US 10,477,411 B1Granted

Hexagon pattern layouts of linear sub-mesh networks of a wireless mesh network for broadband connectivity

AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.

InventorsJungtao Liu, Varadarajan Gopalakrishnan

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Abstract

Network hardware devices are organized in a wireless mesh network (WMN) including a base station node (BSN) device connected to a tower in a geographic area and multiple home access node (HAN) relay devices located in a geographic area and separated from one another by a distance. First set, second set, and third set of HAN relay devices are organized in a first hexagon pattern, a second hexagon pattern, and a third hexagon pattern, respectively, forming a base unit of the WMN. The BSN device is communicatively coupled to a first HAN relay device of the first set, a first HAN relay device of the second set, and a first HAN relay device of the third set and the BSN device is positioned within a geographic region defined by an outer perimeter of the base unit.

Claims22

Dependent claims

A wireless mesh network (WMN) comprising:

a first home access node (HAN) relay device comprising:
a first radio to communicate with a base station node (BSN) device;
a second radio to communicate with another HAN relay device in a first linear sub-mesh network;
a third radio to communicate with another HAN relay device in the first linear sub-mesh network;
and
a first plurality of radios to communicate with a first set of HAN devices, wherein each HAN device of the first set of HAN devices is an access point that provides Internet connectivity to a client consumption device connected to the respective HAN device, wherein the first HAN relay device and the other HAN relay devices are part of a first hexagon pattern in which a HAN relay device is positioned at each of the six vertices of the first hexagon pattern and a HAN relay device is positioned at a center point of the first hexagon pattern;
a second HAN relay device comprising:
a first radio to communication with the BSN device;
a second radio to communicate with another HAN relay device in a second linear sub-mesh network;
a third radio to communicate with another HAN relay device in the second linear sub-mesh network;
and
a second plurality of radios to communicate with a second set of HAN devices, wherein each HAN device of the second set of HAN devices is an access point that provides Internet connectivity to a client consumption device connected to the respective HAN device;
and
a third HAN relay device comprising:
a first radio to communication with the BSN device;
a second radio to communicate with another HAN relay device in a third linear sub-mesh network;
a third radio to communicate with another HAN relay device in the third linear sub-mesh network;
and
a third plurality of radios to communicate with a third set of HAN devices, wherein each HAN device of the third set of HAN devices is an access point that provides Internet connectivity to a client consumption device connected to the respective HAN device, and wherein:
the first HAN relay device is a closest HAN relay device to the BSN device than the other HAN relay devices in the first linear sub-mesh network,
the second HAN relay device is a closest HAN relay device to the BSN device than the other HAN relay devices in the second linear sub-mesh network, and
the third HAN relay device is a closest HAN relay device to the BSN device than the other HAN relay devices in the third linear sub-mesh network.

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A wireless mesh network (WMN) for broadband connectivity to broadband Internet infrastructure, the WMN comprising:

a first linear sub-mesh network comprising a first set of home access node (HAN) relay devices organized in a first hexagon pattern;
a second linear sub-mesh network comprising a second set of HAN relay devices organized in a second hexagon pattern, wherein a diagonal of the second hexagon pattern is rotated 60 degrees from a diagonal of the first hexagon pattern in a first direction;
a third linear sub-mesh network comprising a third set of HAN relay devices organized in a third hexagon pattern, wherein a diagonal of the third hexagon pattern is rotated 60 degrees from the diagonal of the first hexagon pattern in a second direction, wherein the first set, the second set, and the third set form a base unit of the WMN;
and
a base station node (BSN) device communicatively coupled to a first HAN relay device of the first set, a first HAN relay device of the second set, and a first HAN relay device of the third set, and wherein the BSN device is positioned within a geographic region defined by an outer perimeter of the base unit.

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A wireless mesh network comprising:

a base station node (BSN) device;
and
a plurality of home access node (HAN) relay devices located in a geographic area and separated from one another by a distance, wherein the plurality of HAN relay devices comprises:
a first set of HAN relay devices that is organized in a first linear sub-mesh network with a first deployment layout;
a second set of HAN relay devices that is organized in a second linear sub-mesh network with a second deployment layout;
and
a third set of HAN relay devices that is organized in a third linear sub-mesh network with a third deployment layout, and wherein at least one of the plurality of HAN relay devices is common to the first set, the second set, and the third set as a merged HAN relay device, wherein the first set of HAN relay devices is organized in a first hexagon pattern for the first deployment layout, the second set of HAN relay devices is organized in a second hexagon pattern for the second deployment layout, and the third set of HAN relay devices is organized in a third hexagon pattern for the third deployment layout.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/623,217Filed 14 Jun 2017 · continuation in part
Priority: 21 Mar 2017
Granted: 12 Nov 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

H04W 16/18
Network planning, e.g. coverage or traffic planning tools; Network deployment, e.g. resource partitioning or cells structures: network planning tools
H04W 16/30
Cell structures: special cell shapes, e.g. doughnuts or ring cells
H04B 7/024
Site diversity; Macro-diversity: co-operative use of antennas of several sites, e.g. in co-ordinated multipoint or co-operative multiple-input…
H04B 7/026
Site diversity; Macro-diversity: co-operative diversity, e.g. using fixed or mobile stations as relays