METHOD AND SYSTEM, WITH COMPONENT KITS FOR DESIGNING OR DEPLOYING A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK WHICH CONSIDERS FREQUENCY DEPENDENT EFFECTS
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Abstract
A computerized model provides a display of a physical environment in which a communications network is or will be installed. The communications network is comprised of several components, each of which are selected by the design engineer and which are represented in the display. Errors in the selection of certain selected components for the communications network are identified by their attributes or frequency characteristics as well as by their interconnection compatibility for a particular design. The effects of changes in frequency on component performance are modeled and the results are displayed to the design engineer. A bill of materials is automatically checked for faults and generated for the design system and provided to the design engineer. For ease of design, the design engineer can cluster several different preferred components into component kits, and then select these component kits for use in the design or deployment process.
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194 Claims
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1-40. -40. (canceled)
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41. An interactive method of designing a communication system comprising the steps of:
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identifying by a designer locations, termed “
watch points”
, in a displayed environment where certain levels of system performance are desirable or critical;
modeling by the designer a communication system using a graphical user interface (GUI) for an environmental database, wherein at least a portion of said communication system may be displayed as being interconnected in the displayed environment;
performing a performance prediction on the modeled communication system; and
providing feedback on a display to the designer regarding a predicted performance metric at the watch points throughout an environment of the modeled communication system. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193)
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53. A system for interactive design of a communication system comprising:
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means for identifying by a designer locations, termed “
watch points”
, in a displayed environment where certain levels of system performance are desirable or critical;
means for modeling by the designer a communication system using a graphical user interface (GUI) for an environmental database, wherein at least a portion of said communication system may be displayed as being interconnected in the displayed environment;
means for performing a performance prediction on the modeled communication system; and
means for providing feedback on a display to the designer regarding a predicted performance metric at the watch points throughout an environment of the modeled communication system. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 64, 65, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186)
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63. The system of claim 62, wherein the movement of a watch point represents a mobile user of the communication system.
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66-179. -179. (canceled)
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194-201. -201. (canceled)
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