Patent ID: 7444145

Claim:
A method for monitoring wireless activity in a radio frequency band, comprising: a. receiving radio frequency energy at each of a plurality of known positions in a space; b. determining positions in the space of one or more sources of the radio frequency energy from the received radio frequency energy at the plurality of known positions; c. generating statistics related to characteristics of the received radio frequency energy in the space over time, wherein generating comprises generating protocol statistics related to performance of communication occurring according to a communication protocol, the protocol statistics comprising average data rate, number of packet resends and number of devices operating according to the communication protocol, and wherein generating comprises generating spectrum statistics comprising average power, maximum power and duty cycle for received radio frequency energy in a frequency range; d. correlating the statistics with the positions in the space that are associated with provocation of the statistics, wherein correlating comprises correlating the protocol statistics derived from radio frequency energy detected from the one or more sources with the positions of the one or more sources; and e. displaying the protocol and spectrum statistics on a map at positions corresponding to where occurrence of the radio received radio frequency energy that led to the generation of the statistics.