Mitigating potential video traffic interference
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsJames Huffman, Douglas Medina, Darren Kaufman
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Abstract
A method includes detecting, at a video head-end of a video distribution network, a signal having an ultra high frequency white space frequency. The method includes determining that a strength of the signal satisfies a threshold signal strength. The method also includes sending an alert from the video head-end to a network management system in response to the strength satisfying the threshold signal strength.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- detecting a signal having an ultra high frequency white space frequency;
- in response to a strength of the signal satisfying a threshold signal strength, comparing a frequency of the signal to a plurality of stored interference signal frequencies;
- and
- sending an alert from a video head-end to a network management system in response to the frequency matching a first interference signal frequency of the plurality of stored interference signal frequencies, wherein the alert identifies a video content channel affected by interference from the signal.
A system comprising:
- a processor at a video head-end of a video distribution network;
- and
- a memory accessible to the processor, wherein the memory includes instructions executable by the processor to perform operations including:
- detecting a signal having an ultra high frequency white space frequency;
- in response to a strength of the signal satisfying a threshold signal strength, comparing a frequency of the signal to a plurality of stored interference signal frequencies;
- and
- sending an alert to a network management system in response to the frequency matching a first interference signal frequency of the plurality of stored interference signal frequencies, wherein the alert identifies a video content channel affected by interference from the signal.
A computer-readable storage device including processor-readable instructions executable by a processor to perform operations comprising:
- detecting a signal having an ultra high frequency white space frequency;
- in response to a strength of the signal satisfying a threshold signal strength, comparing a frequency of the signal to a plurality of stored interference signal frequencies;
- and
- sending an alert to a network management system in response to the frequency matching a first interference signal frequency of the plurality of stored interference signal frequencies, wherein the alert identifies a video content channel affected by interference from the signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.