Systems, methods, and devices having databases and automated reports for electronic spectrum management

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10694413-B2
Application number	US-201916383054-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 12, 2019
Priority date	Mar 15, 2013
Publication date	Jun 23, 2020
Grant date	Jun 23, 2020

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for providing at least one report relating to a wireless communications spectrum. At least one device is operable for wideband scan; to detect and measure at least one signal transmitted from at least one signal emitting device autonomously, thereby creating signal data; to analyze the signal data in near real-time, thereby creating analyzed data; generate the at least one report in near real-time; and to communicate at least a portion of the at least one report over a network to at least one remote device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system for providing advanced analytics relating to a wireless communications spectrum, the system comprising:
at least one server, wherein the at least one server includes a database and at least one processor; and
at least one apparatus, wherein the at least one apparatus is operable for network-based communication with the at least one server and/or at least one other apparatus for identifying at least one signal emitting device;
wherein the at least one apparatus includes a housing, at least one processor, at least one memory, and at least one sensor constructed and configured for sensing and measuring wireless communications signals from signal emitting devices in the wireless communications spectrum;
wherein the at least one apparatus is operable to sense and measure wireless communications signals from the at least one signal emitting device, thereby creating signal data;
wherein the at least one apparatus is operable to transmit the signal data to the at least one server; and
wherein the at least one server is operable to analyze the signal data, including determination of changes in state from a baseline dataset, and calculate signal degradation data for identifying the at least one signal emitting device using hardware parameters, environment parameters, and noise figure, wherein the noise figure is based on parameters of a transmitter of the at least one signal emitting device.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one apparatus does not require a connection to the at least one server to be operable for identifying the at least one signal emitting device.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the system includes a multiplicity of the at least one apparatus distributed in spaced apart locations for sensing and measuring the wireless communications signals in a predetermined region.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one apparatus and/or the at least one server is operable to identify open space, and wherein the identification of the open space:
is based upon predetermined frequencies, user-defined frequencies, and/or ISM bands;
is based upon measured frequency, bandwidth, and duration;
is displayed or visually indicated, in whole or in part, by the at least one apparatus; and/or
is accurate to a predetermined degree of confidence, the predetermined degree of confidence being between about 80 and about 100 percent or between about 80 and about 95 percent.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one apparatus is operable for automatically generating reports of the advanced analytics, wherein the reports include a power usage report, a radio frequency survey report, a signal optimization report, a listing report of at least two frequencies sensed and measured, a plot report of power and bandwidth activity of at least two frequencies sensed and measured, a variance report including information about variations in the signal data, and/or an anomaly report.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one apparatus is operable for automatically scanning the wireless communications spectrum for an allotted amount of time between about 15 minutes to about 30 days.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one apparatus is operable for automatically scanning the wireless communications spectrum, wherein a default scan includes a frequency span between about 54 MHz and about 804 MHz, an ISM scan between about 900 MHz and about 2.5 GHz, an ISM scan between about 5 GHz and about 5.8 GHz, and/or an inputted frequency range.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one apparatus is operable to sense and measure the wireless communications signals in near-real time.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the database includes stored data, and wherein the stored data includes:
in-phase and quadrature (I/O) data of received signals;
energy measurements of the wireless communications signals and a time associated with the energy measurements;
at least one parameter of the wireless communications signals, the at least one parameter including at least one of modulation type, protocol type, payload scheme, data type, symbol rate, symbol timing data, frequency repetition interval, bandwidth, source system, source location, center frequency, power, time of arrival measurement, frequency peak, peak power, average power, and signal duration;
a characteristic listing for at least one signal group, the characteristic listing including at least one of protocol data, environment data, and noise data;
changes for the wireless communications signals, the changes including at least one of a combination of amplitude changes and frequency changes that are averaged over bandwidth and time to compute a modulation type, frequency offset changes, orthogonal frequency division modulation changes, time changes, and/or I/O phase rotation changes;
information used to determine spectral density, center frequency, bandwidth, baud rate, modulation type, protocol, system or carrier using licensed spectrum, signal source location, and timestamp corresponding to the wireless communications signals; and/or
indications of signal activity, power, bandwidth, frequency, duration, time, day, and/or combinations thereof relating to open space.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the signal data includes:
in-phase and quadrature (I/Q) data of the wireless communications signals;
energy measurements of the wireless communications signals and a time associated with the energy measurements;
at least one parameter of the wireless communications signals, the at least one parameter including at least one of modulation type, protocol data, protocol type, payload scheme, symbol rate, symbol timing data, frequency, frequency repetition interval, data type, bandwidth, source system, source location, time of arrival measurement, frequency peak, power, peak power, average power, and duration; and/or
changes for the wireless communications signals, the changes including at least one of a combination of amplitude changes and frequency changes that are averaged over bandwidth and time to compute a modulation type, frequency offset changes, orthogonal frequency division modulation changes, time changes, and/or I/Q phase rotation changes.

11. A system for providing advanced analytics relating to a wireless communications spectrum, the system comprising:
at least one server, wherein the at least one server includes a database and at least one processor; and
at least one apparatus, wherein the at least one apparatus is operable for network-based communication with the at least one server and/or with at least one other apparatus for identifying at least one signal emitting device;
wherein the at least one apparatus includes a housing, at least one processor, at least one memory, and at least one sensor constructed and configured for sensing and measuring wireless communications signals from signal emitting devices in the wireless communications spectrum;
wherein the at least one apparatus is operable to sense and measure wireless communications signals from the at least one signal emitting device in near-real time, thereby creating signal data;
wherein the at least one apparatus is operable to transmit the signal data to the at least one server;
wherein the at least one server is operable to analyze the signal data, including determination of changes in state from a baseline dataset, and calculate signal degradation data for identifying the at least one signal emitting device using hardware parameters, environment parameters, and noise figure, wherein the noise figure is based on parameters of a transmitter of the at least one signal emitting device; and
wherein the

Assignees

• Dgs Global Systems Inc
• Digital Global Systems Inc

Inventors

• Dzierwa Ronald C
• Carbajal Daniel

Classifications

• H04B17/309

  Measuring or estimating channel quality parameters · CPC title

• H04W24/10

  Scheduling measurement reports {; Arrangements for measurement reports} · CPC title

• H04W4/029

  Location-based management or tracking services · CPC title

• H04B17/3911

  Fading models or fading generators · CPC title

• H04W24/08 Primary

  Testing, {supervising or monitoring} using real traffic · CPC title