Radiating closures
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving, with a signal distribution system disposed within a radiating closure, a first communications signal;
sending, with a wireless transceiver of the signal distribution system, the first communications signal, via one or more wireless communications channels, to one or more devices that are external to the radiating closure;
directing, with at least one of one or more first antennas disposed within the radiating closure or one or more second antennas embedded in a housing material of the radiating closure, the first communications signal that is sent, via the one or more wireless communications channels, from the wireless transceiver to the one or more devices;
monitoring, with one or more Internet of Things (“
IoT”
) -capable sensor devices disposed within the radiating closure, one or more environmental conditions within the radiating closure and external to the radiating closure;
determining, with the one or more IoT-capable sensor devices, whether one or more sensor data corresponding to the monitored one or more environmental conditions exceed one or more corresponding predetermined thresholds; and
based on a determination that the one or more sensor data corresponding to the monitored one or more environmental conditions do not exceed one or more corresponding predetermined thresholds, preventing the one or more IoT-capable sensor devices from sending the one or more sensor data to one or more nodes.
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Abstract
Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing telecommunications signal relays, and, more particularly, to methods, systems, and apparatuses for implementing telecommunications signal relays using radiating closures (either aerial, below grade, and/or buried, etc.), or the like. In various embodiments, a signal distribution system, which might be disposed within a radiating closure, might receive a first communications signal. A wireless transceiver of the signal distribution system might send the first communications signal, via one or more wireless communications channels, to one or more devices that are external to the radiating closure. In some embodiments, antennas—which might comprise first antennas disposed within the radiating closure or second antennas embedded in a housing material of the radiating closure, or both—might direct the first communications signal that is sent from the wireless transceiver to the one or more devices. In some cases, IoT sensors may be implemented in the radiating closure.
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18 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving, with a signal distribution system disposed within a radiating closure, a first communications signal; sending, with a wireless transceiver of the signal distribution system, the first communications signal, via one or more wireless communications channels, to one or more devices that are external to the radiating closure; directing, with at least one of one or more first antennas disposed within the radiating closure or one or more second antennas embedded in a housing material of the radiating closure, the first communications signal that is sent, via the one or more wireless communications channels, from the wireless transceiver to the one or more devices; monitoring, with one or more Internet of Things (“
IoT”
) -capable sensor devices disposed within the radiating closure, one or more environmental conditions within the radiating closure and external to the radiating closure;determining, with the one or more IoT-capable sensor devices, whether one or more sensor data corresponding to the monitored one or more environmental conditions exceed one or more corresponding predetermined thresholds; and based on a determination that the one or more sensor data corresponding to the monitored one or more environmental conditions do not exceed one or more corresponding predetermined thresholds, preventing the one or more IoT-capable sensor devices from sending the one or more sensor data to one or more nodes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus, comprising:
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a housing; a signal distribution system, which is disposed within the housing, that receives a first communications signal; a wireless transceiver, which is communicatively coupled to the signal distribution system, that sends the first communications signal, via one or more wireless communications channels, to one or more devices that are external to the housing; at least one of one or more first antennas disposed within the housing or one or more second antennas embedded in a housing material of the housing that directs the first communications signal that is sent, via the one or more wireless communications channels, from the wireless transceiver to the one or more devices; and one or more Internet of Things (“
IoT”
) -capable sensor devices disposed within the housing, the one or more IoT-capable sensor devices each comprising;one or more first sensors; one or more first transceivers; at least one first processor; and a first non-transitory computer readable medium communicatively coupled to the at least one first processor, the first non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer software comprising a first set of instructions that, when executed by the at least one first processor, causes the IoT-capable sensor device to; monitor, using the one or more first sensors, one or more environmental conditions within the apparatus and external to the apparatus; determine whether one or more sensor data corresponding to the monitored one or more environmental conditions exceed one or more corresponding predetermined thresholds; and based on a determination that the one or more sensor data corresponding to the monitored one or more environmental conditions does not exceed one or more corresponding predetermined thresholds prevent, with the one or more first transceivers and via machine-to-machine communications, sending the one or more sensor data to one or more nodes. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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