3D Spectral Mapping for Airborne Wireless Interference Mitigation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current wireless communication systems face challenges in maintaining effective connectivity and minimizing interference in airborne environments due to the complexity of spectral activity in three-dimensional spaces, which affects communication performance and network efficiency.
Innovation Solution
A system that includes a spectral mapping module and wireless communication network with base stations and spectral activity monitors to gather, process, and display spectral activity information in 3D, allowing for real-time data aggregation and visualization, enabling better communication planning and interference mitigation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If spectral activity monitoring is performed in 3D airborne environments, then communication performance and network efficiency are improved, but device complexity and measurement difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides the 3D spectral space into discrete volumetric elements, allowing spectral activity to be measured and mapped in segmented portions of the airborn environment. This segmentation makes the complex 3D measurement task manageable by processing smaller discrete units rather than the entire continuous space at once.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces spectral mapping modules and base stations as intermediary components that facilitate spectral activity measurement between mobile devices and the network. These intermediaries handle the complex processing and coordination required for 3D spectral mapping, reducing the burden on individual devices while improving overall communication reliability.
2Measurement precision
If detailed spectral activity information is collected from multiple assets, then spectral mapping precision is improved, but loss of time and data processing complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by having multiple assets continuously collect and report spectral activity information in real-time as they move through the environment. This ongoing data collection prepares the spectral mapping system with up-to-date information, enabling precise spectral maps to be generated without requiring time-consuming retrospective data gathering.
Solution Approach 2:
The spectral mapping system is designed to receive and process spectral activity information from multiple different types of assets (aircraft, drones, ground vehicles, etc.) simultaneously. This multi-functional approach allows the system to aggregate diverse data sources efficiently, improving spectral mapping precision through comprehensive coverage while managing processing time through unified handling of heterogeneous inputs.
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AI summary
A spectral mapping module may include processing circuitry configured to receive spectral activity information from one or more assets that have flown through an area. The spectral activity information may be associated with location information indicating a respective location at which each portion of the spectral activity information was obtained. The processing circuitry may be further configured to associate the spectral activity information with respective volumetric elements that are each associated with respective portions of the area, determine spectral activity indicators for each of the respective volumetric elements that has spectral activity information associated therewith, and generate display data including the spectral activity indicators.