Signal monitoring system for fault management in wireless local area networks

In the last several years, various types of wireless networks have become available and cost-effective for commercial applications. In order to become a real alternative to traditional wireline telecommunications, wireless networks should provide competitive quality, reliability and availability of service. These requirements imply a need of wireless fault management system with features similar to those incorporated in its wireline counterpart. With expansion of advanced high-speed services (e.g. multimedia, ATM, etc.) into wireless networks, fault management becomes an imperative to ensure reliability and quality of service.