METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR HIGH CAPACITY WIRELESS BROADBAND DELIVERY

• US 20140106686A1
• Filed: 10/10/2013
• Published: 04/17/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: East West Bank (East West Bancorp Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Digital Path, Inc.
• Inventors: HIGGINS, James A., EASTMAN, Brock
• Granted Patent: US 9,838,065 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/78
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/40 Circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0413 MIMO systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1607 Details of the supervisory signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/14 Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/16 Half-duplex systems; Simplex/duplex switching; Transmission of break signals non-automatically inverting the direction of transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/08 Closed loop power control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/146 Uplink power control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/245 taking into account received signal strength

Abstract

System enhancement(s) are disclosed that can add capabilities, such as, using Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA) and/or Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) and/or Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) capabilities along with Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) antennas and/or Global Positioning System (GPS) synchronization. The use of two radios in both the base-station and the subscriber-station, i.e., customer premises equipment (CPE), e.g., can allow frequency division to be utilized, exploiting higher receive gains at the CPE while not affecting transmissions occurring on the other radio'"'"'s frequency.

Claims

1. A subscriber station device, comprising:

an antenna;

a first radio connected to the antenna transmitting data or acknowledgements in a high equivalent isotropically radiated power regulated frequency band; and

a second radio connected to the antenna receiving data or acknowledgements in a low equivalent isotropically radiated power regulated frequency band.

2. The subscriber station device of claim 1 further comprising:

a media access controller preventing the subscriber station device from transmitting data or acknowledgements whenever the subscriber station device is receiving data or acknowledgements.

3. The subscriber station device of claim 1 further comprising:

a filter on the receiving radio of the subscriber station device filtering out the frequency at which the subscriber station device is transmitting data or acknowledgements.

4. The subscriber station device of claim 1 further comprising:

wherein the radios have multiple input and multiple output capabilities.

5. The subscriber station device of claim 1 further comprising:

a media access controller adjusting subscriber station transmit power according to information received from a base station.

6. The subscriber station device of claim 1 further comprising:

a media access controller configured to set the subscriber station transmit and receive channel widths, independently of each other.

7. The subscriber station device of claim 2 further comprising:

the media access controller utilizing a plurality of pre-determined transmit and receive windows established for the media access controller to define a respective time when the subscriber station device is permitted to transmit, which is exclusive of any pre-determined receive time when the subscriber station device is permitted to receive.

8. The subscriber station device of claim 7 further comprising:

the plurality of pre-determined transmit and receive windows being determined from information received from a base-station in communication with the subscriber station.

9. The subscriber station device of claim 7 further comprising:

the plurality of pre-determined transmit and receive windows having been determined by a base-station in communication with the subscriber station.

10. The subscriber station device of claim 9 further comprising:

the plurality of pre-determined transmit and receive windows having been determined by the base-station based on a time standard periodically supplied to the base station device.

11. A base-station device comprising:

an antenna;

a first radio connected to the antenna transmitting data and acknowledgements in a low equivalent isotropically radiated power regulated frequency band; and

a second radio connected to the antenna receiving data and acknowledgements in a high equivalent isotropically radiated power regulated frequency band.

12. The base-station device of claim 11 further comprising:

a media access controller preventing the base-station device from transmitting data or acknowledgements to a CPE whenever the base-station device is receiving data or acknowledgements from the same CPE.

13. The base-station device of claim 11 further comprising:

a filter on the receiving radio of the base-station device filtering out the frequency at which the base-station device is transmitting data or acknowledgements.

14. The base-station device of claim 11 further comprising:

the base-station radios having multiple input and multiple output capabilities.

15. The base-station device of claim 11 further comprising:

a media access controller configured to provide information to a subscriber station for adjusting the subscriber station transmit power.

16. The base-station device of claim 11 further comprising:

a media access controller configured to set the base-station transmit and receive channel widths independently of each other.

17. The base-station device of claim 12 further comprising:

the media access controller configured to create a plurality of pre-determined transmit and receive windows.

18. The base-station device of claim 17 further comprising:

the media access controller configured to create the plurality of pre-determined transmit and receive windows based on a time standard periodically received by the base-station device.

19. The base-station device of claim 11 further comprising:

the second radio receiving a signal from a customer premise equipment transmitter transmitting in the high equivalent isotropically radiated power regulated frequency band.

20. A method of operating a subscriber station device, comprising:

providing an antenna;

transmitting on a first radio connected to the antenna, data or acknowledgements in a high equivalent isotropically radiated power regulated frequency band; and

receiving on a second radio connected to the antenna, data or acknowledgements in a low equivalent isotropically radiated power regulated frequency band.

21. The method of claim 20 further comprising:

preventing the subscriber station device from transmitting data or acknowledgements whenever the subscriber station device is receiving data or acknowledgements.

22. The method of claim 20 further comprising:

filtering out the frequency at which the subscriber station device is transmitting data or acknowledgements, using a filter on the subscriber station device receiving radio.

23. The method of claim 20 further comprising:

providing media access control, utilizing a plurality of pre-determined transmit and receive windows, established to define a respective time when the subscriber station device is permitted to transmit, which is exclusive of any pre-determined receive time when the subscriber station device is permitted to receive.

24. The method of claim 23 further comprising:

the plurality of pre-determined transmit and receive windows being received from a base-station in communication with the subscriber station.

25. The method of claim 24 further comprising:

the plurality of pre-determined transmit and receive windows having been determined based on a time standard periodically supplied to the base-station device.

26. The method of claim 20 further comprising:

connecting antennas and radios together in a way as to achieve multiple inputs and multiple outputs.

27. The method of claim 20 further comprising:

receiving power level information from a base-station in communication with the subscriber station and adjusting the subscriber station transmit power.

28. The method of claim 20 further comprising:

setting subscriber station transmit and receive channel widths independently of each other.

29. A method of operating a base-station device comprising:

providing an antenna;

transmitting data or acknowledgments on a first radio connected to the antenna, in a low equivalent isotropically radiated power regulated frequency band; and

receiving data and acknowledgements on a second radio connected to the antenna, in a high equivalent isotropically radiated power regulated frequency band.

30. The method of claim 29 further comprising:

preventing the base-station device from transmitting data or acknowledgements to a CPE whenever the base-station device is receiving data or acknowledgements from the same CPE.

31. The method of claim 29 further comprising:

filtering out the frequency at which the base-station device is transmitting data or acknowledgements, utilizing a filter on the base-station device receiving radio.

32. The method of claim 29 further comprising:

utilizing a media access controller to create a plurality of pre-determined transmit and receive windows.

33. The method of claim 31 further comprising:

creating the plurality of pre-determined transmit and receive windows based on a time standard periodically supplied to the base-station.

34. The method of claim 29 further comprising:

the second radio receiving a signal from a subscriber station transmitter transmitting in the high equivalent isotropically radiated power regulated frequency band.

35. The method of claim 29 further comprising:

connecting antennas to radios to achieve multiple inputs and multiple outputs.

36. The method of claim 29 further comprising:

transmitting receive power level information to a subscriber-station device in communication with the base-station device.

37. The method of claim 29 further comprising:

setting the transmit and receive channel widths of the base station device independently of each other.

38. A tangible machine readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method of operating a subscriber station device, the method comprising:

controlling a first radio connected to an antenna in the subscriber station to transmit data or acknowledgements in a high equivalent isotropically radiated power regulated frequency band; and

controlling a second radio connected to the antenna in the subscriber station to receive data or acknowledgements in a low equivalent isotropically radiated power regulated frequency band.

39. A tangible machine readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method of operating a base-station device, the method comprising:

controlling a first radio in the base-station to transmit data or acknowledgements in a low equivalent isotropically radiated power regulated frequency band; and

controlling a second radio in the base station to receive data or acknowledgements in a high equivalent isotropically radiated power regulated frequency band.

40. A tangible machine readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method, the method comprising:

transmitting data or acknowledgements by a first radio in a low equivalent isotropically radiated power regulated frequency band; and

receiving data or acknowledgements by a second radio in a high equivalent isotropically radiated power regulated frequency band.

41. A tangible machine readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method, the method comprising:

receiving data or acknowledgements by a first radio in a low equivalent isotropically radiated power regulated frequency band; and

transmitting data or acknowledgements by a second radio in a high equivalent isotropically radiated power regulated frequency band.

42. A subscriber station device, comprising:

an antenna;

a radio connected to the antenna transmitting data or acknowledgements in a high equivalent isotropically radiated power regulated frequency band; and

the radio connected to the antenna receiving data or acknowledgements in a low equivalent isotropically radiated power regulated band.

43. A base-station device, comprising:

an antenna;

a radio connected to the antenna transmitting data or acknowledgements in a low equivalent isotropically radiated power regulated frequency band; and

the radio connected to the antenna receiving data or acknowledgements in a high equivalent isotropically radiated power regulated band.

44. A communications device, comprising:

an antenna;

a radio connected to the antenna transmitting data or acknowledgements in a high equivalent isotropically radiated power regulated frequency band; and

a radio connected to the antenna receiving data or acknowledgements in a low equivalent isotropically radiated power regulated band.

45. A communications device, comprising:

an antenna;

a radio connected to the antenna transmitting data or acknowledgements in a low equivalent isotropically radiated power regulated frequency band; and

a radio connected to the antenna receiving data or acknowledgements in a high equivalent isotropically radiated power regulated band.

46. A subscriber station device, comprising:

an antenna;

a transmitter connected to the antenna transmitting data or acknowledgements in a high equivalent isotropically radiated power regulated frequency band; and

a receiver connected to the antenna receiving data or acknowledgements in a low equivalent isotropically radiated power regulated band.

47. A base-station device, comprising:

an antenna;

a transmitter connected to the antenna transmitting data or acknowledgements in a low equivalent isotropically radiated power regulated frequency band; and

a receiver connected to the antenna receiving data or acknowledgements in a high equivalent isotropically radiated power regulated band.

48. A base-station device, comprising:

a transmitter connected to an antenna transmitting data or acknowledgements in a low equivalent isotropically radiated power regulated frequency band; and

a receiver connected to an antenna receiving data or acknowledgements in a high equivalent isotropically radiated power regulated band.

49. A subscriber station device, comprising:

a transmitter connected to an antenna transmitting data or acknowledgements in a high equivalent isotropically radiated power regulated frequency band; and

a receiver connected to an antenna receiving data or acknowledgements in a low equivalent isotropically radiated power regulated band.