DETECTING AND VISUALIZING WIRELESS NETWORK DEVICES IN COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

• US 20150029220A1
• Filed: 07/17/2014
• Published: 01/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fluke Corporation (Fortive Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Fluke Corporation (Fortive Corp.)
• Inventors: Hittel, John P., Oakley, Peter Q.
• Granted Patent: US 9,547,939 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/633
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

There is provided techniques for improved visualization of wireless devices in a communication network. The techniques include receiving, via an identification device, real-time display data, determining, via the identification device, a location of a network device and displaying, via a display of the identification device, the real-time display data and an indication of the location of the network device relative to the real-time display data.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, via an identification device, real-time display data;

determining, via the identification device, a location of a wireless device connected to a communication network; and

displaying, via a display of the identification device, the real-time display data and an indication of the location of the wireless device relative to the real-time display data.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining one or more network status conditions of the wireless device; and

wherein displaying the real-time display data and the indication of the location of the wireless device relative to the real-time display data further comprises displaying at least a portion of the one or more network status conditions of the wireless device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the wireless device is a Wifi device, wherein the network status conditions comprises at least one of a Media Access Control (MAC) address, an Internet Protocol (IP) address, a name of the Wifi device, a current bandwidth usage of the Wifi device, and a signal strength of the Wifi device.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

indicating, via the identification device, additional network status conditions are available for the wireless device;

receiving, via the identification device, a request for the additional network status conditions for the wireless device; and

displaying, in response to the request, the additional network status conditions for the wireless device.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the location of a wireless device comprises determining a distance of the wireless device relative to the identification device based on a signal strength of the wireless device received by the identification device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a plurality of data packets from the wireless device, each data packet being associated with a corresponding signal strength;

wherein determining the location of a wireless device comprises determining a distance of the wireless device relative to the identification device by triangulation of each data packet based on the corresponding signal strength.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying, via the display of the identification device, the real-time display data and the indication of the location of the wireless device relative to the real-time display data further comprises:

displaying the indication of the location of the wireless device relative to the identification device with a closer relative location corresponding to a larger indication and a further relative location corresponding to a smaller indication.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining the wireless device is a rogue device, and

wherein displaying, via the display of the identification device, the real-time display data and the indication of the location of the wireless device relative to the real-time display data further comprises displaying an indication the wireless device is the rogue device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the real-time display data and the indication of the location of the wireless device relative to the real-time display data further comprises:

displaying the real-time display data according to a color scheme.

10. An apparatus, comprising:

one or more network interfaces adapted to communicate in a communication network;

a display;

imaging circuitry;

a processor adapted to execute one or more processes; and

a memory configured to store a process executable by the processor, the process when executed operable to;

receive, via the imaging circuitry, real-time display data;

determine a location of a wireless device; and

display, via the display, the real-time display data and an indication of the location of the wireless device relative to the real-time display data.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the process when executed is further operable to:

determine one or more network status conditions of the wireless device; and

display the real-time display data and the indication of the location of the wireless device relative to the real-time display data further comprises displaying at least a portion of the one or more network status conditions of the wireless device.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the wireless device is a Wifi device, wherein the network status conditions comprises at least one of a Media Access Control (MAC) address, an Internet Protocol (IP) address, a name of the Wifi device, a current bandwidth usage of the Wifi device, and a signal strength of the Wifi device.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the process when executed is further operable to:

indicate additional network status conditions are available for the wireless device;

receive a request for the additional network status conditions for the wireless device; and

display the additional network status conditions for the wireless device.

14. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein determining the location of a wireless device comprises determining a distance of the wireless device relative to the identification device based on a signal strength of the wireless device received by the identification device.

15. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the process when executed is further operable to:

receive a plurality of data packets from the wireless device, each data packet being associated with a corresponding signal strength and wherein determining the location of a wireless device comprises determining a distance of the wireless device relative to the identification device by triangulation of each data packet based on the corresponding signal strength.

16. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein displaying the real-time display data and the indication of the location of the wireless device relative to the real-time display data further comprises displaying the indication of the location of the wireless device relative to the identification device with a closer relative location corresponding to a larger indication and a further relative location corresponding to a smaller indication.

17. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the process when executed if further operable to:

determine the wireless device is a rogue device and wherein displaying the real-time display data and the indication of the location of the wireless device relative to the real-time display data further comprises displaying an indication the wireless device is the rogue device.

18. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein displaying the real-time display data and the indication of the location of the wireless device relative to the real-time display data further comprises displaying the real-time display data according to a color scheme.

19. A tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media having software encoded thereon, the software, when executed by a processor, operable to:

receive real-time display data from an image sensor of an identification device;

determine a location of a Wifi device; and

display the real-time display data and an indication of the location of the Wifi device to a display of the identification device relative to the real-time display data.

20. The tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 19, wherein the software is further configured to cause the processor to determine one or more network status conditions of the wireless device wherein displaying the real-time display data and the indication of the location of the wireless device relative to the real-time display data further comprises displaying at least a portion of the one or more network status conditions of the wireless device.