Daniel W Krause

US Patent:

8078193, Dec 13, 2011

Filed:

Apr 15, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/385666

Inventors:

Richard Scott Good - South Riding VA, US
Michael Lasky - Arlington VA, US
Timothy Dunne - Falls Church VA, US
Fassil Abebe - Woodbridge VA, US
Daniel Krause - Fenton MI, US

Assignee:

XO Communications, Inc. - Herndon VA

International Classification:

H04W 24/00

US Classification:

4554561, 4554562, 4554563

Abstract:

A method is provided for analyzing radio spectrum solutions of a wireless communication service. The method may include obtaining address information of two end points of a wireless communication path of the wireless communication service and performing a check on the address information based on a database system configured to store valid address information and associated geographical information. The method may also include obtaining location related information including a distance between the two end points and determining rain zone information based on the address information and associated geographical information, retrieving radio equipment information on a plurality of radio equipment, and determining a plurality of available wireless communication solutions based on the location related information and the radio equipment information. Each solution may include at least one of a radio spectrum availability and a throughput. Further, the method may include presenting the plurality of wireless communication solutions.