Dynamic fixed wireless offload gateway
AssigneeT-Mobile Innovations LLC
InventorCameron Brent Byrne
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Abstract
The present technology relates to a method and system for providing fixed wireless access (FWA) services to user devices in a cellular network. The system is configured to receive signal data from the user device operating within the coverage area of the cell site and analyze the signal data to identify characteristics that indicate the user device is a FWA device. Upon determining that the user device is a FWA device, the controller switches the user device to a virtual anchor point associated with the cell site, enabling the device to connect to the network using FWA services. The virtual anchor point is associated with the cell site and may be established through a virtual gateway.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a cell site comprising one or more processors and one or more computer storage hardware devices storing computer-usable instructions, that, when used by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
- receive signal data from a device operating within a coverage area of the cell site;
- analyze the signal data to identify characteristics that indicate the device is a fixed wireless access device;
- and
- upon determining that the device is the fixed wireless access device, assign the device to a virtual anchor point associated with the cell site.
A method of managing a device comprising:
- receiving signal data from a user device operating within a coverage area of a cell site;
- analyzing the signal data to identify characteristics associated with the device;
- based on the analyzing determining that the device is a fixed wireless access device;
- and
- upon determining that the user device is a fixed wireless access device, switching the user device to a virtual anchor point associated with the cell site, enabling the device to connect to the network using a fixed wireless access service.
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, perform a method comprising:
- receiving signal data from a user device operating within a coverage area of a cell site;
- analyzing the signal data to identify characteristics associated with the device;
- based on the analyzing determining that the device is a fixed wireless access device;
- and
- upon determining that the user device is a fixed wireless access device, switching the user device to a virtual anchor point associated with the cell site, enabling the device to connect to the network using a fixed wireless access service.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.