DETECTION AND MITIGATION OF INGRESS INTERFERENCE WITHIN COMMUNICATION LINKS

摘要

A system and process that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, an interference monitor configured to detect occurrences of unintended signals within a communications link. A communications link may carry a down-converted format of a satellite signal from an earth terminal to an integrated receiver and decoder for further network distribution. Depending upon the nature of any such detected unintended signals, the communications link can be “swapped out” for a redundant communications link carrying a down-converted format of the same satellite signal obtained by way of a redundant earth terminal. Other embodiments are disclosed.

主权项

1. A device, comprising:
a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising: monitoring an intermediate frequency bandwidth occupied by a down-converted satellite signal; detecting interference within the intermediate frequency bandwidth; identifying an alarm condition based on the interference; and substituting the down-converted satellite signal with a redundant down-converted satellite signal according to the alarm condition.