Incorporation of mesh base stations in a wireless system
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- sending, by a wireless base station device during a backhaul period preceding a scheduling period, a first wireless signal comprising first data directed to a mesh base station device for facilitating a transmission by the mesh base station device during the scheduling period via a resource of a wireless resource allocation, of a second wireless signal comprising the first data directed to a first wireless subscriber device, wherein the backhaul period is associated with communications corresponding to a backhaul link between the wireless base station device and the mesh base station device;
sending, by the wireless base station device during the scheduling period based on the resource of the wireless resource allocation, a third wireless signal comprising second data different than the first data, wherein the sending the third wireless signal is directed to a second wireless subscriber device;
determining, by the wireless base station device, traffic load data; and
sending, by the wireless base station device, the traffic load data directed to the mesh base station device for facilitating a change of a transmit power of the mesh base station device as a function of the traffic load data.
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Abstract
The present invention provides methods for incorporating and operating a mesh base station in a wireless network. The mesh base station may utilize common wireless resource allocations as a corresponding wireless base station while transmitting to wireless subscriber stations during the same time period. The mesh base station obtains a data packet from the wireless base station over a backhaul link during a scheduled time period and transmits the data packet to the designated wireless subscriber station during another scheduled time period. The wireless base station and the mesh base station may also receive data packets from wireless subscriber stations during a same time period. A wireless network may be configured with two mesh base stations at an approximate boundary of two adjacent sector coverage areas, where a coverage area is supported by a wireless base station and each mesh base station supports wireless subscriber stations within a coverage radius.
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17 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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sending, by a wireless base station device during a backhaul period preceding a scheduling period, a first wireless signal comprising first data directed to a mesh base station device for facilitating a transmission by the mesh base station device during the scheduling period via a resource of a wireless resource allocation, of a second wireless signal comprising the first data directed to a first wireless subscriber device, wherein the backhaul period is associated with communications corresponding to a backhaul link between the wireless base station device and the mesh base station device; sending, by the wireless base station device during the scheduling period based on the resource of the wireless resource allocation, a third wireless signal comprising second data different than the first data, wherein the sending the third wireless signal is directed to a second wireless subscriber device; determining, by the wireless base station device, traffic load data; and sending, by the wireless base station device, the traffic load data directed to the mesh base station device for facilitating a change of a transmit power of the mesh base station device as a function of the traffic load data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method, comprising:
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initiating, by a system comprising a processor, a first wireless transmission of a first data packet between a mesh base station device and a wireless base station device during a first time period; initiating, by the system, a second wireless transmission of the first data packet between the mesh base station device and a first wireless subscriber device during a second time period via a resource of an assigned resource allocation, wherein the second time period is after the first time period; initiating, by the system, a third wireless transmission of a second data packet between the wireless base station device and a second wireless subscriber device during the second time period based on the resource of the assigned resource allocation, wherein the second data packet is different than the first data packet; initiating, by the system, a determination of a traffic load of the wireless base station device; and in response to initiating a transfer of information representing the traffic load, initiating, by the system, a change of a transmit power of the mesh base station device based on the traffic load data. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system comprising:
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a memory to store instructions; and a processor, coupled to the memory, that facilitates execution of the instructions to perform operations, comprising; facilitating a first wireless transfer of a first data packet between a first mesh base station device and a first wireless base station device during a first period; facilitating a second wireless transfer of the first data packet between the first mesh base station device and a first wireless subscriber device utilizing a first wireless resource allocation during a second period succeeding the first period; facilitating a third wireless transfer of a second data packet between the first wireless base station device and a second wireless subscriber device utilizing the first wireless resource allocation during the second period; and facilitating a first transfer of first data between a second mesh base station device and a second wireless base station device during the first period, wherein the second mesh base station device is positioned with respect to the first mesh base station device within a defined distance from a determined boundary between a first sector coverage area associated with the first wireless base station device and a second sector coverage area associated with the second wireless base station device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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