Multi-Service Provider Wireless Access Point
First Claim
1. A method of providing wireless service for multiple service providers from a single access point, the method comprising:
- providing a multi-service provider wireless access point having one or more radios to communicate with wireless devices and an uplink interface to provide an uplink connection to a plurality of wireless service providers;
providing a plurality of dedicated communication links, each of the plurality of dedicated communication links providing secure communication between the uplink interface and one of the wireless service providers;
receiving, at the multi-service provider wireless access point, a communication from a wireless device served by a first wireless service provider; and
transmitting the communication to the first wireless service provider over a first dedicated communication link associated with the first service provider.
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Abstract
Novel tools and techniques that can provide wireless service for multiple service providers from a single, multi-service provider wireless access point. In an aspect, a multi-service provider wireless access point might communicate with a plurality of wireless devices, each associated with a different wireless carrier, and route communications from each device to the appropriate carrier (and/or, similarly, transmit communications from each carrier to the appropriate wireless device). In this way, for example, a single wireless access point could provide service to cellphones of subscribers of a number of different carriers. Such a wireless access point can provide enhanced efficiency and reduced cost, along with the ability to provide higher service for a number of wireless carriers.
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30 Claims
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1. A method of providing wireless service for multiple service providers from a single access point, the method comprising:
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providing a multi-service provider wireless access point having one or more radios to communicate with wireless devices and an uplink interface to provide an uplink connection to a plurality of wireless service providers; providing a plurality of dedicated communication links, each of the plurality of dedicated communication links providing secure communication between the uplink interface and one of the wireless service providers; receiving, at the multi-service provider wireless access point, a communication from a wireless device served by a first wireless service provider; and transmitting the communication to the first wireless service provider over a first dedicated communication link associated with the first service provider. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A multi-service provider wireless access point, comprising:
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one or more radios to communicate with wireless devices; an uplink interface to provide an uplink connection a plurality of dedicated communication links, each of the plurality of dedicated communication links providing secure communication between the uplink interface and one of the wireless service providers; one or more processors in communication with the one or more radios and the uplink interface; and a non-transitory machine readable medium having encoded thereon a set of instructions executable by the processor to; receive a communication from a wireless device assigned to a subscriber of a first wireless service provider; and transmit the communication to the first wireless service provider over a first dedicated communication link associated with the first service provider. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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