Mobile cellular network backhaul

• US 10,382,393 B2
• Filed: 08/18/2017
• Issued: 08/13/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oceus Networks Inc.
• Original Assignee: Oceus Networks Inc.
• Inventors: Graffagnino, Vincent, Niermann, Dennis
• Primary Examiner(s): Siddiqui, Kashif
• Application Number:
  US15/680,847
• Publication Number:
  US 20180034771A1
• Time in Patent Office: 725 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/74 Address processing for routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/2592 using tunnelling or encapsulation
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/0289 Congestion control load shedding arrangements in network planning H04W16/08; performing reselection for handling the traffic H04W36/22; wireless traffic scheduling H04W72/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/06 Registration at serving network Location Register, VLR or user mobility server
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/005 Moving wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/16 Interfaces between hierarchically similar devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/24 between backbone network devices

Abstract

A mobile cellular network (MCN) communication system can provide an independent mobile cellular network to devices within a covered area. In addition, the MCN communication system can communicate with other MCN communication systems using a wireless standard that is similar to the wireless standard used to communicate with user equipment within the covered area. In some instances, the MCN communication system can be registered as a user equipment of another MCN communication system and/or have another MCN communication system registered with it as a user equipment.

Claims

1. A backhaul routing system, comprising:

a backhaul routing component implemented using one or more processors executing computer-executable instructions stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the backhaul routing component communicatively coupled to a first mobile cellular network (MCN) communication system that provides a first MCN according to a first wireless standard for first user equipment located within a first covered area,

wherein the backhaul routing component is configured to;

process data packets associated with the first MCN communication system, wherein the data packets correspond to first wireless communications received by the first MCN communication system according to the first wireless standard, and

identify a second MCN communication system for transmission of second wireless communications corresponding to the data packets, wherein the second MCN communication system independently provides a second MCN according to the first wireless standard for a second user equipment located within a second covered area; and

an antenna configured to transmit the second wireless communications to the second MCN communication system according to the first wireless standard.

2. The backhaul routing system of claim 1, wherein the data packets comprise a first packet and wherein to process the data packets, the backhaul routing component is configured to:

determine based at least in part on an identifier in the first packet that the second MCN communication system is a requested MCN communication system; and

based at least in part on the determination, encapsulate the first packet in a second packet, wherein the second wireless communications comprise the second packet.

3. The backhaul routing system of claim 1, wherein the backhaul routing system is registered as a user equipment of at least one of the first MCN communication system or the second MCN communication system.

4. The backhaul routing system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first MCN communication system or the second MCN communication system is registered with the backhaul routing system as a user equipment of the backhaul routing system.

5. The backhaul routing system of claim 1, wherein the first MCN communication system is registered with the second MCN communication system as a user equipment of the second MCN communication system.

6. The backhaul routing system of claim 1, wherein the second MCN communication system is registered with the first MCN communication system as a user equipment of the first MCN communication system.

7. The backhaul routing system of claim 1, wherein the data packets comprise a first packet and wherein to process the data packets, the backhaul routing component is configured to:

determine that the first packet includes an embedded packet; and

based at least in part on the determination that the first packet includes the embedded packet, unencapsulate a second packet from the first packet, wherein the second wireless communications comprise the second packet.

8. The backhaul routing system of claim 1, wherein the data packets comprise a first packet, wherein a source of the first packet is at least one of a user equipment or a server in communication with the first MCN communication system.

9. The backhaul routing system of claim 1, wherein the data packets comprise a first packet, wherein a source of the first packet is a mobile core network component of the first MCN communication system.

10. The backhaul routing system of claim 1, wherein the data packets comprise a first packet, wherein a destination for the first packet is at least one of a user equipment within the second MCN or a server in communication with the second MCN communication system.

11. The backhaul routing system of claim 1, wherein the data packets comprise a first packet, wherein a destination for the first packet is a mobile core network component of the second MCN communication system.

12. The backhaul routing system of claim 1, wherein the data packets comprise a first packet and wherein to process the data packets, the backhaul routing component is configured to:

determine that the second MCN communication system is to process the first packet; and

based at least in part on the determination, encapsulate the first packet within a second packet, wherein a destination address of the second packet comprises a routing module associated with the second MCN communication system and a source address of the second packet comprises a routing module associated with the first MCN communication system, wherein the second wireless communications comprise the second packet.

13. A method, comprising:

receiving data packets associated with a first mobile cellular network (MCN) communication system, wherein the first MCN communication system provides a first MCN according to a first wireless standard for first user equipment located within a first covered area;

processing the data packets; and

transmitting wireless communications corresponding to the data packets to a second MCN communication system according to the first wireless standard, wherein the second MCN communication system independently provides a second MCN according to the first wireless standard for a second user equipment located within a second covered area.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the data packets comprise a first packet and the processing the data packets comprises:

determining based at least in part on an identifier in the first packet that the second MCN communication system is a requested MCN communication system; and

based at least in part on the determining, encapsulating the first packet in a second packet, wherein the wireless communications comprise the second packet.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein at least one of the first MCN communication system is registered with the second MCN communication system as a user equipment of the second MCN communication system or the second MCN communication system is registered with the first MCN communication system as a user equipment of the first MCN communication system.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the data packets comprise a first packet and the processing the data packets comprises:

determining that the first packet includes an embedded packet; and

based at least in part on the determining that the first packet includes the embedded packet, unencapsulating a second packet from the first packet, wherein the wireless communications comprise the second packet.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the data packets comprise a first packet, wherein a source of the first packet is at least one of a user equipment or a server in communication with the first MCN communication system.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the data packets comprise a first packet, wherein a destination for the first packet is at least one of a user equipment within the second MCN or a server in communication with the second MCN communication system.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein the data packets comprise a first packet and the processing the data packets comprises:

determining that the second MCN communication system is to process the first packet; and

based at least in part on the determining, encapsulating the first packet within a second packet, wherein a destination address of the second packet comprises a routing module associated with the second MCN communication system and a source address of the second packet comprises a routing module associated with the first MCN communication system, wherein the wireless communications comprise the second packet.

20. A backhaul routing system, comprising:

a backhaul routing component implemented using one or more processors executing computer-executable instructions stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the backhaul routing component configured to;

process data packets corresponding to first wireless communications received from one or more first user equipment, and

identify a first mobile cellular network (MCN) communication system for transmission of second wireless communications corresponding to the data packets, wherein the first MCN communication system independently provides a first MCN according to a first wireless standard for a second user equipment located within a covered area; and

an antenna configured to transmit the second wireless communications to the first MCN communication system according to the first wireless standard.