Method for supervising base station radio channels

Claim 1

A method for supervising base station radio channels in a mobile communication system where the radio channels are divided into logical channels on a TDMA-principle, by measuring the quality of signals received on a plurality of said radio channels during a plurality of connections utilizing said radio channels, comprising the steps of: separately measuring during said connections the received signal quality of the logical channels hopping from one radio channel to another for each of the radio channels used in a frequency hopping sequences, to obtain respective measured values of received signal quality; storing separately the measured values of each radio channel used; analyzing separately for each radio channel used by said connections the respective measured values of received signal quality for signals measured during a predetermined period of time; and detecting that a radio channel has poor quality on the basis of said analyzing.

Claim 2

A method for supervising base station radio channels in a mobile communication system where the radio channels are divided into logical channels on a TDMA-principle, by measuring the quality of signals received on a plurality of said radio channels during a plurality of connections utilizing said radio channels, comprising the steps of: separately measuring during said connections the received signal quality of the logical channels hopping from one radio channel to another for each of the radio channels used in a frequency hopping sequences, to obtain respective measured values of received signal quality; storing separately the measured values of each radio channel used; analyzing separately for each radio channel used by said connections the respective measured values of received signal quality for signals measured during a predetermined period of time; and detecting that a radio channel has poor quality on the basis of said analyzing.

Claim 5

A method for supervising base station radio channels in a mobile communication system where the radio channels are divided into logical channels on a TDMA-principle, by measuring the quality of signals received on a plurality of said radio channels during a plurality of connections comprising the steps of: separately measuring for a plurality of connections during said connections the received signal quality of control or traffic channels hopping from one radio channel to another for each of a plurality of radio channels used in frequency hopping sequences of said control or traffic channels, to obtain respective measured values of received signal quality; storing separately for each of said control or traffic channels the measured values for each radio channel used by said control or traffic channels; analyzing separately for each radio channel used the averages of the received signal quality; and detecting that a radio channel has poor quality on the basis of said analyzing.

Claim 6

A method for supervising base station radio channels in a mobile communication system where the radio channels are divided into logical channels on a TDMA-principle, by measuring the quality of signals received on a plurality of said radio channels during a plurality of connections comprising the steps of: separately measuring for a plurality of connections during said connections the received signal quality of control or traffic channels hopping from one radio channel to another for each of a plurality of radio channels used in frequency hopping sequences of said control or traffic channels, to obtain respective measured values of received signal quality; storing separately for each of said control or traffic channels the measured values for each radio channel used by said control or traffic channels; analyzing separately for each radio channel used the averages of the received signal quality; and detecting that a radio channel has poor quality on the basis of said analyzing.

Claim 8

A method for supervising base station radio channels in a mobile communication system where the radio channels are divided into logical channels on a TDMA-principle, by measuring the quality of signals received on a plurality of said radio channels during a plurality of connections utilizing said radio channels, comprising the steps of: separately measuring during said connections the received signal quality of control or traffic channels hopping from one radio channel to another for each of the radio channels used in frequency hopping sequences, to obtain respective measured values of received signal quality; storing separately the measured values for each radio channel used; analyzing separately for each radio channel used by said connections the respective measured values of received signal quality for signals measured during a predetermined period of time; detecting that a radio channel has poor quality on the basis of said analyzing; and discarding a detected radio channel having poor quality and replacing the discarded radio channel in said frequency hopping sequences of said control or traffic channels, with another radio channel.

Claim 9

A method for supervising base station radio channels in a mobile communication system where the radio channels are divided into logical channels on a TDMA-principle, by measuring the quality of signals received on a plurality of said radio channels during a plurality of connections utilizing said radio channels, comprising the steps of: separately measuring during said connections the received signal quality of control or traffic channels hopping from one radio channel to another for each of the radio channels used in frequency hopping sequences, to obtain respective measured values of received signal quality; storing separately the measured values for each radio channel used; analyzing separately for each radio channel used by said connections the respective measured values of received signal quality for signals measured during a predetermined period of time; detecting that a radio channel has poor quality on the basis of said analyzing; and discarding a detected radio channel having poor quality and replacing the discarded radio channel in said frequency hopping sequences of said control or traffic channels, with another radio channel.