Community self-managed radio access network
AssigneeParallel Wireless, Inc.
InventorSteven Paul Papa
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Abstract
In some embodiments, a local community may manage its own RAN via a simple, secure, self-service user interface in conjunction with a mobile operator. An exemplary system is disclosed, including: at least two base stations providing wireless access to one or more mobile devices and located in a community; a gateway providing a connection to a core network for the at least two base stations; a management functionality in the core network, in communication with the gateway, for authorizing management activities for the at least two base stations; and a user-facing administration module in communication with the management functionality, the user-facing administration module having: a user interface for providing management control to an administrative user in the community.
Claims14
A system, comprising:
- a management functionality in a telecommunications core network, in communication with at least two base stations providing wireless access to one or more mobile devices and located in a community, for authorizing management activities for the at least two base stations;
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- a user-facing administration module in communication with the management functionality, the user-facing administration module providing management control to an administrative user in the community,
- wherein the management functionality is configured to send instructions to the at least two base stations to apply quality of service (QoS) tags and to use the applied QoS tags to enforce bandwidth and throughput limits based on input from the administrative user, and
- wherein the user-facing administration module is configured to provide monitoring of user usage statistics for the community and available bandwidth on a backhaul connection for the community.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.