IP Library Granted Patent US 9,929,816
Granted Patent B2
US 9,929,816 · App. 15/165,359 · Granted Mar 27, 2018

Signal analysis for determining outdoor electronic unit configuration

Inventors: Andrew Robinson (San Diego, CA); William R. Doyle (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
H04B17/104H04B17/309H04H20/12H04H40/90H04N7/20H04N21/6143H04N21/438
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Patent No.
US 9,929,816
App. No.
15/165,359
Granted
Mar 27, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate the determination of an outdoor electronic unit (ODU)-type based upon a signal analysis. A device may perform an analysis of a signal received from an ODU, wherein the analysis identifies one or more properties of the signal, the properties including a peak frequency of the signal. The device may then compare the identified signal properties to one or more properties of one or more predetermined spectral configurations, each spectral configuration being associated with an ODU-type. The device may identify an ODU-type associated with a spectral configuration that includes at least one property overlapping a property of the analyzed signal, and the device may determine that the ODU is of the identified ODU-type. In embodiments, the device may determine whether the ODU is using a passive or active configuration.

Claims (69)

1. A method comprising:

receiving a signal from an outdoor electronic unit, wherein the signal is received at a customer premise equipment device;

determining, at the customer premise equipment device, one or more properties of the signal by performing an analysis on the signal;

comparing the one or more properties of the signal to one or more properties of one or more spectral configurations, wherein each respective one of the one or more spectral configurations is associated with a type of outdoor electronic unit; and

based on a determination that one or more properties of the signal overlap one or more properties of at least one of the one or more spectral configurations:

identifying one of the at least one spectral configurations having one or more properties that overlap one or more properties of the signal;

identifying a type of outdoor electronic unit associated with the identified spectral configuration; and

based upon the identification of the type of outdoor electronic unit associated with the identified spectral configuration, determining that the outdoor electronic unit from which the customer premise equipment device received the signal is the same type of outdoor electronic unit as the identified type of outdoor electronic unit.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the analysis performed on the signal comprises:

detecting one or more peak frequencies of the received signal; and

detecting a modulation associated with the received signal.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more properties of the signal comprise at least a peak frequency of the received signal.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

based on a determination that none of the one or more properties of the signal overlap one or more properties of at least one of the one or more spectral configurations:

determining that the outdoor electronic unit is configured with an active scheme;

identifying one or more frequency ranges that are allocated to a userband;

determining one or more properties of the signal by performing an analysis on the signal within the one or more frequency ranges that are allocated to the userband; and

determining that the outdoor electronic unit is of a type of outdoor electronic unit that is associated with a spectral configuration having one or more properties that overlap the determined one or more properties.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein determining that the outdoor electronic unit is configured with an active scheme comprises:

determining that channel stacking switch is enabled at the outdoor electronic unit.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein determining that the outdoor electronic unit is configured with an active scheme comprises:

successfully exchanging one or more protocol requests or queries with the outdoor electronic unit.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more properties of one or more spectral configurations and the associations between the one or more spectral configurations and the one or more outdoor electronic unit types are stored at a device receiving the signal from the outdoor electronic unit.

8. A customer premise equipment device comprising:

an interface configured to be used to receive a signal from an outdoor electronic unit; and

one or more modules configured to:

determine one or more properties of the signal by performing an analysis on the signal;

compare the one or more properties of the signal to one or more properties of one or more spectral configurations, wherein each respective one of the one or more spectral configurations is associated with a type of outdoor electronic unit; and

based on a determination that one or more properties of the signal overlap one or more properties of at least one of the one or more spectral configurations:

identify one of the at least one spectral configurations having one or more properties that overlap one or more properties of the signal;

identify a type of outdoor electronic unit associated with the identified spectral configuration; and

based upon the identification of the type of outdoor electronic unit associated with the identified spectral configuration, determine that the outdoor electronic unit from which the signal is received is the same type of outdoor electronic unit as the identified type of outdoor electronic unit.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the analysis performed on the signal comprises:

detecting one or more peak frequencies of the received signal; and

detecting a modulation associated with the received signal.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the one or more properties of the signal comprise at least a peak frequency of the received signal.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the one or modules are further configured to:

based on a determination that none of the one or more properties of the signal overlap one or more properties of at least one of the one or more spectral configurations:

determine that the outdoor electronic unit is configured with an active scheme;

identify one or more frequency ranges that are allocated to a userband;

determine one or more properties of the signal by performing an analysis on the signal within the one or more frequency ranges that are allocated to the userband; and

determine that the outdoor electronic unit is of a type of outdoor electronic unit that is associated with a spectral configuration having one or more properties that overlap the determined one or more properties.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein determining that the outdoor electronic unit is configured with an active scheme comprises:

determining that channel stacking switch is enabled at the outdoor electronic unit.

13. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein determining that the outdoor electronic unit is configured with an active scheme comprises:

successfully exchanging one or more protocol requests or queries with the outdoor electronic unit.

14. One or more non-transitory computer readable media having instructions operable to cause one or more processors to perform the operations comprising:

receiving a signal from an outdoor electronic unit, wherein the signal is received at a customer premise equipment device;

determining, at the customer premise equipment device, one or more properties of the signal by performing an analysis on the signal;

comparing the one or more properties of the signal to one or more properties of one or more spectral configurations, wherein each respective one of the one or more spectral configurations is associated with a type of outdoor electronic unit; and

based on a determination that one or more properties of the signal overlap one or more properties of at least one of the one or more spectral configurations:

identifying one of the at least one spectral configurations having one or more properties that overlap one or more properties of the signal;

identifying a type of outdoor electronic unit associated with the identified spectral configuration; and

based upon the identification of the type of outdoor electronic unit associated with the identified spectral configuration, determining that the outdoor electronic unit from which the customer premise equipment device received the signal is the same type of outdoor electronic unit as the identified type of outdoor electronic unit.

15. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 14 , wherein the analysis performed on the signal comprises:

detecting one or more peak frequencies of the received signal; and

detecting a modulation associated with the received signal.

16. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 14 , wherein the one or more properties of the signal comprise at least a peak frequency of the received signal.

17. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 14 , wherein the instructions are further operable to cause the one or more processors to perform the operations comprising:

based on a determination that none of the one or more properties of the signal overlap one or more properties of at least one of the one or more spectral configurations:

determining that the outdoor electronic unit is configured with an active scheme;

identifying one or more frequency ranges that are allocated to a userband;

determining one or more properties of the signal by performing an analysis on the signal within the one or more frequency ranges that are allocated to the userband; and

determining that the outdoor electronic unit is of a type of outdoor electronic unit that is associated with a spectral configuration having one or more properties that overlap the determined one or more properties.

18. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 17 , wherein determining that the outdoor electronic unit is configured with an active scheme comprises:

determining that channel stacking switch is enabled at the outdoor electronic unit.

19. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 17 , wherein determining that the outdoor electronic unit is configured with an active scheme comprises:

successfully exchanging one or more protocol requests or queries with the outdoor electronic unit.

20. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 14 , wherein the one or more properties of one or more spectral configurations and the associations between the one or more spectral configurations and the one or more outdoor electronic unit types are stored at a device receiving the signal from the outdoor electronic unit.

Assignments (9)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST AT REEL/FRAME 049905/0504 Recorded Dec 19, 2024
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC (F/K/A ARRIS ENTERPRISES, INC.); ARRIS TECHNOLOGY, INC.; ARRIS SOLUTIONS, INC.; COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; RUCKUS WIRELESS, LLC (F/K/A RUCKUS WIRELESS, INC.)
Reel/Frame 071477/0255 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2024
From: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; COMMSCOPE INC., OF NORTH CAROLINA; OUTDOOR WIRELESS NETWORKS LLC; RUCKUS IP HOLDINGS LLC
To: APOLLO ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY LLC
Reel/Frame 069889/0114 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2021
From: ARRIS SOLUTIONS, INC.; ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA; RUCKUS WIRELESS, INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST
Reel/Frame 060752/0001 →
TERM LOAN SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 3, 2019
From: COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC; ARRIS TECHNOLOGY, INC.; RUCKUS WIRELESS, INC.; ARRIS SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 049905/0504 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 3, 2019
From: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 049820/0495 →
ABL SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 3, 2019
From: COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA; COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC; ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC; ARRIS TECHNOLOGY, INC.; RUCKUS WIRELESS, INC.; ARRIS SOLUTIONS, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 049892/0396 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 25, 2019
From: ARRIS ENTERPRISES, INC.
To: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC
Reel/Frame 049586/0470 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 14, 2017
From: ARRIS ENTERPRISES INC
To: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC
Reel/Frame 041995/0031 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2016
From: ROBINSON, ANDREW; DOYLE, WILLIAM R.
To: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC
Reel/Frame 038727/0875 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62168243 · May 29, 2015
Related Publication 20160352438A1 · Dec 1, 2016