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US 2016/0112883 A1Published application
Wireless Signal Quality Indicator
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsAmer A. Hassan, Andrei Jefremov
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Abstract
Techniques for wireless signal quality indicator are described. According to various implementations, various attributes of a wireless signal are detected. Attributes of the wireless signal are processed to ascertain a quality of the wireless signal. Based on an ascertained signal quality, indicia of the signal quality can be exposed.
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A system comprising:
- at least one processor;
- and
- one or more computer-readable storage media including instructions stored thereon that, responsive to execution by the at least one processor, cause the system perform operations including:
- determining a signal strength value for a wireless signal used to communicate data between a client device and a wireless base station;
- detecting errors in the data;
- adjusting the signal strength value based on the errors detected in the data to characterize a signal quality of the wireless signal;
- ascertaining an upload signal quality and a download signal quality for the data communicated via the wireless signal;
- and
- outputting a signal quality indicator based on the adjusted signal strength value including a graphical indication of the signal quality and which indicates the upload signal quality relative to the download signal quality.
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A computer-implemented method comprising:
- determining a signal strength value for a wireless signal used to communicate data between a client device and a wireless base station;
- adjusting the signal strength value based on errors detected in the data;
- and
- outputting a signal quality indicator based on the adjusted signal strength value and a signal strength indicator based on the signal strength value, the signal quality indicator visually indicating a signal quality value of the wireless signal relative to the signal strength value of the wireless signal.
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A computer-implemented method comprising:
- detecting errors in data communicated via a wireless signal;
- characterizing a signal quality of the wireless signal based on the detected errors and independent of a signal strength of the wireless signal;
- and
- outputting an indication of the signal quality.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.