Locating external interference in a wireless network
AssigneeSpectrum Effect Inc.
InventorsJungnam Yun, Eamonn Gormley
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Abstract
A method for locating a source of interference external to a wireless telecommunications network includes establishing a grid of pixels that represents an area associated with a plurality of cellular antennas, assigning an elevation value to each pixel in the grid, determining a vertical gain for each of the plurality of cellular antennas, and determining respective probability values for pixels in the grid using the elevation values and the vertical gain, each of the respective probability values representing a probability that the source of interference external to the wireless telecommunications network is located at an associated pixel.
Claims20
A method for locating a source of interference external to a wireless telecommunications network, the method comprising:
- establishing a grid of pixels that represents an area associated with a plurality of cellular antennas;
- assigning an elevation value to each pixel in the grid;
- determining a vertical gain for each of the plurality of cellular antennas;
- and
- calculating a probability that the source of interference external to the wireless telecommunications network is located at an associated pixel by calculating respective probability values for pixels in the grid using the elevation values and the vertical gain.
An apparatus comprising:
- one or more processors, and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to:
- establish a grid of pixels that represents an area associated with a plurality of cellular antennas;
- assign an elevation value to each pixel in the grid;
- determine a vertical gain for each of the plurality of cellular antennas;
- and
- calculating a probability that the source of interference external to the wireless telecommunications network is located at an associated pixel by calculating respective probability values for pixels in the grid using the elevation values and the vertical gain.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.