Remote Touch-Based Control for Distributed Antenna System Interface
AssigneeWestell Technologies, Inc.
InventorAnal R. Shah
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Abstract
Devices, systems, and methods for controlling a distributed antenna system interface (DAS-I) device are described. An example method may provide for control and/or monitoring of a DAS-I system via a GUI that includes a plurality of point-of-interface (POI) slot icons, with each POI slot icon corresponding to at least one of a plurality of POI modules of the DAS-interface device. A POI slot icon may be selected via the GUI in order to bring up graphical control and/or monitoring features for the corresponding POI module. A user may then interact with these features to control and/or monitor the POI module.
Claims29
An apparatus for control of a distributed antenna system, the apparatus comprising:
- a touchscreen;
- a non-transitory computer readable medium;
- and
- program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer readable medium and executable by at least one processor to:
- display, on the touchscreen, a touch-based graphical user-interface (GUI) for controlling at least one distributed antenna system (DAS) interface device, wherein the GUI comprises a plurality of point-of-interface (POI) slot icons, wherein each POI slot icon corresponds to at least one of a plurality of POI modules of the DAS-interface device;
- receive, via the touchscreen, touch input data indicating to select a particular POI slot icon from the plurality of POI slot icons;
- and
- display, on the touchscreen, a control panel comprising touch-based controls for the POI module corresponding to the selected POI slot icon.
An apparatus for control of a distributed antenna system, the apparatus comprising:
- an interface to a graphic display device;
- an interface to at least one input device;
- a non-transitory computer readable medium;
- and
- program instructions stored on the non-transitory computer readable medium and executable by at least one processor to:
- display, on the graphic display device, a graphical user-interface (GUI) for controlling at least one distributed antenna system (DAS) interface device, wherein the GUI comprises a plurality of point-of-interface (POI) slot icons, wherein each POI slot icon corresponds to at least one of a plurality of POI modules of the DAS-interface device;
- receive, via the at least one input device, first input data indicating to select a particular POI slot icon from the plurality of POI slot icons;
- and
- display, on the graphic display device, a control panel comprising touch-based controls for the POI module corresponding to the selected POI slot icon.
A method comprising:
- displaying, on a graphic display device, a graphical user-interface (GUI) for controlling at least one distributed antenna system (DAS) interface device, wherein the GUI comprises a plurality of point-of-interface (POI) slot icons, wherein each POI slot icon corresponds to at least one of a plurality of POI modules of the DAS-interface device;
- receiving, via at least one input device associated with the GUI, first input data indicating to select a particular POI slot icon from the plurality of POI slot icons;
- and
- displaying, on the graphic display device, a control panel comprising touch-based controls for a first POI module corresponding to the selected POI slot icon, wherein the first POI module connects to at least one network component of a radio access network.
The method of claim 27, wherein graphic display device comprises a touchscreen, and wherein the first input data comprises touch input data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.