CUSTOMER FACING INTERFACE POWER CYCLING OF WIRELESS TERMINALS

• US 20130094346A1
• Filed: 10/25/2012
• Published: 04/18/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Telsima Corp. (Aviat Networks Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Telsima Corp. (Aviat Networks Incorporated)
• Inventors: Beser, Nurettin B.
• Granted Patent: US 8,675,536 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/216
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/04 Arrangements for maintaining operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0077 of access information of target access point

Abstract

Systems and methods are described for configuring customer premises equipment in a wireless network in response to reconnection of subscriber station to a base station. A set of rules is provided that governs configuration of a network interface based in part on whether the interface connects to a different base station after reconnection. Reconfiguration may include cycling power of the network interface and the decision to cycle power may be based on network configuration determined after the loss of communication. This decision can be made after the loss of communication and after the network interface is reconnected to the wireless network through the same or a different base station. The rules may be processed by a combination of subscriber equipment, network interface and base station. Power may be cycled responsive to a message transmitted by the one base station to the network interface.

Claims

1. A method for cycling power in a network interface, comprising:

identifying a disconnection of the network interface from a wireless network;

establishing communication between the network interface and one or more base stations of the wireless network; and

based on predetermined rules, optionally cycling power to the network interface, wherein the predetermined rules identify network conditions necessitating reconfiguration of the network interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the cycling power is performed after the establishing communication.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the cycling power is performed when the disconnection of the network results from fading of a signal received from a first base station and the communication is established through a second base station.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the cycling power is performed based on differences in network configuration of the first and second base stations.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the cycling power is deferred for a predetermined time.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein power is cycled responsive to a message transmitted by the one base station to the network interface.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the disconnection is detected based on incorrect addressing of data transmitted through the base station.