Patent ID: 11888542
Assignee: DISH WIRELESS L.L.C.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC H

Claim 19:
20. A process for remediating interfering signals comprising:
instructing, by a frequency controller, an Internet-of-Things (IoT) controller to implement a scan plan which:
instructs a first IoT sensor to:
perform a first scan of a first radio frequency (RF) band;
generate, from results obtained with the first scan, first scan data;
measure and, provide in the first scan data, a signal strength of a first signal detected in the first RF band;
first communicate the first scan data to the IoT controller; and
second communicate the first scan data to the frequency controller;

instructing, by a frequency manager, the frequency controller, based on the first scan data, to:
identify a second frequency band;
wherein the second frequency band is indicative of the first signal being an interfering signal, generated by a signal interference source (SIS), and arising within the first RF band;

accessing an IoT sensor database to identify a second IoT sensor;
instructing the IoT controller to configure the second IoT sensor to implement the scan plan;
wherein, pursuant to the scan plan, the second IoT sensor:
performs a second scan of the first RF band;
generates, from results obtained during the second scan, second scan data;
third communicates the second scan data to the IoT controller; and
fourth communicates the second scan data to the frequency manager;

estimating, by the frequency manager using a circular range estimation technique, a location of the SIS based upon the first scan data, second scan data provided by a second IoT sensor, and third scan data provided by a third IoT sensor; and
determining, by the frequency manager, a remediation action to be taken to remediate interference by the interfering signal with one or more second RF signals.