Root median square power measurement

A wireless communications device comprising:

• primary allocation means for allocating a plurality of measurements amongst numerically sequential primary partitions, each said measurement being associated with a characteristic of an electrical signal received at the communications device, each said primary partition having a respective primary numerical range, a value of each said measurement being numerically within one of the primary numerical ranges;
• secondary allocation means for allocating the measurements associated with one of the primary partitions amongst numerically sequential secondary partitions, the secondary allocation means being coupled to the primary allocation means, one of the measurements associated with the one primary partition having a desired rank, the secondary partitions being disposed numerically within the primary numerical range of the one primary partition, each said secondary partition having a respective secondary numerical range, the value of each said measurement associated with each said secondary partition being within a respective one of the secondary numerical ranges;
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• selecting means for selecting one of the secondary partitions in accordance with the desired rank, the selecting means being coupled to the secondary allocation means, one of the measurements associated with the selected one secondary partition having the desired rank.

A computer readable medium carrying processing instructions for an electronic communications device, the processing instructions, when executed by a computer processor of the communications device, enabling the wireless communication device to perform the steps of:

• allocating a plurality of measurements amongst numerically sequential primary partitions, each said measurement being associated with a characteristic of an electrical signal received at the communications device, each said primary partition having a respective primary numerical range, a value of each said measurement being numerically within one of the primary numerical ranges;
• allocating the measurements associated with one of the primary partitions amongst numerically sequential secondary partitions, one of the measurements associated with the one primary partition having a desired rank, the secondary partitions being disposed numerically within the primary numerical range of the one primary partition, each said secondary partition having a respective secondary numerical range, the value of each said measurement associated with each said secondary partition being within a respective one of the secondary numerical ranges;
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• selecting one of the secondary partitions in accordance with the desired rank, one of the measurements associated with the selected one secondary partition having the desired rank.

A method of controlling an industrial process, comprising the steps of:

• allocating a plurality of data values amongst numerically sequential primary partitions, each said data value being associated with a process parameter of an industrial process, each said primary partition having a respective primary numerical range, each said data value being numerically within one of the primary numerical ranges;
• allocating the data values associated with one of the primary partitions amongst numerically sequential secondary partitions, one of the data values associated with the one primary partition having a desired rank, the secondary partitions being disposed numerically within the primary numerical range of the one primary partition, each said secondary partition having a respective secondary numerical range, the data values associated with each said secondary partition being within a respective one of the secondary numerical ranges;
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• controlling the industrial process by selecting one of the secondary partitions in accordance with the desired rank, one of the data values associated with the selected one secondary partition having the desired rank.