Multifunctional, building-edge wireless access point

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025031192-A1
Application number	US-202318356957-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 21, 2023
Priority date	Jul 21, 2023
Publication date	Jan 23, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A wireless access point described herein includes an outside part and an inside part attached on opposite sides of a building's window. The inside part transmits and receives over an unlicensed frequency to one or more devices in the building. The outside part transmits and receives over a radio frequency of a base station of a telecommunications network, transcodes between the radio frequency and the unlicensed frequency, and secures transmissions to the base station across multiple layers of a network stack.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A wireless access point, comprising:
a first part disposed outside of a building, the first part transmitting to and receiving from a base station of a telecommunications network over a radio frequency of the base station and transcoding between a signal associated with the radio frequency and a signal associated with an unlicensed frequency; a second part disposed inside of the building, on a opposite side of a window of the building from the first part, the second part transmitting to and receiving from one or more devices disposed within the building over the unlicensed frequency and receiving a charge from a power component coupled to the second part; and a connection mechanism for transmitting and receiving data between the first part and the second part and for transmitting the charge from the second part to the first part, wherein the transmitting from the first part to the base station is secured across multiple layers of a network stack.

2 . The wireless access point of claim 1 , wherein the one or more devices disposed within the building include at least a security camera, an Internet-of-Things device, a media player, a computing device, or a user equipment (UE).

3 . The wireless access point of claim 1 , wherein the connection mechanism for transmitting and receiving the data between the first part and the second part is one of light emitting and detecting components or laser emitting and detecting components.

4 . The wireless access point of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first part and the second part is attached to the window by an adhesive mechanism.

5 . The wireless access point of claim 1 , further comprising a subscriber identity module (SIM) or an embedded SIM (eSIM) disposed within the first part or the second part and configured to provide identity information for the wireless access point to the telecommunications network.

6 . The wireless access point of claim 1 , further comprising an Ethernet port disposed on a surface of the second part for wireline communications with the one or more devices.

7 . The wireless access point of claim 1 , wherein the wireless access point is configured to serve as a hub device for one or more security cameras disposed on the first part of the wireless access point, on the building, or in proximity to the building and provide a security monitoring service.

8 . The wireless access point of claim 1 , wherein the wireless access point is managed by an application of a user equipment (UE).

9 . The wireless access point of claim 8 , wherein the application provides set-up guidance for installing the wireless access point, the set-up guidance including capabilities for identifying signal strengths at possible installation sites around the building.

10 . The wireless access point of claim 9 , wherein the application includes capabilities for determining whether a window is suitable for installation.

11 . A method comprising:
receiving, by an inside part of a wireless access point, a transmission from a device over an unlicensed frequency, wherein both the inside part and the device are disposed inside a building and the inside part is fixed to a window of the building; communicating, between the inside part of the wireless access point and an outside part of the wireless access point, the transmission, wherein the outside part is fixed to the window of the building on an opposite side from the inside part and is disposed outside of the building; transcoding, by the outside part of the wireless access point, the transmission from the unlicensed frequency to a radio frequency of a base station of a telecommunications network; securing, by the outside part of the wireless access point, the transmission across multiple layers of a network stack; and sending, by the outside part of the wireless access point, the transmission to the base station over the radio frequency of the base station.

12 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
receiving, by the outside part of the wireless access point, a second transmission from the base station over the radio frequency of the base station; transcoding, by the outside part of the wireless access point, the second transmission from the radio frequency to the unlicensed frequency; communicating, from the outside part of the wireless access point to the inside part of the wireless access point, the second transmission; and sending, by the inside part of the wireless access point, the second transmission to the device over the unlicensed frequency.

13 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising receiving, at the outside part of the wireless access point, a transmission from a security camera disposed outside the building as part of the outside part or remote from the outside part.

14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the communicating comprises communicating between the inside part and the outside part using one of light emitting and detecting components or laser emitting and detecting components.

15 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
receiving, by the inside part of the wireless access point, a charge through a charging port of the inside part; and transmitting, by the inside part of the wireless access point to the outside part of the wireless access point, the charge through the window.

16 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the device is a security camera and the wireless access point serves as a hub for a security service for the building.

17 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the device is one of a plurality of devices communicating through the wireless access point to the telecommunications network, and the outside part of the wireless access point is configured to prioritize transmissions to or from different ones of the devices based on device types associated with the devices or content types associated with the transmissions.

18 . One or more non-transitory computer storage media having programming instructions stored thereon that, when executed by processor(s) of a wireless access point, cause the wireless access point to perform operations comprising:
receiving, by an inside part of the wireless access point, a transmission from a device over an unlicensed frequency, wherein both the inside part and the device are disposed inside a building and the inside part is fixed to a window of the building; communicating, between the inside part of the wireless access point and an outside part of the wireless access point, the transmission, wherein the outside part is fixed to the window of the building on an opposite side from the inside part and is disposed outside of the building; transcoding, by the outside part of the wireless access point, the transmission from the unlicensed frequency to a radio frequency of a base station of a telecommunications network; securing, by the outside part of the wireless access point, the transmission across multiple layers of a network stack; and sending, by the outside part of the wireless access point, the transmission to the base station over the radio frequency of the base station.

19 . The one or more non-transitory computer storage media of claim 18 , wherein the device is a security camera and the wireless access point serves as a hub for a security service for the building.

20 . The one or more non-transitory computer storage media of claim 18 , wherein the device is one of a plurality of devices communicating through the wireless access point to the telecommunications network, and t

Assignees

• T Mobile Usa Inc

Inventors

• Liu Jun
• Gronstad Egil

Classifications

• H04W84/047

  using dedicated repeater stations · CPC title

• H04W88/10

  adapted for operation in multiple networks, e.g. multi-mode access points · CPC title

• H04W84/12

  WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] · CPC title

• H04W4/70 Primary

  Services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or machine type communication [MTC] · CPC title

• H04W88/08

  Access point devices · CPC title