Method, Apparatus, and Computer Program Product for Wireless Signal Storage With Signal Recognition Detection Triggering

An apparatus comprising:

• a radio frequency front end configured to receive a plurality of wireless signals via a plurality of frequency channels;
• a signal buffer configured to store representations of the plurality of wireless signals;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• receive a trigger request for a signal of interest, the trigger request having been generated based on an analysis of at least one wireless signal within the plurality of wireless signals to thereby identify the signal of interest,
• retrieve a representation of the signal of interest from the signal buffer based on the trigger request, and
• analyze the retrieved representation of the signal of interest with associated signal characteristics to determine a location of a source of the signal of interest.

A computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium having executable computer-readable program code instructions stored therein, the computer-readable program code instructions configured direct an apparatus to:

• store representations of a plurality of wireless signals in a signal buffer, the plurality of wireless signals having been received via a plurality of frequency channels;
• retrieve a representation of a signal of interest from the signal buffer based on the trigger request, the trigger request having been generated based on an analysis of at least one wireless signal within the plurality of wireless signals to thereby identify the signal of interest;
• and
• analyze the retrieved representation of the signal of interest with associated signal characteristics to determine a location of a source of the signal of interest.