Ingress detection
AssigneeCable Television Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsRUOYU SUN, HSINCHIH LIN, Mark J. Poletti
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Abstract
An assessment tool for assessing signaling ingress and small cell placement within a communication network is contemplated. The assessment tool may include capability sufficient for assessing signaling ingress associated with radio frequency (RF) signaling attenuating, influencing or otherwise interfering with other signaling being transmitted over a communication network.
Claims20
A method for assessing ingress in a communication network comprising:
- collecting signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) values for a plurality of subcarriers in use over the communication network;
- processing the SNR values to generate a threshold for assessing interference;
- and
- determining each of the plurality of subcarriers to be one of interfered or non-interfered as result of ingress depending on whether the SNR values associated therewith exceeds the threshold.
An assessment tool having a processor for executing a plurality of instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium to facilitate assessing ingress in a communication network, the plurality of instructions being sufficient for:
- collecting data from one or more devices operating in the communication network;
- processing the data to self-identify a threshold for assessing ingress of radio frequency (RF) signaling within the communication network;
- and
- determining the ingress to be interfering with one or more subcarriers used within the communication network when the data associated therewith exceeds the threshold.
A method for assessing ingress in a communication network comprising:
- collecting signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) values for a plurality of subcarriers in use over the communication network;
- processing the SNR values to self-identify a threshold for assessing interference from a source of radio frequency (RF) signaling external to the communication network;
- determining each of the plurality of subcarriers to be one of interfered or non-interfered depending on whether the SNR values associated therewith exceeds the threshold;
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- determining a placement of the source sufficient to render each subcarrier determined to be interfered as non-interfered.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.