A method and system for monitoring wireless network conditions. Two mobile stations
are coupled with a computer. The first mobile station interacts with the network
and thereby establishes diagnostic data concerning network conditions. The first
mobile station then reports that diagnostic data to the computer. As the computer
receives the diagnostic data from the first mobile station, the computer obtains
location data indicative of the current location of the first mobile station. The
computer then provides the diagnostic data and corresponding location data to the
second mobile station, which in turn transmits the data to a remote entity via
the wireless communications network. As the remote entity receives the data, the
remote entity may generate output reports and alerts as desired. Conveniently,
the combination of the mobile stations and computer may be mounted in a vehicle
and carried around a geographic area, so as to automatically report diagnostic
data to the remote entity from a variety of locations.
