Presenting wireless-spectrum usage information
AssigneeCognitive Systems Corp.
InventorsTajinder Manku, Oleksiy Kravets, Hugh Robert Faulkner Hind
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Abstract
In some aspects, a method of displaying wireless-spectrum usage information is described. In some examples, a surface plot of a measure of wireless-spectrum usage for a geographic region is generated. The surface plot is based on analysis of physical layer signals detected at wireless-spectrum monitoring locations distributed over the geographic region. The surface plot is superimposed onto a view of the geographic region by operation of a display device. The superimposed surface plot visually indicates values for the measure of wireless-spectrum usage over the view of the geographic region.
Claims20
A method of displaying wireless-spectrum usage information, the method comprising:
- monitoring wireless-spectrum usage concurrently at wireless-spectrum monitoring locations distributed over a geographic region by operation of wireless-spectrum analysis devices distributed over the geographic region;
- transmitting, from each wireless-spectrum analysis device, spectral-usage data identified by the wireless-spectrum analysis device analyzing physical layer signals detected at its wireless-spectrum monitoring location;
- aggregating the spectral-usage data transmitted from the wireless-spectrum analysis devices;
- generating, by operation of data processing apparatus, a surface plot of a measure of wireless-spectrum usage for the geographic region based on the aggregated spectral usage data;
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- superimposing, by operation of a display device, the surface plot onto a view of the geographic region, the superimposed surface plot visually indicating values for the measure of wireless-spectrum usage over the geographic region.
A wireless-spectrum analysis system comprising:
- wireless-spectrum analysis devices at wireless-spectrum monitoring locations distributed over a geographic region, the wireless-spectrum analysis devices configured to:
- monitor wireless-spectrum usage concurrently at the wireless-spectrum monitoring locations;
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- transmit, from the wireless-spectrum analysis device, spectral-usage data identified by the wireless-spectrum analysis device analyzing physical layer signals detected at its wireless-spectrum monitoring location;
- a data aggregation system configured to aggregate the spectral-usage data from the wireless-spectrum analysis devices;
- data processing apparatus configured to generate a surface plot of a measure of wireless-spectrum usage based on the aggregated spectral-usage data;
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- a display device configured to superimpose the surface plot onto a view of the geographic region, the superimposed surface plot visually indicating values for the measure of wireless-spectrum usage over the view of the geographic region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.