Heterogeneous Mesh Network and a Multi-RAT Node Used Therein

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021105634-A1
Application number	US-202017123096-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 15, 2020
Priority date	Sep 25, 2012
Publication date	Apr 8, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

This invention discloses a mesh network comprised of at least two dynamic mesh nodes, wherein the two dynamic mesh nodes comprise each a multiple radio access technology architecture, the multiple radio access technology architecture comprising: at least two radio access technologies for providing access to a core network, and an abstraction layer communicatively coupled to the at least two radio access technologies for receiving and converting data into protocol agnostic data, wherein the first and second dynamic mesh nodes are configured to: in response to a query regarding environmental conditions from a computing cloud component, send an environmental condition to the computing cloud component, receive an instruction from the computing cloud in response to the computing cloud component having processed the environmental condition, and change an operational parameter in response to the received instruction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A multi-RAT node comprising:
at least one processor for performing access, backhaul, and common functions; access hardware coupled to the at least one processor; backhaul hardware coupled to the at least one processor; an RF front-end coupled to at least one of the access hardware or the backhaul hardware; and a timing source.

2 . The multi-RAT node of claim 1 , further comprising an abstraction layer.

3 . The multi-RAT node of claim 1 , wherein the multi-RAT node is a dynamic multi-RAT node.

4 . A method of changing an operating parameter within a mesh network comprising the steps of:
querying at least a first multi-RAT node within the mesh network regarding an environmental condition; responding to the query by providing the environmental condition; analyzing the environmental condition; and determining if any of the multi-RAT nodes within the mesh network should alter an operational parameter.

5 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising altering the operational parameter.

6 . A computer readable medium comprising at least one processor configured to:
query at least a first multi-RAT node within the mesh network regarding an environmental condition; respond to the query by providing the environmental condition; analyze the environmental condition; and determine if any of the multi-RAT nodes within the heterogeneous mesh network should alter an operational parameter.

7 . The computer readable medium of claim 6 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to alter the operational parameter.

Assignees

• Parallel Wireless Inc

Inventors

• Mishra Rajesh Kumar
• Agarwal Kaitki
• Donepudi Sridhar
• Papa Steven Paul

Classifications

• H04W24/02 Primary

  Arrangements for optimising operational condition · CPC title

• H04W16/14 Primary

  Spectrum sharing arrangements {between different networks} · CPC title

• H04W88/18

  Service support devices; Network management devices · CPC title

• H04W84/20

  Leader-follower arrangements · CPC title

• H04W84/18

  Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks · CPC title