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US 8,009,680 B2Granted
System and method for a private wireless network interface
AssigneeNextel Communications Inc.
InventorsRoy Leo Spitzer, Benjamin Levitan
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Abstract
A private wireless network interface provides wireless signaling and protocols of a wireless macro network to allow a consumer to operate over a private wireless network. The private wireless network interface receives wireless signals compatible with a wireless macro network and transmits the signals over a broadband connection to a wireless service provider's wireless macro network. The private wireless network interface allows the use of mobile stations which are compatible with a wireless macro network to operate in a residence and have the signals backhauled over the residence's broadband connection. The private wireless network interface can provide wireless macro network coverage in any location with some type of coupling to the Internet.
Claims17
A method for a private wireless network interface comprising:
- establishing, by the private wireless network interface, communication with a broadband network;
- transmitting, by the private wireless network interface through the broadband network, a registration request to register the private network interface to a wireless macro network comprising a unique identifier of the private wireless network interface and a unique identifier of a mobile station associated with the private wireless network interface, wherein the wireless macro network provides wireless communication services according to a first wireless communication protocol;
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- providing, by the private wireless network interface, wireless communication services according to the first wireless communication protocol to the mobile station, when the private wireless network interface receives a registration response from the wireless macro network indicating that the mobile station is authorized to access the wireless macro network;
- receiving, by the private wireless network interface, a first packet formatted in a first wireless communication protocol,
- determining whether a payload portion of the first packet contains signaling information;
- converting the payload portion of the first packet containing signaling information into at least one session initiation protocol (SIP) packet, when it is determined that the payload portion of the first packet contains the signaling information;
- encapsulating the payload portion of the first packet into at least one second packet, wherein the at least one second packet is formatted in a second protocol;
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- transmitting to a mobility server of the wireless macro network, the at least one second packet, wherein the at least one second packet is transmitted using the second protocol through the broadband network,
- wherein the payload portion of the first packet is encapsulated and transmitted only when the first packet was received from the mobile station which is authorized to access the private wireless network interface, and
- authorization to access the private wireless network interface is based upon a registration comprising:
- receiving, by the private wireless network interface, a registration request from the mobile station;
- transmitting, by the private wireless network interface, the registration request to the wireless macro network;
- receiving, by the private wireless network interface, the registration response from the wireless macro network;
- determining, by the private wireless network interface, whether the mobile station is authorized to register with the private wireless network interface when the registration response confirms that the mobile station is registered with the wireless macro network;
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- registering the mobile station with the private wireless network interface when the registration response confirms that the mobile station is registered with the wireless macro network and the mobile station is authorized to register with the private wireless network interface.
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A private wireless network interface comprising:
- a wireless macro network signaling interface;
- a broadband network signaling interface;
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- a processor coupled between the wireless macro network signaling interface and the broadband network signaling interface, configured to:
- establish communication with a broadband network through the broadband network signaling interface;
- transmit a registration request to a wireless macro network through the wireless macro network signaling interface comprising a unique identifier of the private wireless network interface and a unique identifier of a mobile station associated with the private wireless network interface, wherein the wireless macro network provides wireless communication services according to a first wireless communication protocol;
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- provide wireless communication services according to the first wireless communication protocol to the mobile station, when the private wireless network interface receives a registration response from the wireless macro network indicating that the mobile station is authorized to access the wireless macro network;
- convert a payload portion of a first packet received by the wireless macro network signaling interface from the mobile station into at least one session initiation protocol (SIP) packet when the payload portion of the first packet contains signaling information,
- encapsulate the payload portion of the first packet into at least one second packet, and
- transmits the at least one second packet to a mobility server of the wireless macro network, and
- the processor performs a registration of the mobile station with the wireless macro network prior to transmitting packets received from the mobile station on the wireless macro network signaling interface, the processor further configured to
- receive a registration request from the mobile station;
- transmit the registration request to the wireless macro network;
- determine whether the mobile station is authorized to register with the private wireless network interface when a registration response from the wireless macro network confirms that the mobile station is registered with the wireless macro network;
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- register the mobile station when the registration response confirms that the mobile station is registered with the wireless macro network and the mobile station is authorized to register with the private wireless network interface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.