In-band wireless communication network backhaul
First Claim
1. A method of transferring backhaul traffic between first and second radio base stations (RBSs) in a wireless communication network comprising:
- allocating at least one channel at the first and second RBSs from a wireless communication air interface used by the RBSs to support communication with mobile stations; and
transferring backhaul traffic between the first and second RBSs on the at least one allocated channel.
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Abstract
By using allocated spectrum from the mobile station air interface, one or more remote, child access points within a wireless communication network establish backhaul connections to a parent access point having conventional backhaul links to the network. In this manner, backhaul traffic is carried on the standard air interface coexistent with the normal mobile station traffic. Such an arrangement permits parent and child access points to use the standard air interface for both conventional mobile station traffic, as well as backhaul traffic. In an exemplary embodiment, a wireless cellular communication network establishes backhaul connections between one or more child Radio Base Stations (RBSs) and a parent RBS using one or more of the data channels defined by the network'"'"'s air interface.
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64 Claims
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1. A method of transferring backhaul traffic between first and second radio base stations (RBSs) in a wireless communication network comprising:
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allocating at least one channel at the first and second RBSs from a wireless communication air interface used by the RBSs to support communication with mobile stations; and
transferring backhaul traffic between the first and second RBSs on the at least one allocated channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method of transferring backhaul traffic between first and second radio base stations in a wireless communication network, said method comprising:
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allocating at least one channel from a mobile station air interface as an extended backhaul connection to carry backhaul traffic between said first and second base stations;
receiving reverse mobile station traffic at said first base station from one or more mobile stations;
generating reverse backhaul traffic including said reverse mobile station traffic;
transmitting said reverse backhaul traffic over said extended backhaul connection to said second base station;
receiving forward backhaul traffic at said first base station from said second base station over said extended backhaul connection;
extracting forward mobile station traffic from said forward backhaul traffic; and
transmitting said forward mobile station traffic backhaul traffic to said one or more mobile stations. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method of transferring backhaul traffic between first and second radio base stations in a wireless communication network, said method comprising:
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allocating at least one channel from a mobile station air interface as an extended backhaul connection to carry backhaul traffic between said first and second base stations;
receiving reverse backhaul traffic at said first base station from said second base station;
combining said reverse backhaul traffic received from said second base station with reverse backhaul traffic generated at said first base station;
transmitting said combined backhaul traffic from said first base station to a base station controller;
receiving combined forward backhaul traffic at said first base station for said first and second base stations;
separating at said first base station the forward backhaul traffic for said second base station from said forward backhaul traffic for said second base station; and
transmitting said forward backhaul traffic for said second base station from said first base station to said second base station over said extended backhaul connection. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A radio base station for use in a wireless communication network comprising:
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first transceiver resources to transmit and receive backhaul traffic to and from a second radio base station in the network using one or more channels allocated from a mobile station air interface;
second transceiver resources to transmit and receive mobile station traffic to and from mobile stations using one or more channels of the air interface not allocated to the backhaul traffic;
a transceiver processor to process the mobile station traffic transmitted and received by the second transceiver resources; and
a backhaul processor to process the backhaul traffic transmitted and received by the first transceiver resources. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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