WIRELESS DATA CONCENTRATOR SYSTEMS AND METHODS

• US 20180192301A1
• Filed: 01/03/2017
• Published: 07/05/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Simmonds Precision Products, Inc. (Rtx Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Simmonds Precision Products, Inc. (Rtx Corporation)
• Granted Patent: US 10,136,341 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/309 Measuring or estimating channel quality parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/06 Testing, supervising or monitoring using simulated traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/00 Wireless network protocols or protocol adaptations to wireless operation

Abstract

A computer implemented method includes transmitting a transmit command to a first data concentrator to send out a predetermined signal of predetermined characteristics according to a transmission setting, receiving a received signal from at least one second data concentrator, and determining if there are any signal transmission effects between the first data concentrator and the second data concentrator based on a comparison of the predetermined signal and the received signal.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method, comprising:

transmitting a transmit command to a first data concentrator to send out a predetermined signal of predetermined characteristics according to a transmission setting;

receiving a received signal from at least one second data concentrator; and

determining if there are any signal transmission effects between the first data concentrator and the second data concentrator based on a comparison of the predetermined signal and the received signal.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising modifying the transmission setting of the first data concentrator based on the determined signal transmission effects.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein modifying the transmission setting is for improving signal transmission between the first data concentrator and the second data concentrator.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein modifying the transmission setting includes changing a signal gain output by the first data concentrator.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein changing the signal gain includes increasing the signal gain.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein modifying the transmission setting includes changing a frequency output by the first data concentrator.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving an aircraft startup signal before transmitting the transmit signal to cause the method to be performed with every aircraft startup.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a scheduled start signal before transmitting the transmit signal to cause the method to be executed according to a predetermined schedule.

9. A non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising computer executable instructions configured to cause a computer to perform the steps of a method, the method comprising:

transmitting a transmit command to a first data concentrator to send out a predetermined signal of predetermined characteristics according to a transmission setting;

receiving a received signal from at least one second data concentrator; and

determining if there are any signal transmission effects between the first data concentrator and the second data concentrator based on a comparison of the predetermined signal and the received signal.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the method further includes modifying the transmission setting of the first data concentrator based on the determined signal transmission effects.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein modifying the transmission setting is for improving signal transmission between the first data concentrator and the second data concentrator.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein modifying the transmission setting includes changing a signal gain output by the first data concentrator.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein changing the signal gain includes increasing the signal gain.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein modifying the transmission setting includes changing a frequency output by the first data concentrator.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the method further includes receiving an aircraft startup signal before transmitting the transmit signal to cause the method to be performed with every aircraft startup.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the method further includes receiving a scheduled start signal before transmitting the transmit signal to cause the method to be executed according to a predetermined schedule.

17. A vehicular wireless networking system, comprising:

a first data concentrator configured to transmit a predetermined signal of predetermined characteristics according to a transmission setting;

at least one second data concentrator configured to listen for and/or receive a signal from the first data concentrator; and

a network analysis module operatively connected to the first data concentrator to at least modify a transmission setting thereof, wherein the network analysis module is operatively connected to the second data concentrator at least to receive a received signal therefrom, the network analysis module configured to determine if there are any signal transmission effects between the first data concentrator and the second data concentrator based on a comparison of the predetermined signal and the received signal.