ROUTER AND RAPID RESPONSE NETWORK
First Claim
1. A router comprising:
- a plurality of wireless network carrier cards, each of the wireless network carrier cards adapted for use with one of a like plurality of different carrier networks;
a carrier sense processor to determine which of the plurality of wireless network carrier cards provides a suitable connection to a carrier network;
a carrier selection processor to select one or more suitable connections to one or more of the carrier networks in response to information from said carrier sense processor; and
a carrier connection processor to connect the router to the carrier network through a particular one of the plurality of wireless network carrier cards; and
a load balancing processor for load balancing between a plurality of different backbone networks, wherein the load balancing processor directs traffic among multiple networks to provide a desired throughput.
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Abstract
A router includes a plurality of wireless network carrier cards, each of the network carrier cards adapted for use with one of a like plurality of different carrier networks, means for determining which of the plurality of network carrier cards provides a suitable connection to a carrier network and means for selecting one or more suitable connections to one or more carrier networks and for connecting the EVDO router to the carrier network through a particular one of the plurality of network carrier cards and a load balancing processor for load balancing between a plurality of different backbone networks and wherein the load balancing processor directs traffic among multiple networks to provide a desired throughput. In one embodiment, the router is provided as an evolution-data optimized (EVDO) wireless router.
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1. A router comprising:
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a plurality of wireless network carrier cards, each of the wireless network carrier cards adapted for use with one of a like plurality of different carrier networks; a carrier sense processor to determine which of the plurality of wireless network carrier cards provides a suitable connection to a carrier network; a carrier selection processor to select one or more suitable connections to one or more of the carrier networks in response to information from said carrier sense processor; and a carrier connection processor to connect the router to the carrier network through a particular one of the plurality of wireless network carrier cards; and a load balancing processor for load balancing between a plurality of different backbone networks, wherein the load balancing processor directs traffic among multiple networks to provide a desired throughput. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for providing communications at an incident site, the system comprising:
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at least one evolution-data optimized (EVDO) wireless router, said EVDO wireless router comprising; a plurality of wireless network carrier cards, each of the network carrier cards adapted for use with one of a like plurality of different carrier networks; a carrier connection processor to determine which of the plurality of network carrier cards provides a suitable connection to a carrier network; a carrier selection processor to select one or more suitable connections to one or more of the carrier networks in response to information from said carrier sense processor; and a carrier connection processor to connect the EVDO router to the carrier network through a particular one of the plurality of network carrier cards; a load balancing processor for load balancing between a plurality of different backbone networks and wherein the load balancing processor directs traffic among multiple networks to provide a desired throughput; and a failover system for detecting a network failure and in response to detection of a network failure for causing the router to operate in a failover mode such that the routes all data, communications and other information only over an operating network; at least one wireless intelligent base station (IBS) which provides a core mesh cloud of rapidly-deployable, saturation-averse, secure high band-width networks, said IBS comprising; four radio frequency transmitter/receiver units; a 2.4 GHz MIMO; a 5.2 GHz MiMO; and a MESH radio; one or more vehicle mounted routers, each of said one or more vehicle mounted routers comprising; means for establishing a communications link and for ensuring that the communications link is stable and usable before transmitting data in accordance with one or more of IEEE 802.16, IEEE 802.11s, LTE, and Satellite standards; and means for creating a self-forming mesh and for automatically reconfiguring itself to support a downed device from either catastrophic failure or device(s) leaving the location in accordance with IEEE 802.11s.
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17. A system for providing communications at an incident site, the system comprising:
first and second evolution-data optimized (EVDO) wireless routers, each of said first and second EVDO wireless routers comprising; a plurality of wireless network carrier cards, each of the network carrier cards adapted for use with one of a like plurality of different carrier networks; a carrier sense processor to determine which of the plurality of network carrier cards provides a suitable connection to a carrier network; a carder selection processor to select one or more suitable connections to one or more of the carder networks in response to information from said carder sense processor; a carrier connection processor to connect the EVDO router to the carder network through a particular one of the plurality of network carder cards; a load balancing processor for load balancing between a plurality of different backbone networks and wherein the load balancing processor directs traffic among multiple networks to provide a desired throughput; a failover system for detecting a network failure and in response to detection of a network failure for causing the router to operate in a failover mode such that the routes all data, communications and other information only over an operating network; and a virtual private network coupled between said first and second EVDO wireless routers. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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