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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 30, 2018
Applicant:

T-mobile Usa, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);

Inventors:

Antoine T. Tran, Bellevue, WA (US);

Emile Tran, Sammamish, WA (US);

Daniel Howard Wilson, Puyallup, WA (US);

Michael Mitchell, North Bend, WA (US);

Jie Hui, Mercer Island, WA (US);

Assignee:

T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/438 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/437 (2011.01); H04N 17/00 (2006.01); H04N 17/04 (2006.01); H04N 21/426 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 17/045 (2013.01); H04N 17/00 (2013.01); H04N 21/4263 (2013.01); H04N 21/437 (2013.01); H04N 21/4382 (2013.01); H04N 21/4383 (2013.01); H04N 21/44209 (2013.01); H04N 21/6112 (2013.01); H04N 21/6143 (2013.01); H04N 21/6582 (2013.01);
Abstract

This disclosure describes techniques for capturing radio frequency (RF) signal over the air, processing spectrum power data, and uploading data to a central data repository for analysis and reporting. Captured RF signals are filtered and amplified via a front-end module of a probe that includes a filter and a low noise amplifier (LNA). Output signals can be decoded into digital TV metadata and image captures via a TV tuner and spectrum power, and then analyzed via a software defined radio (SDR). Digital TV metadata and images, as well as SDR data, can be uploaded and collected at a server. The server processes collected spectrum data from SDR into spectrum reports. The server can also analyze collected digital TV metadata to identify with increased accuracy RF sources originating from transmitting TV facilities.


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