CELLULAR MOBILE GATEWAY WITH SIGNAL QUALITY INDICATOR

• US 20080043673A1
• Filed: 08/18/2006
• Published: 02/21/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Terrell, Corey, Sobelman, Noel, Johnson, Michael D.
• Application Number:
  US11/465,772
• Publication Number:
  US 20080043673A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/331
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/60 Router architectures
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/10 adapted for operation in multiple networks, e.g. multi-mode access points
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/12 Access point controller devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/16 Gateway arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/02 Inter-networking arrangements

Abstract

An output device in a cellular mobile gateway provides an indication of the signal quality of a cellular communication link between a cellular communication system and the cellular mobile gateway. The cellular mobile gateway includes a local area network (LAN) interface that exchanges data with at least one user device and a cellular transceiver that exchanges the data over a cellular communication link. The output device provides a signal quality indicator based on the quality of a cellular downlink signal received by the receiver in the transceiver.

Claims

1. A cellular mobile gateway comprising:

a local area network (LAN) interface configured to exchange data with at least one user device;

a cellular transceiver configured to exchange the data over a cellular communication link and comprising a receiver configured to receive a cellular downlink signal from a cellular communication system; and

an output device configured to indicate a signal quality of the cellular downlink signal.

2. The cellular mobile gateway of claim 1, wherein the output device is configured to indicate a signal strength of the cellular downlink signal.

3. The cellular mobile gateway of claim 1, wherein the output device is configured to indicate a data throughput through the cellular communication link.

4. The cellular mobile gateway of claim 1, wherein the output device comprises a light emitting diode (LED).

5. The cellular mobile gateway of claim 1, wherein the LAN interface comprises an interface port exchanging signals in accordance with a wired local area network (LAN) protocol.

6. The cellular mobile gateway of claim 5, wherein the wired LAN protocol is an Ethernet protocol.

7. The cellular mobile gateway of claim 1, wherein the LAN interface comprises a wireless communication modem exchanging wireless signals in accordance with a wireless local area network (LAN) protocol.

8. The cellular mobile gateway of claim 7, wherein the wireless LAN protocol is in accordance with a federal communications commission (FCC) 802.11 protocol.

9. A cellular mobile gateway comprising:

a local area network (LAN) interface configured to provide packet data service to at least one user device;

a cellular modem port configured to accept a cellular modem card configured to exchange data corresponding to the packet data service with a cellular communication system and to receive a cellular downlink signal through a cellular communication link;

an output device configured to indicate a signal quality of the cellular downlink signal.

10. The cellular mobile gateway of claim 9, wherein the output device is configured to indicate a signal strength of the cellular downlink signal.

11. The cellular mobile gateway of claim 9, wherein the output device is configured to indicate a data throughput through the cellular communication link.

12. The cellular mobile gateway of claim 9, wherein the output device comprises a light emitting diode (LED).

13. The cellular mobile gateway of claim 9, wherein the LAN interface comprises a interface port exchanging signals in accordance with wired a local area network (LAN) protocol.

14. The cellular mobile gateway of claim 13, wherein the wired LAN protocol is an Ethernet protocol.

15. The cellular mobile gateway of claim 9, wherein the LAN interface comprises a wireless communication modem exchanging wireless signals in accordance with a wireless local area network (LAN) protocol.

16. The cellular mobile gateway of claim 15, wherein the wireless LAN protocol is in accordance with a federal communications commission (FCC) 802.11 protocol.

17. A cellular mobile gateway comprising:

a wireless local area network (LAN) modem configured to exchange data with a plurality of wireless devices;

a cellular transceiver configured to exchange the data over a cellular communication link by transmitting cellular uplink signals to a cellular base station and receiving cellular downlink signals from the cellular base station; and

an output device configured to indicate a signal quality of at least one cellular downlink signal based on an indicator provided by the cellular transceiver.

18. The cellular mobile gateway of claim 17, wherein the output device is configured to indicate a signal strength of the cellular downlink signal.

19. The cellular mobile gateway of claim 17, wherein the output device is configured to indicate a data throughput through the cellular communication link.

20. The cellular mobile gateway of claim 17, wherein the output device comprises a light emitting diode (LED).