US 2020/0186268 A1 · DYNAMIC PATHLOSS MITIGATION

Abstract

Aspects provide for dynamic pathloss mitigation via a cross layer tool chain by simulating a three-dimensional model of a physical environment including an Access Point, an End Point running an application, and a passive object; emulating network traffic for the application transmitted between the Access Point and the End Point; simulating, in the model, pathways for signals to carry the traffic in a plurality of regions for the physical environment; emulating signal degradation along the pathways in the plurality of regions based on respective locations for the Access Point, the End Point, and the passive object in the physical environment; and in response to the signal degradation satisfying a pathloss threshold, outputting a command to the application to affect operations of the End Point. Additionally, the cross layer tool chain outputs a Graphical User Interface showing a signal degradation map based on the simulated network traffic overlaid on the model.

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Dependent claims

A method (300), comprising:

simulating (310) a three-dimensional model of a physical environment (100) including an Access Point (110), an End Point (120) running an application (250), and a passive object (130);
emulating (320) network traffic for the application (250) transmitted between the Access Point (110) and the End Point (120);
simulating (330), in the model, pathways (140) for signals to carry the traffic in a plurality of regions for the physical environment (100);
emulating (340) signal degradation along the pathways (140) in the plurality of regions based on a first location for the Access Point (110), a second location for the End Point (120), and a third location for the passive object (130) in the physical environment (100);
and
in response to the signal degradation satisfying (360) a pathloss threshold, outputting (370) a command to the application (250) to affect operations of the End Point (120).

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A system, comprising:

a processor (210);
and
a memory (230), including instructions that, when performed by the processor (210), enable the processor (210) to perform an operation, the operation comprising:
simulating (310) a three-dimensional model of a physical environment (100) including an Access Point (110), an End Point (120) running an application (250), and a passive object (130);
emulating (320) network traffic for the application (250) transmitted between the Access Point (110) and the End Point (120);
simulating (330), in the model, pathways (140) for signals to carry the traffic in a plurality of regions for the physical environment (100);
emulating (340) signal degradation along the pathways (140) in the plurality of regions based on a first location for the Access Point (110), a second location for the End Point (120), and a third location for the passive object (130) in the physical environment (100);
and
in response to the signal degradation satisfying (360) a pathloss threshold, outputting (370) a command to the application (250) to affect operations of the End Point (120).

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Dynamic pathloss mitigation

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Dynamic pathloss mitigation

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Abstract

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