Methods and apparatus for packet testing and isolation of interference in a multi-layered protocol
AssigneeISCO International, LLC
InventorAmr Abdelmonem
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Abstract
A system that incorporates aspects of the subject disclosure may perform operations including, for example, identifying network communication degradation associated with communications taking place in part over a radio frequency link between a plurality of communication devices, directing one or more communication devices of the plurality of communication devices to send one or more test packets, receiving the one or more test packets, and analyzing the one or more test packets to locate a source of the network communication degradation at one or more layers of a multi-layered communication protocol. Other embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- identifying, by a system comprising a processor, network communication degradation in one or more layers of a multi-layered communication protocol, wherein the network communication degradation is associated with communications taking place in part over a radio frequency link between a plurality of communication devices;
- responsive to the identifying:
- creating, by the system, one or more test packets;
- directing, by the system, one or more communication devices of the plurality of communication devices to send the one or more test packets;
- receiving, by the system, the one or more test packets;
- and
- analyzing, by the system, the one or more test packets to locate a source of interference causing the network communication degradation at the one or more layers of the multi-layered communication protocol.
A system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
- detecting interference in one or more resource blocks based on a plurality of measurements;
- determining that the interference is causing network communication degradation in one or more layers of a multi-layered communication protocol;
- directing one or more communication devices of a plurality of communication devices to send one or more test packets;
- receiving the one or more test packets;
- and
- analyzing the one or more test packets to locate a source of the network communication degradation at the one or more layers of the multi-layered communication protocol.
A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- directing one or more communication devices of a plurality of communication devices to send one or more test packets responsive to detecting a network communication degradation at one or more layers of a multi-layered communication protocol;
- receiving the one or more test packets;
- performing, based on uplink information, a plurality of measurements of the one or more test packets received via a plurality of fiber optic cables from a plurality of remote radio units;
- and
- analyzing the one or more test packets to locate a source of an interference causing the network communication degradation at the one or more layers of the multi-layered communication protocol.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.