Constraint-based approach to locate radio frequency interference devices and identify impacted areas

A system, comprising:

• one or more memories collectively containing one or more programs;
• one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors are configured to, individually or collectively, perform an operation comprising:
• collecting a plurality of radio frequency (RF) interference events from one or more data sources;
• identifying a group of RF interference events, from the plurality of RF interference events, that indicate interference from a common RF interference device;
• estimating a respective RF receiver location from each respective RF interference event, of the group of RF interference events;
• creating a plurality of RF interference source location constraint regions, each respective region being a volume referenced to a respective RF receiver location;
• identifying an overlapping volume that the plurality of RF interference source location constraint regions intersect;
• and
• defining an RF interference influence volume by expanding the overlapping volume based on an interference range of the RF interference device as a function of direction.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media containing, in any combination, computer program code that, when executed by a computer system, performs an operation comprising:

• collecting a plurality of radio frequency (RF) interference events from one or more data sources;
• identifying a group of RF interference events, from the plurality of RF interference events, that indicate interference from a common RF interference device;
• estimating a respective RF receiver location from each respective RF interference event, of the group of RF interference events;
• creating a plurality of RF interference source location constraint regions, each respective region being a volume referenced to a respective RF receiver location;
• identifying an overlapping volume that the plurality of RF interference source location constraint regions intersect;
• and
• defining an RF interference influence volume by expanding the overlapping volume based on an interference range of the RF interference device as a function of direction.