Radio wave environment display device and method for displaying radio wave environment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11418272-B2
Application number	US-202117355546-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 23, 2021
Priority date	Jun 28, 2017
Publication date	Aug 16, 2022
Grant date	Aug 16, 2022

Abstract

A radio wave environment display device includes a display unit that displays a radio wave environment and a controller. The radio wave environment display device displays a radio wave environment in an area where a plurality of wireless transmitters located at different positions transmit radio waves. The controller selects, at each of a plurality of points in the area, a maximum intensity among intensities that are magnitudes of received power of radio waves transmitted from the wireless transmitters and causes the display unit to display the radio wave environment at each of the plurality of points based on the maximum intensity selected and an arrival direction of a radio wave with the maximum intensity selected.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device for causing a display to display a radio wave environment in an area where a plurality of wireless transmitters that are located at different positions transmit radio waves, the device comprising:
a memory configured to store:
received power of the radio waves at a point in the area, and
arrival directions of the radio waves at the point in the area; and

a controller configured to:
cause the display to display a screen for allowing a user to select an item among a plurality of items, and
cause the display to display a radio wave environment, based on the item selected by the user and at least one of (i) the received power and (ii) the arrival directions of the radio waves, wherein

the plurality of wireless transmitters includes a first wireless transmitter and a second wireless transmitter, and
the controller is configured to:
extract an interference map based on a difference between first received power of a radio wave transmitted from the first wireless transmitter and second received power of a radio wave transmitted from the second wireless transmitter, and
cause the display to display, as the radio wave environment, an area map based on the extracted interference map.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the radio wave environment is displayed on a map that illustrates the area.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to cause the display to display, as the radio wave environment, a power distribution map that indicates a sum of the received power of the radio waves.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to cause the display to display, as the ratio wave environment, a coverage area map that indicates maximum received power among the received power of the radio waves.

5. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to cause the display to display, as the radio wave environment, an arrival direction map that indicates an arrival direction among the arrival directions of the radio waves, the arrival direction corresponding to maximum received power among the received power of the radio waves.

6. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to:
calculate the received power and the arrival directions, and
cause the memory to store the calculated received power and the calculated arrival directions.

7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the received power and the arrival directions are calculated in a simulation.

8. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the received power and the arrival directions are received by a wireless receiver that is located at the point in the area and receives the radio waves transmitted from the plurality of wireless transmitters.

9. A method of causing a display to display a radio wave environment in an area where a plurality of wireless transmitters that are located at different positions transmit radio waves, the method comprising:
storing received power of the radio waves at a point in the area and arrival directions of the radio waves at the point in the area;
causing the display to display a screen for allowing a user to select an item among a plurality of items; and
causing the display to display a radio wave environment, based on the item selected by the user and at least one of (i) the received power and (ii) the arrival directions of the radio waves, wherein
the plurality of wireless transmitters includes a first wireless transmitter and a second wireless transmitter, and
the method further comprises:
extracting an interference map based on a difference between first received power of a radio wave transmitted from the first wireless transmitter and second received power of a radio wave transmitted from the second wireless transmitter; and
causing the display to display, as the radio wave environment, an area map based on the extracted interference map.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hamabe Taichi

Classifications

• H04B17/391 Primary

  Modelling the propagation channel · CPC title

• H04W24/00

  Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements · CPC title

• G01R29/0892

  Details related to signal analysis or treatment; presenting results, e.g. displays; measuring specific signal features other than field strength, e.g. polarisation, field modes, phase, envelope, maximum value · CPC title

• H04B17/23

  Indication means, e.g. displays, alarms, audible means · CPC title

• G01S3/04

  Details · CPC title