METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GIGABIT WIRELESS TRANSMISSION

• US 20100080197A1
• Filed: 09/29/2008
• Published: 04/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited (Nortel Networks Corporation)
• Inventors: KANELLAKIS, Kelly G., ZHU, Peiying, TONG, Wen
• Application Number:
  US12/239,949
• Publication Number:
  US 20100080197A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/338
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/32 by location or mobility data, e.g. speed data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

A method and system for wireless communication with a mobile device. A first wireless communication network, such as a WiMax or cellular-based network, has a first maximum wireless speed. A second wireless communication network, such as a near-photonic speed gigabit link (“GiLink”) network, has a second maximum wireless speed. The second wireless maximum speed is less than the first maximum wireless speed. The second wireless communication network provides control plane services for wireless communication between the mobile device and the first wireless communication network.

Claims

1. A system for wireless communication with a mobile device, the system comprising:

a first wireless communication network having a first maximum wireless speed, the first communication network having a plurality of access points for communication with the mobile device;

a second wireless communication network having a second maximum wireless speed, the second wireless maximum speed being less than the first maximum wireless speed, the second wireless communication network being used to assist determination of connectivity for the mobile device on the first wireless communication network; and

at least one of the plurality of access points on the first wireless communication network being activated to engage in wireless communication with the mobile device based on the determined connectivity for the mobile device.

2. The system according to claim 1, determining connectivity includes determining a location of the mobile device and wherein activating an access point includes directing an antenna toward the wireless communication device based on the determined location of the mobile device.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first wireless communication network is a gigabit link (“

GiLink”

) wireless communication network.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first wireless communication network is in electronic communication with the second wireless communication network, the second wireless communication network transmitting data to the first wireless communication network, the transmitted data including location information of the mobile device.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of access points is arranged to communicate on both the first wireless communication network and the second wireless communication network, wherein the at least one access point receives the location information from the wireless device using the second wireless communication network.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the second wireless communication network is a cellular communication network, wherein the cellular communication network includes a plurality of base stations for communicating wirelessly with the mobile device at up to the second maximum speed.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the second wireless communication network is a WiFi network.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first wireless communication network includes a first wireless backbone network, the first wireless backbone network having at least one master node in communication with the plurality of access nodes, wherein the second communication is further used to provide control information to allow the first communication network to establish a peer-to-peer communication session between the mobile device and another mobile device using the first wireless backbone network.

9. A method for wireless communication with a mobile device using a first wireless communication network having a first maximum wireless speed and having a plurality of access points for communication with the mobile device, and a second wireless communication network having a second maximum wireless speed in which the second wireless maximum speed is less than the first maximum wireless speed, the method comprising:

using the second wireless communication network to determine a location of the mobile device; and

activating at least one of the plurality of access points on the first wireless communication network to engage in wireless communication with the mobile device based on the determined location of the mobile device.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein activating an access point includes directing an antenna toward the wireless communication device based on the determined location of the mobile device.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the first wireless communication network is a gigabit link (“

GiLink”

) wireless communication network.

12. The method according to claim 9, wherein the first wireless communication network is in electronic communication with the second wireless communication network, the method further comprising using the second wireless communication network to transmit data to the first wireless communication network, the transmitted data including location information of the mobile device.

13. The method according to claim 9, further comprising:

arranging at least one of the plurality of access points to communicate on both the first wireless communication network and the second wireless communication network, wherein the at least one access point receives the location information from the wireless device using the second wireless communication network.

14. The method according to claim 9, wherein the second wireless communication network is a cellular communication network, wherein the cellular communication network includes a plurality of base stations for communicating wirelessly with the mobile device at up to the second maximum speed.

15. The method according to claim 9, wherein the second wireless communication network is a WiFi network.

16. The method according to claim 9, wherein the first wireless communication network includes a first wireless backbone network, the first wireless backbone network having at least one master node in communication with the plurality of access nodes, wherein the method further comprises:

using the second communication to provide control information to allow the first communication network to establish a peer-to-peer communication session between the mobile device and another mobile device using the first wireless backbone network.

17. A system for wireless communication with a mobile device, the system comprising:

a first wireless communication network having a first maximum wireless speed;

a second wireless communication network having a second maximum wireless speed, the second wireless maximum speed being less than the first maximum wireless speed, the second wireless communication network providing control plane services for wireless communication between the mobile device and the first wireless communication network.

18. The system according to claim 17, wherein the control plane services include:

determining a location of the mobile device; and

providing the location of the mobile device to the first wireless communication network.

19. The system according to claim 17, wherein the first wireless communication network has a plurality of access points for communication with the mobile device, the control plane services including supporting wireless communication session handoff between two of the plurality access points.

20. The system according to claim 17, wherein the first wireless communication network includes a first wireless backbone network, the first wireless backbone network having at least one master node in communication with the plurality of access nodes, wherein the control plane services provides control information to allow the first communication network to establish a peer-to-peer communication session between the mobile device and another mobile device using the first wireless backbone network.