In two-dimensional map information showing communication equipment installation structures on which communication equipment is installed, roads, and buildings, a narrow region between the buildings is detected based on a distance of an interval of the buildings adjacent to each other and a predetermined length and a connection line connecting the buildings is imparted to an opened portion of the detected narrow region, a line-of-sight detection line is extended with any one of the communication equipment installation structures set as a start point and the line-of-sight detection line is rotated around the start point, intersections of the line-of-sight detection line and a contour line of the building or the connection line is detected and the intersection at a shortest distance from the start point among the detected intersections is detected as a line-of-sight intersection, and, when the line-of-sight intersection and another line-of-sight intersection belong to the same building, a line-of-sight range line along the contour line of the building is imparted to between the two line-of-sight intersections.

In two-dimensional map information showing communication equipment installation structures on which communication equipment is installed, roads, and buildings, a narrow region between the buildings is detected based on a distance of an interval of the buildings adjacent to each other and a predetermined length and a connection line connecting the buildings is imparted to an opened portion of the detected narrow region, a line-of-sight detection line is extended with any one of the communication equipment installation structures set as a start point and the line-of-sight detection line is rotated around the start point, intersections of the line-of-sight detection line and a contour line of the building or the connection line is detected and the intersection at a shortest distance from the start point among the detected intersections is detected as a line-of-sight intersection, and, when the line-of-sight intersection and another line-of-sight intersection belong to the same building, a line-of-sight range line along the contour line of the building is imparted to between the two line-of-sight intersections.

A placement of a set of devices in an environment is evaluated. At least a plurality of neighboring locations is selected for a target location in the environment. A probability of an estimated location conditioned on the target location is calculated for each of at least the plurality of neighboring locations as the estimated location by using an observation model for obtaining a set of observation values given a location under the placement. An evaluation metric is computed by using the probability calculated for each of at least the plurality of neighboring locations.

A placement of a set of devices in an environment is evaluated. At least a plurality of neighboring locations is selected for a target location in the environment. A probability of an estimated location conditioned on the target location is calculated for each of at least the plurality of neighboring locations as the estimated location by using an observation model for obtaining a set of observation values given a location under the placement. An evaluation metric is computed by using the probability calculated for each of at least the plurality of neighboring locations.

A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided to accelerate the estimation of a radio model of an access point within a radio environment, such as an access point that has been newly added to or relocated within the radio environment. In the context of a method, the presence of a first access point in a radio environment is determined and the signal propagation characteristics of one or more existing access points in the radio environment are also determined. The signal propagation characteristics are represented by respective radio models of the one or more existing access points. The method also includes estimating the radio model of the first access point based at least upon the signal propagation characteristics of the one or more existing access points in the radio environment as represented by the respective radio models of the one or more existing access points.

A hotspot accessory camera connectable to a hotspot via a physical connection is provided. The hotspot accessory camera may include edge processing and/or artificial intelligence capabilities for image/video processing of images/video captured by the hotspot accessory camera. The hotspot accessory camera may include a base that accepts a hotspot device, and at least one actuatable arm adapted to hold one or more cameras to effectuate image/video capture.

System having baseband units; a radio equipment controller module; radio equipment modules coupled to a physical antenna port having a slave port coupled to a master port of the radio equipment controller module or another radio equipment module. The radio equipment modules receive an uplink antenna-carrier stream from a physical antenna port and transmit the stream to its slave port and, if a master port is connected to another radio equipment module, it synchronizes and sums the stream with an uplink antenna-carrier stream from said master port, creating a summed uplink antenna-carrier stream transmitted to its slave port. The radio equipment modules receive a downlink antenna-carrier stream from the radio equipment controller module or another radio equipment module to its slave port for transmission to said physical antenna port and, if a master port is connected to another radio equipment module, forwards the downlink antenna-carrier stream to the master port.

System having baseband units; a radio equipment controller module; radio equipment modules coupled to a physical antenna port having a slave port coupled to a master port of the radio equipment controller module or another radio equipment module. The radio equipment modules receive an uplink antenna-carrier stream from a physical antenna port and transmit the stream to its slave port and, if a master port is connected to another radio equipment module, it synchronizes and sums the stream with an uplink antenna-carrier stream from said master port, creating a summed uplink antenna-carrier stream transmitted to its slave port. The radio equipment modules receive a downlink antenna-carrier stream from the radio equipment controller module or another radio equipment module to its slave port for transmission to said physical antenna port and, if a master port is connected to another radio equipment module, forwards the downlink antenna-carrier stream to the master port.

A method for encapsulating electromagnetic propagation model features to create composable prediction models includes obtaining electromagnetic (EM) impediment data for a geographical area. The method also includes dividing the geographical area into a plurality of tiles. Each tile of the plurality of tiles includes a geometric shape that encompasses a distinct non-overlapping portion of the geographical area. For each tile of the plurality of tiles, the method also includes determining one or more composable EM attenuation values for EM signals propagating through the distinct non-overlapping portion of the geographical area encompassed by the tile using the EM impediment data and caching the one or more composable EM attenuation values determined for the corresponding tile.

Resource allocation of network traffic comprising extended reality network traffic (e.g., using a computerized tool) is enabled. For example, a method can comprise: determining, by network equipment comprising a processor, whether network traffic via a radio access network comprises extended reality network traffic; in response to a determination that the network traffic comprises the extended reality network traffic, determining, by the network equipment, a traffic characteristic of the extended reality network traffic; based on the traffic characteristic, determining, by the network equipment, a resource allocation for the network traffic; and in response to determining the resource allocation for the network traffic, applying, by the network equipment, the resource allocation to a network node of the radio access network.