Methods for interactive, real-time adjustments of antenna and other network state elements in a wireless network
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1. A method for interactive, real-time adjustment of antennas and displaying network state elements in a wireless network, comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a graphical user interface (GUI) capable of displaying one or more network state elements in a wireless network comprising one or more antennas, wherein each said antenna is described by a set of antenna parameters, and wherein a network state element is defined as one of a map of said wireless network, a graph relevant to said wireless network, and a scalar quantity relevant to said wireless network, and wherein said GUI is further capable of displaying current user-specified values of antenna parameters describing a selected antenna;
b) receiving the currently displayed set of antenna parameters describing the selected antenna;
c) performing a rapid network simulation analysis using said set of current antenna parameters;
d) using results of said network simulation analysis, calculating the current values of all said network state elements; and
e) displaying said current values on said GUI.
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Abstract
Methods for interactively adjusting antennas and displaying network state elements in a simulated wireless network with real-time calculation and a complete display of the effect of the modification on the network performance. The result is an intuitive and efficient way of maintaining a wireless network that replaces a common multi-step, time consuming and tedious operation of network maintenance, by a single step operation that is performed in real time.
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1. A method for interactive, real-time adjustment of antennas and displaying network state elements in a wireless network, comprising the steps of:
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a) providing a graphical user interface (GUI) capable of displaying one or more network state elements in a wireless network comprising one or more antennas, wherein each said antenna is described by a set of antenna parameters, and wherein a network state element is defined as one of a map of said wireless network, a graph relevant to said wireless network, and a scalar quantity relevant to said wireless network, and wherein said GUI is further capable of displaying current user-specified values of antenna parameters describing a selected antenna;
b) receiving the currently displayed set of antenna parameters describing the selected antenna;
c) performing a rapid network simulation analysis using said set of current antenna parameters;
d) using results of said network simulation analysis, calculating the current values of all said network state elements; and
e) displaying said current values on said GUI. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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