IP Library Granted Patent US 12,713,413
Granted Patent B2
US 12,713,413 · App. 18/607,395 · Granted Aug 18, 2026

Methods and apparatuses for graphically indicating station efficiency and pseudo-dynamic error vector magnitude information for a network of wireless stations

Inventors: Sriram Dayanandan (Dublin, CA); Vish Ponnampalam (Palo Alto, CA); Robert J. Pera (Seattle, WA)
Assignee: Ubiquiti Inc.
H04W72/0453H04W16/00H04W24/02H04W72/563H04L41/22H04L43/0817H04W24/04H04W24/08H04W24/10H04W88/08
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Patent No.
US 12,713,413
App. No.
18/607,395
Granted
Aug 18, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and apparatuses providing a visual metric of the efficiency of a network of devices communicating through a wireless access point (AP). These apparatuses and methods may also determine and display pseudo-dynamic error vector magnitude (EVM) information for a network of wireless stations, including displaying a pseudo-dynamic constellation diagrams using EVM information. These methods and apparatuses may transmit a plurality of sounding packets from each of one or more radio devices different modulation types (e.g., BPSK, QPSK, 16 QAM, 64 QAM, 256 QAM and 1024 QAM), and receiving at least some of the sounding packets at a second radio device (e.g., an access point) and determining EVM information from the received sounding packets, and displaying (or providing for display) a constellation diagram including pseudo-dynamic EVM information that is a constrained approximation of actual EVM information.

Claims (15)

1 . A method for providing connectivity information associated with two or more wireless stations, the method comprising:

receiving, from a spectrum analyzer at each of the wireless stations, a description of power in a plurality of frequencies at one or more times to determine an ambient noise floor for each frequency in the plurality of frequencies;

weighting each ambient noise floor by a weight factor specific to each frequency, wherein the weighting comprises determining an achievable data rate for each of the plurality of frequencies;

determining pseudo-error vector magnitude (EVM) data points based on sounding packets transmitted between the two or more wireless stations, wherein the pseudo-EVM data points are random valued data points within a constrained range of previously determined EVM data; and

displaying, on a graphical display, at least one of the weighted ambient noise floors and signal to noise data based on the pseudo-EVM.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the sounding packets have a predetermined modulation type.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying, on the graphical display, a pseudo EVM histogram based on the determined pseudo-EVM data points.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a constellation diagram associated with the sounding packets, wherein the constellation diagram includes a cloud of pseudo-EVM points around ideal points; and

displaying, on the graphical display, the constellation diagram.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the previously determined EVM data is based on a plurality of received sounding packets.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the pseudo-EVM data points are constrained within a standard deviation of the previously determined EVM data.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the achievable data rate is based on the ambient noise floor for each frequency in the plurality of frequencies and a carrier to interference noise ratio (CINR) associated with a channel frequency.

8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the CINR is based, at least in part, on a received signal strength associated with the channel frequency.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the CINR is based on a difference between the received signal strength and the ambient noise floor.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2024
From: DAYANANDAN, SRIRAM; PONNAMPALAM, VISH; PERA, ROBERT J.
To: UBIQUITI NETWORKS, INC.
Reel/Frame 067106/0458 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 15, 2024
From: UBIQUITI NETWORKS, INC.
To: UBIQUITI INC.
Reel/Frame 067125/0838 →
Continuity (7)
Continuation 17380324 · Jul 20, 2021
Continuation 16230747 · Dec 21, 2018
Continuation 14753952 · Jun 29, 2015
Provisional Application 62104669 · Jan 16, 2015
Provisional Application 62085218 · Nov 26, 2014
Provisional Application 62044298 · Aug 31, 2014
Related Publication 20240224250A1 · Jul 4, 2024
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