Systems, methods, and devices for electronic spectrum management with remote access to data in a virtual computing network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9537586-B2
Application number	US-201514636908-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 3, 2015
Priority date	Mar 15, 2013
Publication date	Jan 3, 2017
Grant date	Jan 3, 2017

Abstract

Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for automated geolocation of a signal using automated identification of baseline data and changes in state in a wireless communications spectrum, by identifying sources of signal emission in the spectrum by automatically detecting signals, analyzing signals, comparing signal data to historical and reference data, creating corresponding signal profiles, and determining information about the baseline data and changes in state based upon the measured and analyzed data in near real time.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system for providing advanced analytics relating to a wireless communications spectrum comprising:
at least three apparatus units, wherein each of the at least three apparatus units is operable for network-based communication with at least one server computer including a database, or with at least one other apparatus unit, but does not require a connection to the at least one server computer to be operable for identifying signal emitting devices;
wherein each of the at least three apparatus units is operable for sensing or measuring signals, thereby creating sensed and measured data, related to signal emitting devices in a spectrum associated with wireless communications, including: a housing, at least one processor and memory, at least one receiver, and sensors constructed and configured for sensing and measuring wireless communications signals from the signal emitting devices in the spectrum associated with wireless communications;
wherein each of the at least three apparatus units is operable to automatically analyze the sensed and measured data, including determination of changes in state from a baseline dataset in near real time;
each of the at least three apparatus units including hardware parameters, environment parameters and terrain data stored in a static database associated with the sensed and measured signals to calculate signal degradation data so that combined data from the at least three apparatus units is used to generate a geolocation of a signal from at least one signal emitting device; and
at least one remote communications device operable to access the at least three apparatus units or the at least one server computer via a network for remote viewing or remote access of the sensed and measured data or analyzed data stored on the at least three apparatus units, including the geolocation of the signal.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one remote communications device operable to access the at least three apparatus units and/or the at least one server computer via the network for remote viewing and/or remote access the sensed and measured data and/or analyzed data and/or aggregated data from more than one apparatus unit.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the baseline dataset includes indications of signal activity, power, bandwidth, frequency, duration, at least one time, at least one day, and combinations thereof.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the baseline dataset and the changes in state are identified for predetermined frequencies, ISM bands, or user-defined frequencies.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least three apparatus units are operable for automatically determining the baseline dataset and the changes in state in near real time, based upon measured frequency, bandwidth, and duration.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least three apparatus units are operable for automatically visually indicating or listing the baseline dataset and the changes in state stored in memory on the at least three apparatus units.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of the at least three apparatus units is operable for automatically scanning a target environment to identify the baseline dataset and the changes in state for an allotted amount of time between a minimum of about 15 minutes up to about 30 days.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein identification of the baseline dataset and the changes in state within the spectrum is accurate to a predetermined degree of confidence between about 80 and about 100 percent.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least three apparatus units are operable for automatically scanning the frequency span, wherein a default scan includes a frequency span between about 54 MHz and about 804 MHz.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least three apparatus units are operable for scanning the frequency span, including an ISM scan between about 900 MHz and about 2.5 GHz.

11. An apparatus for providing advanced analytics relating to a wireless communications spectrum comprising:
a housing, at least one processor and memory, and sensors constructed and configured for sensing and measuring wireless communications signals, thereby creating sensed and measured data, including baseline data and changes in state from the baseline data from signal emitting devices in a spectrum associated with wireless communications;
wherein the apparatus is operable to automatically and independently analyze sensed and measured data to identify the baseline data and changes in state in near real time, without requiring connection to a remote server computer or a remote database;
hardware parameters, environment parameters and terrain data stored in a static database associated with the sensed and measured wireless communications signals to calculate signal degradation data for identifying the signal emitting devices and for determining a geolocation of at least one signal from the at least one signal emitting device by combining the sensed and measured data and signal degradation data with corresponding data from at least two other apparatus units using triangulation methods; and
wherein the apparatus is operable to provide remote access to the sensed and measured data or analyzed data stored in a memory of the apparatus.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein characteristics of signals and measured data from signal emitting devices within the spectrum include frequency, power, bandwidth, duration, modulation, and combinations thereof.

13. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein identification of the baseline data and changes in state within the spectrum provides for minimized data storage on the apparatus, and for providing the near real time results from comparing the baseline data and changes in state from the baseline data.

14. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein identification of the baseline data and changes in state includes at least two sample sets, including a first and second sample sets, from which a delta is generated.

15. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the baseline data and the changes in state are automatically stored in memory on the apparatus for predetermined times and frequencies.

16. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is operable for automatically determining the baseline data and the changes in state in near real time, based upon measured frequency, bandwidth, and duration.

17. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is operable for storing information corresponding to the identified the baseline data and the changes in state within the spectrum to a database in memory on the apparatus.

18. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is operable for automatically visually indicating and/or listing the baseline data and changes in state stored in memory.

19. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the baseline data and changes in state further includes indications of signal activity, power, bandwidth, frequency, duration, at least one time, at least one day, and combinations thereof.

20. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is operable for automatically scanning to identify the baseline data and the changes in state for an allotted amount of time between a minimum of about 15 minutes up to about 30 days.

21. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is operable for automatically scanning a frequency span, wherein a default scan includes a frequency span between about 54 MHz and about 804 MHz

Assignees

• Dgs Global Systems Inc

Inventors

• Carbajal Daniel

Classifications

• H04B17/318

  Received signal strength · CPC title

• H04B17/26 Primary

  using historical data, averaging values or statistics · CPC title

• H04W64/006 Primary

  with additional information processing, e.g. for direction or speed determination · CPC title

• H04W24/08

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

• G01S19/48

  by combining or switching between position solutions derived from the satellite radio beacon positioning system and position solutions derived from a further system · CPC title