System and methods for evaluating backhaul of wireless sites using expandable path search rings
AssigneeWireless Applications Corp.
InventorsEric Wills, Abdelelah M. Salama, Matthew R. Parzyk
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Abstract
The disclosed technology provides a system and method for evaluating candidate wireless sites within path search rings around centerpoints or new potential sites based on a portfolio of centerpoints, a portfolio of candidate sites, a variable radius of the path search rings, and a variable number of target candidates or paths sought within each path search ring, where the system and method computes radio path properties between the centerpoints and candidate sites and visually depicts bounding rings around centerpoints based on whether the target number of viable candidates or paths exist within the path search ring.
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A method implemented on a computing system for evaluating backhaul of wireless sites, the method comprising:
- receiving an indication of properties of a plurality of centerpoint sites;
- receiving an indication of properties of a plurality of candidate sites;
- receiving an indication of dimensions of a path search ring around each one of the plurality of centerpoint sites;
- receiving an indication of a target number of radio signal paths in the path search ring that meet a design goal;
- computing a first set of radio signal path profiles between each one of the plurality of centerpoint sites and each one of the plurality of candidate sites;
- determining, based on the first set of radio signal path profiles, a number of radio signal paths in the path search ring that meet the design goal;
- displaying a bounding region around each one the plurality of centerpoint sites, wherein:
- the bounding region bounds the target number of radio signal paths when the number of radio signal paths in the path search ring that meet the design goal is greater than the target number of radio signal paths,
- an area of the bounding region is less than or equal to an area of the path search ring,
- the bounding region is displayed using a first visual treatment when the bounding region bounds the target number of radio signal paths, and
- the bounding region is displayed using a second visual treatment when the bounding region bounds less than the target number of radio signal paths.
At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor in a computing system, cause the computing system to perform a method for evaluating backhaul of wireless sites, the method comprising:
- receiving an indication of a first plurality of spatial locations of a plurality of centerpoint sites;
- receiving an indication of a second plurality of spatial locations of a plurality of candidate sites;
- receiving an indication of a minimum radius and a maximum radius of a path search ring around each of the plurality of centerpoint sites;
- receiving an indication of a target number of links in the path search ring that meet a design goal;
- computing radio signal path profiles between each of the plurality of centerpoint sites and each of the plurality of candidate sites;
- determining, based on the computed radio signal path profiles, a number of links in the path search ring that meet the design goal;
- displaying a bounding ring around each of the plurality of centerpoint sites, wherein:
- the bounding ring is displayed when at least one candidate site in the plurality of candidate sites forms a link with a centerpoint site in the path search ring that meets the design goal,
- the bounding ring comprises a radius less than or equal to the maximum radius of the path search ring and greater than or equal to the minimum radius of the path search ring,
- the bounding ring encloses the target number of links when the number of links in the path search ring that meet the design goal is greater than the target number of links,
- the bounding ring is displayed with a first visual treatment when the bounding ring encloses the target number of links, and
- the bounding ring is displayed with a second visual treatment when the bounding ring encloses less than the target number of links.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.