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US 2019/0058674 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for delivering communications
AssigneeBuckeye Mountain, Inc.
InventorsGreg DUNNELL, Steve HILL
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Abstract
The disclosed technology herein relates to delivering communications services, and more particularly to portable self-contained rugged systems and methods for providing and supporting communications capabilities in remote areas including but not limited to railway yards.
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A free-standing communications system comprising:
- a weatherproof housing having outside surfaces;
- solar panels mounted on the outside surfaces such that the housing does not require solar alignment;
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- plural wireless communications devices powered by power the solar panels produce, the plural wireless communications devices interconnecting wireless local area network communications to a cellular or satellite backhaul,
- wherein the system can operate 24×7 even at continual outdoor low light conditions.
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A free standing communications system comprising:
- a solar power source;
- a terminal server powered by the solar power source;
- a switch operatively coupled to the terminal server and powered by the solar power source;
- multiple wireless communications devices operatively coupled to the switch and powered by the solar power source, the switch routing data between said multiple wireless communications devices to enable local wireless and backhaul connectivity and remote monitoring and control of the system;
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- a pole that suspends at least an antenna for said backhaul connectivity.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.