Method and system for analyzing radio performance during over-the-air operations
First Claim
1. A method for determining characteristics of a radio, comprising:
- associating at least one radio with a communications network, the at least one radio being mobile or portable and having;
transmission operating parameters with respective predetermined values defined by at least one of a regulatory agency, a manufacturer of the at least one radio, a user of the communications network and a provider of the communications network, the predetermined values having respective thresholds;
a unique identifier; and
an over-the-air operating mode in which the at least one radio transmits radio frequency (RF) signals within the communications network, the signals comprising at least the unique identifier;
transmitting RF signals from the at least one radio in the over-the-air operating mode, the RF signals comprising the unique identifier and having characteristics correlating with the transmission operating parameters;
receiving the RF signals from the at least one radio with a receiver within the communications network; and
while the RF signals are being received during the over-the-air operating mode, measuring the characteristics of the signals and determining a health of the at least one radio by analyzing whether the measured characteristics of the RF signals transmitted from the at least one radio are within the respective thresholds of the predetermined values and;
concluding that the health of the at least one radio is acceptable if the measured characteristics of the RF signals are within the respective thresholds of the predetermined values; and
concluding that the health of the at least one radio is unacceptable if at least one of the measured characteristics of the RF signals are outside at least one respective threshold of the predetermined values.
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Abstract
An apparatus for identifying failed or suspect RF transmitting devices while the devices are in normal operation transmitting over-the-air RF signals, each of the RF transmitting devices including an identifier and being mobile, portable or stationary, includes an RF signal sensor receiving the RF signals and responsive thereto, an analyzer, and a GUI. The analyzer measuring signal parameters and determines operating characteristics of a device therefrom, determining the identifier, if each RF signal conforms to packet structure specifications, and bit-field information of each RF signal to discern therefrom a transmission type, measures RF frequency offset, correlates the bit-field information with the RF frequency offset utilizing the identifier; and repeats the last three steps to determine a range of RF frequency offset deviations over time. The GUI displays the range in a form used to identify an RF frequency offset range of the RF transmitting device.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for determining characteristics of a radio, comprising:
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associating at least one radio with a communications network, the at least one radio being mobile or portable and having; transmission operating parameters with respective predetermined values defined by at least one of a regulatory agency, a manufacturer of the at least one radio, a user of the communications network and a provider of the communications network, the predetermined values having respective thresholds; a unique identifier; and an over-the-air operating mode in which the at least one radio transmits radio frequency (RF) signals within the communications network, the signals comprising at least the unique identifier; transmitting RF signals from the at least one radio in the over-the-air operating mode, the RF signals comprising the unique identifier and having characteristics correlating with the transmission operating parameters; receiving the RF signals from the at least one radio with a receiver within the communications network; and while the RF signals are being received during the over-the-air operating mode, measuring the characteristics of the signals and determining a health of the at least one radio by analyzing whether the measured characteristics of the RF signals transmitted from the at least one radio are within the respective thresholds of the predetermined values and; concluding that the health of the at least one radio is acceptable if the measured characteristics of the RF signals are within the respective thresholds of the predetermined values; and concluding that the health of the at least one radio is unacceptable if at least one of the measured characteristics of the RF signals are outside at least one respective threshold of the predetermined values. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for determining characteristics of a radio, comprising:
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associating at least one radio with a communications network, the at least one radio being mobile or portable and having a unique identifier; an over-the-air operating mode in which the at least one radio transmits radio frequency (RF) signals within the communications network, the signals comprising at least the unique identifier; and transmission operating parameters with respective predetermined values defined by at least one of a regulatory agency, a manufacturer of the at least one radio, a user of the communications network and a provider of the communications network, the transmission operating parameters comprising RF frequency offset, the predetermined values having respective thresholds comprising at least an RF frequency offset threshold; transmitting RF signals from the at least one radio in the over-the-air operating mode, the RF signals comprising the unique identifier and having characteristics correlating with the transmission operating parameters; receiving the RF signals from the at least one radio with a receiver within the communications network; and while the RF signals are being received during the over-the-air operating mode, measuring the characteristics of the signals and determining a health of the at least one radio by analyzing whether the measured RF frequency offset of the RF signals transmitted from the at least one radio are within the RF frequency offset threshold and, if the measured RF frequency offset of the RF signals is outside the RF frequency offset threshold, concluding that the health of the at least one radio is unacceptable and repairing the RF frequency offset of the at least one radio with a software update.
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