Wide area transport networks for mobile radio access networks and methods of use
AssigneeE-Blink
InventorFrederic Leroudier
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Abstract
Wide area transport networks for mobile Radio Access Networks, and methods of use are provided herein. An exemplary wide area transport network may include a plurality of network segments that include at least one wireline network and at least one wireless network communicatively coupled with one another. Each of the plurality of network segments may be configured to transmit at least one of a plurality of signals communicated between a baseband module and a wireless transceiver.
Claims23
A wide area transport network, comprising a plurality of network segments that comprise at least one wireline network and at least one wireless network communicatively coupled with one another, each of the plurality of network segments being configured to transmit at least one of a plurality of signals communicated between at least one baseband module and at least one wireless transceiver of a wireless mobile network, the plurality of signals corresponding to a digital fronthaul data flow between the at least one baseband module and the at least one wireless transceiver, at least one segment being configured to separate the fronthaul data flow into radio signal information, control information, and user data flow and to transmit the radio signal information as Radio Frequency carrier signals and to transmit the control information and the user data flow using digital communication methods, wherein the radio signal information is transmitted across the wide area transport network in an analog format while the control protocol information and user data flow are transmitted across the wide area transport network in a digitally encoded format.
A method, comprising transmitting fronthaul data flow across a wide area transport network that communicatively couples at least one baseband module and at least one wireless endpoint within a wireless mobile network, the wide area transport network comprising a plurality of network segments that comprise at least one wireline network and at least one wireless network communicatively coupled with one another, the fronthaul data flow being demultiplexed, processed and remultiplexed by fronthaul modules that may be coupled communicatively with mobile wireless transceivers of the mobile wireless network, the fronthaul data flow comprising radio signal information, control protocol information and user data flow, the radio signal information being transmitted as RF carrier signals on at least one segment of the wide area transport network, according to key performance indicators of the mobile wireless network, and the control protocol information and user data flows being transported using digital communication methods.
A method, comprising:
- evaluating key performance indicators for a plurality of network segments of a wide area transport network, plurality of network segments comprising at least one wireline network and at least one wireless network communicatively coupled with one another;
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- based upon the evaluation of key performance indicators, performing any of multiplexing, demultiplexing, or passing of fronthaul data flow across the plurality of network segments, wherein at least a portion of the fronthaul data flow includes RF analog radio signals corresponding to radio signal information.
A wide area transport network, comprising a plurality of network segments that comprise at least one wired network and at least one wireless network communicatively coupled with one another, each of the plurality of network segments being configured to transmit a fronthaul data flow that comprises radio signal information, control protocol information, and user data flow, wherein the radio signal information is transmitted across the wide area transport network in an analog format while the control protocol information and user data flow are transmitted across the wide area transport network in a digitally encoded format.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.