WEARABLE NETWORK TOPOLOGY ANALYZER

• US 20150029868A1
• Filed: 07/29/2013
• Published: 01/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Mahasenan, Arun Vijayakumari, Huseth, Steve, Pulleti, Uday
• Application Number:
  US13/953,515
• Publication Number:
  US 20150029868A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/242
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/012 Head tracking input arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/145 involving simulating, designing, planning or modelling of a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 by checking functioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/20 for indoor coverage or short range network deployment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/22 Traffic simulation tools or models
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/10 Scheduling measurement reports ; Arrangements for measurement reports
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/003 locating network equipment
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

Systems, methods, and devices for analyzing a network topology are described herein. For example, one or more embodiments include receiving data from a node in a network of nodes with a wearable network topology analyzer, determining, with the wearable network topology analyzer, a coverage associated with the node in the network of nodes based on the received data, and determining whether to perform an operation to adjust the coverage associated with the node in the network of nodes, based on the determined coverage.

Claims

1. A method for analyzing a network topology, comprising:

receiving data from a node in a network of nodes with a wearable network topology analyzer;

determining, with the wearable network topology analyzer, a coverage associated with the node in the network of nodes based on the received data; and

determining whether to perform an operation to adjust the coverage associated with the node in the network of nodes, based on the determined coverage.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether to perform the operation to adjust the coverage associated with the node in the network of nodes includes determining whether to place a second node in the network of nodes.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether to perform an operation to adjust the coverage associated with the node in the network of nodes includes determining whether to remove a third node in the network of nodes.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the method includes determining whether the node in the network of nodes is operational.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the method includes providing an augmented reality to a user of the wearable network topology analyzer that includes a coverage associated with the node in the network of nodes, wherein the augmented reality is provided to the user via a display on the wearable network topology analyzer.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the method includes generating a map of a site associated with the node in the network of nodes with the wearable network topology analyzer.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the method includes:

generating a radio frequency model associated with the node in the network of nodes; and

displaying, on a display of the wearable network topology analyzer, the radio frequency model associated with the node in the network of nodes in relation to the generated map.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein generating the map of the site associated with the node in the network of nodes with the wearable network topology analyzer includes determining a position of the node in the network of nodes upon installation of the node based on signal strength data collected from the node and a position of the wearable network topology analyzer.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the map of the site associated with the node in the network of nodes is generated as the wearable network topology analyzer is moved in the site associated with the node in the network of nodes.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether to perform the operation to adjust the coverage associated with the node in the network of nodes includes determining a position to move the node in the network of nodes.

11. A machine-readable non-transitory medium storing instructions for analyzing a network topology, executable by a machine to cause the machine to:

determine a position to place a node on a map associated with a network of nodes;

display the determined position to place the node to a user via augmented reality on a wearable network topology analyzer;

receive data from a node placed in the determined position with the wearable network topology analyzer;

determine a coverage associated with the node placed in the determined position based on the received data; and

determine whether to perform an operation to adjust the coverage associated with the node placed in the determined position, based on the determined coverage.

12. The medium of claim 11, wherein the instructions are executable to:

determine a position to move the node placed in the determined position; and

display the position to move the node placed in the determined position to the user via augmented reality on the wearable network topology analyzer.

13. The medium of claim 11, wherein the position to place the node on the map associated with the network of nodes is determined based on a determination of projected coverage between the node and a number of nodes in the network of nodes.

14. The medium of claim 11, wherein instructions are executable to determine a position of the wearable network topology analyzer.

15. The medium of claim 14, wherein instructions are executable to generate the map associated with the network of nodes based on the position of the wearable network topology analyzer.

16. The medium of claim 11, wherein instructions are executable to display a pattern associated with a signal produced by the node placed in the determined position to the user via augmented reality on the wearable network topology analyzer.

17. A system for analyzing a network topology, the system comprising a processing resource in communication with a non-transitory computer-readable medium, wherein the computer-readable medium contains a set of instructions and wherein the processing resource is designed to execute the set of instructions to:

determine a position to place a node on a map associated with a network of nodes;

display the determined position to place the node to a user via augmented reality on a wearable network topology analyzer;

receive data from a node placed in the determined position with the wearable network topology analyzer;

determine a coverage associated with the node placed in the determined position based on the received data;

determine whether to adjust a position of the node placed in the determined position based on the determined coverage; and

display an adjusted position to the user via augmented reality on the wearable network topology analyzer to move the node placed in the determined position.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein:

the wearable network topology analyzer displays a pattern associated with a signal produced by the node placed in the determined position; and

the pattern associated with the signal accounts for obstructions that are within range of the signal produced by the node placed in the determined position.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the node placed in the determined position is at least one of a sensor, camera, and wireless router.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the data received from the node placed in the determined position includes data associated with a strength of the signal produced by the node placed in the determined position.