Systems and methods for managing and controlling broadband wireless network

• US 20050243758A1
• Filed: 02/25/2005
• Published: 11/03/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Carl-Johan Yngve Torarp, Lars Olof Hugo Svensson
• Original Assignee: Carl-Johan Yngve Torarp, Lars Olof Hugo Svensson
• Inventors: Torarp, Carl-Johan Yngve, Svensson, Lars Olof Hugo
• Application Number:
  US11/065,921
• Publication Number:
  US 20050243758A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/328
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/06 Management of faults, events, alarms or notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 by checking functioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/14 using intermediate storage
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/00 Communication routing or communication path finding
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 40/02 Communication route or path selection, e.g. power-based or shortest path routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/00 Network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/14 WLL [Wireless Local Loop]; RLL [Radio Local Loop]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/00 Devices specially adapted for wireless communication networks, e.g. terminals, base stations or access point devices

Abstract

Disclosed herein are methods and apparatus for operating and deploying a broadband wireless network having at least one data transmission node and a plurality of CPE units, wherein there is a wireless data link at least in part between the data transmission node and the CPE units, and further wherein the management and configuration of the network is managed centrally and at least one of authorization, authentication, data stream prioritization or queuing is accomplished through the operation of the CPE units. According to one embodiment there is provided a user group manager that provides a user interface for at least one local service provider to manage information about end users served by the local service provider. In another embodiment, management and configuration of the network is managed using a device that communicates with CPE units and the data transmission nodes. The system and method further provides a data transmission node that includes routing capability, wherein the data transmission node is located with at least one CPE unit. In another embodiment, a network supervision and management device holds an original configuration file for each CPE unit wherein each CPE unit further includes a configuration file that includes an address reference to one or more of the supervision and management devices thereby providing for connectivity to the supervision and management devices and capability of redundancy when more than one supervision and management device is referenced.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

at least one broadband wireless carrier operating a broadband wireless network using at least one data transmission node and a plurality of CPE units, wherein there is a wireless data link at least in part between the data transmission node and the CPE units, wherein each of a plurality of the CPE units provide a respective subscriber access to a broadband wireless network in communication with the data transmission node; and

a network operating center device includes features allowing the broadband wireless carrier to procure management of the broadband wireless network from a second party that operates the network operating center device.

2. A method comprising:

managing a plurality of networks from a network operating center wherein each network includes at least one data transmission node and a plurality of customer premise equipment (CPE) units and the data transmission node communicates with the plurality of CPE units, the network operating center includes network management equipment and one or more of the CPE units is provisioned by the network management equipment;

wherein at least two of the networks are owned by different first and second broadband wireless carriers; and

wherein a network management provider other than at least one of the broadband wireless carriers operates the network management equipment.

3. A method comprising:

managing a remote network from a network operating center wherein the remote network includes at least one data transmission node and a plurality of customer premise equipment (CPE) units and the data transmission node communicates with the plurality of CPE units, the remote network is owned by a broadband wireless carrier and the network operating center includes network management equipment;

wherein one or more of the CPE units is managed by the network operating center, and a network management provider other than the broadband wireless carrier operates the network management center; and

determining if a particular service need is to be handled by the network management provider or the broadband wireless carrier.