Mobile terminal for small cell configuration and maintenance

#The claimed subject matter pertains to the maintenance and configuration of base transceiver stations. In particular, it provides mechanisms for wirelessly accessing maintenance and configuration terminals of small cell base transceiver stations, even when deployed in the field and/or offline and disconnected from an operator network.

#Wireless data communications are a critical component of mobile computing and have become increasingly popular due to the continued development of mobile computing technologies and the deployment of massive infrastructures. Typical wireless communication systems may be multiple access systems capable of supporting communication with multiple users by sharing available system resources (e.g., bandwidth, transmit power, etc.) Examples of such multiple access systems may include code division multiple access (CDMA) systems, high speed packet access (HSPA), wideband code division multiple access (W-CDMA) systems, time division multiple access (TDMA) systems, frequency division multiple access (FDMA) systems, orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) systems, among others. Additionally, the systems can conform to specifications such as third generation partnership project 3GPP, 3GPP long term evolution (LTE), ultra mobile broadband (UMB), etc.

#Generally, wireless multiple access communication systems may support simultaneous communication for multiple mobile devices in a network. Each mobile device may communicate with an operator network (e.g., a cellular network), other mobile devices, by connecting to one or more access points (e.g., base stations, relay nodes, etc) of the network via radio frequency (RF) transmissions. The various available technologies that comprise the spectrum of wireless data communications often differ in local availability, coverage range and performance. Cellular networks are one type of wireless data network, where wireless service is provided over a geographical area, and this service area is divided into a number of smaller (sometimes overlapping) regions known as cells. Each cell is served by at least one fixed-location transceiver known as a cell site, base station, or base transceiver station (BTS). Individual nodes are also commonly referred to as nodes, node base stations (“node Bs”), or eNB (“enhanced node base stations”). When joined together, the network provided by these cells, stations, and/or nodes can cover a significantly wide area. This enables a large number of user-operated mobile computing devices (e.g., mobile phones, tablets, laptops, etc.) to communicate to other nodes in the network via the base stations.

#The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and form a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the disclosure and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the presently claimed subject matter:

#FIG. 1 depicts a block diagram of a traditional architecture for a system for wireless data communications over a cellular data network.

#FIG. 2 depicts a data flow diagram of a process for initiating wireless data transmission between a mobile computing device and a base transceiver station of a traditional system for wireless data communications over a cellular data network.

#Reference will now be made in detail to several embodiments. While the subject matter will be described in conjunction with the alternative embodiments, it will be understood that they are not intended to limit the claimed subject matter to these embodiments. On the contrary, the claimed subject matter is intended to cover alternative, modifications, and equivalents, which may be included within the spirit and scope of the claimed subject matter as defined by the appended claims.

#Portions of the detailed description that follow are presented and discussed in terms of a process. Although operations and sequencing thereof are disclosed in a figure herein (e.g., FIGS. 5 and 6) describing the operations of this process, such operations and sequencing are exemplary. Embodiments are well suited to performing various other operations or variations of the operations recited in the flowchart of the figure herein, and in a sequence other than that depicted and described herein.

#As used in this application the terms component, module, system, and the like are intended to refer to a computer-related entity, specifically, either hardware, firmware, a combination of hardware and software, software, or software in execution. For example, a component can be, but is not limited to being, a process running on a processor, an integrated circuit, an object, an executable, a thread of execution, a program, and or a computer. By way of illustration, both an application running on a computing device and the computing device can be a component. One or more components can reside within a process and/or thread of execution, and a component can be localized on one computer and/or distributed between two or more computers. In addition, these components can be executed from various computer readable media having various data structures stored thereon. The components can communicate by way of local and/or remote processes such as in accordance with a signal having one or more data packets (e.g., data from one component interacting with another component in a local system, distributed system, and/or across a network such as the Internet with other systems by way of the signal).