Computer-based systems configured for managing mesh networks having integrated roofing components and methods of use thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025380178-A1
Application number	US-202519094470-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 28, 2025
Priority date	Aug 5, 2021
Publication date	Dec 11, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

Systems and methods of the present disclosure enable mesh network capacity management via network metering using a processor an integrated roofing mesh network node in a mesh network to receive and transmit data packets in the mesh network. Each data packet includes a source address, a destination address, and a payload of data. The processor determines passthrough traffic including a subset of data packets routed between radio nodes of the mesh network through the gateway based on the source address and the destination address of each data packet and an address associated with the gateway. The processor determines a passthrough data capacity based on the payload of each data packet in the subset and determines a metric based on the passthrough data capacity to signify an amount of mesh network bandwidth provided by the integrated roofing mesh network node.

First claim

1 .- 20 . (canceled).

21 . A system comprising:
at least one processor in communication with at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer instructions stored thereon, wherein the at least one processor, upon execution of the computer instructions, is configured to:
receive a user input to activate an integrated roofing cellular networking node installed on a roof of a structure, the integrated roofing networking node comprising:
a cellular networking radio configured to communicate with cellular network;
at least one cellular-infrastructure-supporting electronic component;

determine a possible tenant of a multi-tenancy cellular networking arrangement available at a location associated with the integrated roofing networking node, the possible tenant being a service provider of the cellular network;
configure the integrated roofing networking node with the possible tenant;
monitor data communication through the cellular networking radio, the data communication being associated with the service provider;
determine data communication metric based at least in part on the data communication; and
communicate the data communication metric to the service provider to notify the service provider of the data communication of the integrated roofing networking node.

22 . The system of claim 21 , wherein the cellular networking radio comprises a 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz Wi-Fi transceiver for communication with the user device during activation and a cellular back-haul interface for subsequent provisioning steps.

23 . The system of claim 21 , wherein the cellular networking radio comprises a fifth generation (5G) cellular networking radio

24 . The system of claim 21 , wherein the at least one processor, upon execution of the computer instructions, is further configured to revenue shares among multiple carriers when more than one carrier identifier is available for the location.

25 . The system of claim 21 , wherein the at least one processor, upon execution of the computer instructions, is further configured to determine the at least one data communication metric for a monthly billing period

26 . The system of claim 21 , wherein the cellular networking radio is embedded within a roofing accessory comprising at least one of: a shingle, a ridge vent, or an underlayment.

27 . The system of claim 21 , wherein the at least one processor, upon execution of the computer instructions, is further configured to adjust the at least one data communication metric based on measured uplink or downlink data volume routed through the cellular networking radio.

28 . The system of claim 21 , wherein the at least one processor, upon execution of the computer instructions, is further configured to configure the integrated roofing cellular networking node to create virtual resources, on physical infrastructure, for the service provider.

29 . The system of claim 21 , wherein the at least one processor, upon execution of the computer instructions, is further configured to configure the integrated roofing cellular networking node to allocate at least one bandwidth limit to a particular user via the service provider based at least in part on a user selection of at least one billing plan with the service provider.

30 . The system of claim 21 , wherein the at least one processor, upon execution of the computer instructions, is further configured to log the at least one data communication metric in at least one data structure stored on the integrated roofing cellular networking node.

31 . A roofing system comprising:
a roof; an integrated roofing cellular networking node installed on the roof, the integrated roofing networking node comprising:
a cellular networking radio configured to communicate with cellular network;
at least one cellular-infrastructure-supporting electronic component; and
at least one processor in communication with at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer instructions stored thereon, wherein the at least one processor, upon execution of the computer instructions, is configured to:
receive a user input to activate the integrated roofing cellular networking node;
determine a possible tenant of a multi-tenancy cellular networking arrangement available at a location associated with the integrated roofing networking node, the possible tenant being a service provider of the cellular network;
configure the integrated roofing networking node with the possible tenant;
monitor data communication through the cellular networking radio, the data communication being associated with the service provider;
determine data communication metric based at least in part on the data communication; and
communicate the data communication metric to the service provider to notify the service provider of the data communication of the integrated roofing networking node.

32 . The roofing system of claim 31 , wherein the cellular networking radio comprises a 3.4 GHz or 5 GHz Wi-Fi transceiver for communication with the user device during activation and a cellular back-haul interface for subsequent provisioning steps.

33 . The roofing system of claim 31 , wherein the cellular networking radio comprises a fifth generation (5G) cellular networking radio

34 . The roofing system of claim 31 , wherein the at least one processor, upon execution of the computer instructions, is further configured to revenue shares among multiple carriers when more than one carrier identifier is available for the location.

35 . The roofing system of claim 31 , wherein the at least one processor, upon execution of the computer instructions, is further configured to determine the at least one data communication metric for a monthly billing period

36 . The roofing system of claim 31 , wherein the cellular networking radio is embedded within a roofing accessory comprising at least one of: a shingle, a ridge vent, or an underlayment.

37 . The roofing system of claim 31 , wherein the at least one processor, upon execution of the computer instructions, is further configured to adjust the at least one data communication metric based on measured uplink or downlink data volume routed through the cellular networking radio.

38 . The roofing system of claim 31 , wherein the at least one processor, upon execution of the computer instructions, is further configured to configure the integrated roofing cellular networking node to create virtual resources, on physical infrastructure, for the service provider.

39 . The roofing system of claim 31 , wherein the at least one processor, upon execution of the computer instructions, is further configured to configure the integrated roofing cellular networking node to allocate at least one bandwidth limit to a particular user via the service provider based at least in part on a user selection of at least one billing plan with the service provider.

40 . The roofing system of claim 31 , wherein the at least one processor, upon execution of the computer instructions, is further configured to log the at least one data communication metric in at least one data structure stored on the integrated roofing cellular networking node.

Assignees

• Bmic Llc

Inventors

• Campau Zachary Richard
• Riley Xavier

Classifications

• H04W84/18

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

• H04L12/2807

  Exchanging configuration information on appliance services in a home automation network (arrangements for maintenance or administration involving network analysis for automatically determining the actual topology of a network H04L41/12; hardware or software tools for network management using graphical user interfaces H04L41/22; address allocation H04L61/50) · CPC title

• H04L47/265

  sent by intermediate network nodes · CPC title

• H04L47/24

  Traffic characterised by specific attributes, e.g. priority or QoS · CPC title

• H04W28/021 Primary

  in wireless networks with changing topologies, e.g. ad-hoc networks (self-organizing networks H04W84/18) · CPC title