Patent ID: 7047015
Filing Date: 2006-05-16
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W,Y02B,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method of ascertaining a dynamic attribute of a system comprising: selecting a variable, the value of which is related to the dynamic attribute to be ascertained; ascertaining a standard deviation around a true mean of the variable; choosing an allowable range for the true mean; choosing a confidence interval; calculating a number N setting a sliding window to collect N calculating the number N collecting at least N calculating the absolute difference between the long term average and the short term average; if the difference is greater than the allowable range, indicating that the dynamic system attribute has been positively identified; if the difference is less than the allowable range, continuing to add to the number samples of the variable for the long term average and continuing to update the sliding window for the short term average.