Abstract:
A device, system and method for radio-frequency emissions control is provided. The device comprises: a communication unit configured to communicate via main radio channels and a control channel, the main radio channels contributing to radio-frequency (RF) emissions; and a controller interconnected with the communication unit. The controller is configured to: receive, via the communication unit communicating over the control channel, an RF emissions control command to reduce the RF emissions emitted by the communication unit; and in response to receiving the RF emissions control command, control one or more of the communication unit and activity on the main radio channels to reduce the RF emissions.
Abstract:
Primary and/or secondary communication groups can be assigned to users with communication devices arranged in a hierarchy (FIG. 4). A set of humans are assigned to a role in a role-based hierarchy. A communication device (404) is assigned to the set of humans for communication over a network. One or more secondary communication groups are determined for the communication device (120). The one or more determined secondary communication groups are primary communication groups of other devices used by one or more other humans assigned roles in the role-based hierarchy. Secondary communication group settings are programmed for the communication device (124), where the group settings are consistent with the determined secondary communication groups.
Abstract:
A device, system and method for radio-frequency emissions control is provided. The device comprises: a communication unit configured to communicate via main radio channels and a control channel, the main radio channels contributing to radio-frequency (RF) emissions; and a controller interconnected with the communication unit. The controller is configured to: receive, via the communication unit communicating over the control channel, an RF emissions control command to reduce the RF emissions emitted by the communication unit; and in response to receiving the RF emissions control command, control one or more of the communication unit and activity on the main radio channels to reduce the RF emissions.
Abstract:
A device, system and method for frequency hopping control is provided. The device comprises: a communication unit configured to communicate via main radio channels and a control channel; and a controller interconnected with the communication unit. The controller is configured to: receive, via the communication unit communicating over the control channel, a frequency hopping control command comprising a list of one or more hopping frequencies for frequency hopping; and in response to receiving the frequency hopping control command, control the communication unit to communicate via the main radio channels using frequency hopping according to the one or more hopping frequencies.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for combined parallel processing of spectral information in a radio frequency environment. One example method includes controlling, with an electronic processor, a wideband receiver coupled to a receive path to scan a band of interest. The method includes receiving, from the wideband receiver, wideband scan data for the band of interest. The method includes identifying, based on the wideband scan data, a spectral region including a signal of interest. The method includes controlling, with the electronic processor, a narrowband receiver coupled to the receive path in parallel with the wideband receiver to collect a sample of the signal of interest.
Abstract:
Devices and methods for dynamic management of incident area deployable communications systems. Deployable base stations implement an ad hoc peer-to-peer or master-slave methods of determining activation states and transmission characteristics of plurality of deployable base stations at an incident area. The methods include receiving incident scene information from the plurality of deployable base stations and determining a coverage region for providing wireless communications coverage to one or more mobile communication devices in the incident area. The methods further include determining the activation states of the plurality of deployable base stations and determining transmission characteristics of the plurality of deployable base stations based on the incident scene information and the coverage region. One or more of the deployable base stations are activated in accordance with the determined transmission characteristics.
Abstract:
A device and method for radio-frequency site evaluation is provided. The radio-frequency site comprises one or more radio transmitters in communication with one or more transmit antennas, a monitoring radio receiver in communication with a receive antenna through a variable attenuator, and a controller in communication with the one or more radio transmitters, the monitoring radio receiver and the variable attenuator. The controller identifies the one or more radio transmitters which are currently transmitting, and responsively controls the variable attenuator to an attenuation value where a dynamic range of the monitoring radio receiver has a linear response for total power received at the receive antenna, the attenuation value associated with the one or more radio transmitters that are currently transmitting. Thereafter, the controller controls the monitoring radio receiver to scan at least currently active frequencies of the one or more radio transmitters, for example to detect problems at the site.