Systems and methods for wireless backhaul in a local network

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10645754-B2
Application number	US-201816040206-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 19, 2018
Priority date	Jul 19, 2018
Publication date	May 5, 2020
Grant date	May 5, 2020

Abstract

A network device receives, from a user device, a data packet on a first wireless channel between the user device and the network device. The network device processes the data packet based on receiving the data packet, and transmits the processed data packet to a second network device on a second wireless channel between the network device and the second network device. The network device, the second network device, and the user device are included in a local network. The first network device and the second network device are communicatively connected via a wireless full-duplex link that includes the second wireless channel and a third wireless channel. The first wireless channel, the second wireless channel, and the third wireless channel are different wireless channels.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A first network device, comprising:
one or more memories; and
one or more processors, communicatively coupled to the one or more memories, to:
receive, from a user device, a data packet on a first wireless channel between the user device and the first network device,
wherein the first wireless channel is associated with a half-duplex protocol;

process the data packet based on receiving the data packet,
wherein the one or more processors, when processing the data packet, are to:
remove information associated with the half-duplex protocol from a header of the data packet; and

transmit the processed data packet to a second network device on a second wireless channel between the first network device and the second network device,
wherein the first network device, the second network device, and the user device are included in a local network,
wherein the first network device and the second network device are communicatively connected via a wireless full-duplex link,
wherein the wireless full-duplex link includes the second wireless channel and a third wireless channel, and
wherein the first wireless channel, the second wireless channel, and the third wireless channel are different wireless channels.

2. The first network device of claim 1 , wherein the first wireless channel is associated with a first frequency range,
wherein the second wireless channel is associated with a second frequency range,
wherein the third wireless channel is associated with a third frequency range, and
wherein the first frequency range, the second frequency range, and the third frequency range are different frequency ranges.

3. The first network device of claim 1 , wherein the first wireless channel, the second wireless channel, and the third wireless channel are non-overlapping wireless channels.

4. The first network device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors, when transmitting the processed data packet to the second network device on the second wireless channel between the first network device and the second network device, are to:
transmit the processed data packet to the second network device on the second wireless channel between the first network device and the second network device at a same time as transmitting another data packet to the user device on the first wireless channel between the first network device and the user device.

5. The first network device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further to:
receive, from the second network device, another data packet on the third wireless channel;
process the other data packet based on receiving the other data packet; and
transmit, to the user device, the processed other data packet on the first wireless channel.

6. The first network device of claim 1 , wherein the wireless full-duplex link is a first wireless full-duplex link,
wherein the first network device and the second network device are communicatively connected via the first wireless full-duplex link and a second wireless full-duplex link,
wherein the second wireless full-duplex link includes a fourth wireless channel and a fifth wireless channel, and
wherein the fourth wireless channel and the fifth wireless channel are different wireless channels.

7. A method, comprising:
receiving, at a first network device, a first data packet on a first wireless channel of a half-duplex link between a user device and the first network device;
processing, by the first network device, the first data packet based on receiving the first data packet,
wherein processing the first data packet comprises:
removing information associated with a half-duplex protocol from a header of the first data packet;

transmitting, by the first network device, the processed first data packet to a second network device on a second wireless channel of a wireless full-duplex link between the first network device and the second network device;
receiving, at the first network device, a second data packet on a third wireless channel of the wireless full-duplex link between the first network device and the second network device; and
transmitting, by the first network device and based on receiving the second data packet, the second data packet to the user device on the first wireless channel of the half-duplex link between the user device and the first network device,
wherein the first wireless channel, the second wireless channel, and the third wireless channel are different wireless channels.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
receiving, at the first network device, a third data packet on the first wireless channel of the half-duplex link between the first network device and the user device; and
transmitting, based on receiving the third data packet, the third data packet to the second network device on a fourth wireless channel of another wireless full-duplex link between the first network device and the second network device.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein receiving the second data packet comprises:
receiving the second data packet on the third wireless channel of the wireless full-duplex link between the first network device and the second network device at a same time as transmitting the first data packet to the second network device on the second wireless channel of the wireless full-duplex link between the first network device and the second network device.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein transmitting the first data packet comprises:
transmitting the first data packet to the second network device on the second wireless channel of the wireless full-duplex link between the first network device and the second network device at a same time as transmitting a third data packet to the second network device on a fourth wireless channel of another wireless full-duplex link between the first network device and the second network device.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the user device, the first network device, and the second network device are included in a local network.

12. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
determining whether bandwidth usage on the wireless full-duplex link satisfies a bandwidth usage threshold; and
activating another wireless full-duplex link between the first network device and the second network device based on determining that the bandwidth usage on the wireless full-duplex link satisfies the bandwidth usage threshold,
wherein the other wireless full-duplex link includes a fourth wireless channel and a fifth wireless channel, and
wherein the fourth wireless channel and the fifth wireless channel are different wireless channels.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:
one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a first network device, cause the one or more processors to:
receive a first data packet on a first wireless channel between a user device and the first network device,
wherein the first wireless channel is associated with a half-duplex protocol;

process the first data packet based on receiving the first data packet,
wherein the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to process the first data packet, cause the one or more processors to:
remove information associated with the half-duplex protocol from a header of the first data packet;

transmit the processed first data packet to a second network device on a second wireless channel of a wireless full-duplex link between the first network device and the second network device;
receive a second data packet on a third wireless channel of the wireless full-duplex link between

Assignees

• Verizon Patent & Licensing Inc
• Verizon Patent And Licensing I Nc

Inventors

• Talbert Michael
• Fyock Christina L
• Leong Meaghan
• Bennington-Davis Tim
• Schmidt Christopher M

Classifications

• H04W88/16 Primary

  Gateway arrangements · CPC title

• H04W92/02

  Inter-networking arrangements · CPC title

• H04W76/15 Primary

  Setup of multiple wireless link connections · CPC title

• H04W92/20

  between access points · CPC title

• H04W84/10

  Small scale networks; Flat hierarchical networks · CPC title