores the received data into the database 3. The data stored in the database 3 can be referenced by the telecommunication operator to view the signal strength of the communication device at each geographic location, thereby making adaptive adjustments and rationally arranging the base station 5.

3 is a flow chart of a preferred embodiment of the signal acquisition method of the present invention. First, in step S2, the communication device 4 is turned on, and the signal acquisition system 1 is installed in the communication device 4.

In step S4, the monitoring module 12 searches for the signal of the nearby base station 5 and the position of the corresponding base station 5 that transmits the signal after the communication device 1 is turned on.

In step S6, the monitoring module 12 acquires at least three signals and the strength of the signal and the position of the corresponding base station 5. Each signal corresponds to a base station 5.

In step S8, the positioning module 14 determines whether the communication device 4 is equipped with GPS 40 and AGPS. If the communication device 4 is equipped with GPS 40 and AGPS, step S12 is performed; otherwise, step S10 is performed.

In step S10, the positioning module 14 locates the communication device 4 by using the location of at least three base stations searched by the communication device 4, and then the flow proceeds to step S16.

Step S12, the GPS 40 acquires the GPS positioning information of the communication device 4, and the positioning module 14 uses the AGPS to locate the location of the at least three base stations and the GPS positioning according to the communication device 4 The information is used to locate the communication device 4 and obtain the location information of the communication device 4.

In step S14, the data transmission module 16 transmits the strength of the acquired signal and the location information of the communication device 4 to the server 2 via the base station 5.

In step S16, the server 2 receives the data transmitted by the data transfer module 16, and stores the received data into the database 3, and then ends the process.

In summary, the present invention complies with the requirements of the invention patent and submits a patent application according to law. However, the above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and equivalent modifications or variations made by those skilled in the art in accordance with the spirit of the present invention are It should be covered by the following patent application.

1‧‧‧Signal acquisition system

12‧‧‧Monitoring module

14‧‧‧ Positioning Module

16‧‧‧Data Transfer Module

Claims (4)

A signal acquisition system is installed in a communication device, the system includes: a monitoring module, configured to search for signals and locations of nearby base stations after the communication device is turned on, and obtain multiple searched from multiple base stations The strength of the signal and the location of the plurality of base stations; the positioning module is configured to locate the communication device to obtain location information of the communication device, including: if the communication device includes a global positioning system and an auxiliary a global positioning system for obtaining positioning information of the communication device by using the global positioning system, and using the assisted global satellite positioning system to locate the communication according to the location of the searched base station and the global positioning system Locating the communication device by positioning information of the device, if the communication device does not include a global positioning system, positioning the communication device according to the location of the plurality of base stations; and a data transmission module for The strength of the acquired signal and the location information of the communication device are transmitted to the telecommunication operator by the base station Server. The signal acquisition system of claim 1, wherein the server of the telecommunications carrier is configured to receive the data transmitted by the data transmission module and store the received data. A signal acquisition method is applied to a communication device, the method comprising the steps of: turning on the communication device; searching for a signal and a location of a base station in the vicinity of the communication device; and acquiring a plurality of the searched signals from a plurality of base stations The strength and the location of the plurality of base stations; locating the communication device and obtaining location information of the communication device, including: if the communication device includes a global positioning system and an auxiliary global satellite positioning system, all a ball positioning system acquires positioning information of the communication device, and uses the assisted global satellite positioning system to locate the communication device according to the location of the searched base station and the positioning information of the global positioning system to the communication device Performing positioning, if the communication device does not include a global positioning system, positioning the communication device according to the positions of the plurality of base stations; and using the strength of the acquired signal and the location information of the communication device by The base station transmits to the server of the telecommunications carrier. The method for collecting signals according to claim 3, wherein the method further comprises: receiving the transmitted data in a server of the telecommunications carrier, and storing the received data.