US Patent 7486198 System and method for performing telemetric measurements

System for performing telemetric measurements, comprising a plurality of mobile communication devices (100), each communication device (100) being provided with at least one sensor (110) and a sensor control section (120) for performing measurements, a cellular communication network structure for the mobile communication devices, a server provided with communication means for receiving measurement data from the plurality of mobile communication devices (100), and for sending measurement instructions to respective sensor control sections (120) of the mobile communication devices (100) wherein the sensor control sections (120) are programmable by the server.