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US 2021/0173389 A1Published application
Smart Building Sensor Network Fault Diagnostics Platform
AssigneeBridgewest Ventures LLC
InventorSaeid Safavi
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Abstract
An approach for diagnosing degradations in performance and malfunctions in sensor networks is disclosed. This approach is based on so-called “fault signatures”. Such fault signatures are generated for known fault conditions through a statistical analysis process that results in each known fault having a unique fault signature. Such unique fault signatures can then point to the root cause of a problem.
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A network fault diagnostics platform comprising:
- a) local user cross-layer parameter measurement data collection (CPM) module, the CPM module comprising (1) a user information module configured to accept user input regarding user preferences and activities, (2) an application module configured to receive information from a network to which the local user device is coupled, the received information including types of applications that are present, upload and download speeds, and streaming speeds, (3) a network configuration module configured to receive information regarding packet success rates, information regarding latency and jitter, (4) a PHY layer module configured to receive information regarding the radio frequency (RF) layer, including parameters based on a spectral analysis of the RF, intermediate frequency (IF) and baseband frequency signals;
- b) a remote access server coupled to the CPM module;
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- c) a network data collection and post-processing device coupled to the remote access server and configured to receive through the remote access server, data collected by the CPM module and to consolidate, correlate and analyze data and activate automated actions in response to the analysis.
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A network fault diagnostics platform comprising:
- a) local user device having a display device, a user input device and a cross-layer parameter measurement data collection (CPM) device, the CPM module comprising (1) a user information module configured to accept user input regarding user preferences and activities, (2) an application module configured to receive information from a network to which the local user device is coupled, the received information including types of applications that are present, upload and download speeds, and streaming speeds, (3) a network configuration module configured to receive information regarding packet success rates, information regarding latency and jitter, (4) a PHY layer module configured to receive information regarding the radio frequency (RF) layer, including parameters based on a spectral analysis of the RF, intermediate frequency (IF) and baseband frequency signals;
- b) a local area network (LAN) server coupled to the local user device;
- c) a local storage device coupled to the LAN server for storing information regarding the topology of the network, information regarding wireless connections between elements of the network and information regarding wired links between elements of the network;
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- d) a network data collection and post-processing module coupled to the LAN server and configured to receive and process network related data received from the local storage device and to activate automated actions in response to the processed network related data.
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