Methods and apparatus for providing access to wireless networks
AssigneeCharter Communications Operating, LLC
InventorsVolkan Sevindik, Haider Syed
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Abstract
The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for providing devices access to wireless base stations. An exemplary method embodiment includes the steps of: receiving over the air at a wireless base station a plurality of random access preamble signals from a plurality of devices; and determining, by the wireless base station, the order in which to respond to the received random access preamble signals based on an access priority list. The access priority list being determined based on customer premises equipment devices characteristics, attributes and/or properties.
Claims20
A wireless communications method comprising:
- receiving over the air at a wireless base station a plurality of random access preamble signals from a plurality of devices;
- and
- determining, by the wireless base station, the order in which to respond to the received random access preamble signals based on an access priority list.
A wireless communications system comprising:
- a wireless base station, said wireless base station including:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor, said processing controlling the wireless base station to perform the following operations:
- receive over the air at a wireless base station a plurality of random access preamble signals from a plurality of devices;
- and
- determine the order in which to respond to the received random access preamble signals based on an access priority list.
A non-transitory computer readable medium including a first set of computer executable instructions which when executed by a processor of a wireless base station cause the wireless base station to perform the steps of:
- receiving over the air at a wireless base station a plurality of random access preamble signals from a plurality of devices;
- and
- determining the order in which to respond to the received random access preamble signals based on an access priority list.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.