METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTED TRANSCEIVERS AND MOBILE DEVICE CONNECTIVITY

• US 20140045541A1
• Filed: 06/17/2013
• Published: 02/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Peltbeam Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Golba LLC
• Inventors: Moshfeghi, Mehran
• Granted Patent: US 10,020,861 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/500
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/26 using historical data, averaging values or statistics
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/309 Measuring or estimating channel quality parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/336 Signal-to-interference ratio [SIR] or carrier-to-interference ratio [CIR]
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/382 for resource allocation, admission control or handover
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/024 Co-operative use of antennas of several sites, e.g. in co-ordinated multipoint or co-operative multiple-input multiple-output [MIMO] systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0413 MIMO systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0456 Selection of precoding matrices or codebooks, e.g. using matrices antenna weighting
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0617 for beam forming
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0689 using different transmission schemes, at least one of them being a diversity transmission scheme
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0697 using spatial multiplexing
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0871 using different reception schemes, at least one of them being a diversity reception scheme
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/10 Polarisation diversity; Directional diversity
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/12 Frequency diversity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/6418 Hybrid transport
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0048 Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 7/033 using the transitions of the received signal to control the phase of the synchronising-signal-generating means, e.g. using a phase-locked loop
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/10 Dynamic resource partitioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/15 Setup of multiple wireless link connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/00 : Network topologies

Abstract

A plurality of distributed transceivers in a mobile entity such as a car, a truck, an omnibus (bus), a trailer, a mobile home, train, bus, a forklift, construction equipment, a boat, a ship, and/or an aircraft, and/or one or more corresponding antenna arrays that are communicatively coupled to the distributed transceivers are configured to handle communication of one or more data streams among one or more of a plurality of wireless communication networks, one or more other mobile entities and/or one or more mobile communication devices. The data streams may be communicated utilizing the configured one or more of the plurality of distributed transceivers and/or the one or more corresponding antenna arrays. The wireless communication networks includes a satellite network, a wireless wide area network, a wireless medium area network, a wireless local area network, a wireless personal area network, a network cloud and/or the Internet.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

in a mobile entity comprising a plurality of distributed transceivers;

configuring one or more of said plurality of distributed transceivers and/or one or more corresponding antenna arrays that are communicatively coupled to said one or more of said plurality of distributed transceivers to handle communication of one or more data streams among one or more of a plurality of wireless communication networks, one or more other mobile entities and/or one or more mobile communication devices; and

communicating said one or more data streams utilizing said configured one or more of said plurality of distributed transceivers and/or said one or more corresponding antenna arrays.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said mobile entity comprises a car, a truck, an omnibus (bus), a trailer, a mobile home, train, bus, a forklift, construction equipment, a boat, a ship, and/or an aircraft.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of wireless communication networks comprises a satellite network, a wireless wide area network, a wireless medium area network, a wireless local area network, a wireless personal area network and the Internet.

4. The method according to claim 1, comprising controlling said configuring of said one or more of said plurality of distributed transceivers and/or said one or more corresponding antenna arrays from a component within one or more of said mobile entity, said one or more other mobile entities, said one or more mobile communication devices and/or one or more of said wireless communication networks.

5. The method according to claim 1, comprising configuring said one or more of said plurality of distributed transceivers to operate as a relay node and/or a repeater node.

6. The method according to claim 1, comprising:

determining a location, speed and/or trajectory of said mobile entity; and

configuring said one or more of said plurality of distributed transceivers and/or one or more corresponding antenna arrays based on said determined location, speed and/or trajectory.

7. The method according to claim 1, comprising dynamically and/or adaptively controlling said plurality of distributed transceivers to utilize one or more modes of operation to communicate said one or more data streams and/or to split said communication of said one or more data streams amongst a portion of said plurality of distributed transceivers, wherein said one or more modes of operation comprises a spatial diversity mode, a frequency diversity mode, a spatial multiplexing mode, a frequency multiplexing mode and a MIMO mode.

8. The method according to claim 1, comprising backhauling traffic from said mobile entity and/or said one or more other mobile entities via one or more wireless communication links to said one or more of said plurality of wireless communication networks.

9. The method according to claim 1, comprising configuring one or more of said plurality of distributed transceivers in said mobile entity and/or said one or more other mobile entities to utilize different types of communication links to handle different types of data traffic.

10. The method according to claim 1, comprising configuring one or more of said plurality of distributed transceivers in said mobile entity and/or said one or more other mobile entities to utilize different modulation schemes, constellations, protocols, frequencies, wireless standards and/or bandwidths to handle said communication of said one or more data streams.

11. A system, comprising:

a plurality of distributed transceivers in a mobile entity, wherein;

one or more of said plurality of distributed transceivers and/or one or more corresponding antenna arrays that are communicatively coupled to said one or more of said plurality of distributed transceivers are configured to handle communication of one or more data streams among one or more of a plurality of wireless communication networks, one or more other mobile entities and/or one or more mobile communication devices; and

said one or more data streams are communicated utilizing said configured one or more of said plurality of distributed transceivers and/or said one or more corresponding antenna arrays.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein said mobile entity comprises a car, a truck, an omnibus (bus), a trailer, a mobile home, train, bus, a forklift, construction equipment, a boat, a ship, and/or an aircraft.

13. The system according to claim 11, wherein said plurality of wireless communication networks comprises a satellite network, a wireless wide area network, a wireless medium area network, a wireless local area network, a wireless personal area network and the Internet.

14. The system according to claim 11, wherein said configuration of said one or more of said plurality of distributed transceivers and/or said one or more corresponding antenna arrays is controlled from a component within one or more of said mobile entity, said one or more other mobile entities, said one or more mobile communication devices and/or one or more of said wireless communication networks.

15. The system according to claim 11, wherein said one or more of said plurality of distributed transceivers is configured to operate as a relay node and/or a repeater node.

16. The system according to claim 11, wherein:

a location, speed and/or trajectory of said mobile entity is determined; and

said one or more of said plurality of distributed transceivers and/or one or more corresponding antenna arrays is configured based on said determined location, speed and/or trajectory.

17. The system according to claim 11, wherein said plurality of distributed transceivers are dynamically and/or adaptively controlled to utilize one or more modes of operation to communicate said one or more data streams and/or to split said communication of said one or more data streams amongst a portion of said plurality of distributed transceivers, wherein said one or more modes of operation comprises a spatial diversity mode, a frequency diversity mode, a spatial multiplexing mode, a frequency multiplexing mode and a MIMO mode.

18. The system according to claim 11, wherein traffic from said mobile entity and/or said one or more other mobile entities are backhauled via one or more wireless communication links to said one or more of said plurality of wireless communication networks.

19. The system according to claim 11, wherein one or more of said plurality of distributed transceivers in said mobile entity and/or said one or more other mobile entities is configured to utilize different types of communication links to handle different types of data traffic.

20. The system according to claim 11, wherein one or more of said plurality of distributed transceivers in said mobile entity and/or said one or more other mobile entities is configured to utilize different modulation schemes, constellations, protocols, frequencies, wireless standards and/or bandwidths to handle said communication of said one or more data streams.