Internet base station
AssigneeIbis Telecom, Inc.
InventorsStefan Scheinert, Richard Down
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Abstract
A portable, low power base station is configured to convey wireless traffic between a mobile station and a conventional wireless network via the Internet. The base station is configured to connect to the Internet at a user-selected location and establishes a small area of wireless coverage within a greater macrocell network. The user sets the operating parameters of the base station.
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A portable, low power base station configured to convey wireless traffic between a mobile station and a conventional wireless network via the Internet, the base station being configured to connect to the Internet at a user-selected location, and being operable to establish an area of wireless coverage at the user-selected location, wherein the operating parameters of the base station are set by the user.
A portable base station that is configured for rapid assignment and reassignment to multiple base controller stations within a wireless communications network without establishment of permanent connections between the base station and base controller stations.
A method for determining the location of a portable, low power base station coupled to a conventional wireless network via the Internet comprising:
- scanning the frequency spectrum for control channels emitted by nearby base stations and identifying the base station broadcast information carried on the control channels.
A method for configuring a portable, low power base station for communication with a conventional wireless network via the Internet comprising:
- connecting the base station to a computer and to an Internet access device;
- obtaining the location of the base station from user input to the computer;
- confirming that the user input location corresponds to a location determination made by scanning the frequency spectrum for control channels emitted by nearby base stations and identifying the base station broadcast information carried on the control channels;
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- confirming that the base station is located within a network in which it is authorized to operate.
A wireless communications network comprising:
- a mobile switching center;
- a plurality of Internet base station controllers coupled to the mobile switching center, wherein the mobile switching center manages wireless traffic between the Internet base station controllers, the PSTN and other mobile switching centers;
- a plurality of Internet base stations coupled to and managed by each Internet base station controller, each Internet base station establishing a small, low power area of wireless coverage that is configurable by the user of the base station.
An improved wireless communications network comprising:
- a plurality of large coverage area macrocells established by base stations that are permanently linked to base station controllers;
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- a plurality of small coverage area Internet base station cells established by portable, low power base stations that are linked to Internet base station controllers residing on Internet servers via the Internet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.