Repeater-specific signal broadcast for optimizing repeater coverage
AssigneeCharter Communications Operating, LLC
InventorsDiwelawatte P. Jayawardene, Manthan Ashok Shah, Rajeev Aggarwal
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Abstract
Information indicative of instructions to measure an area of coverage provided by a signal repeater device can be received. Instructions to broadcast a repeater-specific broadcast signal for each sub-area of a plurality of sub-areas of a service area of the signal repeater device can be sent to the signal repeater device. A corresponding signal measurement of a plurality of signal measurements can be received for each sub-area of the plurality of sub-areas. A coverage map descriptive of the area of coverage provided by the signal repeater device can be generated based at least in part on the plurality of signal measurements.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a network computing system comprising a processor device, information indicative of instructions to measure an area of coverage provided by a signal repeater device;
- sending, by the network computing system to the signal repeater device, instructions to broadcast a repeater-specific broadcast signal for each sub-area of a plurality of sub-areas of a service area of the signal repeater device;
- receiving, by the network computing system for each sub-area of the plurality of sub-areas, a corresponding signal measurement of a plurality of signal measurements;
- and
- based at least in part on the plurality of signal measurements, generating, by the network computing system, a coverage map descriptive of the area of coverage provided by the signal repeater device.
A network computing system, comprising:
- a memory;
- a signal repeater device;
- and
- one or more processor devices coupled to the memory to:
- receive information indicative of instructions to measure an area of coverage provided by a signal repeater device;
- send, to the signal repeater device, instructions to broadcast a repeater-specific broadcast signal for each sub-area of a plurality of sub-areas of a service area of the signal repeater device;
- receive, for each sub-area of the plurality of sub-areas, a corresponding signal measurement of a plurality of signal measurements;
- and
- based at least in part on the plurality of signal measurements, generate a coverage map descriptive of the area of coverage provided by the signal repeater device.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that includes executable instructions to cause one or more processor devices of a network computing system to:
- receive information indicative of instructions to measure an area of coverage provided by a signal repeater device;
- send, to the signal repeater device, instructions to broadcast a repeater-specific broadcast signal for each sub-area of a plurality of sub-areas of a service area of the signal repeater device;
- respectively receive a plurality of signal measurements for the plurality of sub-areas of the service area of the signal repeater device;
- and
- generate a coverage map descriptive of the area of coverage provided by the signal repeater device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.