Method and apparatus for collecting and processing interference information
AssigneeISCO International, LLC
InventorsAmr Abdelmonem, Sean S. Cordone, Dariusz Seskiewicz, Bill Myers, Krishna Komoravolu
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Abstract
A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may perform, for example, a method for receiving interference information from each of the plurality of communication devices detecting interference information in a plurality of segments of a radio frequency spectrum, correlating the interference information of the plurality of communication devices to generate correlated information, and identifying a plurality of interferers according to the correlated information. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a processing system comprising a processor, signals via a common public radio interface (CPRI) from a base station, wherein the base station receives the signals via a plurality of wireless uplink channels;
- detecting, by the processing system, a recurring intermodulation interference of one of the signals based on a correlation analysis using an adaptive threshold, wherein the adaptive threshold is calculated from a baseline average signal strength across the plurality of wireless uplink channels without a predetermined number of wireless uplink channels having a highest average signal strength of the plurality of wireless uplink channels, wherein the adaptive threshold is calculated by adding an offset to the baseline average signal strength, and wherein the offset and the predetermined number are determined based on measurements that are collected from multiple base stations;
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- identifying, by the processing system, a source of the recurring intermodulation interference from the correlation analysis, wherein the source comprises one or more other transmitters, one or more faulty components, or both.
A non-transitory, machine-readable storage device comprising instructions, which when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- receiving signals from a base station associated with the processing system, wherein the base station receives the signals via a plurality of wireless uplink channels;
- detecting a recurring intermodulation interference of one of the signals based on a correlation analysis using an adaptive threshold, wherein the adaptive threshold is calculated from a baseline average signal strength across the plurality of wireless uplink channels without a predetermined number of wireless uplink channels having a highest average signal strength of the plurality of wireless uplink channels, wherein the adaptive threshold is calculated by adding an offset to the baseline average signal strength, wherein the offset and the predetermined number are determined based on measurements collected from multiple base stations;
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- identifying a source of the recurring intermodulation interference from the correlation analysis, wherein the source comprises one or more other transmitters, one or more faulty components, or both.
A base station, comprising:
- a processing system including a processor;
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- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- receiving signals via a plurality of wireless uplink channels;
- detecting a recurring intermodulation interference based on a correlation analysis using an adaptive threshold, wherein the adaptive threshold is calculated from a baseline average signal strength across the plurality of wireless uplink channels without a predetermined number of wireless uplink channels having a highest average signal strength of the plurality of wireless uplink channels, wherein the adaptive threshold is calculated by adding an offset to the baseline average signal strength, wherein the offset and the predetermined number are determined based on measurements collected from multiple base stations;
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- identifying a source for the recurring intermodulation interference from the correlation analysis, wherein the source comprises one or more other transmitters, one or more faulty components of the base station, or both.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.