Wireless extension of broadband access
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1. A method comprising:
- wirelessly receiving, by a first wireless access node and from a first device via a first virtual wireless network, a first packet, wherein the first wireless access node is configured to concurrently route packets associated with the first virtual wireless network and packets associated with a second virtual wireless network;
wirelessly receiving, by the first wireless access node via the second virtual wireless network, a second packet;
tagging the first packet with a first network identifier assigned by a provisioning server to the first virtual wireless network;
tagging the second packet with a second network identifier different from the first network identifier;
sending, by the first wireless access node and to the provisioning server, the tagged first packet and the tagged second packet; and
receiving, by the first wireless access node and from the provisioning server, a network address assigned to the first device for use on the first virtual wireless network.
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Abstract
Wireless extension of a wired network through the use of strand-mounted access nodes. In some aspects, private network addresses may be assigned to wireless devices, and corresponding data traffic may be routed to a centralized management/provisioning platform for further network access.
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25 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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wirelessly receiving, by a first wireless access node and from a first device via a first virtual wireless network, a first packet, wherein the first wireless access node is configured to concurrently route packets associated with the first virtual wireless network and packets associated with a second virtual wireless network; wirelessly receiving, by the first wireless access node via the second virtual wireless network, a second packet; tagging the first packet with a first network identifier assigned by a provisioning server to the first virtual wireless network; tagging the second packet with a second network identifier different from the first network identifier; sending, by the first wireless access node and to the provisioning server, the tagged first packet and the tagged second packet; and receiving, by the first wireless access node and from the provisioning server, a network address assigned to the first device for use on the first virtual wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a computing device via a wired network interface of a first access node, a first packet comprising a tag indicating a first virtual wireless network assigned by the computing device; receiving, by the computing device and from a second access node via the first access node, a second packet comprising a tag indicating a second virtual wireless network, wherein the second access node communicates with the first access node via a direct wireless network interface of the first access node; determining, by the computing device and based on the tag indicating the first virtual wireless network, that the first packet was wirelessly sent to the first access node via the first virtual wireless network; and determining, by the computing device and based on the tag indicating the second virtual wireless network, that the second packet was wirelessly sent to the second access node by a user device via the second virtual wireless network; assigning, by the computing device, a network address for the user device for the second virtual wireless network; and sending, by the computing device and to the second access node via the first access node, the network address for the user device for the second virtual wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A network device comprising:
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one or more processors; and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the network device to; wirelessly receive, from a first device via a first virtual wireless network, a first packet; wirelessly receive, via a second virtual wireless network, a second packet; tag the first packet with a first network identifier assigned by a provisioning server to the first virtual wireless network; tag the second packet with a second network identifier different from the first network identifier; send, to the provisioning server, the tagged first packet and the tagged second packet; and receive, from the provisioning server, a network address assigned to the first device for use on the first virtual wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system comprising:
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a first wireless access node comprising; one or more first processors; and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more first processors, cause the first wireless access node to; wirelessly receive, via a first virtual wireless network and from a first device, a first packet; wirelessly receive, via a second virtual wireless network, a second packet; tag the first packet with a first network identifier assigned by a provisioning server to the first virtual wireless network; tag the second packet with a second network identifier different from the first network identifier; send, to the provisioning server, the tagged first packet and the tagged second packet; and receive, from the provisioning server, a network address assigned to the first device for use on the first virtual wireless network; and the provisioning server comprising; one or more second processors; and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more second processors, cause the provisioning server to; receive, from the first wireless access node, the tagged first packet and the tagged second packet; assign, based on the tagged first packet, the network address to the first device for use on the first virtual wireless network; and send, to the first wireless access node, the network address. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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