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A portable subscriber unit (122) provides (402) communications for a user, and monitors (404) a parameter indicative of communication quality during the communications. The portable subscriber unit compares (406) the parameter with a predetermined threshold; and when the communication quality deteri

A portable subscriber unit (122) provides (402) communications for a user, and monitors (404) a parameter indicative of communication quality during the communications. The portable subscriber unit compares (406) the parameter with a predetermined threshold; and when the communication quality deteriorates (408) such that the parameter reaches the predetermined threshold, the portable subscriber unit determines (412) geographic coordinates corresponding to the location at which the communication difficulty occurred, and adds (414) a communication difficulty report identifying the parameter and the geographic coordinates to a record of communication difficulty reports stored in the portable subscriber unit. When the portable subscriber unit receives (502) a request for the record of communication difficulty reports from a fixed portion (102) of a two-way wireless communication system, the portable subscriber unit communicates (504) the record of communication difficulty reports to the fixed portion.

대표청구항 ▼

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A method in a two-way wireless communication system for detection and deferred reporting of a communication difficulty and a location at which the communication difficulty occurred, the method comprising in a portable subscriber unit the steps of:providing communication

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A method in a two-way wireless communication system for detection and deferred reporting of a communication difficulty and a location at which the communication difficulty occurred, the method comprising in a portable subscriber unit the steps of:providing communications for a user;monitoring a parameter indicative of communication quality during the communications;comparing the parameter with a predetermined threshold; andwhen the communication quality deteriorates such that the parameter reaches the predetermined threshold, performing the steps of:determining geographic coordinates corresponding to the location at which the communication difficulty occurred; andadding a communication difficulty report to a record of communication difficulty reports stored in the portable subscriber unit, the communication difficulty report identifying the parameter and the geographic coordinates, andwherein the method further comprises in the portable subscriber unit the steps of:receiving a request for the record of communication difficulty reports from a fixed portion of the two-way wireless communication system; andcommunicating the record of communication difficulty reports to the fixed portion in response to the request.