METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MAINTAINING THE PERFORMANCE QUALITY OF A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IN THE PRESENCE OF NARROW BAND INTERFERENCE

摘要

A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for analyzing a wide frequency band with respect to signal power levels in specified narrow frequency bands, detecting narrow band signal power levels received in the specified narrow frequency bands, determining an average composite wideband power level from the narrow band signal power levels, determining an adaptive threshold, tracking narrow band interferers according to the adaptive threshold and the average composite wideband power level, and transmitting a report descriptive of the narrow band interferers. Other embodiments are disclosed.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
determining, by a system including a processor, narrow band signal power levels received in narrow frequency bands of a wide frequency band; selecting, by the system, a subset of excluded narrow band signal power levels from the determined narrow band signal power levels, wherein the selecting of the subset of excluded narrow band signal power levels is performed prior to and independent of determining an average power level; determining, by the system, the average power level from the narrow band signal power levels without consideration of the subset of excluded narrow band signal power levels; monitoring, by the system, narrow band interferers according to the average power level; and generating, by the system, a notification to cause an adjustment to an operation of a source of one or more of the narrow band interferers.