Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Dean P Jarski

Brian A Ward

Ricardo Francisco Borges

Matthew Kapala

Jason A Birr

Hector A Garcia Crespo

Hector Alejandro Garcia Crespo

An interference detection system in a network determines that an unknown radio frequency (RF) interference source that causes RF interference experienced by a first wireless station is a persistent RF interference source over a plurality of time intervals in a selected time period. A predicted interference source location is identified for each time interval in the selected time period. An aggregated predicted interference source location is calculated based on the identified one or more predicted interference source locations.

Systems and methods for identifying a source of radio frequency interference in a wireless network

An interference detection system in a network identifies a first wireless station that has experienced radio frequency (RF) interference from an unknown source on at least one physical resource block (PRB) by determining that a key performance indicator (KPI) for the at least one PRB on the first wireless station has a value indicative of interference. The interference detection system identifies one or more second wireless stations that have experienced similar interference on the at least one PRB. A plurality of estimated interference source locations are determined based at least on geographic locations of the first wireless station and the one or more second wireless stations. Determining the plurality of estimated interference source locations further comprises generating a boundary based on the geographic locations of the first wireless station and the one or more second wireless stations and selecting a plurality of estimated interference source locations within the boundary.

An interference detection system in a network identifies a first wireless station that has experienced radio frequency (RF) interference from an unknown source and identifies one or more second wireless stations that have experienced similar interference. A plurality of estimated interference source locations are scored based on a comparison of estimated interference to observed interference at the one or more second wireless stations. A predicted interference source location is identified based on the scored plurality of estimated interference source locations. It is determined whether the unknown interference source is a persistent interference source over a selected time period, wherein the predicted interference source location is identified for each interval in the selected time period. The predicted interference source locations for each interval in the selected time period are retrieved and an aggregated predicted interference source location is calculated based on the retrieved predicted interference source locations.

A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium provide a fitted sector analytics service. The service may generate sector-fitted diagram information based on cell site diagram information. The service may calculate geographic coordinates for each sector of a cell site based on cell site coordinates, a maximum radius value, and a direction of an antenna associated with a sector of a radio access network device.

Fitted sector analytics

An interference detection system in a network identifies a first wireless station that has experienced radio frequency (RF) interference from an unknown source on at least one physical resource block (PRB) and identifies one or more second wireless stations that have experienced similar interference on the at least one PRB. A plurality of estimated interference source locations are determined based at least on geographic locations of the first wireless station and the one or more second wireless stations. The plurality of estimated interference source locations are scored based on a comparison of estimate interference to observed interference at the one or more second wireless stations and a geographical map is generated based on the scored plurality of estimated interference source locations, wherein the geographical map includes indicia indicative of the relative scores of the plurality of estimated interference source locations.

A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium provide a fitted sector analytics service. The service may generate sector-fitted Voronoi diagram information based on cell site Voronoi diagram information. The service may calculate geographic coordinates for each sector of a cell site based on cell site coordinates, a maximum radius value, and a direction of an antenna associated with a sector of a radio access network device.

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