Customer premises equipment deployment in beamformed wireless communication systems
An example method may include a processing system of a device having a processor capturing, at a first position comprising a first location and a first spatial orientation of the device, a first measurement of a performance indicator based upon at least a first wireless signal from a base station of a beamformed wireless communication network and capturing, at a second position comprising a second location and a second spatial orientation of the device, a second measurement of the performance indicator based upon at least a second wireless signal from the base station of the beamformed wireless communication network. The method may include the processing system selecting a position for a deployment of the device based upon the first measurement of the performance indicator and the second measurement of the performance indicator and providing at least one instruction for the deployment of the device at the position that is selected.
1. A device comprising:
a processing system including at least one processor; and
a computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
capturing, at a first position comprising a first location and a first spatial orientation of the device, a first measurement of a performance indicator based upon at least a first wireless signal from a base station of a beamformed wireless communication network;
capturing, at a second position comprising a second location and a second spatial orientation of the device, a second measurement of the performance indicator based upon at least a second wireless signal from the base station of the beamformed wireless communication network;
selecting a position for a deployment of the device based upon the first measurement of the performance indicator and the second measurement of the performance indicator; and
providing at least one instruction for the deployment of the device at the position that is selected.
2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
receiving the at least the first wireless signal from the base station of the beamformed wireless communication network; and
receiving the at least the second wireless signal from the base station of the beamformed wireless communication network.
3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the position that is selected comprises one of:
the first location and the first spatial orientation; or
the second location and the second spatial orientation.
4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the position that is selected comprises one of:
the first location and a third spatial orientation that is different from the first spatial orientation; or
the second location and a fourth spatial orientation that is different from the second spatial orientation.
5. The device of claim 1 , wherein the position that is selected comprises one of:
a location corresponding to a largest measurement of the performance indicator for any receive beam direction; or
a location corresponding to a largest number of receive beam directions having measurements of the performance indicator meeting a threshold criterion.
6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the capturing the first measurement of the performance indicator comprises capturing, at the first position, a first plurality of measurements of the performance indicator with respect to a first plurality of receive beam directions, and wherein the capturing the second measurement of the performance indicator comprises capturing, at the second position, a second plurality of measurements of the performance indicator with respect to a second plurality of receive beam directions.
7. The device of claim 1 , wherein the capturing the first measurement of the performance indicator comprises capturing, at the first position, a first plurality of measurements of a plurality of performance indicators, and wherein the capturing the second measurement of the performance indicator comprises capturing, at the second position, a second plurality of measurements of the plurality of performance indicators.
8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the performance indicator comprises:
a received signal strength;
a bit error rate;
a packet loss rate;
a round trip time;
a delay measure;
a beam failure event;
a radio link interruption event; or
a random access procedure failure event.
9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the received signal strength comprises a reference signal received power.
10. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first location and the second location are determined based upon a global positioning system receiver of the device.
11. The device of claim 1 , wherein first location and the second location are determined based upon time of arrival measurements at the device.
12. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first measurement of the performance indicator is associated with a first receive beam direction of the device, and wherein the second measurement of the performance indicator is associated with a second receive beam direction of the device.
13. The device of claim 12 , wherein the first receive beam direction and the second receive beam direction are determined via voltages and phases in a receiver circuitry associated with antenna elements of a phased antenna array of the device.
14. The device of claim 13 , wherein the first receive beam direction and the second receive beam direction are further determined via a gyroscope and compass of the device.
15. The device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise:
recording an identifier of the first location; and
recording an identifier of the second location.
16. The device of claim 15 , wherein the position that is selected comprises the first location or the second location, wherein the at least one instruction is provided via a visual output of the device or an audio output of the device, and wherein the at least one instruction includes the identifier of the first location or the identifier of the second location.
17. The device of claim 16 , wherein the at least one instruction further includes at least one command for a spatial orientation of the device.
18. The device of claim 17 , wherein the at least one instruction comprises a plurality of instructions, wherein the plurality of instructions includes commands to change at least one of a location of the device or a spatial orientation of the device.
19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processing system of a device including at least one processor, cause the processing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
capturing, at a first position comprising a first location and a first spatial orientation of the device, a first measurement of a performance indicator based upon at least a first wireless signal from a base station of a beamformed wireless communication network;
capturing, at a second position comprising a second location and a second spatial orientation of the device, a second measurement of the performance indicator based upon at least a second wireless signal from the base station of the beamformed wireless communication network;
selecting a position for a deployment of the device based upon the first measurement of the performance indicator and the second measurement of the performance indicator; and
providing at least one instruction for the deployment of the device at the position that is selected.
20. A method, comprising:
capturing, by a processing system of a device including at least one processor, at a first position comprising a first location and a first spatial orientation of the device, a first measurement of a performance indicator based upon at least a first wireless signal from a base station of a beamformed wireless communication network;
capturing, by the processing system at a second position comprising a second location and a second spatial orientation of the device, a second measurement of the performance indicator based upon at least a second wireless signal from the base station of the beamformed wireless communication network;
selecting, by the processing system, a position for a deployment of the device based upon the first measurement of the performance indicator and the second measurement of the performance indicator; and
providing, by the processing system, at least one instruction for the deployment of the device at the position that is selected.