The software is there, but the software has limitations... the software can not show truly what the RF is doing. These different softwares are good for rural areas, but city environments are a different story. Trees and buildings reek havic on wireless systems... propagation tools often do not incorporate these factors, and if they do, often times their projections are incorrect. Wireless companies have to do drive tests to make sure that the RF is really doing what they think it's doing.
All wireless companies, not just verizon, have "station wagons" that go out and test signal... It's one of the most important components of truly testing their system's performance. They can use computerized propagation tools, but in order to know the true state of their system, they have to "drive test" it.
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The software is there, but the software has limitations... the software can not show truly what the RF is doing. These different softwares are good for rural areas, but city environments are a different story. Trees and buildings reek havic on wireless systems... propagation tools often do not incorporate these factors, and if they do, often times their projections are incorrect. Wireless companies have to do drive tests to make sure that the RF is really doing what they think it's doing.
All wireless companies, not just verizon, have "station wagons" that go out and test signal... It's one of the most important components of truly testing their system's performance. They can use computerized propagation tools, but in order to know the true state of their system, they have to "drive test" it.