Patent ID: 9065554
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: G01R,H04B,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: determining a parameter for each of a plurality of network devices; determining a plurality of energy levels, each energy level of the plurality of energy levels being associated with a corresponding said determined parameter; removing one or more energy levels of the plurality of energy levels from further analysis based on the one or more energy levels being associated with at least one of near-echo locations and far-echo locations; generating, for each of at least a portion of the plurality of network devices, a signature based on one or more of remaining energy levels not removed from the plurality of energy levels; complex dividing one of the signatures into another of the signatures; comparing a result of the complex dividing to a threshold; recursively grouping at least the portion of the plurality of network devices based upon iterations of the complex dividing and comparing of respective signatures of the plurality of network devices until no device of the plurality of network devices is a member of more than one group; and determining a unique priority score for each group.