Systems for detecting and locating interference sources
AssigneeEden Rock Communications, LLC
InventorsChaz H Immendorf, Eamonn F Gormley
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Abstract
A data communications system includes a controller device and multiple client devices in data communications with each other over a data communications network. The controller device is configured to issue an instruction to a portion of the client devices that instructs them to acquire an interference characteristic associated with one or more external interference source. The interference characteristic may be measured interference magnitudes associated with a frequency of data communications over the data communications link. The portion of client devices transmits the measured interference magnitudes to the controller device. The controller device then determines a location of one or more interference sources based on the transmitted data.
Claims19
A data communications system associated with a network operator having a license to transmit data in a given frequency range, the system comprising:
- at least one base station;
- at least one controller device configured to communicate with the base station over a first network channel and instruct the base station to initiate a quiet time during which time no data is to be transmitted in the given frequency range by the base station;
- and
- a plurality of client devices, each client device having a transceiver and configured to communicate with the base station over a second network channel,
- wherein the at least one controller device is configured to issue an instruction to the client devices to acquire at least one interference characteristic associated with an interference source operating in the given frequency range.
A computer-readable medium having computer readable instructions stored thereon, which when executed, perform a method for detecting an interference source within a data communication network associated with a network operator having a license to transmit data in a given frequency range, the method comprising:
- instructing a base station via a data communication link to initiate a quiet time wherein no data is to be transmitted in the given frequency range for a given time by the base station;
- and
- issuing an instruction to a plurality of client devices to acquire at least one interference characteristic associated with an interference source operating in the given frequency range, the instruction being issued using the base station over a wireless communication link,
- wherein each client device includes a transceiver and is configured to transmit and receive information from the base station.
A computer-implemented method for detecting an interference source within a data communication network associated with a network operator having a license to transmit data in a given frequency range, the method comprising:
- instructing a base station to initiate a quiet time during which time no data is to be transmitted in the given frequency range by the base station;
- issuing an instruction to a plurality of client devices to acquire at least one interference characteristic associated with an interference source operating in the given frequency range, the instruction being issued to the client devices via the base station over a wireless communication link, each client device including a transceiver and being configured to transmit and receive information from the base station;
- and
- receiving from at least one client device the acquired at least one interference characteristic associated with an interference source operating in the given frequency range during the quiet time.
A method for detecting an interference source within a data communication network using a client device provided therein, the data communication network being associated with a network operator having a license to transmit data in a given frequency range, the client device having a wireless transceiver for receiving and transmitting information to one or more base stations, the method comprising:
- receiving an instruction over a wireless link from a base station of the data communication network to scan for an interference source operating in the given frequency range during a scheduled quiet time when no data is to be transmitted on the given frequency range by the base station;
- acquiring an interference characteristic associated with the interference source operating in the given frequency range during the scheduled quiet time;
- and
- transmitting the acquired interference characteristic associated with the interference source to the base station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.