METHODS AND TOOLS FOR PERSISTENT SPECTRUM ANALYSIS OF AN OPERATING RADIO FREQUENCY BAND

摘要

Generation and use of geographic databases of frequency spectral information within an operating frequency band. Described herein are methods of making databases of geospectral information and using these databases to optimize performance of wireless networks. For example, a network of wireless radio devices that monitor the frequency spectrum of the operating frequency band may provide this geographically marked information to a central database to create a database of geospectral frequency information. This geospectral frequency information may be used to characterize, optimize or modify a network of wireless radio device, or to modify an individual wireless radio device.

主权项

1. A method of persistent spectrum analysis of an operating frequency band, the method comprising:
transmitting and receiving wireless information within the operating frequency band from each of a plurality of wireless radio devices that are separated geographically from each other and in wireless communication with an access point; monitoring the frequency spectrum of the operating frequency band over time to detect a set of spectrum information of the operating frequency band from each of the wireless radio devices simultaneously with transmitting and receiving the wireless information; periodically transmitting to a spectrum analysis engine the sets of spectrum information detected along with information identifying the geographic location of the wireless radio device that detected each set of spectrum information, wherein each set of spectrum information is time stamped; and creating a geographic database of spectrum information over time at the spectrum analysis engine using the sets of spectrum information.