Endpoint device antenna beam forming based jamming detection and mitigation
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorRoger Piqueras Jover
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Abstract
A method, computer-readable storage device and apparatus for locating a source of a communication impairment are disclosed. For example, the method detects the communication impairment, performs a sweep to locate a direction of the source of the communication impairment, wherein the sweep is performed in response to the detecting the communication impairment at the endpoint device, and generates a null in the direction of the source of the communication impairment.
Claims19
A method for locating a source of a communication impairment, the method comprising:
- detecting, by a processor of an endpoint device, the communication impairment;
- performing, by the processor, a sweep to locate a direction of the source of the communication impairment, wherein the sweep is performed in response to the detecting the communication impairment at the endpoint device, wherein the direction of the source of the communication impairment is determined based upon a detection of a greatest noise signal in the direction of the source of the communication impairment during the sweep;
- generating, by the processor, a first null in the direction of the source of the communication impairment for a first gain pattern of a first plurality of antennas of the endpoint device;
- and
- generating, by the processor, a second null in the direction of the source of the communication impairment for a second gain pattern of a second plurality of antennas of the endpoint device.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage device storing instructions which, when executed by a processor of an endpoint device, cause the processor to perform operations for locating a source of a communication impairment, the operations comprising:
- detecting the communication impairment;
- performing a sweep to locate a direction of the source of the communication impairment, wherein the sweep is performed in response to the detecting the communication impairment at the endpoint device, wherein the direction of the source of the communication impairment is determined based upon a detection of a greatest noise signal in the direction of the source of the communication impairment during the sweep;
- generating a first null in the direction of the source of the communication impairment via a plurality of antennas of the endpoint device for a first gain pattern of a first plurality of antennas of the endpoint device;
- and
- generating a second null in the direction of the source of the communication impairment for a second gain pattern of a second plurality of antennas of the endpoint device.
An apparatus for locating a source of a communication impairment, the apparatus comprising:
- a processor of an endpoint device;
- and
- a computer-readable storage device storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- detecting the communication impairment;
- performing a sweep to locate a direction of the source of the communication impairment, wherein the sweep is performed in response to the detecting the communication impairment at the endpoint device, wherein the direction of the source of the communication impairment is determined based upon a detection of a greatest noise signal in the direction of the source of the communication impairment during the sweep;
- generating a first null in the direction of the source of the communication impairment via a plurality of antennas of the endpoint device for a first gain pattern of a first plurality of antennas of the endpoint device;
- and
- generating a second null in the direction of the source of the communication impairment for a second gain pattern of a second plurality of antennas of the endpoint device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.