Radio frequency spectrum management systems and methods in a manufacturing environment
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsMohsen Bahrami, Hamed Asadi, Mohammad Nekoui, Michael Miotto
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Abstract
A method includes obtaining a radio frequency (RF) signal magnitude for a plurality of RF signals broadcasted in an environment and generating a digital RF heat map of the environment based on each RF signal magnitude. The method includes determining an RF coverage of the environment based on the digital RF heat map and selecting, for a wireless communication device, a communication channel from among a plurality of communication channels based on the RF coverage and one or more RF probability distribution functions.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- obtaining a radio frequency (RF) signal magnitude for a plurality of RF signals broadcasted in an environment;
- generating a digital RF heat map of the environment based on each RF signal magnitude;
- determining an RF coverage of the environment based on the digital RF heat map;
- and
- selecting, for a wireless communication device, a communication channel from among a plurality of communication channels based on the RF coverage and one or more RF probability distribution functions.
A method comprising:
- obtaining a radio frequency (RF) signal magnitude for a plurality of RF signals broadcasted in an environment;
- generating a digital RF heat map of the environment based on each RF signal magnitude;
- determining an RF coverage of the environment based on the digital RF heat map;
- and
- selecting, for a wireless communication device, a communication channel from among a plurality of communication channels based on the RF coverage and one or more RF probability distribution functions, wherein each of the one or more RF probability distribution functions indicates a probability of whether an RF signal interference magnitude is greater than a threshold RF signal interference magnitude at a given location of the environment.
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a nontransitory computer-readable medium including instructions that are executable by the processor, wherein the instructions include:
- obtaining a radio frequency (RF) signal magnitude for a plurality of RF signals broadcasted in an environment;
- generating a digital RF heat map of the environment based on each RF signal magnitude;
- determining an RF coverage of the environment based on the digital RF heat map;
- and
- selecting, for a wireless communication device, a communication channel from among a plurality of communication channels based on the RF coverage and one or more RF probability distribution functions, wherein each of the one or more RF probability distribution functions indicates a probability of whether an RF signal interference magnitude is greater than a threshold RF signal interference magnitude at a given location of the environment, and wherein each of the one or more RF probability distribution functions:
- corresponds to a given communication channel from among the plurality of communication channels;
- and
- indicates a probability of RF interference over the given communication channel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.