Real-time rsl monitoring in a web-based application

Abstract

A system and method for monitoring an attribute of a received signal in a wireless network having plural radios wherein one of the radios includes a monitoring module operatively connected to a second network. An attribute of one radio is monitored substantially continuously at the monitoring module. A display device is operatively connected to the second network. A value representative of the current state of the attribute is transmitted via the second network to the display device upon a change in the state of the attribute from a previous state of the attribute, and the value is displayed on the display device.

What we claim is: 
     
         1 . A method, comprising:
 receiving a signal by one radio of a plurality of radios in a first wireless network, the received signal compatible with data transfer protocols of the first wireless network;   monitoring, with a monitoring module operatively connected to the one radio of the plurality of radios, a property of the received signal, the monitoring module communicatively coupled, using a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) connection, to a second network, the second network operating independently of the data transfer protocols of the first wireless network; and   transmitting, by the monitoring module, through the second network, to a remote communication module, a value representative of a current state of the property of the received signal either according to a predetermined schedule or when the property of the received signal changes from a previous state to the current state.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the second network is a network supporting hypertext transfer protocol. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the second network is a private network. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the second network is the Internet. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the property of the received signal is a received signal level of the one radio. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the property of the received signal is selected from a group consisting of: signal to noise ratio, signal strength, carrier-to-noise ratio, bit error rate, transmitter power level, frequency range, wavelength range, and phase error. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising storing the value and displaying the stored value to facilitate viewing a history of a set of values comprising the value. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the storing occurs periodically. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising initiating an alarm if the value is outside a predetermined range. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the transmitting is performed even if the remote communication module and the monitoring module were not communicating when the change in the state of the property of the received signal occurred. 
     
     
         11 . A system, comprising:
 a radio receiver operatively connected to one radio of a plurality of radios in a first wireless network, the radio receiver operative to receive a signal compatible with data transfer protocols of the first wireless network; and   a monitoring module operatively connected to the one radio of the plurality of radios and operative to monitor substantially continuously a property of the received signal of the one radio, the monitoring module communicatively coupled, using a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) connection, to a second network, the second network operating independently of the data transfer protocols of the first wireless network, the monitoring module further operative to transmit through the second network to a remote communication module a value representative of a current state of the property of the received signal of the one radio, the monitoring module further operative to transmit the value to the remote communication module either according to a predetermined schedule or when the property of the received signal changes from a previous state to the current state.   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the second network is a network supporting hypertext transfer protocol. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 12 , wherein the second network is a private network. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 12 , wherein the second network is the Internet. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the property of the received signal is a received signal level of the one radio. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the property of the received signal is selected from a group consisting of: signal to noise ratio, signal strength, carrier-to-noise ratio, bit error rate, transmitter power level, frequency range, wavelength range, and phase error. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the device comprises a memory capable of storing the value and the device is configured to display a first graph including the stored value. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 17 , wherein the device is configured to display a second graph showing the previous state and the current state of the property of the received signal. 
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 18 , wherein the value displayed in the first graph is stored periodically and the current state of the value displayed in the second graph is updated upon a change in the state of the property of the received signal to the current state from the previous state. 
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 11 , further comprising an alarm which is activated if the value is outside a predetermined range. 
     
     
         21 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein a second radio of the plurality of radios includes a second monitoring module communicatively coupled to the second network and the second monitoring module monitors a property of a signal of the second radio. 
     
     
         22 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the device is configured to display the property of the received signal of the one radio and the property of the signal of the second radio. 
     
     
         23 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the monitoring module is configured to transmit upon a change in the state of the property of the received signal even if the remote communication module and the monitoring module were not communicating when the change in the state of the property of the received signal occurred.