Signal monitoring platform

摘要

Aspects of the disclosure relate to signal monitoring at edge of a network domain in a network. A monitoring device can evaluate communication quality of information streams in downstream frequency channels, and operation conditions in a telecommunication network. In one aspect, communication quality can be evaluated at the physical layer level or at a higher-layer level containing payload data. In response to an operation issue, the monitoring device can transmit a notification to a node of a distribution platform of the telecommunication network.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, at one or more processors, a plurality of information streams, wherein the plurality of information streams comprises one or more data streams and one or more signaling streams; generating a plurality of pilot signals, each pilot signal comprising one or more pilot tones; combining, using the one or more processors, at least two of the plurality of pilot signals to form a combined pilot signal; combining, using the one or more processors, the one or more data streams, the one or more signaling streams, and the combined pilot signal into one or more output streams, wherein each of the one or more output streams comprises at least one data stream and at least one signaling stream; outputting the one or more output streams; analyzing data resulting from the one or more output streams, thereby producing analysis data comprising at least one communication quality metric; and transmitting to a network node at least a portion of the analysis data in a format specified by the network node.