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US 9,854,467 B2Granted
Methods and systems for device wireless module diagnostics
AssigneeEchoStar Technologies L.L.C.
InventorsChristopher Burns, Jeremy Mickelsen
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Abstract
Methods, devices and systems are provided for diagnosing a wireless module of a device. An exemplary method involves operating a second wireless module of the device to transmit data on a second wireless channel that overlaps, at least in part, a first wireless channel. A measured response associated with the first wireless channel concurrent to the data transmitted on the second wireless channel is obtained from the first wireless module and a remedial action is initiated with respect to the first wireless module based at least in part on the measured response.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- detecting, by a control module of a device including a first wireless module communicating on a first wireless channel, an absence of communications on the first wireless channel;
- in response to the absence, instructing, by the control module, a second wireless module of the device to transmit diagnostic data on a second wireless channel different from the first wireless channel, wherein:
- the first wireless module supports a first communications protocol and the second wireless module supports a second communications protocol different from the first wireless communications protocol within a common frequency band;
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- at least a portion of the second wireless channel overlaps at least a portion of the first wireless channel;
- instructing, by the control module, the first wireless module of the device to monitor the first wireless channel concurrent to at least some of the diagnostic data transmission on the second wireless channel by the second wireless module of the device;
- determining an expected response on the first wireless channel to the diagnostic data transmitted on the second wireless channel by the second wireless module based on one or more characteristics of the diagnostic data transmitted on the second wireless channel;
- obtaining, by the control module from the first wireless module, a measured response associated with the first wireless channel concurrent to the diagnostic data transmitted on the second wireless channel;
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- automatically resetting, by the control module, the first wireless module when the measured response is less than the expected response.
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A device comprising:
- a first wireless module supporting a first communications protocol to communicate on a first wireless channel;
- a second wireless module supporting a second communications protocol different from the first wireless communications protocol within a common frequency band;
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- a control module coupled to the first wireless module and the second wireless module to detect an absence of communications on the first wireless channel, instruct the second wireless module to transmit diagnostic data on a second wireless channel in response to the absence, instruct the first wireless module to monitor the first wireless channel concurrent to at least some of the diagnostic data transmission by the second wireless module of the device, determine an expected response on the first wireless channel to the diagnostic data transmitted on the second wireless channel by the second wireless module based on one or more characteristics of the diagnostic data, obtain a measured response associated with the first wireless channel concurrent to the diagnostic data transmitted on the second wireless channel from the first wireless module, and automatically initiate a reset of the first wireless module when the measured response is less than the expected response, wherein at least a portion of the second wireless channel overlaps at least a portion of the first wireless channel and the first wireless channel is different from the second wireless channel.
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A media system comprising:
- an input device supporting a first communications protocol to communicate via a first wireless channel;
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- a media device comprising:
- a first wireless module supporting the first communications protocol to communicate with the input device via the first wireless channel;
- a second wireless module supporting a second communications protocol different from the first wireless communications protocol within a common frequency band;
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- a control module coupled to the first wireless module and the second wireless module to:
- detect an absence of communications with the input device on the first wireless channel;
- instruct the second wireless module to transmit diagnostic data on a second wireless channel different from the first wireless channel in response to the absence, wherein at least a portion of the second wireless channel overlaps at least a portion of the first wireless channel;
- instruct the first wireless module to monitor the first wireless channel concurrent to at least some of the diagnostic data transmission by the second wireless module;
- determine an expected response on the first wireless channel to the diagnostic data transmitted on the second wireless channel by the second wireless module based on one or more characteristics of the diagnostic data;
- obtain, from the first wireless module, a measured response associated with the first wireless channel concurrent to the diagnostic data transmitted on the second wireless channel;
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- automatically initiate a reset of the first wireless module when the measured response is less than the expected response.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.