Method for testing a wireless link of a Wi-Fi node, and circuit performing the method
AssigneeAirties Belgium Sprl
InventorsKoen Van Oost, Karel Van Doorselaer
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Abstract
The method for monitoring a wireless link of a wireless node of a CPE device during operation of the CPE device, comprises the steps of taking samples of one or several of the following parameters in a defined time interval: Received Signal Strength (RSSI), modulation rate (Physical Layer Rate) and/or the number of spatial streams used for the wireless link, and calculating an average for that parameters by including a filtering of said parameters.
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A method for diagnosing Wi-Fi issues implemented by a diagnostics application operating on a device, the method comprising:
- Sending, by a wireless node of the device, a request for a Wi-Fi test and a Wi-Fi scan;
- receiving, by a wireless node of the device, a Wi-Fi scan list through the messaging system as a result of the Wi-Fi scan request, wherein the Wi-Fi scan list includes information identifying all neighboring WLAN nodes;
- receiving, by a wireless node of the device, Wi-Fi statistics through the messaging system as a result of the Wi-Fi test request, wherein data from the Wi-Fi statistics includes one or more kind of data rate measurements including MaxPhyRate, PhysLimitsPhyRate, TrainedPhyRate, MediumBusy, MediumBusyOtherWi-Fi, % PS, ThroughputPSon, or RSSI, wherein the Wi-Fi scan list and the Wi-Fi statistics are from at least an access point and a station (STA);
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- converting the received Wi-Fi scan list and the Wi-Fi statistics into results presentable to a user.
A device, the device comprising a microprocessor operatively coupled to a wireless node, configured to execute instructions of diagnostics application using the microprocessor and the wireless node, the instructions comprising:
- sending, via the wireless node of the device, a request for a Wi-Fi test and a Wi-Fi scan through the messaging system;
- receiving, via the wireless node of the device, a Wi-Fi scan list through the messaging system as a result of the Wi-Fi scan request, wherein the Wi-Fi scan list includes information identifying all neighboring WLAN nodes;
- receiving, via the wireless node of the device, Wi-Fi statistics through the messaging system as a result of the Wi-Fi test request, wherein data from the Wi-Fi statistics includes one ore mode kind of data rate measurements including MaxPhyRate, PhysLimitsPhyRate, TrainedPhyRate, MediumBusy, MediumBusyOtherWi-Fi, % PS, ThroughputPSon or RSSI, wherein the Wi-Fi scan list and the Wi-Fi statistics are from at least an access point and a station (STA);
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- converting the received Wi-Fi scan list and the Wi-Fi statistics into results presentable to a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.