Method and apparatus for monitoring, detecting, testing, diagnosing and/or mitigating interference in a communication system
AssigneeISCO International, LLC
InventorAmr Abdelmonem
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Abstract
A system that incorporates aspects of the subject disclosure may perform operations including, for example, receiving, via an antenna, a signal generated by a communication device, detecting passive intermodulation interference in the signal, the interference generated by one or more transmitters unassociated with the communication device, and the interference determined from signal characteristics associated with a signaling protocol used by the one or more transmitters. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
A device comprising:
- a processing system including a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations comprising:
- detecting interference from an interface signal, the interference comprising at least one of a first interference, a second interference, a third interference, a fourth interference, a fifth interference, or combinations thereof,
- the first interference caused by mixing of a downlink signal with an uplink signal,
- the second interference caused by uplink noise generated by equipment communicating with a network element of a wireless communication network,
- the third interference caused by noise originating from a transmission from the network element,
- the fourth interference caused by noise originating from one or more adjacent network elements of the wireless communication network,
- the fifth interference caused by a device other than the network element;
- identifying resources for mitigating the interference;
- and
- mitigating the interference using the resources.
A method comprising:
- monitoring, by a network element of a wireless communication network, an interface signal;
- detecting interference from the interface signal, the interference comprising at least one of a first interference, a second interference, a third interference, a fourth interference, a fifth interference, or combinations thereof,
- the first interference caused by mixing of a downlink signal with an uplink signal,
- the second interference caused by uplink noise generated by equipment communicating with the network element,
- the third interference caused by noise originating from a transmission from the network element,
- the fourth interference caused by noise originating from one or more adjacent network elements of the wireless communication network,
- the fifth interference caused by a device other than the network element;
- identifying, by the network element, resources for mitigating the interference;
- and
- mitigating, by the network element, the interference using the resources.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations comprising:
- monitoring an interface signal;
- detecting interference from the interface signal, the interference comprising at least one of a first interference, a second interference, a third interference, a fourth interference, a fifth interference, or combinations thereof,
- the first interference caused by mixing of a downlink signal with an uplink signal,
- the second interference caused by uplink noise generated by equipment communicating with a network element of a wireless communication network,
- the third interference caused by noise originating from a transmission from the network element,
- the fourth interference caused by noise originating from one or more adjacent network elements of the wireless communication network,
- the fifth interference caused by a device other than the network element;
- identifying, by the network element, resources for mitigating the interference;
- and
- mitigating, by the network element, the interference using the resources.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.