# US 2021/0242893 A1 · Method and apparatus for real-time monitoring and field adjustment > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0242893 A1 - Document ID: US20210242893A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/201,860 - Filed: 2021-03-15 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2017-04-05 - Assignees: ISCO International, LLC - Applicants: ISCO International, LLC - Inventors: Igor Goodman; Amr Abdelmonem - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210242893A1 ## CPC - H04B 1/1036: {with automatic suppression of narrow band noise or interference, e.g. by using tuneable notch filters (H04B1/123 takes precedence; filter circuits H03H)} - H04B 1/7097: Interference-related aspects - H04B 17/336: Signal-to-interference ratio [SIR] or carrier-to-interference ratio [CIR] - H04B 17/345: Interference values ({signal-to-interference ratio [SIR] or carrier-to-interference ratio [CIR]} H04B17/336) - H04J 11/0023: {Interference mitigation or co-ordination (direct sequence spread spectrum [DSSS] systems H04B1/7097; frequency hopping H04B1/713; allocation criteria for ingress interference avoidance H04L5/0062; frequency allocation criteria for requirements on out-of-channel emissions H04L5/0066; arrangements for removing intersymbol interference or baseband equalisers H04L25/03006; peak power aspects in multicarrier modulation H04L27/2614; power management H04W52/00; traffic scheduling H04W72/54, H04W72/541)} - H04J 11/005: {of intercell interference} - H04J 11/0056: {Inter-base station aspects} - H04L 1/0021: {in which the algorithm uses adaptive thresholds} - H04L 1/0026: {Transmission of channel quality indication} - H04L 1/242: {by comparing a transmitted test signal with a locally generated replica} - H04L 5/0073: {Allocation arrangements that take into account other cell interferences} - H04L 41/0823: characterised by the purposes of a change of settings, e.g. optimising configuration for enhancing reliability (for optimising operational conditions of wireless networks H04W24/02) - H04L 43/0829: Packet loss - H04L 43/16: Threshold monitoring - H04L 43/50: Testing arrangements - H04L 45/243: using M+N parallel active paths - H04W 16/32: Hierarchical cell structures - H04W 24/02: Arrangements for optimising operational condition - H04W 24/06: Testing, {supervising or monitoring} using simulated traffic - H04W 24/08: Testing, {supervising or monitoring} using real traffic - H04W 28/0236: {radio quality, e.g. interference, losses or delay} - H04W 28/04: Error control - H04W 36/08: Reselecting an access point - H04W 36/20: for optimising the interference level - H04W 40/12: based on transmission quality or channel quality - H04W 52/241: {taking into account channel quality metrics, e.g. SIR, SNR, CIR or Eb/lo} - H04W 52/242: {taking into account path loss} - H04W 72/044: based on the type of the allocated resource - H04W 72/0453: Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA - H04W 72/29: between an access point and the access point controlling device - H04W 72/51: based on terminal or device properties - H04W 72/541: using the level of interference - H04W 72/542: using measured or perceived quality - H04B 10/25: Arrangements specific to fibre transmission - H04B 2001/1045: {Adjacent-channel interference} - H04B 2001/1054: {by changing bandwidth} - H04B 2001/1072: {by tuning the receiver frequency} - H04B 2201/70728: Frequency aspects - H04J 13/00: Code division multiplex systems (for frequency hopping H04B1/713) - H04L 5/001: {the frequencies being arranged in component carriers} - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04L 5/006: {Quality of the received signal, e.g. BER, SNR, water filling} - H04L 5/0082: {at predetermined intervals} - H04L 43/0852: Delays - H04L 45/28: using route fault recovery - H04L 69/323: in the physical layer [OSI layer 1] - H04W 24/10: Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} - H04W 40/02: Communication route or path selection, e.g. power-based or shortest path routing - H04W 88/08: Access point devices - H04W 88/085: {Access point devices with remote components} - H04W 92/20: between access points - Y02D 30/70: in wireless communication networks - H04B: TRANSMISSION - H04J: MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION (transmission in general H04B; peculiar to transmission of digital information H04L5/00; systems for the simultaneous or sequential transmission of more than one television signal H04N7/08; in exchanges H04Q11/00; stereophonic systems H04S) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE ## Abstract A system that incorporates aspects of the subject disclosure may perform operations including, for example, obtaining uplink information associated with a downlink path, wherein the uplink information includes operational parameters used by a plurality of communication devices for transmitting wireless signals on a plurality of uplink paths; performing, based on the uplink information, a plurality of measurements of the plurality of uplink paths; identifying a measurement from the plurality of measurements that is below a threshold, thereby indicating an affected uplink path of the plurality of uplink paths; initiating a first filtering of the affected uplink path, wherein the initiating is based on the identifying and wherein the first filtering is based upon one or more first filtering parameters; and receiving instructions comprising one or more updated filtering parameters, wherein the instructions are received by the system at a port of the system. Other embodiments are disclosed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method, comprising: obtaining, by a system comprising a processor, uplink information associated with wireless signals on a plurality of uplink paths; receiving, by the system, the plurality of uplink paths from a plurality of remote radio units; performing, by the system, based on the uplink information, a plurality of measurements of the plurality of uplink paths; identifying, by the system, a first measurement from the plurality of measurements that fails to meet a threshold, wherein the first measurement is associated with an affected uplink path of the plurality of uplink paths; initiating a first filtering of the affected uplink path based upon one or more first filtering parameters; receiving, by the system, an instruction comprising one or more updated filtering parameters, wherein the instruction is received by the system at a port of the system; and providing, by the system, a respective spectral analysis of one or more uplink paths of the plurality of uplink paths, including the affected uplink path. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the providing a respective spectral analysis comprises providing, by the system, the respective spectral analysis at the port. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving the instruction comprises receiving, by the system, a user generated instruction from a computing device in data communication with the port. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the computing device is connected to the port via a network. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein uplink paths of the plurality of uplink paths conform to a common public radio interface (CPRI) protocol. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the providing a respective spectral analysis of one or more uplink paths of the plurality of uplink paths comprising providing, by the system, the respective spectral analysis to a computing device to enable the computing device to display imaging information corresponding to the respective spectral analysis. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising providing by the system, via the port, an indication of each of the one or more first filtering parameters, wherein each indication is provided by the system prior to receiving of the instruction by the system. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein each indication is provided to a computing device in data communication with the port for display by the computing device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising initiating, by the system, a second filtering of the affected uplink path, wherein the second filtering is performed after the first filtering and the second filtering utilizes the one or more updated filtering parameters. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising: making, by the system, a second measurement associated with the affected uplink path, wherein the second measurement is made after the first filtering and before the second filtering; making a third measurement associated with the affected uplink path, wherein the third measurement is made after the second filtering; and the second filtering improving on the first filtering comprises causing the third measurement to improve upon the second measurement. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein: failing to meet the threshold comprises the first measurement being below the threshold; and the causing the third measurement to improve upon the second measurement comprises causing the third measurement to be greater than the second measurement. ### Claim 12 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: obtaining uplink information associated with a downlink path, wherein the uplink information includes operational parameters for transmitting wireless signals on a plurality of uplink paths; performing, based on the uplink information, a plurality of measurements of the plurality of uplink paths received from a plurality of remote radio units; identifying a measurement from the plurality of measurements that is below a threshold, thereby indicating an affected uplink path of the plurality of uplink paths; initiating a first filtering of the affected uplink path based on the identifying and based upon one or more parameters; and receiving an instruction comprising one or more updated parameters, wherein the instruction is received by the system at a port of the system, wherein the port is in data communication with the processor. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, further comprising receiving plurality of uplink paths from a plurality of remote radio units via a plurality of fiber optic cables in data communication with the processor. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein at least one of the one or more updated parameters replaces at least one of the one or more parameters. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein at least one of the one or more updated parameters supplements the one or more parameters. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein the instruction is a user generated instruction from a computing device in data communication with the port. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The system of claim 12, wherein: the operations further comprise initiating a second filtering of the affected uplink path, wherein the second filtering utilizes the one or more updated parameters. ### Claim 18 A non-transitory, machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a system, facilitate performance of operations comprising: performing, based on uplink information, a plurality of measurements of a plurality of uplink paths, wherein the uplink information is associated with a plurality of communication devices to facilitate transmission of wireless signals on the plurality of uplink paths; identifying an affected uplink path of the plurality of uplink paths from a measurement from the plurality of measurements that fails to meet a threshold; responsive to the identifying, initiating a first filtering of the affected uplink path, wherein the first filtering is based upon one or more first filtering parameters; and receiving an instruction comprising one or more updated filtering parameters, wherein the instruction is received by the system at a port of the system. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The non-transitory, machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein: receiving the instruction comprises receiving a user generated instruction from a computing device that is connected to the port, and wherein the operations further comprise: initiating a second filtering of the affected uplink path, wherein the second filtering is performed after the first filtering and the second filtering utilizes the one or more updated filtering parameters. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The non-transitory, machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise: providing a respective spectral analysis of each of the plurality of uplink paths, including the affected uplink path, wherein each respective spectral analysis is provided to the port by the system.