Systems and methods for determining operational status of functional components of a wireless signal transmission environment
First Claim
1. A method of determining operational status of components of a wireless signal transmission environment, the method comprising:
- determining, by a transceiver system, a value of at least one waveform characteristic of a signal received at multiple antennas of the transceiver system,wherein the signal is initiated by a client power receiver at a first location in the wireless signal transmission environment;
computing based at least in part on the value of the at least one waveform characteristic, a transceiver system operational status for the client power receiver at the first location;
comparing the transceiver system operational status for the client power receiver at the first location with a prior-stored last known transceiver system operational status for the client power receiver at a the first location; and
identifying, based on the comparison, at least one functional problem in at least one of the transceiver system and the client power receiver.
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Abstract
For determining operational status of components of a wireless signal transmission environment, a signal is received from a client power receiver (CPR), and at least one waveform characteristic value of the signal is calculated. Based on the determined waveform characteristic value(s), a current transceiver system operational status is computed for the CPR at a current location. The determined current transceiver system operational status is compared with a prior-stored last known good transceiver system operational status for the CPR at the current location, and it is determined if, as a result of the comparing, the current transceiver system operational status matches the prior-stored last known good transceiver system operational status for the CPR at the current location. Determining a presence or an absence of the match facilitates identifying one of a presence and an absence of: functional problem(s) in: at least one of the transceiver system and the CPR.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of determining operational status of components of a wireless signal transmission environment, the method comprising:
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determining, by a transceiver system, a value of at least one waveform characteristic of a signal received at multiple antennas of the transceiver system, wherein the signal is initiated by a client power receiver at a first location in the wireless signal transmission environment; computing based at least in part on the value of the at least one waveform characteristic, a transceiver system operational status for the client power receiver at the first location; comparing the transceiver system operational status for the client power receiver at the first location with a prior-stored last known transceiver system operational status for the client power receiver at a the first location; and identifying, based on the comparison, at least one functional problem in at least one of the transceiver system and the client power receiver. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A transceiver system comprising:
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an adaptively-phased antenna array having multiple radio-frequency (RF) transceivers; control circuitry operably coupled with the adaptively-phased antenna, the control circuitry configured to; determine a value of at least one waveform characteristic of a signal received at the multiple RF antennas of the transceiver system, wherein the signal is initiated by a client power receiver at a first location in the wireless signal transmission environment; compute, based at least in part on the value of the at least one waveform characteristic, a transceiver system operational status for the client power receiver at the first location; compare the transceiver system operational status for the client power receiver at the first location with a prior-stored last known transceiver system operational status for the client power receiver at the first location; and identify, based on the comparison, at least one functional problem in at least one of the transceiver system and the client power receiver. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus comprising:
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one or more computer readable storage media; and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, wherein the program instructions, when executed by one or more processing systems of a transceiver system, direct the transceiver system to; determine a value of at least one waveform characteristic of a signal received at the multiple RF antennas of the transceiver system, wherein the signal is initiated by a client power receiver at a first location in the wireless signal transmission environment; compute, based at least in part on the value of the at least one waveform characteristic, a transceiver system operational status for the client power receiver at the first location; compare the transceiver system operational status for the client power receiver at the first location with a prior-stored last known transceiver system operational status for the client power receiver at the first location; and identify, based on the comparison, at least one functional problem in at least one of the transceiver system and the client power receiver. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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