METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTE INTERFERENCE MONITORING AND ANALYSIS
First Claim
1. An apparatus for analyzing and monitoring interference in a source of radio frequency (RF) signals, the apparatus comprising:
- a monitoring device comprising an antenna and spectrum analyzer for collecting a series of RF signals within a frequency band and over a time frame from the source of RF signals;
data storage for storing said collected RF signals;
a first display for presenting a frequency spectrum of said collected RF signals over said frequency band and at a display time within said time frame;
a second display for presenting a time domain representation of said collected RF signals over said time frame and for a display frequency within said frequency band; and
an interface for modifying one of said display frequency and said display time;
wherein modification of said display frequency results in said time domain representation being accordingly updated and modification of said display time results in said frequency spectrum being accordingly updated.
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Abstract
A method, system and apparatus for monitoring and analyzing interference in a source of RF signals is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a first display for presenting a frequency spectrum of the collected signals over a frequency band and at a display time within a time frame and a second display for presenting a time domain representation of the signals over the time frame and for a display frequency within the frequency band where modification of the display frequency results in the time domain representation being simultaneously updated and modification of the display time results in the frequency spectrum being simultaneously updated. The system comprises monitoring devices each comprising a monitoring unit and a network interface for transmitting RF signals to a server system comprising and a plurality of analysis tools.
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19 Claims
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1. An apparatus for analyzing and monitoring interference in a source of radio frequency (RF) signals, the apparatus comprising:
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a monitoring device comprising an antenna and spectrum analyzer for collecting a series of RF signals within a frequency band and over a time frame from the source of RF signals; data storage for storing said collected RF signals; a first display for presenting a frequency spectrum of said collected RF signals over said frequency band and at a display time within said time frame; a second display for presenting a time domain representation of said collected RF signals over said time frame and for a display frequency within said frequency band; and an interface for modifying one of said display frequency and said display time; wherein modification of said display frequency results in said time domain representation being accordingly updated and modification of said display time results in said frequency spectrum being accordingly updated. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for analyzing and monitoring interference in a source of radio frequency (RF) signals comprising:
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collecting and storing RF signals within a frequency band and over a time frame; presenting on a first display a frequency spectrum of said stored RF signals over said frequency band and at a display time within said time frame; presenting on a second display a time domain representation of said stored RF signals over said time frame and for a display frequency within said frequency band; locating one of a frequency of interest and a time of interest and accordingly modifying one of said display frequency to said frequency of interest and said display time to said time of interest; wherein modification of said display frequency results in said time domain representation being accordingly updated and modification of said display time results in said frequency spectrum being accordingly updated. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for monitoring and analyzing interference in a source of RF signals, the system comprising:
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at least one monitoring device, each monitoring device comprising an antenna and a spectrum analyzer for collecting a series of RF signals from the source of RF signals over a time frame and within a frequency band, a processor for time stamping said collected series of RF signals and a network interface for transmitting said time stamped series of RF signals to a server system; said server system comprising a data services part comprising a databank for storing said time stamped series of RF signals and a web services part comprising a web interface comprising a plurality of analysis tools; and at least one user system, said user system comprising a web browser for accessing said server system using said web interface for accessing at least one of said plurality of analysis tools for analyzing a respective series of said time stamped series of RF signals stored in said databank. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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