System and method of detecting potential video traffic interference
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsJames Huffman, Douglas Medina, Darren Kaufman
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Abstract
A method of detecting potential video traffic interference at a video head-end of a video distribution network is disclosed and includes detecting, at a video head-end, a signal populating an ultra high frequency (UHF) white space frequency. The method also includes determining that a strength of the signal is equal to or greater than a threshold signal strength. Further, the method includes sending an alert from the video head-end to a network management system. The alert indicates that the UHF white space frequency is populated by a signal having a potential to interfere with video traffic delivered via the video head-end.
Claims22
A method of detecting potential video traffic interference at a video head-end of a video distribution network, the method comprising:
- detecting, at a video head-end, a signal populating an ultra high frequency (UHF) white space frequency;
- determining that a strength of the signal is equal to or greater than a threshold signal strength;
- and
- sending an alert from the video head-end to a network management system, wherein the alert indicates that the UHF white space frequency is populated by a signal having a potential to interfere with video traffic delivered via the video head-end.
A system to detect potential video traffic interference at a video head-end of a video distribution network, the system comprising:
- a detection system having processing logic and memory accessible to the processing logic, wherein the memory includes instructions executable by the processing logic to:
- determine that a strength of a detected signal populating an ultra high frequency (UHF) white space frequency is equal to or greater than a threshold signal strength;
- and
- send an alert to a network management system, wherein the alert indicates that the UHF white space frequency is populated by a signal having a potential to interfere with video traffic delivered via a video head-end of a video distribution network.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having processor-readable instructions executable by a processor to perform a method, the method comprising:
- determining that a strength of a detected signal populating an ultra high frequency (UHF) white space frequency is equal to or greater than a threshold signal strength;
- and
- sending an alert to a video operations center, wherein the alert indicates that the UHF white space frequency is populated by a signal having a potential to interfere with video traffic delivered via a video head-end of a video distribution network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.