Infrastructure for wireless telecommunication networks

• US 20070243877A1
• Filed: 04/14/2006
• Published: 10/18/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: David Elmaleh
• Original Assignee: David Elmaleh
• Inventors: Elmaleh, David
• Granted Patent: US 7,660,573 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/450
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/00 Network planning, e.g. coverage or traffic planning tools; Network deployment, e.g. resource partitioning or cells structures

Abstract

A wireless network including a plurality of base stations operating at a public spectrum frequency, each base station capable of generating an adjustable size coverage area. Each base station utilizing dedicating channels for each user to permit avoidance of one or more sources of interference. A server supplying data to the base stations, and managing billing and access to the wireless network.

Claims

1. A wireless network comprising:

a plurality of base stations operating at a public spectrum frequency;

a plurality of overlapping coverage areas, each coverage area being generated by a base station so as to create an expansive network; and

one or more channels generated by each base station, each channel being dedicated to a particular user for data transmission and to minimize interference within the coverage area.

2. A wireless network of claim 1, further comprising a server for managing access to the wireless network.

3. A wireless network of claim 2, wherein the server is designed to manage data content along the network.

4. A wireless network of claim 1, wherein the base stations are WiMax base stations.

5. A wireless network of claim 1, wherein the base stations are designed to operate in accordance with the IEEE 802.16 standard.

6. A wireless network of claim 1, wherein the wireless network can be linked to one or more remote networks by Internet connection.

7. A wireless network of claim 6, wherein the Internet connection is made by direct connection between the wireless network and the Internet.

8. A wireless network of claim 1, wherein the wireless network is a broadband network.

9. A wireless network of claim 1, wherein the wireless network is a wide area network (WAN).

10. A wireless network of claim 1, wherein the public spectrum frequency is 2.4 GHz.

11. A wireless network of claim 1, wherein each coverage area acts as an entry point into the wireless network for any communication device.

12. A wireless network of claim 1, wherein the coverage area includes a radius ranging from about 1.5 km to about 50 km or more.

13. A wireless network of claim 1, wherein the channels include Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) sub-channels.

14. A wireless network of claim 1, wherein the base station includes one of rake receivers, antenna beamforming arrays, diversity antennas, or combination thereof to minimize interference.

15. A wireless network of claim 1, wherein the base station includes a transceiver to permit transmitting and receiving a plurality of broadband media.

16. A wireless network of claim 2, wherein the server includes a processor to permit billing data collection, Internet interfacing, clearinghouse and settlement services.

17. A method of transmitting and receiving data in a wireless network, the method comprising:

providing a plurality of base stations operating at a public spectrum frequency;

causing the base stations to generate overlapping coverage areas, so as to create an expansive network;

allowing users to access the network from a coverage area;

permitting the base stations to generate one or more channels, each being dedicated to a particular user for data transmission and to minimize interference within the coverage area;

transmitting data on a channel from a base station to adjacent base stations along the network.

18. A method of claim 17, wherein the step of permitting includes allowing the base stations to perform OFDMA sub-channeling to minimize interference.

19. A method of claim 17, wherein the base stations minimize the interference by interleaving around the interference.

20. A method of claim 17, wherein the base stations minimize interference by utilizing interpolation.

21. A method of claim 17, wherein the base stations minimize interference by sensing the interference and hopping to another available access point.

22. A method of claim 17, wherein the base stations transmit and receive a plurality of broadband media.

23. A method of claim 17, further comprising a server that supplies separate content to each base station.

24. A method of claim 23, wherein the server further provides billing data collection, Internet interfacing, clearinghouse and settlement services.

25. A method of claim 24, wherein the clearinghouse and settlement services include crediting all points of user-network interaction, subtracting out duplicate charges, and dividing revenues in redundant coverage regions.

26. A method of claim 24, wherein the user is billed by airtime, per content view, or by download.

27. A method of billing subscribers in a wireless network, the method comprising:

providing a plurality of base stations, operating at a public spectrum frequency, capable of generating overlapping coverage areas, so as to create an expansive network;

allowing a user to access the network from within a coverage area to transmit and receive data;

permitting the base stations to generate one or more channels, each channel being dedicated to a particular user for data transmission and to minimize interference within the coverage area;

monitoring each user, so as to credit all points of user-network usage;

billing each user for usage of the wireless network based on defined parameters.

28. A method of claim 27, wherein the step of permitting includes allowing the base stations to perform OFDMA sub-channeling to minimize interference.

29. A method of claim 27, wherein the base stations minimize the interference by interleaving around the interference.

30. A method of claim 27, wherein the base stations minimize interference by utilizing interpolation.

31. A method of claim 27, wherein the base stations minimize interference by sensing the interference and hopping to another available access point.

32. A method of claim 27, wherein the base stations transmit and receive a plurality of broadband media.

33. A method of claim 27, wherein the defined parameters include airtime, per content view, or download.

34. A method of claim 27, wherein the monitoring step further provides billing data collection, Internet interfacing, clearinghouse and settlement services.

35. A method of claim 34, wherein the clearinghouse and settlement services include crediting all points of user-network interaction, subtracting out duplicate charges, and dividing revenues in redundant coverage regions.

36. A method of claim 34, wherein the user is billed by airtime, per content view, or by download.