Method and system for high speed wireless data transmission and reception

• US 20020065083A1
• Filed: 09/06/2001
• Published: 05/30/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: A2Q Incorporated
• Original Assignee: A2Q Incorporated
• Inventors: Patel, Rajendra
• Application Number:
  US09/947,980
• Publication Number:
  US 20020065083A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/452.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/10 using broadcasted information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/02 Inter-networking arrangements

Abstract

The invention may be broadly conceptualized as an approach in which a wireless device is able to communicate with a management network that is capable of steering a predetermined amount of data to the wireless device over a control channel associated with management network or if the amount data is above a predetermined threshold, the management network sets up a second connection through another network over a payload channel that is associated with another control channel in the other network.

Claims

1. A wireless access management system, comprising:

a management network having an access management channel;

a wireless network having a control channel and a payload channel;

a wireless device having a wireless access management (WAM) transceiver that is able to exchange management network control information and data over the access management channel and a payload transceiver that is able to exchange wireless network control information over the control channel and data to the wireless device over the payload channel when steered by the management network in response to a predetermined criteria.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the predetermined criteria is a predetermined bandwidth threshold.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the predetermined criteria is a secure network request from the wireless device, wherein the secure network request is received at the management network.

4. The system of claim 1, further including:

a controller located in the wireless device in communication with the WAM transceiver and the payload transceiver that executes an instruction that results in transmission of data from the wireless device to the management network in response to the predetermined criteria.

5. The system of claim 1, further includes a database of subscriber information located in the management network that includes an entry associated with the wireless device.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the database contains an identifier that results in the data being steered to the wireless network upon the predetermined criteria being meet.

7. A wireless apparatus, comprising:

a wireless access management (WAM) transceiver;

a payload transceiver;

a data port interface; and

a controller able to communicate with the WAM transceiver, the payload transceiver and the data port interface that identifies a predetermined criteria is meet upon receipt of a type of data at the data port interface that results in a control message being sent via the WAM transceiver that request the type of data be transmitted via the payload transceiver.

8. The wireless apparatus of claim 7, wherein the predetermined criterion is a predetermined bandwidth threshold.

9. The wireless apparatus of claim 8, wherein the type of data is streaming data.

10. The wireless apparatus of claim 7, wherein the predetermined criteria is a secure data request.

11. The wireless apparatus of claim 10, wherein the type of data is a private data type.

12. The wireless apparatus of claim 7, wherein the predetermined criteria is met by execution of an application by the controller.

13. The wireless apparatus of claim 7, wherein the WAM transceiver is a TDMA transceiver.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the AMC interface generates a TDMA signal.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the predetermined criteria is associated with a predetermined bandwidth available to the AMC interface.

17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the predetermined criteria is associated with a type of data that may be carried in the plurality of data packets.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising the step of selecting the wireless network from a plurality of wireless network based on the predetermined criteria.

20. The method of claim 18, where the step of transmitting further includes the step of TDMA encoding the plurality of data and the plurality of control message that are transmitted in the management network.

21. The method of claim 18, where the step of determining further includes the step of identifying a type of data associated with the plurality of data at a wireless device.

22. The method of claim 21, where the step of identifying further includes the step of determining an amount of data associated with the plurality of data.

23. The method of claim 18, where the step of determining further includes the step of identifying a type of data associated with the plurality of data at an access management channel manager.

24. The method of claim 23, where the step of identifying further includes the step of determining an amount of data associated with the plurality of data.

25. The method of claim 18, where the step of determining further includes the step of identifying a request in the plurality of data to use the payload channel in the wireless network as the predetermined criteria.

27. The method of claim 26, where the step of steering further includes the step of sending in the plurality of control data a payload channel request over the AMC via the WAM transceiver.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the step of steering further includes the step of receiving via the WAM transceiver a carrier access ID associated with the payload channel over.

29. The method of claim 28, further including the step of identifying an amount of data from the plurality of data, and

comparing the amount of data to the predetermined threshold to determine if the predetermined criteria is met.

30. The method of claim 28, where the step of transmitting further includes the step of TDMA encoding the plurality of control data for transmission in the WAM transceiver.

31. The method of claim 26, further comprising the step of executing by a controller an application that requires a payload channel and results in the predetermined criteria being met.

14. An access management channel manager apparatus, comprising:

an access management channel (AMC) interface;

a PSTN interface; and

a controller coupled to the AMC channel interface and PSTN interface that is able to send and receives a plurality of control messages and a plurality of data packets over the AMC interface and steers the plurality of data packets over the PSTN interface upon receipt of the plurality of data packets for transmission by the AMC interface and a predetermined criteria being meet.

18. A method for wireless access management, comprising the steps of:

determining if a plurality of data to be transmitted meets a predetermined criteria;

transmitting the plurality of data and a plurality of control messages over an access management channel (AMC) in a management network in response to the predetermined criteria not being met; and

steering transmission of the plurality of data to a payload channel associated with a wireless network in response to the predetermined criteria being met while still sending the plurality of control messages over the AMC.

26. A method of wireless access management at a wireless device, comprising the steps of:

transmitting a plurality of control data and a plurality of data over an access management channel (AMC) via a WAM transceiver when the plurality of data does not meet a predetermined criteria; and

steering the plurality of data over a payload channel via a payload transceiver upon the predetermined criteria is met.

32. A method of wireless access management at an access management channel (AMC) manager, comprising the steps of:

transmitting a plurality of control data and a plurality of data over an access management channel (AMC) when the plurality of data does not meet a predetermined criteria; and

establishing a PSTN connection to steer the plurality of data to a wireless network when the predetermined criteria is met.

33. The method of claim 32, wherein the step of establishing further includes the step of sending a carrier access ID associated with the payload channel in a control data message from the plurality of control data over the AMC.

34. The method of claim 32, further including the step of identifying an amount of data from the plurality of data, and

comparing the amount of data to the predetermined threshold to determine if the predetermined criteria is met.

35. The method of claim 32, where the step of transmitting further includes the step of TDMA encoding the plurality of control data for transmission over the AMC.

37. The signal bearing medium of claim 36, further comprising a fourth machine-readable instructions set for selecting the wireless network from a plurality of wireless network based on the predetermined criteria.

38. The signal bearing medium of claim 36, wherein the second machine-readable instruction set further includes a machine-readable instruction set for TDMA encoding the plurality of data and the plurality of control message that are transmitted in the management network.

39. The signal bearing medium of claim 36, wherein the first machine-readable instruction set further includes a machine-readable instruction set for identifying a type of data associated with the plurality of data at a wireless device.

40. The signal bearing medium of claim 39, wherein the machine-readable instruction set for identifying further includes a machine-readable instruction set for determining an amount of data associated with the plurality of data.

41. The signal bearing medium of claim 36, wherein the first machine-readable instruction set further includes a machine-readable instruction set for identifying a type of data associated with the plurality of data at an access management channel manager.

42. The signal bearing medium of claim 41, wherein the machine-readable instruction set for identifying further includes a machine-readable instruction set for determining an amount of data associated with the plurality of data.

43. The signal bearing medium of claim 36, wherein the first machine-readable instruction set further includes a machine-readable instruction set for identifying a request in the plurality of data to use the payload channel in the wireless network as the predetermined criteria.

36. A signal bearing medium having machine-readable instructions for wireless access management, comprising:

a first machine-readable instruction set for determining if a plurality of data to be transmitted meets a predetermined criteria;

a second machine-readable instruction set for transmitting the plurality of data and a plurality of control messages over an access management channel (AMC) in a management network in response to the predetermined criteria not being met; and

a third machine-readable instruction set for steering transmission of the plurality of data to a payload channel associated with a wireless network in response to the predetermined criteria being met while still sending the plurality of control messages over the AMC.

44. A signal bearing medium having machine-readable instructions for wireless access management at a wireless device, comprising:

a first machine-readable instruction set for transmitting a plurality of control data and a plurality of data over an access management channel (AMC) via a WAM transceiver when the plurality of data does not meet a predetermined criteria; and

a second machine-readable instruction set for steering the plurality of data over a payload channel via a payload transceiver upon the predetermined criteria is met.

45. The signal bearing medium of claim 44, wherein the second machine-readable instruction set further includes a machine-readable instruction set for sending in the plurality of control data a payload channel request over the AMC via the WAM transceiver.

46. The signal bearing medium of claim 45, wherein the second machine-readable instruction set further includes a machine-readable instruction set for receiving via the WAM transceiver a carrier access ID associated with the payload channel over.

47. The signal bearing medium of claim 46, further including a third machine-readable instruction set for identifying an amount of data from the plurality of data, and a fourth machine-readable instruction set for comparing the amount of data to the predetermined threshold to determine if the predetermined criteria is met.

48. The signal bearing medium of claim 45, the first machine-readable instruction set further includes a machine-readable instruction set for TDMA encoding the plurality of control data for transmission in the WAM transceiver.

50. The apparatus of claim 49, where the means for steering further includes means for sending in the plurality of control data a payload channel request over the AMC via the WAM transceiver.

51. The apparatus of claim 50, wherein the means for steering further includes a means for receiving via the WAM transceiver a carrier access ID associated with the payload channel over.

52. The apparatus of claim 51, further including means for identifying an amount of data from the plurality of data, and means for comparing the amount of data to the predetermined threshold to determine if the predetermined criteria is met.

53. The apparatus of claim 49, where the step of transmitting further includes the means for TDMA encoding the plurality of control data for transmission in the WAM transceiver.

54. The apparatus of claim 49, further comprising means for executing an application that requires a payload channel and results in the predetermined criteria being met.

49. A wireless apparatus, comprising:

means for transmitting a plurality of control data and a plurality of data over an access management channel (AMC) via a WAM transceiver when the plurality of data does not meet a predetermined criteria; and

means for steering the plurality of data over a payload channel via a payload transceiver upon the predetermined criteria is met.

55. An access management channel (AMC) manager apparatus, comprising:

means for transmitting a plurality of control data and a plurality of data over an access management channel (AMC) when the plurality of data does not meet a predetermined criteria; and

means for establishing a PSTN connection to steer the plurality of data to a wireless network when the predetermined criteria is met.

56. The apparatus of claim 55, wherein establishing means further includes means for sending a carrier access ID associated with the payload channel in a control data message from the plurality of control data over the AMC.

57. The apparatus of claim 55, further including means for identifying an amount of data from the plurality of data, and

means for comparing the amount of data to the predetermined threshold to determine if the predetermined criteria is met.

58. The apparatus of claim 55, where transmitting means further includes means for TDMA encoding the plurality of control data for transmission over the AMC.