Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) coverage server for use in a wireless network comprising base stations that communicate with mobile stations located in a coverage area of the wireless network. The RF coverage server receives from the mobile stations geographic location data indicating positions of the mobile stations when communication links to the wireless network were dropped. The RF coverage server identifies areas of good RF coverage and areas of poor RF coverage in the wireless network. The RF coverage server also identifies a first one of the mobile stations that frequently drops communication links to the wireless network when the first mobile station is disposed in the good RF coverage areas.

Abstract: A base station controller in a wireless system is comprised of a set of vocoders that are TTY/TDD Baudot code-capable in addition to the non-TTY/TDD Baudot code-capable vocoders. The base station selects one of the two types of vocoders to communicate with the mobile station based on the capabilities of a mobile station that is communicating with the base station. The mobile station can indicate its capabilities by transmitting its unique identification for use by the wireless system in searching a database of TTY/Baudot code-capable mobile stations.