Wireless network system and method
First Claim
1. A system of wireless communication comprising:
- a network fuser connected to a control data transport medium;
a first gateway/customer premises equipment (GPE/CPE) unit connected to the network fuser via the control data transport medium; and
wherein the network fuser is operable to;
receive data from a network;
provide radio frequency (“
RF”
) configuration information to the first GPE/CPE unit; and
provide digital signal processing (“
DSP”
) configuration information to the first GPE/CPE unit.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a flexible system for providing wireless broadband access. The system can include a gateway that has a plurality of gateway premises equipment (“GPE”) units and a network fuser connected to the plurality of GPE units to coordinate the activities of the plurality of the GPE units. The network fuser can provide DSP configuration information and RF configuration information to the GPE units. The network fuser is also operable to connect to a high-speed network (e.g., a backhaul network) and to provision data from the high-speed network to each of the plurality of GPE units. The system can also include a plurality of customer premises equipment (“CPE”) units remote from the gateway.
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153 Claims
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1. A system of wireless communication comprising:
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a network fuser connected to a control data transport medium;
a first gateway/customer premises equipment (GPE/CPE) unit connected to the network fuser via the control data transport medium; and
wherein the network fuser is operable to;
receive data from a network;
provide radio frequency (“
RF”
) configuration information to the first GPE/CPE unit; and
provide digital signal processing (“
DSP”
) configuration information to the first GPE/CPE unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A device comprising:
a backplane further comprising;
a plurality of antenna connections;
connection circuitry;
a plurality of radio frequency (“
RF”
) connections connected to the plurality of antenna connections via the connection circuitry; and
control logic operable to configure the RF backplane to connect the plurality of RF connections to the plurality of antenna connection via the connection circuitry in a variety of configurations. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A device comprising:
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a radio frequency (“
RF”
) backplane interface;
a digital signal processing (“
DSP”
) unit operable to generate a transmit digital signal and generate data based on a receive signal; and
RF circuitry connected to the RF backplane interface, the RF circuitry operable to;
generate an output signal based on the transmit signal; and
generate the receive signal based on an input signal. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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46. A system for wireless communication comprising:
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a first radio frequency and digital signal processing (“
RAD”
) unit;
a second RAD unit;
a plurality of antennas;
a radio frequency (“
RF”
) backplane connecting the plurality of antennas to the first RAD and the second RAD units; and
a network fuser connected to the first RAD unit and the second RAD unit, wherein the network fuser is operable to;
provide DSP configuration information to the first RAD unit and the second RAD unit;
provide RF configuration information to the first RAD unit and the second RAD unit; and
provide control signals to the RF backplane to configure the RF backplane to connect the plurality of antennas to the first RAD unit and the second RAD unit. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59)
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60. A system for provisioning broad-band fixed wireless access comprising:
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A gateway, further comprising;
a plurality of gateway premises equipment (“
GPE”
) units;
a network fuser connected to the plurality of GPE units to coordinate the activities of the plurality of the GPE units to act as a base station, wherein the network fuser is operable to connect to a high-speed network and to provision data from the high-speed network to each of the plurality of GPE units;
a plurality of customer premises equipment (“
CPE”
) units remote from the gateway;
wherein each GPE unit is operable to establish a wireless MIMO communications link with at least one corresponding CPE unit to wirelessly transfer data received from the network fuser. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129)
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102. A network fuser comprising:
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a first interface to connect to a high-speed network;
a second interface to connect to a control data transport medium for connecting to one or more gateway/customer premises units;
a processor;
a computer readable medium accessible by the processor, containing a set of computer instructions, wherein the network fuser is operable to;
coordinate the activities of the plurality of the GPE/CPE units to establish wireless MIMO communications links; and
provision bandwidth to the plurality of GPE/CPE units. - View Dependent Claims (103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124)
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114. The network fuser of 112, wherein the GPE/CPE unit can probe the channel using pilot tones.
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130. A flexible wireless communication system comprising:
a gateway/customer premises equipment (GPE/CPE) unit comprising;
an RF backplane comprising;
a plurality of antenna connections to connect to a plurality of antennas;
a plurality of RF connections to connect to RF circuitry;
wherein the RF backplane is configurable to connect the plurality of antenna connections to RF connections in a variety of configurations;
RF circuitry connected to the RF backplane; and
a DSP unit connected to the RF circuitry;
wherein the GPE/CPE unit is configured to allow additional sets of RF circuitry to be connected to the RF backplane. - View Dependent Claims (132, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140)
- 131. The flexible wireless communication system of claim 131, wherein the RF circuitry and DSP unit are portions of a RAD unit.
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141. A GPE/CPE unit comprising:
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a DSP unit to generate a transmit signal;
an RF unit to generate a receive signal based on an input signal and an output signal based on the transmit signal and;
a network fuser is operable to;
receive data from a network;
configure the RF circuitry; and
provide digital signal processing (“
DSP”
) configuration information to DSP unit. - View Dependent Claims (142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153)
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