SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING BROADBAND WIRELESS SIGNALS INDOORS
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Abstract
system for distributing broadband wireless signals indoors includes a radio access node, connected to a telecommunication access network via an access interface, where said radio access node comprises a broadband-signal-transmitting/-receiving module configured to transmit and receive broadband wireless signals via a broadband radio interface; at least one client device comprising a broadband-signal-transmitting/-receiving module configured to transmit and receive broadband wireless signals to/from said radio access node via said broadband radio interface. It also comprises a control channel configured to exchange control signals between said radio access node and said at least one client device over a control radio interface, each of said radio access nodes and at least one client device comprising a control-signal-transmitting/receiving module configured to establish said control channel for transmitting and receiving wireless signals over said control radio interface.
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31 Claims
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1-16. -16. (canceled)
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17. A system for distributing broadband wireless signals indoors, the system comprising:
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a radio access node connected to a telecommunication access network via an access interface, the radio access node comprising a first broadband-signal-transmitting/receiving module configured to transmit and receive broadband wireless signals via a broadband radio interface; at least one client device comprising a second broadband-signal-transmitting/receiving module configured to transmit and receive broadband wireless signals to/from the radio access node via the broadband radio interface; a control channel configured to exchange control signals between the radio access node and said at least one client device over a control radio interface, each of said radio access nodes and at least one client device comprising a first control-signal-transmitting/receiving module configured to establish the control channel for transmitting and receiving wireless signals over the control radio interface, the control channel being configured so that a telecommunications operator can communicate with any of the system devices and with any final device or sensor or actuator device connected to said system devices via an access interface connected to a telecommunication access network termination to perform remote tasks of configuration, operation, maintenance, supervision and management of said devices, irrespective of the status of the corresponding broadband radio interfaces. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26)
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- 23. The system according to clam 17, wherein said control radio interface implements a physical layer of standard IEEE 802.15.4.
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27. A method of configuring a wireless network formed by a plurality of nodes located inside a building for connecting a new incoming node to said wireless network, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) sending from said incoming node a message broadcast to the nodes that form said wireless network; (b) sending a reply message to said incoming node from all the nodes of the wireless network that have received said broadcast message; (c) performing, by the incoming node, an analysis of the replies received from the nodes that have received the broadcast message and calculating, from at least one parameter, to which of the nodes to connect the incoming node; (d) sending from said incoming node a connection request to a chosen node; (e) sending from said chosen node a reply message to said incoming node, accepting the connection of the incoming node; and (f) notifying, by the chosen node where the incoming node has been connected to the node of superior hierarchy, which is connected said chosen node, if any, the new topology of the wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31)
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