US 7,613,464 B2Granted

Systems and methods for scoring communication spectrum maximization

AssigneeMedia Technology Ventures, LLC

InventorsRonald A. Unkefer, Gary Marlin Lawrence, William Roland Hieatt, III, Harold A. Rose, Neil Jennings Keon, Joakim Kalvenes

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Abstract

A computer-based program performs calculations to analyze, vary, test, manage, and/or improve the performance of channels and/or frequencies in the communication spectrum. The program varies parameters of a point of communication, such as the location, transmission power, channel frequency, antenna height, and the like, alone or in combination, to measure, test, and/or evaluate which parameter changes increase the market coverage of a target market or area. In some scenarios, changes to one point of communication cause the regulations governing the broadcast relationship between one or more nearby points of communication to be violated. When this occurs, the program determines which of the parameters, such as the location, transmission power, channel and/or frequency, antenna height, and the like, alone or in combination, of the point of communication interfering with the increased market coverage scenario to vary to overcome the conflict with communications and/or regulatory law. In addition, the program can determine simultaneously which of the parameters of multiple points of communication to vary to overcome the conflict with communications and/or regulatory law. The program outputs multiple solutions with varying degrees of difficulty and varying amounts of performance improvement.

Claims5

Dependent claims

An apparatus for improving the coverage of a target area by a radio transmitter, the method comprising:

one or more processors configured to create multiple potential alternative locations for a radio transmitter;
one or more processors configured to analyze potential alternative locations, alternative classes alternative frequencies and/or alternative channels associated with a radio transmitter;
one or more processors configured to test whether the alternative locations, alternative classes, alternative frequencies and/or alternative channels or combinations thereof are feasible;
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one or more processors configured to score the alternative locations, alternative classes, alternative frequencies and/or alternative channels, wherein the scoring generates a numerical score that represents potential population and/or demographic coverage within a target area and potential implementation costs;
wherein the numerical score comprises a net present value (NPVk) of a radio transmitter j having the alternative locations, alternative classes, alternative frequencies and/or alternative channels of a scenario k, wherein
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 11/690,022Filed 22 Mar 2007 · us provisional application
Priority: 23 Mar 2006
Published: US 2007/0225006 A127 Sep 2007
Granted: 3 Nov 2009
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

H04W 16/18
Network planning, e.g. coverage or traffic planning tools; Network deployment, e.g. resource partitioning or cells structures: network planning tools
H04B 17/391
Of propagation channels: modelling the propagation channel
H04W 16/00
Network planning
H04B 7/10
Diversity systems; Multi-antenna system, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas: polarisation diversity; Directional diversity

Family

Application60/785,337Us provisional application · filed 23 Mar 2006
US 2007/0225006 A1Pre-grant publication · published 27 Sep 2007
US 7,613,464 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.

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