Universal near field self-configuring femtocell
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1. A universal near field self-configuring femtocell comprising:
- a near-field-transceiver capable of near-field communication with a cellular device;
a software-defined cellular transceiver that is programmable to support multiple carriers;
memory in communication with a processing unit, the memory including computer usable program code, andthe processing unit executing the computer usable program code to;
identify the cellular device in response to the cellular device being within a near-field communication range of the femtocell;
identify a carrier network associated with the cellular device; and
automatically configure the femtocell to operate on the carrier network associated with the cellular device by programming the software-defined cellular transceiver to operate on the carrier network;
automatically reconfigure the femtocell to operate on a second carrier network associated with a second cellular device within near-field communication range of the femtocell by re-programming the software-defined cellular transceiver to operate on the second carrier network; and
quickly switch the software-defined cellular transceiver between communication parameters of the carrier network and communication parameters of the second carrier network to provide near-simultaneous communication to different devices that operate on the carrier network and the second carrier network, respectively.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention include a method for configuring a femtocell. In one embodiment, the method includes identifying a cellular device within near-field communication range of the femtocell. The method identifies a carrier network associated with the cellular device and automatically configures the femtocell to operate on the carrier network associated with the cellular device.
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1. A universal near field self-configuring femtocell comprising:
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a near-field-transceiver capable of near-field communication with a cellular device; a software-defined cellular transceiver that is programmable to support multiple carriers; memory in communication with a processing unit, the memory including computer usable program code, and the processing unit executing the computer usable program code to; identify the cellular device in response to the cellular device being within a near-field communication range of the femtocell; identify a carrier network associated with the cellular device; and automatically configure the femtocell to operate on the carrier network associated with the cellular device by programming the software-defined cellular transceiver to operate on the carrier network; automatically reconfigure the femtocell to operate on a second carrier network associated with a second cellular device within near-field communication range of the femtocell by re-programming the software-defined cellular transceiver to operate on the second carrier network; and quickly switch the software-defined cellular transceiver between communication parameters of the carrier network and communication parameters of the second carrier network to provide near-simultaneous communication to different devices that operate on the carrier network and the second carrier network, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer program product comprising computer executable instructions embodied in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the computer executable instructions comprising instructions to:
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identify a cellular device in response to the cellular device being within a near-field communication range of a femtocell; identify a carrier network associated with the cellular device; automatically configure the femtocell to operate on the carrier network associated with the cellular device by programming a software-defined transceiver of the femtocell to operate on the carrier network; automatically reconfigure the femtocell to operate on a second carrier network associated with a second cellular device within near-field communication range of the femtocell by reprogramming the software-defined transceiver of the femtocell to operate on the second carrier network; and quickly switch the software-defined cellular transceiver between communication parameters of the carrier network and communication parameters of the second carrier network to provide near-simultaneous communication to different devices that operate on the carrier network and the second carrier network, respectively.
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8. A method for configuring a femtocell, the method comprising:
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identifying a cellular device within near-field communication range of the femtocell; identifying a carrier network associated with the cellular device; and automatically configuring the femtocell to operate on the carrier network associated with the cellular device by programming a software-defined transceiver of the femtocell to operate on the carrier network; automatically reconfiguring the femtocell to operate on a second carrier network associated with a second cellular device within near-field communication range of the femtocell by reprogramming the software-defined transceiver of the femtocell to operate on the second carrier network; and quickly switching the software-defined cellular transceiver between communication parameters of the carrier network and communication parameters of the second carrier network to provide near-simultaneous communication to different devices that operate on the carrier network and the second carrier network, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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