Performance indicator for wireless digital signal reception
First Claim
1. A method of indicating reception performance of a wireless signal at a radio frequency peripheral component card of a computer system, said method comprising:
- receiving said wireless signal at a wireless receiver of said radio frequency peripheral component card;
demodulating said wireless signal;
determining an error rate of a digital data portion of said wireless signal; and
indicating a quality level of reception of said wireless signal at said radio frequency peripheral component card based on said error rate using an indicator component of said radio frequency peripheral component card.
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Abstract
A performance indicator for wireless digital signal reception is disclosed. In particular, a method for indicating the reception quality of a wireless digital signal at an electronic device is disclosed. The method includes a series of steps, starting with a first step of receiving the wireless digital signal at the electronic device. In the next step, the wireless signal is demodulated. Then, an error rate associated with the digital data portion of the wireless signal is determined. In the next step, a quality level of reception of the wireless signal is indicated. Specifically, the quality level of reception is directly proportional to the error rate of the digital data portion of the signal.
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1. A method of indicating reception performance of a wireless signal at a radio frequency peripheral component card of a computer system, said method comprising:
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receiving said wireless signal at a wireless receiver of said radio frequency peripheral component card; demodulating said wireless signal; determining an error rate of a digital data portion of said wireless signal; and indicating a quality level of reception of said wireless signal at said radio frequency peripheral component card based on said error rate using an indicator component of said radio frequency peripheral component card. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A radio frequency peripheral component card of a computer system for receiving a wireless signal, said radio frequency peripheral component card comprising:
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a receiver; an indicator coupled to said receiver; a processor, said processor coupled to said receiver; and a computer readable memory unit, said computer readable memory unit coupled to said processor, said computer readable memory unit containing program instructions stored therein that cause the processor to determine an error rate of a digital data portion of a received and demodulated wireless signal and to indicate with said indicator a quality level of reception of said wireless signal at said radio frequency peripheral component card based on said error rate. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A computer readable medium containing therein computer readable codes for causing a radio frequency peripheral component card of a computer system to implement a method of managing multipath signals, said method comprising:
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receiving a wireless signal at a wireless receiver of said radio frequency peripheral component card; demodulating said wireless signal; determining an error rate of a digital data portion of said wireless signal; and indicating a quality level of reception of said wireless signal at said radio frequency peripheral component card based on said error rate using and indicator component of said radio frequency peripheral component card. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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