System and method for displaying mobility trails for mobile clients

• US 10,237,700 B2
• Filed: 07/14/2017
• Issued: 03/19/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Inventors: Agarwal, Gopal, Joshi, Venkatesh, Wadhawan, Anupam
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Timothy
• Application Number:
  US15/649,966
• Publication Number:
  US 20170318431A1
• Time in Patent Office: 613 Days
• Field of Search: 455457
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/04 Arrangements for maintaining operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a system and a method for displaying mobile trails for mobile client devices. Specifically, a network device obtains a plurality of performance measurements and a corresponding plurality of physical locations for a client device over a period of time. Then the network device generates a plurality of visual representations for the client device over the period of time, each visual representation representing a respective performance measurement and a respective physical location at a respective time during the period of lime. Moreover, the network device can display, store, and/or transmit a map of a physical environment with the plurality of visual representations.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions executable by a processing resource to:

obtain a plurality of performance measurements and physical locations of the client device over the period of time, wherein the client device is associated with an access point in a network covering a physical environment;

determine, based on a level of at least one performance measurement of the plurality of performance measurements of the client device, a visual characteristic of a line on a map of the physical environment between a first physical location and a second physical location of the physical locations, wherein the client device moves from the first physical location to the second physical location, wherein at least one performance measurement comprises a health of the client device, a transmission power, a received signal strength indicator (RSSI), a network usage, a noise floor, or a combination thereof;

format the line, the format of the line corresponding to the level of the at least performance measurement of the client device moves from the first physical location to the second physical location of the plurality of locations; and

generate a visual representation for the client device over a period of time, the visual representation representing, at each point in time during the period of time, (i) a respective level of at least one performance measurement of the client device and (ii) a respective physical location of the client device along the line that is formatted with the determined visual characteristic.

2. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to obtain a plurality of performance measurements of the client device when the client device is on an active call.

3. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 2, wherein at least one performance measurement comprises a call quality measurement for the active call.

4. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions to display the map of the physical environment with the visual representation.

5. The non-transitory medium of claim 1, wherein the visual representation corresponds to a subset of the at least one performance measurement during the period of time when the client device was on a particular type of active call.

6. The non-transitory medium of claim 5, wherein the particular type of active call further comprises a voice call, a video call, or a voice and video call.

7. The non-transitory medium of claim 5, wherein the visual representation further comprises at least one of a respective start time or a respective end time of the time period when the client device was on the particular type of active call.

8. The non-transitory medium of claim 1, wherein the visual characteristic of the line comprises a thickness of the line, wherein a degree of the thickness indicates the level of the performance measurement.

9. The non-transitory medium of claim 1, wherein the visual characteristic of the line comprises a shade of the line, wherein a degree of the shade indicates the level of the performance measurement.

10. The non-transitory medium of claim 1, wherein the visual characteristic of the line comprises a color of the line, wherein a particular color of a set of available colors of the line indicates the level of the performance measurement.

11. A network device;

and

a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions executable by a processing resource to;

obtain at least one performance measurement of a client device on an active call and physical location information of the client device, wherein the client device moves from a first physical location to a second physical location in a physical environment;

determine, based on a level of at least one performance measurement of the client device, a visual characteristic of a line on a map of the physical environment between the first physical location and the second physical location, wherein at least one performance measurement comprises a health of the client device, a transmission power, a received signal strength indicator (RSSI), a network usage, a noise floor, or a combination thereof;

format the line, the format of the line corresponding to the level of the at least performance measurement of the client device moves from the first physical location to the second physical location; and

cause generation of a visual representation for the client device over a period of time, the visual representation representing, at each point in time during the period of time, (i) a respective level of at least one performance measurement of the client device and (ii) a respective physical location of the client device along the line on the map that is formatted with the determined visual characteristic.

12. The network device of claim 11, wherein the network device further comprises an access point.

13. The network device of claim 11, wherein the network device further comprises a data transfer device, wherein the data transfer device further comprises a network switch, a router, a controller or a combination thereof.

14. The network device of claim 11, wherein the obtaining further comprises obtaining via a receiving mechanism that is coupled to a radio to obtain at least one performance measurement of the client device, wherein the radio is included in the network device.

15. The network device of claim 11, wherein the obtaining further comprises obtaining via a receiving mechanism that is coupled to a network interface to obtain at least one performance measurement of the client device, wherein the network interface is included in the network device.

16. A method, comprising:

obtain a plurality of performance measurements and physical locations of the client device over the period of time, wherein the client device is associated with an access point in a network covering the physical environment

determining, based on a level of at least one performance measurement of the plurality of performance measurements of the client device, a visual characteristic of a line on a map of the physical environment between a first physical location and a second physical location of the physical locations, wherein the client device moves from the first physical location to the second physical location, wherein at least one performance measurement comprises a health of the client device, a transmission power, a received signal strength indicator (RSSI), a network usage, a noise floor, or a combination thereof;

formatting the line, the format of the line corresponding to the level of the at least performance measurement of the client device moves from the first physical location to the second physical location of the plurality of locations; and

generating a visual representation for the client device over a period of time, the visual representation representing, at a point in time during the period of time, (i) a respective level of at least one performance measurement of the client device and (ii) a respective physical location of the client device along the line that is formatted with the determined visual characteristic.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein generating the visual representation further comprises generating a video showing a time sequence of the client device moving through the physical environment.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein generating the video further comprises showing the time sequence of the client device concurrently with a respective level of at least one performance measurement of the client device at each respective point in time during the period of time.