Code domain power display

• US 8,170,543 B1
• Filed: 04/14/2006
• Issued: 05/01/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Keysight Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Shah, Nimish R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Huang, Wen
• Application Number:
  US11/404,184
• Time in Patent Office: 2,209 Days
• Field of Search: 455/423, 455/63.1, 455/67.11, 455/67.7, 455/115
• US Class Current: 455/423
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/23 Indication means, e.g. displays, alarms, audible means
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/327 Received signal code power [RSCP]

Abstract

A method for displaying multiple orthogonal code layers on a display device wherein a first axis is indicative of the identity of the code channel of a signal and a second axis is indicative of a measured value of the code channel signal. The method includes displaying a bar for each of a plurality of base code channel signals, the bar having a position on the first axis corresponding to the base code index of the base code channel signal and a height with respect to the second axis corresponding to a measured value of the base code channel signal; and displaying a tie line for each group of base code channels in an active channel, the tie line being located intermediately to the ends of the bars.

Claims

1. A method for displaying multiple orthogonal code layers on a display device wherein a first axis is indicative of the identity of the code channel of a signal and a second axis is indicative of a measured value of said signal, said method comprising:

displaying a bar for each of a plurality of base code channel signals, said bar having a position on said first axis corresponding to the base code index of said base code channel signal and a height with respect to said second axis corresponding to a measured value of said base code channel signal; and

displaying a tie line for each group of base code channel signals in an active channel, said tie line laterally intersecting all of said bars of said group intermediately to the ends of said bars of said group at a position characterized by a distance along said second axis;

wherein the position of said tie line for each group is chosen such that tie lines in adjacent groups are at different positions with respect to one another.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein adjacent bars are visually contrasting.

3. A method according to claim 2, wherein adjacent bars are different colors.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein bars corresponding to channels having the same function have similar appearance.

5. A method according to claim 4, wherein said similar appearance includes having a differing shade of a color indicative of a particular function.

6. A method according to claim 1, wherein tie lines of adjacent active channels are visually contrasting.

7. A display for displaying multiple orthogonal code layers, said display comprising:

a first axis indicative of the identity of the code channel of a signal;

a second axis indicative of a measured value of a said signal;

a bar display for each of a plurality of base code channel signals, said bar display having a position on said first axis corresponding to the base code index of said base code channel signal and a height with respect to said second axis corresponding to a measured value of said base code channel signal; and

a tie line display for each group of base code channels in an active channel, said tie line display laterally intersecting all of said bars of said group intermediately to the ends of said bar displays corresponding to said group at a position characterized by a distance along said second axis;

wherein the position of said tie line for each group is chosen such that tie lines in adjacent groups are at different positions with respect to one another.

8. A display according to claim 7, wherein adjacent bar displays are visually contrasting.

9. A display according to claim 8, wherein adjacent bar displays are different colors.

10. A display according to claim 7, wherein bar displays corresponding to channels having the same function have similar appearance.

11. A display according to claim 10, wherein said similar appearance includes having a differing shade of a color indicative of a particular function.

12. A display according to claim 7, wherein tie line displays of adjacent active channels are visually contrasting.