ENERGY MONITORING IN A COMMUNCIATION LINK
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring a communication link, the system comprising:
- an interface coupled to the communication link to receive a signal conveyed over the communication link; and
a monitor operable to;
track energy across a frequency spectrum of the signal conveyed over the communication link for a predetermined period of time;
flag, at intervals of the predetermined period of time, energy levels across the frequency spectrum of the signal that breach a threshold energy level to identify where in the frequency spectrum a breach of the threshold energy level occurs; and
add the flags to determine how long the threshold energy level was breached during the predetermined period of time.
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Abstract
Systems and methods presented herein provide for monitoring of noise and other interfering energy on a communication link. One system includes an interface coupled to the communication link to receive a signal conveyed over the communication link. The system also includes a monitor operable to: track energy across a frequency spectrum of the signal conveyed over the communication link for a predetermined period of time; flag, at intervals of the predetermined period of time, energy levels across the frequency spectrum of the signal that breach a threshold energy level to identify where in the frequency spectrum a breach of the threshold energy level occurs; and add the flags to determine how long the threshold energy level was breached during the predetermined period of time.
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17 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring a communication link, the system comprising:
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an interface coupled to the communication link to receive a signal conveyed over the communication link; and a monitor operable to; track energy across a frequency spectrum of the signal conveyed over the communication link for a predetermined period of time; flag, at intervals of the predetermined period of time, energy levels across the frequency spectrum of the signal that breach a threshold energy level to identify where in the frequency spectrum a breach of the threshold energy level occurs; and add the flags to determine how long the threshold energy level was breached during the predetermined period of time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17)
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9. A method for monitoring a communication link, the method comprising:
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interfacing with the communication link to receive a signal conveyed over the communication link; tracking energy across a frequency spectrum of the signal for a predetermined period of time; flagging, at intervals of the predetermined period of time, energy levels across the frequency spectrum of the signal that breach a threshold energy level to identify where in the frequency spectrum a breach of the threshold energy level occurs; and adding the flags to determine how long the threshold energy level was breached during the predetermined period of time.
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16. A radiometer, comprising:
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a filter operable to filter an Radio Frequency (RF) signal; an analog to digital (AD) converter coupled to the filter to digitize the RF signal; a multiplier coupled to the AD converter to convert voltage of the digitized RF signal to power; an integrator coupled to the multiplier to integrate the power to final discrete Joule values; and a histogram comprising bins for storing each Joule value.
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