Commerce and services in femtocell network
Abstract
Problem to be solved.To provide one or a plurality of system(s) and one or a plurality of method(s) for commerce and services through a set of networked femto access points (APs) and served devices.
Solution.Incentive(s) and advertisement are transmitted to a device on the basis of at least in part on at least one of a location of the device within a coverage area spanned by the set of networked femto APs. One or a plurality of commercial transaction(s) can be implemented on the basis of at least in part on a commercial profile associated with a mobile device. One or more order(s) for a product can be issued remotely and a related transaction can be caused at a point-of-sale linked to the product. Transaction's billing charges can be adjusted on the basis of at least in part on one or a plurality of available incentive(s).
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- 1A method for providing location-based services, the step of using one or more processors to execute a code instruction stored in a computer-readable medium, wherein the code instruction is said to be said. When run by one or more processors, the following behavior, the first femto access point (AP) in the femto corporate network, is connected to a device associated with at least one of the service providers or prospects. The action of receiving instructions about an attempt and, if the device is not on the blacklist, in one or more access lists associated with a set of femto APs in the corporate femto network. The action of including the device, the action of receiving a destination task related to at least one of a service event or commercial transaction, and the action of pulling the device from a first position to a destination extracted from the destination task. Includes the step of executing a code instruction stored in a computer-readable medium that performs the action of navigating and the action of receiving billing information that is at least partially relevant to the service event or commercial transaction. Method. 位置ベースのサービスを提供するための方法であって、 1つまたは複数のプロセッサを使用して、コンピュータ可読媒体の中に記憶されるコード命令を実行するステップであって、前記コード命令は、前記1つまたは複数のプロセッサによって実行されるとき、以下の動作、 フェムト企業ネットワーク内の第1のフェムト・アクセスポイント(AP)に、サービス・プロバイダまたは見込み顧客のうちの少なくとも1つに結び付く装置が接続しようと試みることについての指示を受信する動作と、 前記装置がブラックリストに載っていない場合、前記企業フェムト・ネットワーク内の1組のフェムトAPに関連する1つまたは複数のアクセス・リストの中に前記装置を含める動作と、 サービス・イベントまたは商業取引のうちの少なくとも1つに関係する目的地タスクを受信する動作と、 前記装置を第1の位置から、前記目的地タスクから抽出した目的地にナビゲートする動作と、 前記サービス・イベントまたは前記商業取引に少なくとも部分的に関係する課金情報を受信する動作と を実施する、コンピュータ可読媒体の中に記憶されるコード命令を実行するステップ を含む、方法。
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Cross-reference of related applications This application is filed on May 13, 2008 and claims the interests of US Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 052,813 entitled "MANAGEMENT OF ACCESS TO FEMTO CELL COVERAGE". This application was filed in, and was filed in a co-pending U.S. Patent Application No., entitled "LOCATION-BASED SERVICES IN A FEMTOCELL NETWORK," and was entitled "INTRA-PREMISES CONTENT AND EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT IN A FEMTOCELL NETWORK." With respect to the co-pending U.S. Patent Application No. and the co-pending U.S. Patent Application No. filed in and entitled "FEMTOCELL ARCHITECTURE FOR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT". The entire of these applications are incorporated herein by reference.
The innovations relate to wireless communications, and more specifically to commerce and services enabled by femtocell networks that serve limited or nearly limited areas.
Femtocell, a building-based wireless access point that interfaces with wired broadband networks, improves indoor wireless coverage and is a Mobility Wireless Access Network (RAN) operated by wireless network providers and wireless service providers. It is often deployed to reduce the burden on the. Typically, femtocells function within the licensed portion of the electromagnetic spectrum and often provide a plug-and-play introduction. Improved indoor coverage includes stronger signals and improved reception conditions (eg voice and data), easier session initiation or calling, and session or call maintenance. It is also included that it is easy. Reducing the burden on the RAN is a service provider operating cost and because a smaller number of end users utilize radio (OTA) radio resources (eg, radio frequency bands and channels), which are usually limited. The transmission cost can be reduced.
Femtocell or femto access point (AP) coverage is often used in indoor areas (eg, residential buildings or) to reduce interference between mobile stations covered by macrocells and terminals covered by femtoAPs. Intended to be confined to the boundaries of a commercial building). In addition, limited coverage can also reduce crosstalk with terminals serviced by another adjacent femtocell. Improving indoor wireless coverage with femtocells reduces customer loss as long as subscribers feel positive about voice coverage and other data services with significant delay sensitivity, etc. You can also. In addition, femtocells can provide a wider variety of wireless voice and wireless data services to customers, as the provision of such services does not rely primarily on mobility RAN resources.
Mobile devices allow various commercial transactions and services to be carried out. Typically, such transactions and use of services are made primarily through wireless wide area networks serviced by macrocell networks. Therefore, customizing the consumption of one or more commercial transactions and one or more services may require significant radio resources of the macro cell, so the consumer experience is almost always limited. Commercially relevant trading or consuming digital content, such as gaming applications with rich audiovisual content, typically contains large amounts of information, so such content has a significant amount of radio bandwidth. Width may be used. In addition, sending such digital content can cause significant signaling and congestion of the networks involved, as it often requires retransmitting packets of information. When it comes to customization, one or more services or one or more content is typically segmented into broader groups, which can be segmented with higher granularity, customized transmission / billing. This is because it can consume significant radio resources and signaling within the macrocell network to fulfill its functionality. Moreover, therefore, consuming content and utilizing services via macrocells does not satisfactorily integrate the mobility and location of the mobile device. Femtocell deployment features that offload RAN resources have been used very slightly to integrate the consumption and mobility of digital content and one or more services.
<p><patcit num="1"><text>US Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 052,813, "MANAGEMENT OF ACCESS TO FEMTO CELL COVERAGE"</text></patcit><patcit num="2"><text>US Patent Application No. "LOCATION-BASED SERVICES IN A FEMTOCELL NETWORK"</text></patcit><patcit num="3"><text>US Patent Application No., "INTRA-PREMISES CONTENT AND EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT IN A FEMTOCELL NETWORK"</text></patcit><patcit num="4"><text>US Patent Application No. "FEMTOCELL ARCHITECTURE FOR INFORMATION MANAGEMENT"</text></patcit></p>
<p> In order to provide a basic understanding of some aspects of the specification, a simplified overview of the specification is provided below. This overview is not an extensive overview herein. This overview is not intended to identify the main or essential elements of this specification or to describe the scope of this specification in detail. The sole purpose of this overview is to provide a simplified form of some of the concepts herein as an introduction to a more detailed description below.</p><p> The innovation is one or more systems and one or more to route traffic and signaling between a set of networked femto access points (APs) to enable commerce and services. Provides a method of. Of that pair of networked femto APs, the femto APs are functionally tied to a routing platform that manages traffic and signaling, relaying at least some of the data and control to the femto network platform. Functionally connected to the controller component. This femto network platform allows access to one or more external networks. The Routing Platform charges one or more femto APs within a set of networked femto APs and charges associated with call sessions that are at least partially serviced through this Routing Platform. .. Call sessions can include intra-network communication or internetwork communication, where intra-network communication can include push-to-point transmission of traffic and signaling, whereas internetwork communication It can include exchanging data and control between devices serviced by an external network and devices serviced by femto APs connected to a routing platform. In addition, the routing platform can trigger a soft handover of a call session between two femto APs in a pair of femto APs, with the femto AP and components in the external network that can serve the call session. A hard handover of the call session can be performed between them.</p><p> One or more financial incentives or advertisements are sent to the device, and the one or more incentives or advertisements are delivered to the device within the coverage area of the corporate femto network covered by a set of networked femto APs. Customized on the basis of at least one of the positions of. In one aspect, the receiving mobile device may approve or refuse to receive one or more incentives or advertisements. It is also possible to carry out one or more commercial transactions, at least in part, based on the commercial profile associated with the unique identifier of the mobile device. Commercial profiles can be set autonomously by commercial components that send one or more incentives and allow one or more commercial transactions. Alternatively, or in addition, consumers associated with the mobile device can set up a commercial profile via an external network. Marketing components can leverage one or more advertising campaigns and their response to those advertising campaigns to generate business intelligence, regulate advertising content and delivery, and the services they advertise.</p><p> In addition, one or more orders for a product can be placed remotely and within the point of sale (POS) where the wireless service is provided by the femto AP in a set of network femto APs. When you receive the ordered product, you can make related transactions, such as purchases. Billing charges associated with the transaction can be adjusted, at least in part, based on the mobile device or the incentives available to the subscriber associated with the mobile device. In addition, one or more delivery services, or directed purchases or inquiries, can be automatically navigated from the entry point to a destination within the corporate femto network. Navigation directives or navigation directives can be generated, at least in part, on a set of access lists that regulate the access rights of mobile devices to each set of networked femto APs. Navigation instructions can be communicated to mobile devices in a variety of formats, including short message service (SMS) communication, multimedia message service (MMS) communication, instant messaging (IM), and email communication. In one aspect, the trading component within the mobile device receives by leveraging the display interface of the mobile device and one or more applications held in memory within the mobile device. Navigation instructions can be consumed, eg, displayed or processed.</p><p> You can also set up a revenue share between the operator who manages the business in which the corporate femto network is deployed and a set of advertisers, and the revenue share can be one or more about being exposed to advertising. Can be at least partially based on exchanging service units. This set of advertisers can include at least one of the advertisers internal to the business operator or service provider, or external to the business operator or service provider.</p><p> The aspects, features, or advantages of this innovation include virtually any wireless telecommunications technology or wireless technology, such as Wi-Fi, WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access), Extended General Packet Radio Service (Extended GPRS), No. 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Long Term Evolution (LTE), 3rd Generation Partnership Project 2 (3GPP2) Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), 3GPP UMTS, High Speed Packet Access (HSPA), Fast Downlink It can be leveraged by Packet Access (HSDPA), Fast Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA), or LTE extension. Moreover, virtually all aspects of this innovation can include traditional telecommunications technology. Various aspects, features, or benefits of this innovation are shown with respect to one or more femto access points and associated femto network platforms, but such aspects or features are virtually any or any different. Indoor-based base stations (eg, one or more home-based access points, one or more enterprise-based) that provide wireless coverage through telecommunications technologies such as Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) and picocell telecommunications. It should be pointed out that it can also be used for access points). To achieve the aforementioned and related objectives, the invention includes features fully described below herein. The following description and accompanying drawings describe in detail certain embodiments for the description of the present invention. However, these aspects provide only a few examples of the various methods in which the principles of the invention can be used. Examination of the following detailed description of the invention in conjunction with the drawings will reveal other aspects, advantages, and novel features of the invention.</p>
<figref num="1">It is a figure which shows an example of the enterprise femto network by various aspects of this specification.</figref><figref num="2A">It is a block diagram which shows an example of the multi-coverage area femto mesh network by various aspects described in this specification.</figref><figref num="2B">It is a block diagram which shows an example of the femto mesh network in which the routing is distributed in the environment where there are a plurality of places by various aspects described in this specification.</figref><figref num="2C">FIG. 5 illustrates an example of a femto mesh network in which various routing platforms involved in the deployment of various enterprises are multiplexed according to the aspects described herein.</figref><figref num="3">FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example embodiment of a routing platform that is part of a corporate femto network architecture, according to aspects disclosed herein.</figref><figref num="4">It is a figure which shows one Embodiment example of the femto access point which can be deployed in a femto enterprise network by various aspects described in this specification.</figref><figref num="5">It is a figure which shows one Embodiment example of the femto enterprise network architecture which enables the collection of the location data by various aspects of this innovation.</figref><figref num="6">FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example embodiment of a routing platform that is part of a corporate femto network architecture, according to aspects disclosed herein.</figref><figref num="7A">It is a figure which shows one Embodiment example of the femto enterprise network architecture which makes it possible to collect the position data of a mobile body by various aspects of this innovation.</figref><figref num="7B">It is a figure which shows one Embodiment example of the femto enterprise network architecture which makes it possible to collect the position data of a mobile body by various aspects of this innovation.</figref><figref num="8">FIG. 5 illustrates an example embodiment of a routing platform that can be part of a corporate femto network architecture according to aspects of the present disclosure.</figref><figref num="9">FIG. 5 illustrates an example of a system that allows customized items to be moved, at least partially through an example of a corporate femto network, according to aspects described herein.</figref><figref num="10">It is a figure which shows the example of one Embodiment of the routing platform which can operate in the enterprise femto network by various aspects described in this specification.</figref><figref num="11">FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an example of a system that enables commercial transactions within a corporate femto network according to the aspects described herein.</figref><figref num="12">FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an example embodiment of an incentive component that enables one or more aspects of a commercial component operating within a corporate femto network.</figref><figref num="13">It is a block diagram which shows an example of the system which enables marketing in a corporate femto network by various aspects described in this specification.</figref><figref num="14A">It is a figure which shows the embodiment example of the example of the system which enables the commercial transaction in the enterprise femto network by various aspects described in this specification.</figref><figref num="14B">It is a figure which shows the embodiment example of the example of the system which enables the commercial transaction in the enterprise femto network by various aspects described in this specification.</figref><figref num="15A">It is a figure which shows the signaling and the exchange of data for completing a delivery or conducting a commercial transaction, according to the aspects described herein.</figref><figref num="15B">It is a figure which shows the signaling and the exchange of data for completing a delivery or conducting a commercial transaction, according to the aspects described herein.</figref><figref num="16">FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an example embodiment of a mobile device that enables and utilizes various aspects of the innovation described herein.</figref><figref num="17">It is a flow chart which shows an example of the method for communication in a femto mesh network by various aspects disclosed in this specification.</figref><figref num="18">It is a flow chart which shows an example of the method for sending content in a femto mesh network by various aspects described in this specification.</figref><figref num="19">It is a flow chart of an example of the method for locating a mobile device operating in a femto network according to the aspects described herein.</figref><figref num="20">It is a flow chart which shows an example of the method for specifying the position of an entity by various aspects described in this specification.</figref><figref num="21">FIG. 5 is a flow diagram illustrating an example of a method for tracking the position estimation of one or more selected mobile devices according to the aspects described herein.</figref><figref num="22">It is a flow chart which shows an example of the method for associating an item with a mobile device by various aspects described in this specification.</figref><figref num="23">FIG. 5 is a flow chart of an example of a method for navigating a device from a first position to a destination according to the aspects described herein.</figref><figref num="24">It is a flow chart of an example of the method for supplying a custom content by various aspects described in this specification.</figref><figref num="25">It is a flow chart of an example of the method for conducting a commercial transaction at least partially through a corporate femto network according to the aspects described herein.</figref><figref num="26">It is a flow chart which shows an example of the method of formulating business intelligence by advertisement in a corporate femto network by various aspects described in this specification.</figref><figref num="27">It is a flow chart which shows an example of the method for carrying out a commercial transaction in a corporate femto network according to various aspects described in this specification.</figref><figref num="28">It is a flow chart which shows an example of the method for consuming one or more promotional contents by various aspects described in this specification.</figref><figref num="29">It is a flow chart which shows an example of the method for reaching the destination in the enterprise femto network by various aspects described in this specification.</figref><figref num="30">It is a flow chart which shows an example of the method for carrying out a commercial transaction in a corporate femto network according to various aspects described in this specification.</figref><figref num="31">FIG. 5 is a flow diagram illustrating an example of a method for handing off a mobile device within a coverage area within a femto enterprise network, according to aspects described herein.</figref><figref num="32">FIG. 5 is a flow diagram illustrating an example of a method for signaling a routing platform that a wireless device is connected to a femto access point in a femto enterprise network, according to the aspects described herein.</figref><figref num="33">FIG. 5 is a flow diagram of an example of a method for assisting in locating a mobile device operating within a femto enterprise, according to the aspects described herein.</figref><figref num="34">It is a figure which shows an example of the wireless communication environment which comprises the related component which can enable the operation of the femtocell enterprise network by various aspects described in this specification.</figref><figref num="35">It is a development schematic diagram of a macro cell and a femto cell for obtaining radio coverage according to various aspects of this specification.</figref>
The innovation is then described with reference to drawings that use the same reference numbers to refer to the same elements throughout. The following description provides a number of specific details for explanatory purposes to provide a complete understanding of the innovation. However, it may be clear that the present invention can be practiced without these specific details. In another example, well-known structures and devices are shown in block diagram format for ease of description of the present invention.
As used in this application, the terms "component", "system", "architecture", "platform", "node", "layer", "selector", "interface", "module", etc. are computer-related entities. , Or an entity related to an operational device with one or more specific functions, the entity being hardware, a combination of hardware and software, software, or running software. can do. As an example, components can be, but are not limited to, processes, processors, objects, executables, threads of execution, programs, and / or computers that run on the processor. As a non-limiting example, an application running on a server and that server can both be components. There may be one or more components within a process and / or execution thread, which can be localized on one computer and / or distributed among two or more computers. These components can also be run from various computer-readable media that store different data structures. These components interact with one or more data packets (eg, by signal to another component in a local system, a distributed system, and / or other systems over a network such as the Internet. It can be communicated by local and / or remote processes, such as with signals that have data from a component. As another example, a component can be a device with a particular function provided by a mechanical component operated by an electrical / electronic circuit operated by a software or firmware application executed by the processor, the processor. , Inside or outside the device, software or firmware application Perform at least part of the application. As yet another example, a component can be a device that provides a particular function by an electronic component without mechanical components, and the electronic component provides software or firmware that at least partially provides the functionality of that electronic component. It can contain a processor to run on it. Interfaces can include input / output (I / O) components as well as associated processor, application, and / or API components.
Furthermore, the term "or" is intended to mean an inclusive "or" rather than an exclusive "or". That is, unless otherwise specified or as is apparent from the context, "X uses A or B" is intended to mean any inclusive combination of nature. That is, if X uses A, X uses B, or X uses both A and B, then "X uses A or B" is under any of the above examples. It is filled. In addition, as used herein and in the accompanying drawings, the articles "are (a), (an)" shall be "unless otherwise specified or unless the context makes it clear that they are directed to the singular." It should generally be interpreted as meaning "one or more".
In addition, terms such as "user equipment," "mobile station," "mobile," "mobile device," "subscriber station," "subscriber equipment," "access terminal," "terminal," and "handset." Refers to a wireless device used by a subscriber or user of a wireless communication service to receive / transport data, control, audio, video, sound, games, or virtually any data or signaling stream. The above terms are used interchangeably herein and in the related drawings. Similarly, the terms "access point", "base station", "Node B", "evolved Node B (eNode B)", "home Node" "B (HNB)", "Home Access Point (HAP)", etc. are also used without distinction in this specification and drawings, and data, control, voice, video, sound, game from one set of subscriber stations. , Or a wireless network component or device that services / receives virtually any data or signaling stream. In the present specification and drawings, the context or clear distinction is an access point or base station that services / receives data from a mobile device in an outdoor environment, and an access point that operates primarily in a limited indoor environment. Or point out that it makes a difference in terms of base stations. Data streams and signaling streams can be packetized or framed flows.
In addition, the terms "user," "subscriber," "customer," "consumer," "prosumer," "agent," "owner," etc., have specific contexts between these terms. Use without distinction throughout this specification, except as a guarantee of distinction. These terms refer to human entities, or automated components supported by artificial intelligence that can provide simulated visual and speech recognition, etc. (eg, the intellectual ability to make inferences based on complex mathematical representations). It should be understood that there is. As used herein, the term "prosumer" refers to the abbreviations for professional-consumer and producer-consumer.
In addition, the term "wireless network" and "network" are used interchangeably in this application, and such distinction is made when the distinction is guaranteed for the purpose of clarifying the context in which the term is used. Similarly, the terms "femtocell access point", "femto access point", "femtocell", "femto", etc. are used without distinction.
FIG. 1 shows an example of an enterprise femto network architecture 100 according to aspects of this specification. A pair of femto access points where N is a natural number 104<sub>1</sub>~104<sub>N</sub>Can be functionally connected to the routing platform 110, which can be functionally coupled to the controller component 120, which controller component 120 is the femto network platform 130. Can be operably linked to. It should be understood that the routing platform 110 and the controller component 120 are operably connected by a single backhaul pipe 118. Similarly, a single backhaul pipe 118 connects the controller component 120 and the femto network platform 130. In one aspect, the femto network platform 130 includes one or more service networks, such as the Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), over one or more reference links 135. You get, you can functionally bind to one or more external networks 140. In another aspect, 3GPP In UMTS radio technology, controller component 120 can be implemented by a wireless network controller. In one or more alternative or additional embodiments, the controller component 120 may be present within the femto network platform 130 or within one or more of the external networks 140. It should be noted that, in such an embodiment, the femto network platform 140 can connect to the routing platform 110 via the external network of one of its one or more external networks 140. An example of an enterprise femto network architecture 100 is a femto AP104 via a routing platform 110 in a mesh network configuration, also referred to herein as a mesh femto network.<sub>1</sub>~104<sub>N</sub>Should be further understood to be able to interconnect. Femto AP104<sub>1</sub>~104<sub>N</sub>The portion of the corporate femto network within the coverage area exerted by is private as opposed to public, such as the macrocell network.
Femto AP104 connected to routing platform 110 with λ = 1, 2 ... N<sub>λ</sub>The number can be at least partially based on the number of ports on the routing platform 110 or at least one of the bandwidths available to the routing platform 110. Femto AP114<sub>λ</sub>Broadband, backhaul wired links (eg fiber optic backbone, strands, T1 / E1 telephone lines, synchronous or asynchronous digital subscriber lines (DSL), asymmetric ADSL, coaxial cables, etc.), or wireless (promising (prospect) Links that can be LOS: line-of-sight) or non-LOS) links 114<sub>λ</sub>Functionally connected to the routing platform 110 via. One or more backhaul links 118 can also be wired or wireless. In one aspect, in 3GPP UMTS radio technology, link 114<sub>λ</sub>Can be implemented by at least one of the Iur interface or the Iuh interface. Link 114<sub>λ</sub>It should be noted that the number of channel elements in is less than the number of channel elements in backhaul link 118. Therefore, multiple femto AP104<sub>1</sub>~104<sub>N</sub>Serves by the Femto Network Platform 130 through a single Backhaul Pipe 118 with less backhaul resources than traditional systems that functionally connect Backhaul Pipe 118 to each Femto AP. Can be done.
Femto AP104<sub>1</sub>~104<sub>N</sub>Is deployed within a limited coverage area that may include single-floor or multi-floor facilities or companies. Deployment plans often include several femto APs that are sufficient to minimize dead spots and achieve operational redundancy, which causes one or more of the provisioned femto APs to fail. If so, another additional femto AP functionally connected to the routing platform 110 can be used for communication. Therefore, this mesh femto network can self-heal. Companies can include business buildings such as office buildings, housing complexes, department stores, banks, restaurants, warehouses, government buildings, schools, hospitals, hotels, factories, airports, amusement parks, city parks, etc. Not limited to.
As an example for explaining an embodiment in which a plurality of floors are networked, FIG. 2A shows a block diagram of an example of a multi-coverage area femto mesh network 200 according to the aspects described herein. Coverage area 205<sub>μ μ</sub>(μ = 1, 2 ... P) can at least partially include indoor environments such as floors in buildings and outdoor environments such as parking lots, terraces, decks, balconies, or playgrounds and playgrounds. .. Each coverage area 205<sub>μ μ</sub>Within, Network Interface Device (NID) 210<sub>μ μ</sub>However, centralize one or more broadband links from each deployed femto AP, illustrated by thick lines without arrows (for clarity). NID210<sub>μ μ</sub>Is functionally connected to the routing platform 110. The deployed femto AP can be further connected to a single backhaul pipe 116 via a routing platform 220. The routing platform 220 can direct traffic between radio devices located within different coverage areas. It should be noted that the routing functionality provided by the routing platform 220 will be centralized. As an example, an example of Corporate Femto Network Architecture 200 is deployed in a multi-floor building, with each floor of the building, eg coverage area 205.<sub>μ μ</sub>Consider a scenario in which multiple femto APs can be deployed. In this example, the first floor, eg 205<sub>2</sub>The mobile device on the first floor that connects to the femto AP of the second floor connects to the second floor, for example the femto AP of 205P, without accessing the femto network platform connected to the controller component 120. Communication can be established with another mobile device on the floor (eg voice or data).
Alternatively, or in addition, FIG. 2B shows a block diagram of an example of the femto mesh network 250, in which the femto mesh network 250 is a set in which routing is distributed in a multi-coverage area environment and U is a natural number. Routing Platform 260<sub>1</sub>~260<sub>U</sub>, And each coverage area 255 connected to each routing platform in its set, with γ = 1, 2 ... U<sub>γ</sub>Is done by. Aggregator component 260 interfaces this multi-area femto enterprise network architecture 250 with controller component 120. Each routing platform 260 provides configuration information about the femto APs associated with each routing platform and the devices operably connected to those femto APs.<sub>γ</sub>Multiple routing platforms 260<sub>γ</sub>Can communicate with each other, and this configuration information can at least partially enable internal routing of traffic. Aggregator component 270 can function as a pass-through component, or at least one of traffic shaping components that maintains QoS according to a given one or more QoS profiles for various types of traffic / signaling. In one aspect, the aggregator component 270 can also perform routing functions and act as a PBX to enable inter-company communication. As shown, each coverage area 220 with γ = 1, 2 ... U<sub>γ</sub>One routing platform 260<sub>γ</sub>Each coverage area can be the floor of a building (eg office building, school, department store), and each floor's routing platform 260<sub>γ</sub>Can create a corporate femto mesh network structure that can functionally connect to each other and cover the entire building. Coverage area 255<sub>γ</sub>Coverage area 255 for multiple routing platforms, at least partially based on the size of<sub>γ</sub>It should be pointed out that it can be deployed within. Multiple femto APs on a single routing platform 260<sub>γ</sub>Can be functionally connected to multiple routing platforms 220<sub>1</sub>~220<sub>U</sub>Can be connected to each other to create a larger mesh femto network.
At least some of the functionality of the aggregator component 260 can be performed by one or more processors (not shown). In order to operate the function at least partially or to give the aggregator component 260, one or more processors can store and retrieve information from memory (not shown). This information can include at least one of code instructions, data structures, program modules, and so on.
In addition, Figure 2C shows an example of a femto mesh network 280, which uses a single controller component 120 to provide different routings for different enterprise deployments. -Platforms can be multiplexed. According to one aspect, the controller component 120 is a set of routing platforms 282 in which N is a natural number.<sub>1</sub>~282<sub>N</sub>You can receive information from. Routing platform 282<sub>1</sub>~282<sub>N</sub>Each of them, for example, Femto AP284<sub>1</sub>Mobile device 102 connected to each set of<sub>1</sub>Multiple femto AP284s to facilitate connection with<sub>1</sub>~284<sub>N</sub>Can be connected to each pair of. Each routing platform 282<sub>1</sub>~282<sub>N</sub>Is a set of femto AP284s within a corporate femto architecture or corporate femto network<sub>1</sub>~284<sub>N</sub>Data can be received from the mobile device connected to. In addition, the routing platform 282<sub>1</sub>~282<sub>N</sub>Can perform analysis to determine information related to routing received data (eg, source address, destination address, etc.). In addition, routes for forwarding packets from the routing platform can be determined based in part on its analysis and / or user-defined rules or policies and / or user selection. Specifically, the routing platform 282<sub>1</sub>~282<sub>N</sub>Can determine whether a soft handover or a hard handover (shown by the dashed line in FIG. 1) can be performed. If you should perform a hard handover, Routing Platform 282<sub>1</sub>~282<sub>N</sub>Can route data to the femto network platform 130 via controller component 120. The controller component 120 can typically include the functionality of a second RNC or almost any other network management component associated with the femto network platform 130 that can be implemented at least partially by the FGW. I will point out. However, it should be noted that in this innovation, controller component 120 does not perform one or more functions of any RNC, or one or more operations. In one aspect, the controller component 130 is a set of routing platforms 282 involved in the deployment of various enterprises, as illustrated in the example of the mesh femto network 280.<sub>1</sub>~282<sub>N</sub>Can be multiplexed.
Backhaul Link 114<sub>λ</sub>Connection between and routing platform 110, NID210<sub>μ μ</sub>The connection between the routing platform 110 and the routing platform 110, and the connection between the routing platform 110 and the aggregator component 270 are the ports in the routing platform 110 illustrated in the embodiment 300 shown in FIG. It can be done by component 315. Port component 315 includes parallel ports (eg GPIB, IEEE-1284), serial ports (eg RS-232, V.11, USB, Firewire, IEEE-1394, etc.), Ethernet ports, V.35 ports. , X.21 ports, one or more port interfaces 317 for configuring one or more of the ports 319 which may include dry contacts, etc. One or more port interfaces 317 may include radio interfaces such as radio cards and related circuits for performing telecommunications. In addition, one or more port interfaces 319 can include one or more physical docks that support physical connectors for each port 319. Routing platform 110 includes one or more femto AP104<sub>λ</sub>And can be configured or programmed to communicate wirelessly rather than by a routing cable. The configuration can be accomplished by a display interface (not shown) that allows data entry to the routing platform 110, or by a computer, mobile, or other device connected to port component 315.
Each femto AP104 connected to the routing platform 110, as illustrated in FIG.<sub>λ</sub>, Or the femto AP illustrated in Embodiment 200 and Embodiment 250 can include a wireless controller (RC) node 105 that includes at least some of the functionality of the wireless network controller. The routing platform 110 can functionally connect the RC node 105 between two or more femto APs deployed within Example 100 of a femto enterprise network system. As shown above, one or more links 114<sub>λ</sub>Can include at least an Iur interface that can route one or more packet streams between two or more femto APs that are functionally connected. RC node 105 can have substantially the same functionality as controller component 120. However, in one or more architectures or embodiments, RC node 105 may be simpler than controller component 120. Each femto AP104<sub>λ</sub>Having RC node 105 within is optimal (eg, quasi-linear) or near-optimal (eg, linear) scaling of processing demand in the routing component with respect to the number of provisioned femto APs in the femto enterprise network architecture. Can be brought. Processing demand within the femto enterprise network increases due to increased routing or scheduling processing. It should be pointed out that scheduling is not about scheduling radio resources, but about scheduling packet deliveries performed by routing platform 110. When adding a femto AP to the femto mesh network 100, the RC node 105 associated with the femto AP can provide the femto AP with RNC functionality and thus the mesh network. However, the demand for backhaul resources, such as backhaul link 118, and controller component 120, does not increase as the number of femto APs functionally connected to routing component 110 increases. Therefore, the embedded RNC function can improve the scalability of the network configuration in which the routing platform also functions as a wireless network controller.
The routing platform 110 can directly enable user plane connections and allows two or more femto APs, such as the femto AP 104.<sub>2</sub>And 104<sub>N</sub>Communication with, such as voice and data exchange and signaling can be established. In addition, the routing platform 110 connects to different femto APs via, for example, a wireless link 136, a mobile device, such as 102.<sub>1</sub>And 102<sub>2</sub>Communication with and can be enabled, and the traffic and signaling associated with that communication is routed within Example 100 of the Femto Enterprise Network without sending data or management packets to the Femto Network Platform 130. .. For example, the routing platform 110 is a femto AP104.<sub>N</sub>Mobile device 102 serviced by<sub>1</sub>The traffic generated by Femto AP104<sub>4</sub>Radio device 102 serviced by<sub>2</sub>Can lead to. Mobile device 102<sub>1</sub>And wireless device 102<sub>2</sub>Communication with and to can be push-to-talk communication. Alternatively, or in addition, the routing platform 110 is a mobile device and 102.<sub>3</sub>It is possible to enable push-to-talk communication with a pseudo-fixed mooring device such as. In one aspect, the mobile or other first device is used by the mobile or other second device that communicates with the first device via the routing platform 110 and its respective femto AP. It should be pointed out that the routing platform 110 is unaware of traffic as it can operate on the first radio technology, which is different from the second radio technology. In one embodiment 300 shown in FIG. 3, the routing component 110 allows at least partially two-point communication between one or more devices, mobiles, etc. within the femto mesh network 100. Can include one or more push-to-talk drivers 307 for. In the light of such internal communication, for one or more external communications away from Example 100 of the mesh femto network, the routing platform 110 can allocate bandwidth primarily for control or signaling, and therefore. , Traffic on the backhaul network can be significantly reduced. In addition, such communications within Example 100 of the corporate femto network system reduce communication delays while resulting in improved perceived QoS for delay-sensitive content such as multiplayer games, banking transactions, etc. be able to.
In one aspect, the routing platform 110 can receive carrier frequency information associated with the channel used for telecommunications within the coverage area of the corporate femto network 100 via the router component 305. The router component 305 can aggregate the carrier frequency data to form a carrier frequency map. In one aspect, this carrier frequency map allows load balancing of traffic within the corporate femto network 100 by dynamically allocating bandwidth to specific femto APs that are functionally connected to the routing platform. be able to. The scheduler component 309 can signal the bandwidth allocation to the femto APs in the corporate femto network 100.
The routing platform 110 is based in part on the routing information and is based on a femto AP, eg 104.<sub>N-1</sub>Packets received from can be derived. In one aspect, the routing platform 110 is a plurality of femto AP104s.<sub>1</sub>~104<sub>N</sub>A communication packet can be received from one of them, and the routing information related to the communication packet can be determined. In one aspect, this routing information can indicate that the communication packet should be forwarded to the femto network platform 130. Therefore, the routing platform 110 can perform a hard handover and direct the packet to the femto network platform 110 via the controller component 120. In another aspect, this routing information is a first femto AP that is functionally connected to the routing platform 110, eg 104.<sub>N</sub>From the second femto AP, eg 104<sub>2</sub>Can be instructed that the packet can be forwarded internally. Further, in such a case, the routing platform 110 is the first femto AP (104).<sub>2</sub>) And a second femto AP (eg 104)<sub>3</sub>) Can be soft-handovered to establish communication, thus avoiding or mitigating dead spots or problem scenarios. In addition, the routing platform 110 determines control information or signaling for traffic routed directly between femto APs and delivers that control information or signaling through the backhaul pipe 118 through the controller component 120 to the femto network. -Can be routed to the platform.
In one embodiment 300, the routing platform 110 is a set of deployed femto APs, such as a femto AP 104.<sub>1</sub>~104<sub>N</sub>Includes router component 305 capable of directing traffic and signaling between. Traffic can be routed at least in part to a set of algorithms held within memory element 349. Router component 305 can determine a near-optimal or optimal route for incoming data or management packets to avoid network congestion within the mesh femto network 100. In addition, router component 305 can configure two-point communication as part of its routing function, at least in part based on the state of the channel. In addition, router component 305 can utilize one or more configured access lists 353 to route traffic and signaling to ensure data integrity or self-healing routing.
One or more access lists 353 are femto APs, eg 104.<sub>N-1</sub>Can at least partially regulate the level of service provided to user equipment. An access list may include one or more whitelists, or one or more radio devices, that at least partially identify a set of devices that may be provided with radio services by a femto AP. It can include at least one of one or more blacklists that can be explicitly excluded from the femto service. In addition, a radio device in one or more blacklists may issue one or more warnings, notify the authority, track the location of the device within the corporate femto network 100, etc. Can trigger exception handling procedures, including. In one aspect, one or more access lists 353 can be received from the femto network platform 130, in which one or more access lists 353 are subscriber databases. It can be present in and can be configured via at least one of one or more external networks 140. In another aspect, the routing platform 110 is based at least in part on the signaling received from one or more femto APs in a set of femto APs deployed as part of the femto enterprise network 100. Includes access list management component 338, which can at least partially generate or modify one or more access lists 353 (eg, one or more whitelists or one or more blacklists). be able to. One or more access lists 353 generated by access list management component 338 can be active for a period of time, after which they are received from one or more network components. Logically or based on at least partly the signaling It can be physically deleted. Signaling can include one or more mobile device identifier attributes. Access list management component 338 allows or denies such one or more attributes, at least in part, based on a set of criteria (not shown) that can be retained in memory 349. Can be done. In addition, with one or more mobile device identifier attributes allowed, the default or initial access level, for example, almost all or all femto APs deployed as part of the corporate femto network 100, The identified mobile device can be serviced. The default or initial access level can be modified later, at least in part, based on the additional signaling received by the routing platform 110. As an example, a set of permit or deny criteria can include at least one of the following: (i) A valid mobile device identifier, such as a radio device number such as IMSI, MSISDN, or other code or token. (ii) An active mobile device identifier or an identifier flagged for updating, such as an identifier that corresponds to a previous telephone number that should be updated to the current number. (iii) The state of the selected (eg opt-in) or non-selected (eg opt-out) flag to be included in the whitelist, the state being, for example, the K-bit word in the entry for the mobile device in the subscriber database. K is a natural number). (iv) The operating capability of the identified mobile device (eg, 2nd generation (2G), 3rd generation (3G), 4th generation (4G) technology, radio frequency band in which the mobile device can receive communications, etc. Wireless technology used by the device). (v) A mobile device that has been hotlined in view of the commercial credit status of the identified mobile device, such as good credit status, overdue payments, and timely payments for services. Theft device, etc. Can include multiple mobile device identifier attributes. Access list management component 338 allows or denies such one or more attributes, at least in part, based on a set of criteria (not shown) that can be retained in memory 349. Can be done. In addition, with one or more mobile device identifier attributes allowed, the default or initial access level, for example, almost all or all femto APs deployed as part of the corporate femto network 100, The identified mobile device can be serviced. The default or initial access level can be modified later, at least in part, based on the additional signaling received by the routing platform 110. As an example, a set of permit or deny criteria can include at least one of the following: (i) A valid mobile device identifier, such as a radio device number such as IMSI, MSISDN, or other code or token. (ii) An active mobile device identifier or an identifier flagged for updating, such as an identifier that corresponds to a previous telephone number that should be updated to the current number. (iii) The state of the selected (eg opt-in) or non-selected (eg opt-out) flag to be included in the whitelist, the state being, for example, the K-bit word in the entry for the mobile device in the subscriber database. K is a natural number). (iv) The operating capability of the identified mobile device (eg, 2nd generation (2G), 3rd generation (3G), 4th generation (4G) technology, radio frequency band in which the mobile device can receive communications, etc. Wireless technology used by the device). (v) A mobile device that has been hotlined in view of the commercial credit status of the identified mobile device, such as good credit status, overdue payments, and timely payments for services. Theft device, etc. Can include multiple mobile device identifier attributes. Access list management component 338 allows or denies such one or more attributes, at least in part, based on a set of criteria (not shown) that can be retained in memory 349. Can be done. In addition, with one or more mobile device identifier attributes allowed, the default or initial access level, for example, almost all or all femto APs deployed as part of the corporate femto network 100, The identified mobile device can be serviced. The default or initial access level can be modified later, at least in part, based on the additional signaling received by the routing platform 110. As an example, a set of permit or deny criteria can include at least one of the following: (i) A valid mobile device identifier, such as a radio device number such as IMSI, MSISDN, or other code or token. (ii) An active mobile device identifier or an identifier flagged for updating, such as an identifier that corresponds to a previous telephone number that should be updated to the current number. (iii) The state of the selected (eg opt-in) or non-selected (eg opt-out) flag to be included in the whitelist, the state being, for example, the K-bit word in the entry for the mobile device in the subscriber database. K is a natural number). (iv) The operating capability of the identified mobile device (eg, 2nd generation (2G), 3rd generation (3G), 4th generation (4G) technology, radio frequency band in which the mobile device can receive communications, etc. Wireless technology used by the device). (v) A mobile device that has been hotlined in view of the commercial credit status of the identified mobile device, such as good credit status, overdue payments, and timely payments for services. Theft device, etc. Such one or more attributes may be allowed or denied, at least in part, based on a set of criteria (not shown) that can be retained in. In addition, with one or more mobile device identifier attributes allowed, the default or initial access level, for example, almost all or all femto APs deployed as part of the corporate femto network 100, The identified mobile device can be serviced. The default or initial access level can be modified later, at least in part, based on the additional signaling received by the routing platform 110. As an example, a set of permit or deny criteria can include at least one of the following: (i) A valid mobile device identifier, such as a radio device number such as IMSI, MSISDN, or other code or token. (ii) An active mobile device identifier or an identifier flagged for updating, such as an identifier that corresponds to a previous telephone number that should be updated to the current number. (iii) The state of the selected (eg opt-in) or non-selected (eg opt-out) flag to be included in the whitelist, the state being, for example, the K-bit word in the entry for the mobile device in the subscriber database. K is a natural number). (iv) The operating capability of the identified mobile device (eg, 2nd generation (2G), 3rd generation (3G), 4th generation (4G) technology, radio frequency band in which the mobile device can receive communications, etc. Wireless technology used by the device). (v) A mobile device that has been hotlined in view of the commercial credit status of the identified mobile device, such as good credit status, overdue payments, and timely payments for services. Theft device, etc. Such one or more attributes may be allowed or denied, at least in part, based on a set of criteria (not shown) that can be retained in. In addition, with one or more mobile device identifier attributes allowed, the default or initial access level, for example, almost all or all femto APs deployed as part of the corporate femto network 100, The identified mobile device can be serviced. The default or initial access level can be modified later, at least in part, based on the additional signaling received by the routing platform 110. As an example, a set of permit or deny criteria can include at least one of the following: (i) A valid mobile device identifier, such as a radio device number such as IMSI, MSISDN, or other code or token. (ii) An active mobile device identifier or an identifier flagged for updating, such as an identifier that corresponds to a previous telephone number that should be updated to the current number. (iii) The state of the selected (eg opt-in) or non-selected (eg opt-out) flag to be included in the whitelist, the state being, for example, the K-bit word in the entry for the mobile device in the subscriber database. K is a natural number). (iv) The operating capability of the identified mobile device (eg, 2nd generation (2G), 3rd generation (3G), 4th generation (4G) technology, radio frequency band in which the mobile device can receive communications, etc. Wireless technology used by the device). (v) A mobile device that has been hotlined in view of the commercial credit status of the identified mobile device, such as good credit status, overdue payments, and timely payments for services. Theft device, etc. The first access level, eg, almost any or all femto APs deployed as part of the corporate femto network 100, can service the identified mobile device. The default or initial access level can be modified later, at least in part, based on the additional signaling received by the routing platform 110. As an example, a set of permit or deny criteria can include at least one of the following: (i) A valid mobile device identifier, such as a radio device number such as IMSI, MSISDN, or other code or token. (ii) An active mobile device identifier or an identifier flagged for updating, such as an identifier that corresponds to a previous telephone number that should be updated to the current number. (iii) The state of the selected (eg opt-in) or non-selected (eg opt-out) flag to be included in the whitelist, the state being, for example, the K-bit word in the entry for the mobile device in the subscriber database. K is a natural number). (iv) The operating capability of the identified mobile device (eg, 2nd generation (2G), 3rd generation (3G), 4th generation (4G) technology, radio frequency band in which the mobile device can receive communications, etc. Wireless technology used by the device). (v) A mobile device that has been hotlined in view of the commercial credit status of the identified mobile device, such as good credit status, overdue payments, and timely payments for services. Theft device, etc. The first access level, eg, almost any or all femto APs deployed as part of the corporate femto network 100, can service the identified mobile device. The default or initial access level can be modified later, at least in part, based on the additional signaling received by the routing platform 110. As an example, a set of permit or deny criteria can include at least one of the following: (i) A valid mobile device identifier, such as a radio device number such as IMSI, MSISDN, or other code or token. (ii) An active mobile device identifier or an identifier flagged for updating, such as an identifier that corresponds to a previous telephone number that should be updated to the current number. (iii) The state of the selected (eg opt-in) or non-selected (eg opt-out) flag to be included in the whitelist, the state being, for example, the K-bit word in the entry for the mobile device in the subscriber database. K is a natural number). (iv) The operating capability of the identified mobile device (eg, 2nd generation (2G), 3rd generation (3G), 4th generation (4G) technology, radio frequency band in which the mobile device can receive communications, etc. Wireless technology used by the device). (v) A mobile device that has been hotlined in view of the commercial credit status of the identified mobile device, such as good credit status, overdue payments, and timely payments for services. Theft device, etc. .. (i) A valid mobile device identifier, such as a radio device number such as IMSI, MSISDN, or other code or token. (ii) An active mobile device identifier or an identifier flagged for updating, such as an identifier that corresponds to a previous telephone number that should be updated to the current number. (iii) The state of the selected (eg opt-in) or non-selected (eg opt-out) flag to be included in the whitelist, the state being, for example, the K-bit word in the entry for the mobile device in the subscriber database. K is a natural number). (iv) The operating capability of the identified mobile device (eg, 2nd generation (2G), 3rd generation (3G), 4th generation (4G) technology, radio frequency band in which the mobile device can receive communications, etc. Wireless technology used by the device). (v) A mobile device that has been hotlined in view of the commercial credit status of the identified mobile device, such as good credit status, overdue payments, and timely payments for services. Theft device, etc. .. (i) A valid mobile device identifier, such as a radio device number such as IMSI, MSISDN, or other code or token. (ii) An active mobile device identifier or an identifier flagged for updating, such as an identifier that corresponds to a previous telephone number that should be updated to the current number. (iii) The state of the selected (eg opt-in) or non-selected (eg opt-out) flag to be included in the whitelist, the state being, for example, the K-bit word in the entry for the mobile device in the subscriber database. K is a natural number). (iv) The operating capability of the identified mobile device (eg, 2nd generation (2G), 3rd generation (3G), 4th generation (4G) technology, radio frequency band in which the mobile device can receive communications, etc. Wireless technology used by the device). (v) A mobile device that has been hotlined in view of the commercial credit status of the identified mobile device, such as good credit status, overdue payments, and timely payments for services. Theft device, etc.
In addition, router component 305 has at least two or more according to at least one of the traffic priority profiles or QoS classes (eg, best effort, maximum bit error rate (BER), guaranteed data transfer rate). A scheduler component 309 can be included to determine the quality of service (QoS) of communication between devices. In one aspect, during the provisioning of the femto AP, which can be done by the provisioning server within the femto network platform 130, the scheduler component 309 is provided with quality of service (QoS) or one or more contents, such as traffic. At least one of one or more queuing functions that can facilitate the management of signaling can be determined or configured. Scheduler component 309 can also make efficient use of the network or one or more resources by using load balancing techniques that can be performed by algorithms held in algorithm storage 351. It is possible.
In addition, scheduler component 309 utilizes one or more access lists 347 to manage access to one or more femto APs by one or more mobile devices in the enterprise femto architecture. Traffic between femto APs within, such as data packets, and signaling, such as management packets, can be routed. In one aspect, one or more access lists 347 can allow access to the femto AP, for example, this access list is a whitelist, or access services by one or more femto APs. One or more mobile devices that can be clearly identified and refused to do so and can trigger exception handling after one or more connection attempts made by the blacklisted mobile device. Can include a blacklist. In one aspect, exception handling may include allowing a connection to a femto AP, as discussed below, and notifying authorities.
Perform almost any or any handover (eg, soft handover) within Example 100 of a mesh femto network without accessing the femto network platform 130, eg, sending signaling or traffic to the femto network platform 130. To that end, the routing platform 110 can also set up and leverage one or more user plane connections. In one aspect, the routing component 110 is a femto AP104.<sub>λ</sub>Link between 114<sub>λ</sub>For example, the Iur interface can be utilized to enable soft handover. As shown in Embodiment 300, the routing platform 110 manages the handoff of the radio equipment serviced by the first femto AP to the second femto AP in the femto enterprise network architecture 100. The handover component 325 can be included. Handover component 325 has a hard or soft handoff, at least in accordance with a set of handover criteria (not shown) that can be configured by the wireless service provider based on events or on time. Can be carried out. In one aspect, a soft handover can be made based at least in part on at least one or more RF boundaries that can be set by the timing component, as discussed below. In the third embodiment, the memory 349 can hold a handover reference (not shown in FIG. 3).
The routing platform 110 is a network that is part of one or more external networks 140, such as a non-mobile broadband internet service network, a broadband digital cable network, or one of a macrocell networks. Equipment mainly serviced by 102<sub>3</sub>And femto AP104<sub>λ</sub>It can also enable the communication of one or more contents or traffic to and from a mobile device serviced by. In one aspect, device 102<sub>3</sub>Is a mobile device 102<sub>1</sub>It can be an IP TV (IPTV) tuner that can receive caller identification information when the routing platform 110 receives a call addressed to. Such a feature is such that the subscriber in the residence is associated with the mobile device 1021 and the subscriber is the device 1021.<sub>3</sub>It can be advantageous to notify the subscriber when leaving the mobile device 1021 while utilizing. In another aspect, if the company is a wholesale store or a large retail store, device 102<sub>3</sub>Is a femto AP in the corporate femto network system 100, eg 104<sub>2</sub>Mobile devices serviced by, for example 102<sub>2</sub>To provide customer assistance to consumers associated with, the routing platform 110 can be a VoIP (Voice over IP) transceiver within the customer service platform that can connect to its mobile device. An example of an enterprise femto network system A user device (UE) operating within 100 can be wirelessly connected to a femto AP or operably linked to a port within the routing platform 110. It can include any or any electronic device. In addition to the UE examples shown above, user devices include mobile phones, media players, digital cameras, digital media recorders such as digital video recorders (DVRs), laptop computers, and PDAs (mobile phones). Information terminals), personal computers, printers, scanners, digital photo frames, navigation devices such as GPS (World Positioning System) modules, game consoles, etc. may be included. Further, it can be seen that the UE can be mobile, fixed or pseudo-fixed, and wireless or moored.
In one aspect, during internal communication within the enterprise femto architecture 100, the routing platform 110 controls the femto network platform 130, eg, one or more gateway nodes within the femto network platform 130. A link can be established and maintained, and this control link can be used by the femto network platform 130 via a billing server to handle billing charges, but billing processing is one such as the IMS network. Or it should be understood that it can be done by the application layer in one of multiple external networks 140. In Embodiment 300, billing component 335 relates to a billing server that can apply various charges, for example, for internal communication within the corporate femto network architecture 100 and external communication with the femto network platform 130. It is possible to establish this control link and make it possible to propagate the control link to the femto network platform 130 in order to update the billing database. Charges related to internal communications can be lower than charges associated with external communications. In the event of a failure within the femto network platform 130, this control link is routed to memory within the routing platform 110, such as a buffer, so that internal communication within the mesh femto network 100 can continue uninterrupted. It can also be held in. When the femto network platform 130 resumes one or more operations, the control data it holds can be transferred to the femto network platform 130 for billing purposes.
Example 100 of an enterprise femto network system can also provide multiple billing schemes associated with the wireless service provider operating Example 100 of this femto network architecture. In the third embodiment 300, the billing method can be held in the memory 249. In one aspect, this one or more billing schemes may be at least partially determined by one or more access settings held within one or more access lists 347. In one example of the billing scheme, if the wireless service provider propagates the traffic received on router platform 102, for example, through one or more backhaul links 118, eg, the Iuh interface, to femto network platform 130. A fixed rate can be imposed for external communications, while internal communications within Example 100 of a corporate femto network architecture can be free. In these billing examples, it should be noted that wireless service providers can charge fees for maintenance associated with this mesh femto network. In another billing example, the wireless service provider can perform maintenance on the mesh femto network 100 for free, but imposes a high rate on external communication with the femto network platform 130. Low rates can be imposed on internal communications within the mesh femto network. It should be understood that this specification is not limited to one or more billing schemes for the above description, and that almost any or any billing scheme can be set up and used. Wireless service providers may set or predefine billing charges, at least in part, based on criteria such as customer segment served, promotional campaigns to be conducted, market, operating costs, and so on. In Example 300, the billing component 335 is a femto enterprise femto networker. One or more billing schemes can be set up and enforced, at least in part, for the traffic serviced within Texture 100, or for traffic sent to or received from the Femto Network Platform. In addition, the billing component 335 is driven by the available network bandwidth, the load of one or more femto APs deployed within the corporate femto network system, and the routing platform 110 for such configured billing charges. It can be modified dynamically, for example over time, based at least in part on operational conditions such as traffic volume.
In one aspect, the routing platform 110 is a VLAN for voice or data traffic on the user plane, control signaling carried over at least part of one or more links 1141 that can be implemented by the Iur interface. Can manage a variety of one or more virtual local area networks (VLANs), including VLANs for, one or more of the VLANs for control signaling transmitted to the femto network platform 130, etc. .. In one example, the routing platform 110 can enable bandwidth management for these various VLANs.
As shown in Embodiment 300, the routing platform 110 follows one or more aspects of the innovation so that virtually any or any component within the routing platform 110 is at least partially functional. Includes one or more processors 345 that are configured or given. One or more processors 345 are illustrated as being outside of various functional elements or components of Routing Platform 110, while one or more processors 345 are distributed among such various functional elements or components. be able to. One or more processors 345 can be implemented by a memory bus, a system bus, an address bus, or one or more reference links, or at least one of one or more reference interfaces. Bus 357 is functionally coupled to each functional element or component and memory 349. One or more processors 345 store in memory 349 the information needed to operate at least partially and / or give each of the components present in the routing platform 110, from which information is stored. Can be obtained. This information can include at least one of code instructions, data structures, program modules, and so on.
At least one advantage of Example 100 of the Femto Enterprise Architecture is that the architecture can include backhaul network traffic, or provisioned femto APs and controller nodes 120 that are part of this femto enterprise network. To reduce at least one of the signaling to and from the femto network platform.
At least another advantage of the Femto Enterprise Architecture Example 100 is that routing is self-healing, for example, the femto AP of interest is not functioning, or the wireless communication by that femto AP is otherwise compromised. If so, traffic can be routed through an alternative femto AP. In addition, data and signaling can be cached or recorded for later use to reduce communication disruptions, at least in part.
At least a further advantage of Example 100 of an enterprise femto network architecture is that the architecture is a mobile device served by a femto wide area radio access network or wide area network that may be for private branch communication or mobile or other. It is possible to reduce the use of private branch exchange (PBX) resources or Internet Protocol (IP) -PBX resources for communication between.
FIG. 4 shows an embodiment 400 of a femto access point that can be deployed within a femto enterprise network according to aspects described herein. Femto AP410 is Femto AP104<sub>1</sub>~104<sub>N</sub>One or more of them can be exemplified. In Embodiment 400, the femto AP410 is a set of antennas 414 with a natural Q.<sub>1</sub>~414<sub>Q</sub>Sending and receiving one or more signals to and from a radio device, such as a radio port or router, such as a femto access point, access terminal, routing platform 110 and one or more ports within it. Can be done. Antenna 414<sub>1</sub>~414<sub>Q</sub>Is part of Communication Platform 405, which comprises electronic components and associated circuits that process / manipulate one or more signals to be received and one or more signals to be transmitted. .. Its electronic components and circuits decode or decode one or more signals transmitted to the femto AP410 with a variety of different radio technologies, or encode one or more signals sent from the femto AP410 according to various radio technology standards. It can include a set of one or more chipsets, eg, one or more multimode chipsets 413, which at least partially enable at least one of them. In one aspect, the communications platform 405 is (i) eg, one or more deployed Earth Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS).<sub>S</sub>) Is generated and according to the aspects described herein, when GPS signaling such as a timing message relayed by a routing platform, eg, 110, to a femto AP410, or (ii) a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag is activated. One or more signals received from the tag can be decoded using one or more multimode chipsets 413 at least in part.
In one aspect, the communication platform 405 includes a receiver / transmitter 407 capable of converting a signal from analog to digital on reception and digital to analog on transmission. In addition, receiver / transmitter 407 splits a single data stream into multiple parallel data streams and vice versa (reciprocal). operation) can be performed. The receiver / transmitter 407 is coupled with a multiplexer / demultiplexer 409 that facilitates signal manipulation in space-time and frequency space. The electronic component 409 has various multiplexing such as time division multiplexing (TDM), frequency division multiplexing (FDM), orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), code division multiplexing (CDM), and spatial division multiplexing (SDM). Information (data or traffic, and control or signaling) can be multiplexed according to the method. In addition, the multiplexer / demultiplexer component 409 informs (eg, code) according to virtually any code known in the art, such as the Hadamard-Walsh code, Baker code, scramble code, polymorphic code, etc. Can be scrambled and spread. Modulator / demodulator component 411 is also part of communication platform 405, including frequency modulation, amplitude modulation (eg M-ary quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) where M is a positive integer), phase shift keying (PSK), etc. Information can be modulated according to multiple modulation techniques. In one aspect, the one or more multimode chipsets 413 configure the multiplexer / demultiplexer component 409 and the modulator / demodulator component to operate according to various radio technologies associated with the protocol or standard. , Can be enabled. One or more processors 485 are also functionally connected to the communication platform 405 to perform multiplexing / demultiplexing, such as performing direct and inverse Fast Fourier Transforms or Hadamard transforms, and modulating / demodulating data streams. It can enable manipulation of data for (eg, symbols, bits or chips).
The femto access point 410 also includes an RC node 105, which allocates a radio resource, eg, a resource block, to a mobile device serviced by the femto AP410, and a mobile device and radio serviced by the femto AP410. Traffic between functional devices can be scheduled. In one aspect, RC node 105 can schedule traffic according to at least one of semi-persistent scheduling, round robin scheduling, or proportional fair scheduling. Depending on the radio resources allocated, RC node 425 has one or more data packets and one or more management packets for the exchange of traffic / signaling between the femto AP410 and the serviced mobile device. You can select one or more formats. Further, the RC node 105 can select the radio technology and the modulation format and coding method suitable for the radio technology. In one aspect, RC node 105 can set the operation of the femto AP410 to multi-input multi-output (MIMO) operation mode. Further, the RC node 105 can determine and set the transmission power of the communication performed via the femto AP410. In addition, RC node 105 has antenna 414 to obtain directivity of EM radiation used for communication or to form a coverage area near femto AP410.<sub>1</sub>~414<sub>Q</sub>One or more of them can be set, which can reduce dead spots or areas that are weakly covered. Traffic and signaling can be exchanged with a routing platform, such as 110, via RC node 105.
In embodiment 400, a mobile device (eg, 102) in which the scanner component 415 decodes the received radio signal and thus connects to or attempts to connect to the femto AP410.<sub>1</sub>) Can be determined to be able to extract at least an index, and access can be granted or denied based on at least partly on one or more access lists 498. In addition, the scanner component 415 may be used to estimate the distance from the femto AP410 of a mobile device or device with wireless capabilities, one or more received as part of a flight time (TOF) measurement. Radio signal can be decoded. In one aspect, the femto AP410 can receive signaling that configures one or more clock layers 445 to make TOF measurements, and the configuration includes clocks in one or more clock layers 425. Selecting a source (not shown) may be included. It should also be noted that one or more clock layers 445 can be configured to relay timing messages or timing information generated by external clocks. The TOF measurement evaluates the timing of propagation of radio signals between a femto AP and a device with one or more wireless functions, and this TOF measurement includes round-trip time (RTT) measurement, arrival time (TOA) measurement, and arrival. At least one of time difference (TDOA) measurement, arrival angle (AOA) measurement, etc. can be included.
Through communication platform 405 and one or more of its multimode chipsets 413, at least in part, the scanner component 415 provides all EM frequency bands authorized by the service provider (eg, personal communications services (eg, personal communications services). PCS), Advanced Wireless Services (AWS), General Wireless Communications Services (GWCS), etc.), All currently available unlicensed frequency bands for telecommunications (eg 2.4GHz Industrial, Medical and Scientific (IMS)) A set of EM frequencies that can include bands and one or more of a set of 5 GHz bands) and all EM frequency bands that are in operation and not authorized to their service provider. It should be pointed out that one or more radio signals in the band can be examined. In addition, Scanner Component 415 includes Wi-Fi, BlueTooth, IS-95, WiMAX, 3GPP2, UMB, Extended GPRS, 3GPP UMTS, 3GPP. One or more radio signals can be examined by a set of configurable and upgradeable radio technologies, including one or more of LTE, HSPA, HSDPA, HSUPA, or LTE extensions. To allow one or more processors 485 to telecommunications and scan according to preconfigured demodulation and demultiplexing protocols associated with wireless technology, the communication platform 405 may use wireless technology (eg IS- 95, WiMAX, etc.) can be switched, and the instructions required to implement such a protocol may be in memory 495. The agility of these radio technologies is a mobile device that operates on different radio technologies or collects one or more pilot signals that are modulated and encoded according to various technologies, such as 102.<sub>1</sub>And 102<sub>2</sub>Can be serviced to.
To perform the scan, the scanner component 415 makes at least partially leverage the communication platform 405 and the electronic components within it. In one aspect, one or more scanner components 212 can configure transceiver 407 to collect signals within a particular frequency carrier, such as a frequency channel. Such settings are the uplink (UL) carrier frequency or channel number associated with the communication of one or more mobile devices within the corporate femto network 100 and near the femto AP410, and another near the femto AP410. It is possible to identify the transport frequency of the downlink (DL) of the femto AP. The RC node 425 can send information that identifies the carrier frequency extracted by scanning the wireless environment of the femto AP410. Such carrier frequency information is sent to a routing platform, eg 110, that can aggregate the carrier frequency information to form a carrier frequency map of telecommunications within the coverage area of the corporate femto network.
The scanner component 415 is a mobile device that is serviced to at least partially perform a handover from the femto AP410 to another target femto AP, eg 102.<sub>1</sub>Data on uplink (UL) signal strength and signal quality related to can also be collected. At least for that purpose, the scanner component 415 can collect one or more sounding signals of UL and analyze one or more of those signals to determine the channel quality or strength of the DL. It can be made possible by using one or more processors 485 at least in part. In one aspect, signal strength can be determined by the received signal strength indicator (RSSI) or received signal code power (RSCP), while quality is signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Signal-to-noise ratio (SNIR), or energy vs. total received power per chip (E)<sub>c</sub>/ N<sub>0</sub>) And other metrics.
In addition, the femto AP410 includes a display interface 455 that can display functions that control the functionality of the femto AP410 or indicate the operating state of the femto AP410. In addition, the display interface 1812 can include a screen for communicating information to the end user. In one aspect, the display interface 455 can be implemented by a liquid crystal display (LCD), a plasma panel, a monolithic thin film based electrochromic display, or the like. In addition, the display interface 455 is a component (eg, one or more speakers) that facilitates the communication of auditory features that can be used in connection with messages that convey operational instructions to the end user or consumer. Can also be included. The display interface 1812 allows the femto AP410 to receive external commands such as restart operations, flushing memory and buffers, and setting access lists, data entry (eg, via a linked keypad or touch gesture). Can also be made possible.
Broadband network interface 475 is one or more links 114 that can enable input and output data / signaling flows, as described herein.<sub>λ</sub>Allows the femto AP410 to connect to a routing platform over one or more broadband links, such as. In one aspect, the broadband network interface 475 can include a port component that has substantially the same or functional aspects or features as the port component 315. Broadband network interfaces 1814 may be internal or external to the femto AP1805 and utilize the display interface 1812 for at least one of end-user interaction or state information. Can be done. One or more processors 485 can be in broadband network interface 475, such as the operation of one or more ports, such as switching the voltage to a dry contact state or the IP address to a port. Logical address assignments can be set at least partially. It should be noted that RC node 425 can make at least part of the allocation of one or more logical addresses to a port in a broadband network interface.
The femto AP410 also includes an RFID actuating component 465, also referred to herein as an RFID actuator 465, which activates an RFID tag and in response one or more RFs received from that RFID tag. In order to obtain the information in the RFID tag by decoding the packet, a specific control packet can be transmitted in the pilot signal via the communication platform 405. The working logic 496 stored in memory 495 can include one or more working protocols and a code sequence hypothesis for decoding the information held within the RFID tag.
Memory 495 is a data structure, code instruction, and program module, or virtually any type of software or firmware, system or device information, code sequence hypothesis, and modulation and multiplexing hypothesis, spread and pilot transmission, femto AP floor. Plan settings can be retained. In addition, memory 495 is a biometric such as one or more contents (eg multimedia files, subscriber-generated data), security credentials (eg passwords, encryption keys, digital certificates, voice recordings, irises, fingerprints, etc.) It can hold a metric reference indicator) and so on.
One or more processors 485 bus 411 to one or more components, platforms, one or more interfaces, one or more layers, and virtually any or any functional element within a femto AP410. Functionally connected via. Bus 411 can be implemented by a memory bus, a system bus, an address bus, or at least one of one or more reference links, or one or more reference interfaces. In one aspect, one or more processors 485 store information in memory 495 and retrieve information from it to operate its functions, or components, platforms, one or more in the femto AP410. Functionally coupled to memory 495 via a memory bus, eg, in at least part of bus 411, to provide functionality to an interface, one or more layers, and virtually any or any functional element. ..
FIG. 5 shows a diagram of Example 500 of an embodiment of a corporate femto network that enables the collection and utilization of location data according to aspects of the innovation. The position data can include one or more position estimates of an entity attached to a mobile device or a device with wireless capabilities. Routing platform 510 is Femto AP520<sub>1</sub>~520<sub>4</sub>Set clock layers within each, eg, synchronize to manage time-of-flight (TOF) measurements of propagation timing of one or more radio signals, such as one or more control signals, eg trigger, start, end, etc. , Can be, this is Femto AP520<sub>1</sub>~520<sub>4</sub>It is possible to estimate the distance of one or more of a mobile device (eg, mobile 430) or a device with wireless capabilities (eg, 542) from one or more of them. Such distance or range estimation can allow the routing platform 510 to resolve the position estimation of the mobile device 530 or the device 542 with wireless capabilities. As an example, the routing platform 510 can triangulate the position of the mobile device 530, and the dotted lines near the mobile device 530 and through the mobile device 530 are the femto AP520.<sub>1</sub>、520<sub>2</sub>, And 520<sub>3</sub>Shows the triangulation performed through. In addition, the routing platform 510 can triangulate the position of device 542 and thus provide an estimate of the position of entity 540 that is spatially associated with that device, for example that entity can be a vehicle and of that vehicle. The navigation device can be device 542. The memory in the routing platform 510 can hold criteria for determining if it is an entity 540 that is spatially associated with device 542. Referring to Example 250, in a femto enterprise network deployed in a plurality of coverage areas, location estimation can be generated by distance estimation generated by timing measurements performed by at least four femto APs. I will point out. As an example, Femto AP520<sub>1</sub>TOF measurements made with at least a partial set of TOF bands or edges 532<sub>1</sub>~532<sub>4</sub>Can be brought. The width of the TOF band Δ532 is mainly determined by the timing advance (TA) specified by the clock source, which determines the chip structure associated with one or more pilot radio signals. Although not shown, other femto APs are also femto AP520.<sub>1</sub>It should be pointed out that it is possible to generate a TOF band structure such as the TOF band structure related to.
One or more location estimates can be communicated to consumer layer 580, one or more of which location estimates are available as part of a navigation service or location services. The routing platform can use this one or more location estimates for short message service (SMS) communication, multimedia message service (MMS) communication, unstructured supplementary service data (USSD) message, and email communication. , Or as at least one of the instant messages. In addition, one or more position estimates can be sent by lower level signaling, such as in a packet header or in a set of one or more bits in one or more control frames. In one aspect, sending location estimates is at least partially related to delivering content to the femto network platform 130, as described above. A gateway node that is part of one or more gateway nodes 545 can propagate this location estimation to a gateway node in one or more external networks 570, which gateway node has. The location estimate can be relayed to a service node within its external network to send the location estimate to consumer layer 580. In one aspect, the one or more external networks 570 can be an IMS network or almost any or any packet-switched network.
Consumer layer 580 may include one or more devices operated by one or more subscribers or prosumers. As an example, the consumer layer can be a mobile device associated with the owner or lessor of entity 540. In one scenario, coverage area 505 can be a multi-floor or single-floor parking lot, and entity 540 can be a vehicle for which routing platform 510 generates location estimates when parked. This position estimation of the parked vehicle can be provided to the consumer layer based on various criteria, such as when the registered mobile device re-enters the parking lot after the vehicle is parked. Alternatively, or in addition, position estimation may be provided in connection with the vehicle based on a request from a subscriber operating a mobile device, and a request for position estimation of the vehicle may be an SMS message, electronic. This can be done by dialing the extension of a particular telephone number on the routing platform 510 that sends an email message or USSD code. As another example, the consumer layer 580 can be a law enforcement device and can provide one or more location estimates as part of the Interception Act (CALEA). In some scenarios, an interface (not shown) within consumer layer 580 can provide a blacklist consisting of one or more unique identifiers for each radio device. In Embodiment 600, the routing component 510 may keep its blacklist in memory, eg, in one or more access lists. When a blacklisted mobile device attempts to connect to a femto AP that is part of the femto enterprise network, the routing component 510, for example, detects the location of the blacklisted mobile device. By sending estimates, law enforcement equipment within consumer layer 580 can be alerted. In addition, or as an alternative
In one aspect of this innovation, the routing platform 510 is utilized for traffic to take advantage of the high pilot transmission power and increase the number of femto APs that generate distance estimates for performing triangulation. It is possible to configure the delivery and transmission of one or more control signals, which are different from, at least partially used in TOF measurements on one or more channels or one or more frequency carriers. It should be understood that using a dedicated carrier for, for example, orthogonal triangulation, which is different from the carrier used for voice and data, can reduce the interference that can occur by generating position estimates. is there. As an example, a femto AP can carry one or more pilot signals for TOF measurements within a carrier wave in an unlicensed electromagnetic (EM) radiation band, while the femto AP is voice and Data can be carried within the channels of the licensed EM radiation band.
In one embodiment of the routing platform 510 shown in FIG. 6, the position engine 605 can generate one or more position estimates by triangulation. At least for that, timing component 607 allows routing component 510 to set up and control TOF measurements, and analysis component 609 leverages the data collected by timing measurements to calculate position estimates by triangulation. , The algorithm storage unit 351 can hold a code instruction for performing triangulation at the time of execution. In one aspect, the analysis component 419 selects a propagation model held in the algorithm storage to include probabilistic aspects of propagation such as multipath and other diffusion, shading, and path loss in the calculation of position estimation. be able to. One or more position estimates can be held in the position information unit 615.
The routing component 510 is based on at least partly based on the resolution hierarchy of one or more position estimates generated and the aspects of the associated position service, such as coarse resolution or, for example, the complexity of timing settings. It is also possible to control the selection of clock sources sufficient for fine resolution position estimation. (1) For routing of specific content, such as content offloaded from a wide area network (WAN) to corporate femto coverage area 505, the service femto AP's unique identifier (ID) and mobile device 530 or mobile. It may be sufficient to associate it with the unique ID of device 530, and one or more external networks 570 can implement the WAN. In embodiment 600, location information unit 615 maps one or more unique femto IDs associated with each provisioned femto AP, and 520.<sub>1</sub>~520<sub>4</sub>Can include deployment configurations of femto APs such as. (2) To perform a position-based handover from the first femto AP to the second femto AP, at least in part, the routing component 510 can enable the handover of the provisioned femto AP. A clock source can be selected that provides a TOF band width of Δ534 between, for example, Δ / Δ'= 0.1, which is less than the inherent interval Δ'. In Embodiment 600, the clock source selection can be performed at least partially through the timing component 607. As an example, Δ'can be calculated as the average of the nearest neighbor distances between femto APs. In addition, directional decomposition can be performed to further refine position estimation to specific tiles to distinguish femto APs that are substantially equal or close to handover candidates. Azimuth-resolved timing measurements, such as the combination of AOA and RTT, are in the TOF band, eg 532.<sub>3</sub>Instead, you can ask for tiles such as 536 (shown by thick lines). 520<sub>1</sub>A pair of two or more antennas in a femto AP, such as, can be configured by the routing component 510 and used to result in directional decomposition, and the timing component 607 allows such configuration at least partially. You should understand that you can. (3) Tracking of entity 540 related to mobile device 530 or device 540 with wireless function enables triangulation of mobile device 530 or device 540 and is extremely accurate, eg, at a resolution of about 1 m. Finer resolution is needed to extract the estimates. To enable high resolution triangulation, the routing platform 510 provides a clock that provides timing advance (TA) so that Δ534 is narrow enough (eg 1 m) to result in higher resolution triangulation. You can choose the source. In Embodiment 600, the timing component 607 can select the clock source. One or more location estimates can be kept in memory that is part of the routing component 510 and propagated within or outside the boundaries of the coverage area of the corporate femto network. Can be done.
The routing component 510 leverages artificial intelligence (AI) or machine learning methods to infer satisfactory or optimal timing resolution to generate position estimates with spatial resolution suitable for a given location service (eg,). In a control scenario, you can make inferences and draw conclusions based on a set of metrics, arguments, or known results). Inference is at least in cost-effectiveness analysis that determines the trade-offs between signaling costs, such as clock selection, signaling triggers, carrier selection and communication, for the benefit of knowing the exact location of the mobile device. Can be partially based. In embodiment 600, timing component 607 can perform this cost-effectiveness analysis. The machine learning method can be stored in the algorithm storage unit 351.
Artificial intelligence or machine learning techniques typically include advanced mathematical algorithms such as decision trees, neural networks, regression analysis, principal component analysis (PCA) for extracting features and patterns, cluster analysis, and genetic algorithms. , Or apply reinforcement learning to a set of data. Specifically, the handover component 254 or any one or more of its components is one of a number of methods for learning from the data and deriving inference results from the model so constructed. Can be used. Such a methodology can be held in memory 260. For example, a hidden Markov model (HMM) and related archetypal dependency models can be used. Common probabilistic graphical models such as the Dempsta-Schafer network and the Bayesian network created by structural exploration using Bayesian model scores or approximations are also available. In addition, linear classifiers such as Support Vector Machines (SVMs), non-linear classifiers such as "neural network" method systems, and methods called fuzzy logic method systems can also be used. In addition, game-theoretic models (eg, game trees, game matrices, pure and mixed strategies, utility algorithms, Nash equilibrium, evolutionary game theory, etc.), and other techniques for data fusion, etc. can be leveraged. ..
Figure 7A shows Figure 700 of a femto enterprise network architecture that allows the collection of mobile location data according to aspects of this innovation. The routing platform 610 can collect timing messages from one or more satellites via one or more antennas 625, the Earth Navigation Satellite System (GNNS), also referred to herein as GNSS receiver 620. Receive a timing message or one or more timing criteria from receiver component 620. In one aspect, the GNSS receiver 620 can be exposed outdoors, at least part of which is NID, eg NID 210.<sub>2</sub>It may be inside. Femto AP520<sub>1</sub>~520<sub>4</sub>Timestamps one or more control messages or one or more sounding signals transmitted by the mobile device 430, thus allowing it to generate position estimates based at least in part on triangulation. Can generate one or more distance estimates.
FIG. 7B shows a diagram of embodiment 650 of a femto enterprise network architecture that allows the collection of mobile location data according to aspects of the innovation. In one aspect, the GNSS receiver 620 for one or more timing messages is functionally connected to the femto network platform 660, which femto network platform 660 is one or more gateway nodes 545. The one or more timing messages can be relayed through. The GNSS receiver 620 is a femto network platform 660 and a femto AP520.<sub>1</sub>~520<sub>4</sub>It should be understood that it can be part of the Assisted GPS (AGPS) infrastructure provided by the network operator that operates.
In embodiments 700 and 750, the routing platform 710 is shown to be simpler than the routing platform 510. As shown in Figure 8, the position engine 805 does not include a timing component, but rather the position engine 805 acts as a passthrough for one or more timing messages received from the GNSS receiver 720. Analysis component 807 can operate in substantially the same way as analysis component 809. Specifically, the analysis component 807 receives timing signaling, eg, a record of time-stamped messages originating from multiple femto APs, and utilizes such signaling to perform triangulation and one of the associated mobile devices 530. One or more position estimates can be performed.
FIG. 9 shows an example 900 of a system that allows customized items to be moved, at least partially through an example of a femto network architecture, according to aspects described herein. Interface component 950 allows subscribers or prosumers to set up a wish list 955 of one or more items identified within a remote 905 containing the corporate femto network architecture. The interface component can send the wish list 955 to one or more external networks 940 via one or more links 965, which can be one or more broadband backhaul links. .. For example, one or more external networks can be broadband non-mobile networks that provide Internet services. One or more external networks 940 can convey one or more wishlists 955 to the femto network platform 130, which femto network platform 130 communicates the one or more wishlists 955. It can be relayed to controller node 120, eg, a wireless network controller in a 3GPP UMTS telecommunications architecture.
Controller component 120 can send one or more wish lists 955 to routing component 910, which routing component 910 is one or more listed in one or more wish lists 955. Can generate a set of positions for one or more items, one or more RFID tags, eg 925<sub>1</sub>~925<sub>10</sub>Contact. Therefore, a set of generated position estimates can be mapped to one or more tagged items. In one aspect, the routing component 910 places the mobile device 930 within the coverage area 905 of the corporate femto network, illustrated by the black arrow in FIG. 9, and the mobile device 930 is within the coverage area 905. In response to connecting to a femto AP, the mobile device 930 can resolve the position estimation of one or more items in one or more wish lists 955, and the mobile device 930 has one or more wishes. Tie to the subscriber or prosumer who set up Listing 955. Alternatively, or in addition, the routing component 910 may be a schedule held as part of a location unit within the routing platform 910, such as 615, or an RFID tag 925 within a relocation or coverage area 905.<sub>1</sub>~925<sub>10</sub>One or more of this set of position estimates can be generated according to at least one of the events, such as relocation of.
Generating a position estimate for an item in the wish list 955 is a set of femto APs, eg 920.<sub>6</sub>、920<sub>7</sub>, And 920<sub>8</sub>One or more RFID tags 925, depending on one or more pilot signals sent by<sub>1</sub>~925<sub>10</sub>RFID actuator 465, which can be searched remotely, can be realized at least partially. Examining one or more RFID tags can allow triangulation of each tag and thus generate one or more respective position estimates, which are described herein. It can be carried out by the position engine within the routing component 910, at least in part according to the aspects described in the document. In one embodiment 1000 of the routing platform 910 shown in FIG. 10, the multimode position engine 1005 can perform triangulation of the RFID tag position. The multimode position engine 1005 includes a switch component 1008 that can switch the functionality of this multimode position engine, at least in part, based on the timing capabilities of the routing platform 910. In one aspect, if the routing platform 910 can supply timing settings to one or more femto APs, the switch component 1008 will operate the multimode position engine in substantially the same or the same mode of operation as the position engine 605. Can be set to. Alternatively, if the routing platform 910 leverages external timing information to time a set of femto APs that provide wireless services to the corporate femto network, switch component 1008 is a multimode position engine. Can be set to substantially the same or the same behavior as the position engine 805. It should be understood that the multimode position engine 1005 includes analysis component 807 (not shown in Figure 10), timing component 607, and analysis component 609 (all not shown in Figure 10).
One or more femto AP920<sub>1</sub>~920<sub>9</sub>Can include RFID operating logic held in memory in those femto APs, eg 496, which allows it to send pilot signals to RFID tags, collect timing data and perform triangulation. Perform one or more TOF measurements to enable. This pilot signal can be carried in a frequency carrier separate from the EM radiation band used to communicate over one or more femto APs, and thus one or more without significant interference. Multiple RFID tags 925<sub>1</sub>~925<sub>10</sub>You can contact us. One or more femto APs can also decrypt the information held within one or more RFID tags queried and relay that information to routing platform 810, which routing platform 810 At least one of holding the information in memory, such as memory 349, or adjusting the information can be done. It should be noted that this information can include at least one of product identification or product price. In one aspect, adjusting the information can be intended to adjust the pricing of one or more items identified by one or more RFID tags being searched.
FIG. 11 is a block diagram of an example of a system that enables on-site networking by a corporate femto network according to the aspects described herein. The routing platform 1110 is functionally connected to a set of one or more femto AP1120s, the femto AP1120 having limited or nearly limited space on a single floor or multiple floors. Affect the area. Based on location within that coverage area, or at least one of one or more access lists, eg, one or more access privileges or one or more access rights specified by 353 or 498. , A femto AP out of a set of femto APs 1120 can service the mobile device 1130 via a wireless link 1135. Routing Platform 1110 is also functionally coupled to commercial component 1140 via reference links, reference interfaces, or one or more links 1136 that can be traditional wired / wireless links. This commercial component 1140 can at least partially enable the consumption of one or more commercial transactions or one or more services. In addition, commercial component 1140 may supply, eg, send or give one or more financial incentives to a mobile or other device, the one or more financial incentives being one or more commercial. It may be used in at least one of a transaction or consumption of one or more services. It should be noted that the routing platform 1110 has substantially the same or the same functionality as the routing platform 910 described herein.
Commercial component 1140 includes a profile generator 1142 that sets up commercial profile 1159, which commercial profile 1159 is a subscriber or a group of multiple subscribers, such as a consumer segment, and one subscriber or Tie to mobile equipment used by subscribers within the consumer segment. The settings can include creating an attribute and persisting that attribute in memory 1150. In one aspect, commercial profile 1159 is a subscription to one or more billing accounts, subject to commercial profile, who are allowed to charge fees related to commercial transactions or consumption of one or more services. It may include one or more incentive programs related to a person, or at least one of the preferred brand or product characteristics. Profile generator 1142 can receive commercial information related to that one subscriber or consumer segment, eg, via data 1139. In addition, profile generator 1142 has been commercialized by equipment, mobiles, or other methods serviced by one or more of the femto APs in a set of one or more femto APs. Machine learning method schemes such as those described above can be utilized to autonomously generate a commercial profile 1159 based on at least a portion of the transaction.
Trading component 1144 can at least partially enable one or more commercial transactions over a femto enterprise network. In addition, trading component 1144 can monitor and record commercial transactions, and records can be retained in the trading database 1156. In addition, trading component 1144 may send one or more financial incentives or one or more coupons to the mobile device 1130 via at least part of the data 1139, one or more of which incentives. Alternatively, one or more coupons are relayed by the routing platform 1110 to the femto APs in pair 1120 servicing the mobile device 1130. It should be noted that one or more incentives can also be sent to non-mobile devices or devices with wireless capabilities. Sending one or more incentives or one or more coupons is addressed to coupon storage 1153 to receive one or more incentives or one or more coupons for later use in commercial transactions. It can also be tied to a side device, eg, logically associated or given. In one aspect, one or more incentives or one or more coupons are sent, at least partially based on at least one of the locations of the mobile device 1130 within the coverage area of the corporate femto network. Or can be given. As an example, in a scenario where this femto corporate network is deployed in a supermarket store, one or more specific mobile devices 1130 connect to a part of this supermarket, eg, a femto AP that provides wireless services to the meat sector. One or more coupons for meat can be supplied, eg, sent or given to the mobile 1130 or the consumer associated with the mobile 1130.
In order to send or give one or more incentives or one or more coupons, Trading Component 1144 may generate a set of one or more incentives or one or more coupons. Can be instructed to. Generating one or more incentives or one or more coupons can be at least partially based on the location of the mobile device 1130 or any other device that receives one or more coupons. In one aspect, the trading component 1144 may provide one or more position estimates for the mobile device 1130 as part of a directive to generate one or more incentives or one or more coupons. it can. In addition, transaction component 1144 can at least partially handle billing charges for purchases or services caused by mobile device 1130. Processing of this charge may include fulfilling one or more coupons provided at the time of purchase through the mobile device 1130 or given to the mobile device 1130. In one aspect, one or more point-of-sale (POS) devices 1170 can provide proof of transaction to commercial component 1140. Alternatively, or in addition, one or more point-of-sale devices 1170 provide transaction proof signaling to the femto APs in a set of femto APs 1120s that serve an area of the femto enterprise network where the one or more point-of-sale devices 1170 are located. It can be told, for example, in a supermarket store, such a femto AP is a femto AP that serves the area where the cashier is located. In one aspect, one or more POS devices 1170 can be deployed by a service provider that manages the corporate femto network. Alternatively, or in addition, a business operator who utilizes, for example, contracts, wireless services provided by the company's femto network.
It should be noted that in one or more additional or alternative embodiments, the commercial component 1140 can reside within the routing platform 1110. In such a scenario, one or more links 1136 can be part of a bus that functionally connects components or any other functional element or circuit within routing platform 1110, such as 1163.
In example 1100 of the system, the commercial component 1140 is configured and imparted to at least partially provide functionality to virtually any or any component within the commercial component 1140 in accordance with one or more aspects of this innovation, 1 Includes one or more processors 1148. One or more processors 1148 are illustrated as being external to various functional elements or components of commercial component 1140, while one or more processors 1148 are distributed among such various functional elements or components. Can be done. One or more processors 1148 can be implemented by a memory bus, a system bus, an address bus, or one or more reference links, or at least one of one or more reference interfaces. Bus 1163 is functionally coupled to each functional element or component and memory 1150. One or more processors 1148 store in memory 1150 the information needed to operate at least partially and / or give each of the components present in commercial component 1140, and retrieve information from it. can do. This information can include at least one of code instructions, data structures, program modules, and so on. It should be noted that in one or more alternative embodiments, the processor 1148 may be outside the commercial component 1140, for example such a processor 1148 may be inside the routing platform 1110.
FIG. 12 is a block diagram of an embodiment 1200 of an incentive component 1146 that enables one or more aspects of a commercial component operating within a corporate femto network. Coupon generator 1202 issues one or more incentives of one or more types based at least in part on the location of the receiving device or at least one of the subscribers associated with that device. In one aspect, one or more incentives for at least three categories can be created, namely (i) loyalty program incentives, (ii) brand penetration coupons, and (iii) consumer base development. .. With respect to (i), loyalty program incentives can be at least partially based on consumer choices associated with user equipment, such as mobile device 1130. In one aspect, the loyalty program can be at least partially based on historical data about commercial transactions held in the transaction database 1156. It should be pointed out that the historical data used can target transactions related to consumer gatherings, which have a range of different customers. For example, historical data can contain transactions made by a set of consumers within a given time period, and the consumer segment is a set of commercial metrics such as quarterly spending levels and demographics, specific access. Group according to the consumers in the list, or one consumer.
In connection with (ii), one or more coupons or one or more incentives may be made to raise interest in a product or service and may be part of a promotional campaign for that product or service. it can. In one aspect, one or more coupons or one or more incentives shall be issued to the subscriber associated with the mobile device when the mobile connects to the femto AP in a set of femto APs 1120. Can be done.
In connection with (iii), one or more coupons or one or more incentives elicit a direct consumer response, eg, a consumer's footsteps or consumer interaction with a retail store or in-store sales floor. Intended for growth, consumer interaction can include one or more subscribers revisiting one or more retail stores within a corporate femto network. One or more coupons or one or more incentives shall be issued at least partially based on a group of consumers, such as all or almost all consumers, consumer segments, one consumer, etc. Can be done. In one aspect, the value or rate for the issuance of one or more coupons or one or more incentives can be at least partially based on the subscriber's segment or the commercial desire of one subscriber. , Commercial incentives can include certain solid credit history, bulk purchases, high royalties revealed by the length of the business relationship, and the like. In addition, coupons or incentives can be issued at least partially based on the time the subscriber station connects to the femto APs in a pair of femto APs 1120. For example, in a scenario where this femto corporate network is deployed within a shopping center, the coupon generator 1202 will be available from 11:30 am for one or more restaurants in the food court within that shopping center. One or more coupons or one or more incentives may be issued at 1:00 pm or at any lunch time.
One or more coupons or one or more incentives generated by Incentive Component 1146 can be subscriber-centric and can be customized to various granularities as described above for loyalty programs. it can. In one aspect, one or more coupons or one or more incentives are at least partially based on historical data about one or more commercial transactions, or one or more extraction patterns of that historical data. Can be customized at the single subscriber level. It should be noted that in one aspect, one or more patterns of one or more commercial transactions can be revealed by the trading component 1144 by the machine learning methodologies discussed above.
Security component 1204 can mitigate fraud in the consumption or performance of one or more coupons or one or more incentives. In one aspect, security component 1204 can provide security features to one or more issued coupons, which include encryption, password protection, biometric protection, or one or more. It can include virtually any security mechanism for digital content. Security component 1204 can generate security credentials such as passwords, encryption keys, digital certificates, biometric keys such as voice recordings, irises, and fingerprints. Security credentials can be kept in memory 1150. To provide security features or security credentials, security component 1204 can take advantage of one or more algorithms held within algorithm storage 1220, which can be part of memory 1150.
In embodiment 1200, incentive component 1146 provides accounting component 1206, which can at least partially enable billing and fulfillment of one or more coupons or one or more incentives issued. It can also be included. Accounting Component 1206 may record the collection or use of one or more coupons or one or more incentives, and such one or more records may be retained as part of Transaction Database 1156. it can. In one aspect, Accounting Component 1206 may monitor an access list and one or more coupons or one or more incentives associated with the subscribers associated with the access list.
Conversion Component 1208 may convert one or more issued coupons or one or more incentives of the first type to one or more coupons or one or more incentives of the second type. it can. This first type of one or more coupons, and the second type of one or more coupons, are extracted from the commercial profile held in memory element 1159 and a pair of one or more subscriptions. Can be related to a person. One or more exchange ratios are at least partial to a consumer segment or one consumer where one or more coupons of the first and second types or one or more incentives can be issued. Can be decided. In addition, one or more conversion ratios can be adjusted dynamically or based on specific events. Conversion of one or more coupons or one or more incentives is signaled by Accounting Component 1206 as part of billing processing or performance of one or more coupons or one or more incentives. Can be done.
FIG. 13 shows a block diagram of an example 1300 of a system that enables marketing within a corporate femto network according to aspects described herein. The routing platform 1110 is functionally coupled to marketing component 1301 via one or more links 1306 that can make signaling 1307 and data 1309 interchangeable. One or more links 1306 can be reference links, reference interfaces, or traditional wired / wireless links. Marketing component 1301 makes it possible to send advertisements to a mobile device 1130 based at least in part on the location of the mobile device 1130, or at least one of the subscribers associated with the mobile device 1130. .. In addition, marketing component 1310 can take advantage of one or more patterns of commercial transactions associated with subscribers associated with mobile device 1130. Advertisements can be communicated as part of data 1309, and routing platform 1110 can be relayed to femto APs servicing mobile device 1130, thus at no cost to subscribers associated with mobile device 1130. Advertisements can be delivered. Advertisements can be sent as SMS, MMS, email, IM, USSD messages, etc.
To send the advertisement, the marketing component 1301 can utilize the advertisement driver component 1302, which is also referred to herein as the advertisement driver 1302, which can extract the advertisement content according to the position estimation of the mobile device 1130. , The position estimate is sent by the routing platform 1110 with data 1309. In addition, the advertising driver 1302 can deliver the advertisement at least partially based on the time the mobile device 1130 connects to the femto APs in the set of femto APs 1120s. As an example, if a corporate femto network is deployed in a supermarket store, the advertising driver 1302 will have a frozen dinner against the mobile device 1130 that connects to the femto AP in a pair of femto AP1120s at or after dinner. You can send ads.
Advertising driver 1302 may include one or more opt-out indicators that can be set by signaling sent by mobile device 1130 to send ads in accordance with advertising impression criteria 1319, also referred to herein as impression criteria 1319. Can be done. Such signaling is received by the femto AP servicing the mobile device 1130 and can be relayed by the routing platform 1110 to the marketing component 1301 using the signaling 1307. The opt-out indicator or opt-out flag can be enforced by at least one of a logical variable or set of bits held within impression criteria 1319. In addition, the advertising driver 1302 can send advertisements based at least in part on a list of items received from subscribers associated with the mobile device 1130, such as a wish list 955. Routing platform 1110 can convey a list of this item using data 1309.
Marketing Component 1301 leverages advertising to generate business intelligence and one or more customized advertising for consumers conducting commercial transactions within an entity with a corporate femto network. You can also design campaigns or one or more services. Design component 1304 can receive signaling and carry out specific advertising campaigns according to specific impression criteria 1319. In addition, the data mining component 1306 can identify one or more responses to a particular advertisement and generate information related to one or more products or one or more services advertised. , That information can be kept in memory elements (eg registers, one or more files, databases or parts thereof) in Business Intelligence 1316.
Design component 1304 can leverage Business Intelligence 1316 to autonomously regulate advertising campaigns, or one or more products or services advertised, and one or more adjusted. Multiple advertisements can be retained in the storage 1313 of one or more advertisements. Autonomous regulation can be performed by utilizing the machine learning techniques described above. This coordinated advertising campaign, or one or more products or one or more services, may be sent by advertising driver 1302 to further collect business intelligence. In one aspect, a business operator using this corporate femto network or operating this corporate femto network at the completion of a set of advertising campaigns, a regulation cycle that can be defined as at least one of a given advertising time. At least one of the network operators to do so can use the collected business intelligence 1316.
In example 1300 of the system, marketing component 1301 is configured to provide at least partial functionality to virtually any or any component within marketing component 1301 in accordance with one or more aspects of this innovation. Give, including processor 1308. Processor 1308 is illustrated as being external to various functional elements or components of marketing component 1301, but processor 1308 can be distributed among such various functional elements or components. Processor 1308 is each provided by a memory bus, a system bus, an address bus, or a bus 1321 that can be implemented by one or more reference links, or at least one of one or more reference interfaces. Functionally coupled to a functional element or component and memory 1301. Processor 1308 can store in memory 1310 the information needed to operate the function at least partially and / or give it to each of the components present in marketing component 1301 and retrieve the information from it. .. This information can include at least one of code instructions, data structures, program modules, and so on. It should be noted that in one or more alternative embodiments, the processor 1308 may be outside the marketing component 1301, for example such a processor 1308 can be inside the routing platform 1110 or the commercial component 1140. ..
FIG. 14 shows a block diagram of an example 1400 of a system that enables commercial transactions within a corporate femto network according to aspects described herein. In one aspect, the commercial transaction can be at least one of delivery of an order for a consumable product, or a delivery service or location identification associated with a desired product. It should be pointed out that the 1400 example of the system allows other commercial transactions to be carried out. Femto AP J 104 when the mobile device 1130 enters the coverage area associated with the corporate femto network to conduct commercial transactions, at least in part.<sub>J</sub>Connect to. Access list management component 338 so that signaling 1407 includes its mobile device 1130 in the access list associated with a set of femto APs that enable connectivity and service its coverage area, such as femto AP1120. The routing component 1110 can be prompted through. In one aspect, including the mobile device 1130 in the access list can be at least partially based on the level of security tolerance associated with the mobile device 1130 or the subscriber associated with the mobile device 1130. .. In addition, Routing Platform 1110 can request orders for destination tasks or products, such as consumable products, one or more of which are femto AP J 104.<sub>J</sub>Can lead to that femto AP J 104<sub>J</sub>Relays the one or more requests to the mobile device 1130. In response to one or more requests received, the mobile device 1130 may send at least one of the destination task 1412 or order 1415 by data 1409. Destination Task 1412 is the identifier of the desired or intended location for the coverage area associated with the corporate femto network, the reference item associated with the intended destination, the Unified Product Code (UPC), International Standard Book Number (UPC). It can include a reference item identifier, which can include a number (ISBN), stock item identification number (SKU), etc., or end user identification information associated with the mobile device 1130. As an example, the mobile device 1130 may be a device (eg, a wireless notepad) carried by a delivery service or postal service courier who intends to deliver a letter to an office or a resident of that office to assist in the delivery of the letter. Can be done. In such a scenario, destination task 1412 can communicate the desired location of the office or identify the occupants of the office. Femto AP104<sub>J</sub>Can relay the destination task 1412, the routing platform 1110 recognizes the intended destination or the identified individual, and the navigation coordinates, such as the mobile device 1130, are femto AP104.<sub>J</sub>It is possible to provide instructions from a position connected to to a intended destination or a known position associated with a identified individual. Alternatively, or in addition, the routing platform 1110 is visited by the mobile device 1130, which is revealed, for example, by the access list and associated access rights, or the security tolerance level of the delivery person associated with the mobile device 1130. Navigation instructions can be sent to the mobile device 1130 based at least in part on its location within the authorized corporate femto network.
If the mobile device 1130 conveys an order 1415 for a product, eg, a consumable product, the routing platform 1110 places the order with a femto AP, eg, femto AP Q 104, that services the location of the POS in the corporate femto network.<sub>Q</sub>The POS will be able to fulfill the order. In one aspect, the routing platform 1110 is at least partially based on the business identifier communicated as part of order 1415 or at least one of the floor plan settings for a set of femto APs forming a femto corporate network. The routing information can be extracted from one or more commercial profiles 1159. As an example, order 1415 can request a coffee-based drink and lead to a point-of-sale carried out by a coffee shop on the premises of an office building where a corporate femto network is deployed. It should be noted that order 1415 may also include one or more customer-specified features for the requested coffee beverage.
An example of the system 1400 is a femto AP Q 104 that serves an area containing a destination or a POS associated with an order 1415 placed.<sub>Q</sub>The monitoring device 1420 capable of communicating with can signal when the mobile device 1130 reaches the intended position or completes delivery. As an example, the monitoring device 1420 can be a barcode reader, a cash register, an RFID tag, or the like. In one aspect, the monitor component 1420 can be equipped with wireless capabilities and can be deployed by the POS associated with the order 1415 placed. The monitor component 1420 can also signal commercial transactions related to the placed order 1415 when the mobile device 1130 is completed. In the alternative or additional embodiment 1450 shown in FIG. 14B, the femto AP Q 104, as illustrated by the connector 1565.<sub>Q</sub>The POS device 1460 associated with can signal that the commercial transaction related to order 1415 has been completed.
FIG. 15A shows block diagram 1500 of example 1400 of the system in which the mobile device 1130 reaches the intended destination defined in destination task 1412, completes delivery, or makes a purchase associated with order 1415. .. To issue a proof of transaction and convey that proof of transaction, the monitoring device 1420 may exchange signaling with the mobile device 1130 via a wireless link 1510, which can be a short-range prospective link. it can. The monitoring device 1420 femto AP104 for its signaling over the wireless link 1425.<sub>Q</sub>Can be relayed to indicate that the delivery has been completed or that a transaction related to order 1415 has been made. In one aspect, the proof of transaction can be a digital token that uniquely identifies the transaction, or a lightweight file such as a cookie file. This digital token or lightweight file is associated with a destination, or POS related to order 1415, a mobile device 1130 or femto AP, such as a femto AP Q 104.<sub>Q</sub>Can be communicated to at least one of. In an alternative or additional aspect, femto AP Q 104 signaling to convey proof of transaction.<sub>Q</sub>Femto AP Q 104 when receiving<sub>Q</sub>Signaling 1512 allows you to request information related to the delivery, such as billing charges, a description of the delivered package, and one or more electronic signatures of the recipient of the delivered package. That information is part of data 1514 Femto AP Q 104<sub>Q</sub>Can be told to Femto AP Q 104<sub>Q</sub>Can relay that information to Routing Platform 1110, which can at least partially handle the charges charged as part of the delivery. Since the payload associated with signaling and traffic carried out by the monitoring device 1420 can be kept at a low level, eg, a few kilobytes, it is not possible for the data 1514 to convey information related to delivering packages or letters. It should be pointed out that the low complexity of the monitoring device 1420 can be maintained.
In the alternative or additional embodiment shown in FIG. 1550 of FIG. 15B, the mobile device 1130 exchanges signaling 1552 with POS device 1460 to carry out commercial transactions related to order 1415 and charges at least partially. Data 1554 can be exchanged to fulfill coupons available to subscribers to process or tie to mobile device 1130. Signaling 1552 and data 1554 can be exchanged between mobile device 1130 and POS device 1460 via a short-range LOS radio link. In addition, exchanging data 1554 may be associated with one or more loyalty programs or any other incentive promotion campaign that the subscriber associated with the mobile device 1130 subscribes to, or one or more coupons or It can be made possible to provide one or more incentives. In one aspect, the POS device 1460 uses the commercial component 1140 or one or more of its components, at least in part, to provide such one or more coupons or one or more incentives. Can be done. Point-of-sale device 1460 can generate proof of transaction related to delivery or purchase.
FIG. 16 is a block diagram of an embodiment 1600 of a mobile device 1602 that enables and utilizes various aspects of the innovation described herein. The mobile device 1602 can implement the mobile device 1130 or any other mobile device described herein and operate in substantially the same manner as or in the same manner as those mobile devices. The mobile device 1602 provides a trading component 1615 capable of transmitting and receiving signaling and data, which at least partially enables the consumption of one or more commercial transactions or one or more services, via the communication platform 1604. Including. The trading component 1615 can convey control information as part of signaling to make or complete a commercial transaction, eg, a purchase. In one aspect, the trading component 1615 can leverage the technology selector 1625 to at least partially configure the communication platform 1604 to operate within a given frequency band or carrier and according to a particular radio technology. .. For example, the trading component 1615 has one or more radio signals within the infrared (IR) portion of the electromagnetic (EM) spectrum to carry signaling and traffic in a two-point (PTP) short-range operating mode. Communication platform 1604 can be configured to send. Such PTP communications can make it possible to send purchases or one or more service requests to a POS device, such as 1460. In addition, the trading component 1615 can send one or more purchase or service requests to the femto AP, such as destination task 1412 or order 1415. The trading component 1615 is of display interface 1635, which can include a data entry component (not shown) to generate destination tasks or orders, or of applications in storage 1679 of one or more applications. Live at least one Can be used. In packet-based communication, the Access Intelligence 1683 refers to one or more logical addresses, such as Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, as well as one or more related PDP contexts associated with the mobile device 1602 and the applications utilized. Can be included.
Trading Component 1615 approves or rejects one or more prompts to receive one or more promotional content, such as advertisements, one or more coupons, one or more incentives of other types. Can also include switch component 1617. Prompts for receiving one or more promotional content can be received by communication platform 1604, which communication platform 1604 can relay to trading component 1615 after decrypting the prompts. In one aspect, the switch component 1617 communicates a prompt to the end user and collects the response to that prompt at least among the display interface 1635 and the application in storage 1679 of one or more applications. You can take advantage of one. Switch component 1617 can set opt-in flags or variables according to the response to the prompt it receives. In one aspect, switch component 1617 can hold this opt-in flag in a configuration file (not shown) that is part of the Access Intelligence 1683.
In addition, when the prompt to receive one or more promotional content is approved, the Trading Component 1615 responds to one or more advertisements or one or more incentives received by the display interface, Alternatively, it can be communicated using at least one of the applications in the storage 1679 of one or more applications. Such responses can be sent via the communications platform 1604 and can be collected by recipients such as Marketing Component 1301 to generate business intelligence as discussed above. In one aspect, the switch component 1617 utilizes the machine learning techniques described above to cost money to receive a given amount of coupons, eg, money by receiving that given amount of coupons or incentives for battery drain. Cost-effectiveness analysis can be performed to determine the above benefits or usefulness.
In the mobile device 1602, which can operate in multiple modes of multi-technology, a set of antennas 1609<sub>1</sub>~1609<sub>K</sub>(K is a natural number), but can send and receive one or more signals to and from network elements such as femto access points, access terminals, wireless ports and routers within a corporate femto network. Antenna 1609<sub>1</sub>~1609<sub>K</sub>Note that it can also enable communication with base stations within a macrocell radio access network. Antenna 1609<sub>1</sub>~1609<sub>K</sub>Is part of the Communication Platform 1604, which enables the processing / manipulation of one or more radio signals to be received and one or more radio signals to be transmitted, electronic components and A related circuit can be provided. One or more radio signals can include signaling such as traffic, such as at least a portion of data 1512 or 1554, and at least a portion of signaling 1514 or 1552. In one aspect, the communication platform 1604 can send and receive signaling that allows commercial transactions or navigation across the coverage area of the corporate femto network in accordance with aspects described herein.
In one aspect, the communication platform 1604 includes one or more receivers / one or more transmitters 1606 capable of converting signals from analog to digital on reception and digital to analog on transmission. The receiver / transmitter 1606 can also divide a single data stream into multiple parallel data streams and vice versa, and such operations are typically performed by various multiplexing schemes. .. One or more receivers / one or more transmitters 1606 are functionally coupled with a multiplexer / demultiplexer (mux / demux) component 1607 that facilitates signal manipulation in time and frequency space or region. To. Electronic mux / demux component 1607 includes Time Division Multiplexing (TDM), Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM), Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM), Code Division Multiplexing (CDM), Spatial Division Multiplexing (SDM), etc. Information (data / traffic, and control / signaling) can be multiplexed according to various multiplexing methods. In addition, the mux / demux component 1607 can scramble and disseminate information (eg, code) according to virtually any code, such as the Hadamard-Walsh code, Baker code, chord code, polymorphic code, and so on. Modulator / demodulator (mod / demod) component 1608 is also part of Communication Platform 1604, frequency modulation (eg frequency shift keying), amplitude modulation (eg M-ary quadrature amplitude modulation where M is a positive integer). Information can be modulated according to various modulation techniques such as QAM), Amplitude Shift Keying (ASK)), and Phase Shift Keying (PSK). In one aspect of embodiment 1600, mod / demod component 1608 is functionally coupled to mux / demux component 1607.
In addition, the network operator who manages at least one of the macrocell network platform, or femtocell network platform 130, which can be implemented by one or more of the external networks 140, communicates. He noted that a set of electromagnetic (EM) frequency bands and a set of radio technologies that Platform 1604 and its components can utilize for communication can be configured, for example, as part of provisioning the mobile device 1602. Keep it. This set of EM frequency bands may include one or more radio frequency (RF) and one or more microwave parts of the EM spectrum, but other spectra such as infrared (IR). Regions may also be included. As part of a wireless upgrade, service providers can add frequency bands or carriers within this set of EM frequency bands, and those bands or carriers are auctioned for use, for example. Or, point out that it will be allowed to be used for free and will be available for communication. Similarly, as new radio technologies become standardized or available, network operators can incorporate them into a set of technology radios available for communication.
In embodiment 1600, one or more processors 1665 perform multiplexing / such as performing direct and inverse fast Fourier transforms, selecting modulation speeds, selecting data packet formats, interpacket time, etc. Allows the mobile device 1602 to process data (eg, symbols, bits or chips), at least in part, for demultiplexing, modulation / demodulation.
Further, in embodiment 1600, one or more multi-mode chipsets 1645 have mobile device 1602 with various wireless network technologies (eg, 2nd generation (2G), 3rd generation (3G), 4th generation (eg 2G), 4th generation (eg). 4G)), or deep space satellite-based communication based on different technical specifications, or its wireless network technology or standard protocol for satellite communication, can enable operation in multiple modes of communication. In one aspect, one or more multimode chipsets 1645 can utilize communication platform 1604 according to operating modes, such as standard protocols specific to GNSS-based communication and LTE-based communication. In another aspect, the one or more multimode chipsets 1645 may be in various modes (eg, K> 1), or the one or more multimode chipsets 1645 may span a particular time interval. Within the multitasking paradigm that operates in dedicated mode, it can be scheduled to operate at the same time.
The Technology Selector 1625 can drive the operation of one or more multimode chipsets 1645 by configuring one or more wireless network technologies for communication in a particular telecommunications mode. In one aspect, when providing GNSS services to mobile device 1602, which can be brought about by running an application held in storage 1679 of one or more applications, the technology selector 1625 is one or more. Multiple multimode chipsets 1645 and communication platform 1604 can be leveraged to receive / process GNSS timing messages to extract location estimates for mobile device 1602. Processing GNSS timing messages involves performing available or "visible" satellite triangulation procedures to generate position estimates. In another aspect, the technology selector 1625 is the technology selector 1625 at least one of one or more short range infrared (IR) radio signals, one or more RF radio signals, or one or more microwave radio signals. The operation of the mobile device 1602 can be switched so that one can be transmitted and received via the communication platform 1604. To switch to such an operating mode, the Technology Selector 1625 signals from a femto AP, or at least one of devices with wireless capabilities, such as the monitoring device 1420 or POS device 1460 near the mobile device 1602. Can be received.
The mobile device 1602 also includes a functional platform 1655 with a set of components (not shown) that complement or supplement wireless communications and provide at least a partial set of specific functions. As an example, if the mobile device 1602 is a telephone, the functional platform 1655 may include a data entry interface (eg, touch screen, keyboard, biometric pad for biometric-based access, microphone, loudspeaker), camera, Peripheral device connector (for example, USB (Universal Serial Bus) port for transferring data to another device or IEEE It may include functional elements such as a 1394 port), a voice code / decoder, and one or more intelligent components capable of responding to one or more voice activation commands. Understand that functional platform 1655 can leverage applications held in storage 1679 of one or more applications, for example in memory 1675, to provide one or more functions of mobile device 1602. Should be. In one aspect, storage 218 of one or more applications subscribes to GNSS-based location estimation and related data such as maps, landmarks, and related operations when executed by at least one or more processors 1665. It can also include applications that can be bridged to others. In another aspect, the storage 218 of one or more applications receives one or more from a routing platform in the corporate femto network, such as 1110, when executed by at least one or more processors 1665. A visual feature that can process navigation instructions and can be displayed by a graphic user interface (GUI) that can be performed by the display interface 1635, eg, at least the original position and destination. Applications can be included that can be supplied in plan view format with auditory features. In yet another aspect, the application in the storage 1679 of one or more applications displays to display at least one of the received one or more advertisements or one or more coupons. It can also be supplied to interface 1635, and one or more processors 1665 can at least partially enable the display of such one or more advertisements or one or more coupons.
In one or more other embodiments or additional embodiments of the mobile device 1602, the display interface 1635 can be within the functional platform 1655, a touch responsive screen, or a liquid crystal display (LCD), plasma. Allow gestures for subscriber device interaction with at least one of other methods such as panels, monolithic thin-film based electrochromic displays, and sound interfaces. In addition, the display interface 1635 can display one or more contents that control the functionality of the mobile device 1602, or reveal the operational state of the mobile device 1602, which is available within the functional platform 555. ..
The mobile device 1602 contains one or more variables that regulate access intelligence 1683, such as navigation instructions, reception of one or more advertisements or at least one of one or more incentives. Configuration files, one or more access lists, one or more handover logs, etc. can also be retained in the memory 1675. At least some of such access intelligence 1683 can be collected by the mobile device 1602 or received as part of one or more provisioning procedures.
In addition, the mobile device 1602 shall, in accordance with one or more aspects of the innovation, provide at least partial functionality to virtually any or any component, platform, interface, selector, etc. within the mobile device 1602. Includes one or more processors 1665 that are configured and given. In Embodiment 1600, one or more processors 1665 are illustrated as being outside of various functional elements (eg, components, interfaces, platforms, selectors) of mobile device 1602, but one or more processors 1665. Can be distributed among such various functional elements. One or more processors 1665 can be implemented by a memory bus, a system bus, an address bus, or one or more reference links, or at least one of one or more reference interfaces. Bus 1683 is functionally coupled to each functional element and memory 1675. One or more processors 1665 may at least partially operate the function and / or communication platform 1604, trading component 1615, technology selector 1625, display interface 1635, one or more multimode chipsets 1645, Information needed to give to the functional platform 1655 and one or more of its components, as well as other operational components of the multimode mobile device 1604 (not shown), is stored in memory 1675 and information from it. Can be obtained. This information can include at least one of a code instruction, one or more code structures, a data structure, and the like.
Memory 1675 is a data structure (eg, object, class, metadata), one or more code structures (eg, module, procedure) or instruction, or aspects of this innovation within one or more application storage units 1679. According to, virtually any kind of software or software that can be run by one or more processors 1665 to provide functionality related to virtually any or any component, platform, interface, selector, etc. within the mobile device 1602. At least one of the firmware can be retained at least partially. Further, the memory 1675 can include one or more coupons or one or more other digital incentives, or coupon storage 1677 which can hold an indicator about its availability. One or more coupons or one or more incentives indicate that one or more coupons or one or more incentives can be received, if the opt-in flag or variable has a logical value. For example, it can be received in "coupon.receive = TRUE". In one aspect, this opt-in flag or variable can be an entry in a configuration file (not shown) held in the Access Intelligence 1683 or Data Cache 1681. Similarly, an ad opt-in flag or variable, such as "ads. The "receive" can determine whether the mobile device 1602 can receive advertisements, and such opt-in flags are also retained in the configuration file stored in the access intelligence 1683 or data cache 1681. be able to. One or more advertisements received can also hold data cache 1681, which is either schedule-based or event-based, such as a handover from the corporate femto network to macrocell coverage. It should be pointed out that trading component 1615 can be flushed based on at least one of.
In addition, memory 1675 is used for one or more coded pilot signals (eg, one or more coded sounding reference signals), one or more communication protocols and one or more technical specifications, scrambling or propagation. Can hold network or device information (not shown) such as code sequences, blind decoding hypotheses, semi-persistent scheduling parameters, frequency offsets, macrocell identifiers (IDs), and one or more address books. In addition, Memory 1675 is a multimedia file, subscriber-generated data, security credentials (eg passwords, encryption keys, digital certificates and biometric keys such as voice recordings, irises, fingerprints), international mobile subscribers. Identification (IMSI), Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity (TMSI), Packet TMSI (P-TMSI), International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI), Mobile Subscriber Number (MDN), Mobile Identification Number (MIN), One or more, such as a hardware identification token or code, such as at least one of a multi-bit identification number such as the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) Electronic Serial Number (ESN), or Mobile Equipment Identity (MEID). Content can be retained. Note that memory 1675 can include fixed elements or removable elements such as subscriber identification module (SIM) card storage, general purpose integrated circuit card (UICC) storage, and removable user identification module (RUIM). I will do it.
The mobile device 1602 also includes a power supply unit 1685 that can power on a component or functional element within the mobile device 1602. Power supply 1685 can be a rechargeable power supply, such as a rechargeable battery, which can operate the mobile device 1602 and its components, functional elements, and related circuits. It can include one or more transformers to achieve power levels. In one aspect, the power supply unit 1685 can be charged and connected to a conventional power grid to ensure that the mobile device 1602 can operate, and the power supply unit 1685 is operationally connected to the conventional power grid. Can include an I / O interface (not shown) for. In addition, power supply 1685 may include energy conversion components (not shown) such as solar panels to provide additional or alternative power or autonomy to the mobile device 1602.
In light of the examples of systems described above, the flow diagrams of FIGS. 17-33 can be used to better understand examples of methods that can be performed in accordance with the subject matter of the present disclosure. For simplicity, examples of the methods disclosed herein are shown and described as a series of actions, but some actions are in a different order and / or in addition to the order shown and described herein. It should be understood and recognized that the subject matter described in the claims is not limited by the order of the actions, as it can be performed at the same time as the actions of. For example, an example of one or more methods disclosed herein can be presented alternative or additionally as a series of states or events related to each other, such as in a phase diagram. In addition, one or more interaction diagrams can represent the subject-based methods to be disclosed when another entity performs another part of this method scheme. In addition, all of the illustrated operations may not be required to implement the examples of methods described herein. In addition, two or more of the examples of disclosed methods may be implemented in combination with each other in order to realize one or more of the features or advantages described herein. Examples of methods disclosed throughout this specification are on the product to facilitate transport / transfer to a computer to perform such a method scheme and thus to be performed by a processor or stored in memory. You should further understand what you can remember.
FIG. 17 shows a flow diagram of an example 1700 of methods for communicating within a femto mesh network according to aspects disclosed herein. A routing platform or one or more components within it may perform or implement an example 1700 of this method. Alternatively, or in addition, one or more processors that provide at least some of the functionality of the routing platform can perform an example 1700 of this method. In operation 1710, a call session is established at least partially between the first device and the second device. At least one of the first device or the second device communicates over the corporate femto network. In one aspect, the first or second device can be one or more mobile devices, but neither the first device nor the second device is a printer, digital video recorder. It can be a fixed device with wireless functions such as a (DVR) box, IPTV tuner, or refrigerator. In another aspect, the call session may be a push-to-talk session and an intra-network support session, or internetwork communication, where either the first or second device is a device that enables customer support. Can be done. In operation 1720, this call session is at least partially performed and at least part of at least one of the traffic or signaling between the first and second devices is routed within this corporate femto network. Ru. Action 1730 ends this call session. Termination may include releasing allocated radio resources within one or more femto APs that have at least partially enabled communication between the first and second devices. In addition, reassigning one or more routing routing settings, such as logical addresses, and deactivating the radio bearer and one or more packet data protocol (PDP) contexts also ends the call session. Can be included in completing. In addition, the data buffer or cache can be flushed as part of ending the call session. In operation 1740, on at least one of the first and second devices, or part of the traffic or signaling between the first and second devices that are routed within the corporate femto network. Charges for call sessions, at least in part. Billing charges are at least partial to at least one of the customer segments associated with the first and second devices, or at least one or more promotional campaigns related to using the corporate femto network. It can also be imposed based on.
FIG. 18 shows a flow diagram of 1800 as an example of a method for sending content within a femto mesh network according to aspects described herein. The routing platform or one or more components within it can perform or implement an example 1800 of this method. Alternatively, or in addition, at least one or more processors that provide at least some of the functionality of the routing platform can perform an example 1800 of this method. In operation 1810, it receives an instruction about the device attempting to connect to a femto AP in the mesh femto network. In operation 1820, determine if the device is allowed access to the femto AP. If not allowed, the example of this method ends. Conversely, action 1830 pushes buffered content to its femto AP. This content is set to be sent to that device, for example, this content may be wirelessly, such as one or more song albums, games, books, one or more collections of published articles, movies, etc. It can be a set of one or more digital items that can require a lot of resources to download. Content may be tagged for sending to the device by the network operator operating this femto mesh network at the time of sale of one or more content.
FIG. 19 is a flow diagram of an example 1900 of a method for locating a mobile device operating within a femto network according to aspects described herein. One or more network components within the routing platform can perform or implement an example 1900 of this method. Alternatively, or in addition, at least one or more processors that provide at least some of the functionality of the routing platform can perform an example 1900 of this method. In operation 1910, it supplies timing settings to a set of femto APs. Timing settings are, for example, a set of clock sources selected by a timing component (eg, component 407), or one or more timing messages generated through a GNSS receiver (eg, receiver 720). It can be based on at least one. In operation 1920, the common ground on a common ground related to mobile devices Collect timing or propagation timing data from a pair of femto APs to obtain truth). In operation 1930, a position estimate of the mobile device is generated based at least in part on the collected timing information or timing data. In operation 1940, it retains the position estimates of its generated mobile device. In operation 1950, it conveys its position estimation.
FIG. 20 shows a flow chart of Example 2000 of a method for locating an entity according to aspects described herein. One or more network components within the routing platform can perform or implement Example 2000 of this method. Alternatively, or in addition, at least one or more processors that provide at least some of the functionality of the routing platform can perform Example 2000 of this method. In operation 2010, triangulate the position estimation of an entity that is spatially linked to a device with one or more wireless functions. Criteria for determining whether an entity is spatially attached to a device can be defined by one or more networks that can perform an example of this method. In operation 2020, record the position estimation of that entity. In operation 2030, the position estimation of the entity is transmitted to the mobile device associated with the subscriber associated with the entity. This location estimation is a navigation application or location service that runs as at least one of short message service (SMS) communications, unstructured supplementary service data (USSD) messages, or within a mobile device. Can be sent as part of the application.
FIG. 21 shows a flow diagram of an example 2100 of a method for tracking the position estimation of one or more selected mobile devices according to aspects described herein. The routing platform or one or more components within it may perform or implement Example 2100 of this method. Alternatively, or in addition, at least one or more processors that provide at least some of the functionality of the routing platform can perform Example 2100 of this method. In one aspect, an example of this method can be part of a mechanism for information distribution related to the Communication Interception Act (CALEA). In operation 2110, it receives a blacklist of one or more mobile devices. As an example, the one or more mobile devices can be shackles with wireless capabilities that are attached to the escaper individual. As another example, the mobile device can be a user device of a person who is prohibited from accessing the coverage area of the corporate femto network. As a further example, one or more mobile devices can be subscriber stations associated with one or more attackers in a hostage incident within the coverage area of a corporate femto network. Operation 2120 records an attempt by a blacklisted device to connect to a femto AP that is part of a corporate femto network. The attempted connection is part of the transmission of one or more pilot signals while the blacklisted device is in idle mode, and the detection of one or more of the pilot signals by the femto AP. Can be. In action 2130, keep that record and pass it on to one or more authorities. In one aspect, this one or more authorities are among one or more law enforcement agencies or a set of emergency first responders (eg, paramedics, police officers, SWAT units). Can be at least one of.
In operation 2140, generate the location of the blacklisted device within this corporate femto network. In one aspect, generating position estimates can proceed according to Example 1000 of the subject method. In operation 2150, send a position estimate for the blacklisted device. As an example, the location can be sent to one or more wearable devices, such as a helmet-mounted display, that are part of the business equipment or equipment of a police officer or first emergency responder. As another example, location estimation can be provided to operations management centers related to one or more authorities. Action 2160 determines if location tracking should continue. Various criteria can be used to determine the continuation of tracking the location. If continued, the flow is guided to operation 2140. Conversely, an example of this method ends.
FIG. 22 is a flow diagram of an example 2200 of a method for associating an item with a mobile device according to aspects described herein. An example of this method can be done by at least one of the femto APs or the routing platform. In one aspect, one or more processors that provide functionality to the femto AP or routing platform can at least partially implement an example of this method. Action 2210 receives a list of one or more items. Action 2220 triangulates the position of an RFID tag associated with an item in its list of one or more items. Triangulation of this position can be performed by a predetermined configurable timing advance, or a TOF measurement based on at least one of the timing information received by the GNSS receiver. In action 2230, map the location extracted by triangulation to the item labeled by the RFID tag. In action 2240, the location of the mapped RFID tag is communicated to the mobile device associated with the list of one or more items received, for example that mobile device may be associated with the subscriber who generated the list. .. In one aspect, a femto network platform that relays the list, or a network outside the femto network platform, can leverage subscriber information to generate a list of one or more items. The credentials used by the subscriber to access the service or application, such as one or more passwords or one or more passkeys, can be associated with the unique identifier of the mobile device. In operation 2250, the content of the mapped RFID tag is sent to the mobile device. Sending content can include adjusting the content before sending it, and such adjustments allow you to customize the features of the content, such as pricing the item labeled by RFID tags.
FIG. 23 is a flow diagram of an example 2300 of a method for navigating a device from a first position to a destination according to aspects described herein. The routing platform or one or more components within it may perform or implement an example 2300 of this method. Alternatively, or in addition, one or more processors that provide at least some of the functionality of the routing platform can perform an example 2300 of this method. In operation 2310, about an attempt by a device associated with at least one of a service provider or prospect to connect to a first femto AP in a femto corporate network (see, eg, Figures 1 and 2A-2B). Receive instructions. At operation 2320, evaluate whether the device is a blacklisted device. If it is on the blacklist, exception handling is performed in operation 2330. Conversely, in operation 2340, include the device in one or more access lists associated with a set of femto APs in the femto corporate network. Action 2350 receives a destination task related to at least one of a service event or commercial transaction. A service event may be the delivery of luggage or other types of goods, the receipt of items for maintenance or repair, the provision of on-site services such as the repair of equipment such as copiers, or one or more materials. It can be at least one of the presentations that can be included. Expected transactions can include the location of products for sale such as books, DVDs, CDs and Blu-ray discs, display monitors, desktop computers, television sets and the like. In operation 2360, navigate the device from the first position to the destination extracted from the destination task. Navigating from a first position to a destination can include sending at least one of a navigation instruction or navigation map, and the navigation instruction is static. It can be communicated to or in a streamed manner and by at least one of SMS, MMS, USSD, IM, or email messages. In addition, navigating can include identifying one or more objects and their location by RFID technology, as discussed in connection with Example 900 of the system.
FIG. 24 is a flow chart of an example 2400 of methods for supplying custom promotional content according to aspects described herein, the promotional content having one or more financial incentives or one. It may contain one or more coupons, or at least one of the advertisements. One or more network components, such as a routing platform or commercial component 1140, or one or more of them, can implement an example 2400 of this method. Alternatively, or in addition, one or more processors that provide at least some of the functionality of the routing platform can implement Example 2400 of this method. In operation 2410, it receives an instruction that the mobile device attempts to connect to a femto AP in a mesh femto network or corporate femto network. In operation 2420, include the mobile device in one or more access lists associated with a set of femto APs in the mesh femto network. In one aspect, an access list management component within the routing platform, which can at least partially perform an example of this method, can set up or populate this one or more access lists. .. At operation 2430, locate the mobile device. Positioning can proceed at least in part according to Example 1900 of the methods described herein. Action 2440 sends the mobile device at least partially customized content according to a specified location or at least one of the commercial profiles associated with that mobile device.
FIG. 25 is a flow diagram of an example 2500 of methods for conducting commercial transactions, at least partially through a corporate femto network, according to aspects described herein. A commercial component or one or more components thereof may perform or implement an example 2500 of this method. Alternatively, or in addition, one or more processors that provide at least some of the functionality of the routing platform can perform an example 2500 of this method. In operation 2510, the unique identifier of the mobile device connected to the femto AP in the mesh femto network deployed in the enterprise is received. At operation 2520, obtain the commercial profile associated with the unique identifier of the mobile device. Action 2530 identifies at least a partial transaction made by the mobile device. In operation 2540, the fee for the transaction is charged to the service account associated with the mobile device, at least in part, based on the acquired commercial profile and the information in it. Imposing a fee involves accounting for any financial incentives or one or more coupons incurred in connection with the mobile device.
FIG. 26 shows a flow diagram of 2600 as an example of how to develop business intelligence by advertising in a corporate femto network according to the aspects described herein. One or more network components, such as the commercial component 1140 and the routing platform 1110, can perform an example 2600 of this method. In one aspect, at least one or more processors that provide functionality to this network component can at least partially implement Example 2600 of this method. In action 2610, set up one or more service unit commerce for exposure to one or more ads. The settings can include exchange rates for one or more service units for one or more ad types. For example, direct response advertising can result in more units of service being traded than advertising done to penetrate a brand or market a product. In operation 2620, monitor the response to one or more advertisements presented. In one aspect, monitoring can be achieved by collecting transaction information that is directly related to one or more of the advertisements presented. Operation 2630 supplies one or more service units based on at least one or more of the advertisements presented, or at least one of the commercial transactions set up. One or more service units may be given to a service account associated with a subscriber exposed to one or more advertisements, or conduct commercial transactions that are at least partially related to one or more advertisements. When it can be fulfilled as a coupon or discount voucher.
Action 2640 collects service intelligence that is at least partially based on the response to one or more advertisements presented. At operation 2650, adjust one or more services associated with one or more service units, at least in part according to the collected service intelligence. For example, one or more ads of a particular class and one or more first type of service units involved, such as one or more text messages, one or more ringing sounds, one or more. Compared to the actions triggered by one or more ads in that particular class when the percentage of actions associated with the song is tied to one or more second type of service units, such as the stock trading example. If so, the service provider may generate a service or product on the basis of at least partly on one or more first-class service units. In action 2660, calculate the distribution of revenue with a pair of advertisers according to the commerce you set up, at least in part. The advertiser can be internal or external to the network operator operating the corporate femto network, or a combination thereof. In one example, an internal advertiser can be a sales department or part of a sales department that develops one or more new products, or investigates the commercial behavior of a subscriber. In another example, external advertisers may include network operator customers, distributors, or partners.
FIG. 27 shows a flow diagram of an example 2700 of a method for conducting a commercial transaction within a corporate femto network according to the aspects described herein. One or more network components, such as commercial component 1140 and routing platform 1110, can perform example 2700 of this method. In one aspect, at least one or more processors that provide functionality to this network component can at least partially implement Example 2700 of this method. In operation 2710, an order for a product, such as a consumable product, related to a point of sale (POS) within an enterprise is received from a source device located remote to the location of the POS within the enterprise. Alternatively, or in addition, in one aspect, the source device can be located within the position of the POS. Products include consumable products or one or more services that can be traded according to an example of this method. This POS is the first coverage area, eg 205<sub>1</sub>The device can be at least part of a second coverage area, eg 205<sub>P</sub>Can be located inside. As an example, this POS can be a retail store such as a coffee shop, a restaurant, or a clothing retail store. In operation 2720, the order is routed to the femto AP, which provides wireless services to the POS in the enterprise. In one aspect, the femto AP can propagate this order to an order tracking terminal or order tracking device operating within the POS to perform processing within the POS. In operation 2730, include the source device or the mobile device associated with the source device in the access list that regulates access to the service through the femto AP that provides the wireless service to the POS in the enterprise. Can be done.
In operation 2740, verify whether the proof of transaction has been received. Verification can be performed as part of a monitoring cycle over a predetermined configurable period, which can be substantially initiated upon completion of the order. If the transaction certificate has not been received, exception handling is performed in operation 2770. Exception handling involves classifying the subscribers associated with the originating device as hotlined consumers, and revoking at least some of the access privileges of the subscribers of the ordering system that manipulate the received orders at least partially. At least one of things etc. can be included. Conversely, in operation 2750, the product, the source device or the mobile device associated with the source device, or at least one of the commercial profiles associated with those devices, is charged at least in part. .. Record this transaction in action 2760.
FIG. 28 shows a flow diagram of an example 2800 of methods for consuming one or more promotional content according to aspects described herein. One or more promotional content may include one or more incentives such as advertisements or one or more coupons. A mobile device can perform an example 2800 of this method. In one aspect, at least one or more processors that provide functionality to the mobile device can at least partially implement Example 2800 of this method. In operation 2810, connect to the femto AP in the corporate network. For example, this femto AP can be an access point that at least partially covers the entry point of entry into the coverage area of a corporate femto network (see Figure 9). Action 2820 receives a prompt to select for delivery of one or more promotional content. In one aspect, this prompt can be performed by at least one of SMS, MMS, USSD, email, or IM messages. In operation 2830, respond to the received prompt. Responding to a received prompt is by receiving a given amount of one or more promotional content, eg, for the cost of receiving a coupon or financial incentive. It can include performing cost-effectiveness analysis to determine financial benefits. The cost may include battery consumption and charge consumption levels of the mobile device that performs an example of this method. Action 2840 determines if receiving one or more promotional content is selected. Such a determination can be made possible by a variable, a logical or other method, or at least one of the entries in the configuration file held in the memory of the mobile device that performs an example of this method. Operation 2
FIG. 29 shows a flow diagram of an example 2900 of methods for reaching a destination within a corporate femto network according to aspects described herein. A mobile device can perform an example 2900 of this method. In one aspect, at least one or more processors that provide functionality to the mobile device can at least partially implement Example 2900 of this method. In another aspect, Example 2900 of the method can be implemented as part of a dedicated navigation application run by a mobile device or processor therein that performs an example of this method. It should be noted that an example 2900 of this method can enable seamless outdoor-indoor navigation. In operation 2910, connect to the femto AP in the corporate femto network. For example, this femto AP can be an access point that at least partially covers the entry point into the coverage area of a corporate femto network (see Figure 9). Action 2920 conveys a destination task, including the intended destination, which is a location within the corporate femto network. The destination task can also include the label or identifier of the reference item associated with the intended destination, which identifiers include the Universal Product Code (UPC), International Standard Book Number (ISBN), and Inventory Item Identification Number (SKU). ) Etc. may be included. For example, if the intended destination is a location in a bookstore where the femto enterprise network is deployed, this identifier can be the ISBN of the book being procured. Sending a destination task can be part of sending an item to its intended destination. Alternatively, or in addition, sending a destination task can be part of exploring a particular item on the premises of the place where the corporate femto network is deployed, for example, the destination task. It can be a specific section of a supermarket store, bookstore, musical instrument store, school library, public library, etc. In addition, sending destination tasks is a job-hunting aspect. It can be part of a scheduled meeting, such as a contact, a seminar at a specific location, or a sales presentation. In addition, destination tasks can be sent as part of a social interaction, such as a "blind date" or identifying a particular party within a restaurant, bookstore, or entertainment venue.
In operation 2930, it receives a navigation instruction to the intended destination. Instructions can be received either statically or by at least one of the streaming methods (especially at a moving destination, such as a particular party within the venue where the femto corporate network is located). In action 2940, it conveys an instruction that it has reached its intended destination. This instruction can be performed by high level signaling such as USSD code, SMS communication, MMS communication, email communication, etc. to the femto AP servicing the area containing the intended destination. Alternatively, or in addition, this instruction is given by low-level signaling, such as within an in-band management packet or a set of one or more bits sent within one or more frames within a control channel. be able to.
FIG. 30 shows a flow chart of 3000 examples of methods for conducting commercial transactions within a corporate femto network according to the aspects described herein. One or more wireless devices or mooring devices with wireless capabilities can perform Example 3000 of this method. In one aspect, at least one or more processors that provide functionality to the one or more devices can at least partially implement Example 3000 of this method. In operation 3010, it checks to see if a connection to a routing platform (eg, routing platform 1110) is active, and that routing platform is a network component of the corporate femto network. If active, in action 3020, the order for the product is communicated by an active connection to its routing platform. In one aspect, an application run by a device with wireless capabilities can at least partially allow the order to be communicated. At motion 3030, the order is tied to the mobile device and the flow is guided to motion 3070. Tying to a mobile device can be achieved as part of communicating an order for a product. Conversely, if the connection to the routing platform is not active, operation 3040 makes a connection to the femto AP in the corporate femto network. At action 3060, communicate the product order via its femto AP. At operation 3070, it sends a signal that triggers a commercial transaction, such as a purchase, that is tied to the ordered product.
It should be noted that the traffic associated with Example 3000 of this method, such as data and signaling, is carried within a private network, such as a femto enterprise network, as opposed to a public wide area network such as the Internet. Therefore, as discussed above, the traffic and signaling associated with doing Example 3000 of this method can occur free of charge and reduce the use of communication resources such as bandwidth associated with the WAN or external network. it can.
FIG. 31 is a flow diagram of an example 3100 of a method for handing off a mobile device within a coverage area within a femto enterprise network according to aspects described herein. An example of this method can be done by at least one of the femto APs or the routing platform. In one aspect, at least one or more processors that provide functionality to the femto AP or routing platform can at least partially implement Example 3100 of this method. In operation 3110, evaluate whether the channel quality is below the threshold. Channel quality can include the strength of FL and RL signals. If it is not below the threshold, run the evaluation again. If it is below the threshold, the flow is guided to motion 3120, where motion 3120 checks to see if it has reached the RF boundary. The result of not reaching results in directing the flow to operation 3110. Conversely, the result of reaching results in delivering a handover request in operation 3130. This RF boundary is configurable and can be defined at least in part according to the schedule of the femto enterprise network or at least one of one or more operational states, and one or more operational states are serviced. It can include at least one of network load, such as the number of mobile devices, interference with other femto, available bandwidth, or channel quality. In operation 3140, it receives an instruction to HO to the target femto AP, at least partially based on the access list that regulates connecting to the target femto AP.
FIG. 32 shows a flow diagram of an example 3200 of a method for signaling a routing platform that a wireless device connects to a femto access point in a femto enterprise network, according to aspects described herein. A femto AP (eg, femto 104) that functionally connects to a routing platform (eg, 110 or 510) within the femto corporate network described herein.<sub>3</sub>), But an example of this method can be performed or implemented. In one aspect, at least one or more processors that provide functionality to the femto AP can at least partially implement an example 3200 of this method. In operation 3210, the connection signaling is received from the mobile device, which connection signaling may include one or more radio pilot signals that can be transmitted when the mobile device operates in idle mode. At operation 3220, it is determined whether the mobile device is allowed to access the service through a femto AP, which can be a femto AP performing an example of this method. Grants or one or more access privileges can be determined by an access list that regulates at least the level of service provided to the user equipment by the femto AP, such as one or more access lists 353. If the mobile device is allowed, in operation 3240, record the connection as part of, for example, one or more access records 355 and convey the connection report. In one aspect, the connection report can send registration information such as a time stamp, UE identification code or token. The reported connection reports can be aggregated in a routing platform that is functionally connected to a femto AP that can be an example of this method. Conversely, if the mobile device is not authorized, the flow is directed to operation 3230, which checks to see if the mobile device is a blacklisted device. If it is on the blacklist, exception handling is performed in operation 3250. Exception handling can include sending alerts, such as SMS communications, USSD codes, email messages, instant messages, etc., to authorities such as law enforcement agencies. If not on the blacklist, at action 3260, the mobile device will only be serviced in emergency mode.
FIG. 33 is a flow diagram of an example 3300 of a method for assisting in locating a mobile device operating within a femto enterprise network, according to aspects described herein. A femto AP (eg, femto 104) that functionally connects to a routing component (eg, 110 or 510) within the femto corporate network described herein.<sub>3</sub>), But an example 3300 of this method can be performed or practiced. Alternatively, or in addition, at least one or more processors that provide functionality to the femto AP can at least partially implement an example of this method. In operation 3310, the timing setting is received. This timing setting can synchronize the time between a pair of femto APs in the femtocell mesh network. In addition, this timing setting can allow the selection of a clock source that can be part of a clock layer, eg, 445, which is provided by a femto AP that implements an example of this method. Find the spatial resolution that can be obtained by triangulation that is at least partially based on the TOF measurements that can be performed. In operation 3320, collect a set of propagation timing measurements. This set includes one or more measurements. Operation 3330 conveys that pair of timing measurements to the routing platform. In one aspect, the routing platform can leverage timing data to generate position estimates of entities associated with mobile devices or devices with wireless capabilities.
To provide a further context of the various aspects of this specification, FIG. 34 is a wireless communication comprising relevant components that can enable the operation of a femtocell enterprise network according to the aspects described herein. An example of the environment, 3400, is shown. The wireless communication environment 3400 includes two wireless network platforms: (i) Serve or facilitate communication with User Equipment 3475 via Macro Radio Access Network (RAN) 3470) Macro Network Platform 3410. Cellular radio technology (eg 4G, 3GPP UMTS, HSPA, 3GPP LTE, 3GPP At UMB), it should be understood that the macro network platform 3410 is implemented by the core network. (ii) Femto Network Platform 3480, which is connected to Femto Network Platform 3480 via Routing Platform 102 and one or more backhaul pipes 3485. It can communicate with UE3475 via Femto RAN3490 and one or more backhaul pipes are substantially the same as backhaul link 1240. The femto network platform 3480 typically turns the UE3475 off the macro network when the UE3475 connects to the femto RAN (for example, by a macro-to-femto handover or by scanning channel resources in idle mode). You should understand to load.
RAN includes one or more base stations or one or more access points, as well as their associated electronics and one or more deployment sites, in addition to radio links operating according to one or more base stations. I would like to point out that. Thus, the macro RAN3470 can include various coverage cells such as cell 1205, while the femto RAN3490 can include multiple femto access points. As mentioned above, it should be understood that the deployment density within the femto RAN3490 is substantially higher than that of the macro RAN3470.
In general, both Macro Network Platform 3410 and Femto Network Platform 3480 are packet-switched (PS) traffic (eg Internet Protocol (IP), Frame Relay, Asynchronous Forwarding Mode (ATM)), and Circuit Switching (CS) traffic. Includes components that facilitate both (eg, voice and data) and control the generation of network radio communications, such as nodes, gateways, interfaces, servers, or platforms. In one aspect of this innovation, the Macro Network Platform 3410 is a traditional network of one or more telephone networks 3440 (eg, Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN)) and SS7 Network 3460. Includes one or more CS gateway nodes 3412 that can interface CS traffic received from the network. Circuit-switched gateways 3412 can allow and authenticate traffic (eg, voice) originating from such networks. In addition, the CS gateway 3412 can access the mobility or roaming data generated by the SS7 network 3460 and the mobility data stored in the VLR, which can be in memory 3430, for example. In addition, one or more CS gateway nodes 3412 interface CS-based traffic and signaling with one or more gateway nodes 3418. As an example, in a 3GPP UMTS network, one or more gateway nodes 3418 can be implemented by one or more gateway GPRS support nodes (GGSN).
In addition to receiving and processing CS exchange traffic and signaling, one or more gateway nodes 3418 allow PS-based data sessions with serviced radios (eg, via macro RAN). Can be authenticated. A data session may include traffic exchange with networks external to the macro network platform 3410, such as one or more wide area networks (WAN) 3450, and one or more local area networks (1 or more local area networks (WAN). It should be understood that the LAN) can also interface with the macro network platform 3410 through one or more gateway nodes 3418. One or more gateway nodes 3418 generate a packet data context when a data session is established. To that end, in one aspect, one or more gateway nodes 3418 can facilitate packetized communication with another one or more wireless networks, such as a Wi-Fi network, tunnels. Can include interfaces (eg, Tunnel Termination Gateway (TTG) in one or more 3GPP UMTS networks, not shown). It should be further understood that the packetized communication can include multiple flows that can be generated by one or more servers 3414. It should be noted that in one or more 3GPP UMTS networks, one or more gateway nodes 3418 (eg GGSN) and tunnel interfaces (eg TTG) include a packet data gateway (PDG). ..
Macro network platform 3410 also includes one or more service nodes 3416 that convey the flow of various packetized information or data streams received through one or more gateway nodes 3418. As an example, in a 3GPP UMTS network, one or more service nodes can be implemented by one or more service GPRS support nodes (SGSN).
As shown above, one or more servers 3414 in Macro Network Platform 3410 can generate a number of different applications (eg, location services, online games, wireless) that generate multiple different packetized data streams or flows. You can perform banking, wireless device management, etc. and manage such flows (eg, schedule, queue, format, etc.). Such one or more applications can include, for example, add-on functionality to standard services provided by Macro Network Platform 3410. The data stream can be propagated to one or more gateway nodes 3418 to initiate authorization / authentication and data sessions, and to one or more service nodes 3416 for subsequent communication. One or more servers 3414 provide the security of macro network platform 3410 (for example, implement one or more firewalls), one or more CS gateway nodes 3412 and one or more gateways. In addition to the authorization and authentication procedures that Node 3418 can perform, it can also ensure network operation and data integrity. In addition, one or more servers 3414 can provision services from one or more external networks, such as WAN3450 and one or more GPS (Global Positioning System) networks (not shown). It should be noted that one or more servers 3414 can include one or more processors configured to at least partially provide the functionality of Macro Network Platform 3410. To that end, the one or more processors can execute code instructions stored, for example, in memory 3430. In an example wireless environment 3400, memory 3430 stores information related to the operation of macro network platform 3410. Information includes business data related to subscribers, market planning and strategy, such as promotional campaigns and business alliances, operational data of mobile devices served by macro network platforms, services and privacy policies, etc. It may include logs of end-user services for law enforcement, etc. Memory 3430 is from at least one of one or more telephone networks 3440, one or more WAN 3450s, SS7 networks 3460, one or more corporate networks 3465, or one or more service networks 3467. Information can also be stored.
One or more femto gateway nodes 3484 have substantially the same functionality as one or more PS gateway nodes 3418. In addition, one or more femto gateway nodes 3484 can include substantially all the functionality of one or more service nodes 3416. In one aspect, one or more femto gateway nodes 3484 facilitate handover resolution, eg evaluation and execution. In addition, one or more control nodes 3420 may receive handover requests and relay those requests to the handover component (not shown) via one or more gateway nodes 3484. According to one aspect, one or more control nodes 3420 can support RNC functionality and can be substantially similar to control component 320 (FIG. 3) and include that functionality. Can be done.
One or more servers 3482 have substantially the same functionality as described in relation to one or more servers 3414. In one aspect, one or more servers 3482 can run multiple applications that provide services (eg, voice or data) to the radio equipment serviced by the femto RAN3490. One or more servers 3482 can also provide security features to the femto network platform. In addition, one or more servers 3482 receive data from the macro network platform 3410, as well as virtually any packet they generate (eg, IP-based, Frame Relay-based, ATM-based). ) You can manage the flow (eg schedule, queue, format, etc.). It should be noted that one or more servers 3482 can include one or more processors configured to at least partially provide the functionality of Macro Network Platform 3410. To that end, the one or more processors can execute code instructions stored, for example, in memory 3486.
Memory 3486 can contain information related to the operation of various components of the femto network platform 3480. For example, operational information that can be stored in memory 3486 includes subscriber information, contract services, maintenance and service records, femtocell settings (eg devices serviced by femto RAN3490, access control lists and whitelists). ), Service policies and service specifications, privacy policies, add-on features, etc., but are not limited to this.
It should be noted that the femto network platform 3480 and the macro network platform 3410 can be functionally connected via one or more reference links or one or more reference interfaces. In addition, the femto network platform 3480 can be functionally directly coupled to one or more of one or more external networks 3440, 3450, 3460, 3465 or 3467 (not shown). One or more reference links or one or more reference interfaces can be at least one of one or more gateway nodes 3484 or one or more servers 3486, one or more external networks 3440. , 3450, 3460, 3465 or 3467 can be functionally connected.
FIG. 35 shows a wireless environment including macrocells and femtocells for obtaining wireless coverage according to aspects of the present specification. In wireless environment 3550, two areas 3505 show "macro" cell coverage, and each macro cell is serviced by base station 3510. It can be seen that the coverage area 3505 and base station 3510 of the macrocell can include features more fully described herein in connection with, for example, the system 3500. Macro coverage is often UE3520<sub>A</sub>, UE3520<sub>B</sub>Intended to serve mobile radios in outdoor areas such as. Such coverage is provided by Radio Link 115, which includes downlink (DL) and uplink (UL), and a given band of licensed or unlicensed radio frequency (RF) spectrum. To use. As an example, UE3520<sub>A</sub>, UE3520<sub>B</sub>Can be a 3GPP Universal Mobile Telecommunications (UMTS) mobile phone. A set of base stations, their associated electronics, circuits or components, one or more base station control components, and a radio link operated based on each base station in a set of base stations is wireless. It should be pointed out that it forms an access network (RAN). In addition, base station 3510 communicates with macro network platform 3560 via one or more backhaul links 3551 and cellular radio technology (eg, 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) universal mobile telecommunications system. In (UMTS), Global Systems for Mobile Communications (GSM), this macro network platform 3560 is the core network.
In one aspect, the macro network platform 3560 controls a set of base stations 3510 that serve each cell or several sectors within such cells. The base station 3510 is a radio device 3514 for operating on one or more radio technologies, and a set of antennas 3512 (eg, smart antennas, microwaves) that can serve one or more sectors within the macrocell 3505. It is equipped with an antenna, one or more satellite dishes, etc.). A set of wireless network control nodes that can be part of a macro network platform, a set of base stations that serve a set of macrocells 3505 (eg Node). B3510), an electronic device, circuit or component associated with a base station within a set of base stations, a set of respective OTA radio links operated by the base station in accordance with radio technology (eg, links 3515 and 3516), and 1 It should be noted that one or more backhaul links 3555 and 3551 form a macro radio access network (RAN). The macro network platform 3560 also communicates with other base stations (not shown) servicing other cells (not shown). One or more backhaul links 3551 or 3553 have wired backbone links (eg fiber optic backbone, paired, T1 / E1 telephone lines, synchronous or asynchronous digital subscriber line (DSL), asymmetric ADSL, coax. Cables, etc.) or wireless (line-of-sight (LOS) or non-LOS) backbone links can be included. One or more backhaul pipes 3555 connect different base stations 3510. In one aspect, the backhaul link 3553 can connect multiple femto access points 3530 and / or controller component (CC) 120 to the femto network platform 130. In one example, multiple femto APs can be connected to a routing platform (RP) 110, which can be connected to a controller component (CC) 120. Typically, each UE3520<sub>A</sub>Information from another UE3520 connecting to a different femto AP connecting to, for example, RP110 by RP102<sub>A</sub>It can be routed internally to, or externally to the femto network platform 130 via CC120 as discussed in detail above.
In the wireless environment 3550, a set of femtocells 3545 serviced by each femtoaccess point (AP) 3530 can be deployed within one or more macrocells 3505. Aspects of this innovation are significant femto AP densities, eg 10 per base station 3510.<sup>4</sup>~10<sup>7</sup>It can be understood that the target is the deployment of femtocells equipped with the femto AP3530. According to one aspect, a set of femto access points 3530 in which N is a natural number.<sub>1</sub>~3530<sub>N</sub>Can be functionally connected to the routing platform 110, which can be functionally coupled to the controller component 120. This controller component 120 can be operably connected to the femto network platform 330 by using one or more backhaul links 3553. Therefore, Femto AP3530<sub>1</sub>~3530<sub>N</sub>Connect to each UE, UE3520<sub>A</sub>Can communicate internally within the femto enterprise via Routing Platform (RP) 110 and / or femto via RP110, controller component 120, and one or more backhaul links 3553. -It can also communicate with network platform 130. Although only one femto enterprise is shown in FIG. 35, it can be understood that multiple femto enterprise networks can be deployed within macrocell 3505.
The various aspects, features, or advantages described herein have been described by one or more femto access points and associated femto coverage, but such aspects and features are virtually any. Or point out that it can also be used for one or more home access points (HAPs) that provide wireless coverage through any different telecommunications technology, such as Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) or picocell telecommunications. In addition, aspects, features, or advantages of this innovation include virtually any wireless telecommunications technology or wireless technology, such as Wi-Fi, WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access), Extended General Packet Radio Service (Extended GPRS), It can be used in 3GPP LTE, 3GPP2 UMB, 3GPP UMTS, HSPA, HSDPA, HSUPA, or LTE extensions. Moreover, virtually all aspects of this innovation can include traditional telecommunications technology.
The various aspects or features described herein can be implemented as methods, equipment, or products using standard programming and / or engineering techniques. In addition, the various aspects disclosed herein can also be implemented by program modules stored in memory and executed by a processor, or by other combinations of hardware and software or hardware and firmware. As used herein, the term "product" is intended to include computer programs accessible from any computer-readable device, carrier wave, or medium. For example, computer-readable media include magnetic storage devices (eg hard disks, floppy discs, magnetic strips, etc.), optical discs (eg CDs (compact discs), DVDs (digital versatile discs), BDs (Blu-ray discs), etc.), smart cards. , And flash memory devices (eg, cards, sticks, key drives, etc.), but are not limited to this. In addition, it should be understood that carrier waves can be used to carry computer-readable electronic data, such as those used to send and receive e-mail, or to access networks such as the Internet and local area networks (LANs). Is. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that many modifications can be made to this configuration without departing from the scope or intent of the subject matter described in the claims.
As used herein, the term "processor" refers to a single-core processor, a single processor with software multi-thread execution capabilities, a multi-core processor, a multi-core processor with software multi-thread execution capabilities, hardware. It can refer to virtually any computing unit or device, including, but not limited to, multi-core processors with multi-threading technology, parallel platforms, and parallel platforms with distributed shared memory. .. In addition, the processor is an integrated circuit, application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), digital signal processor (DSP), rewritable gate array (FPGA), programmable, designed to perform the functions described herein. It can refer to a logic controller (PLC), an application specific integrated circuit (CPLD), an individual gate or transistor logic, an individual hardware component, or any combination thereof. Processors can take advantage of nanoscale structures, such as, but not limited to, molecular and quantum dot-based transistors, switches and gates to optimize spatial use or improve performance of user equipment. Processors can also be implemented as a combination of computing processing units.
As used herein, terms such as "memory", "data storage", "data storage", "database", "repository", and virtually any other information storage component related to the operation and function of the component are used. Refers to a "memory component", or an entity implemented by "memory", or a component that contains memory. It will be appreciated that the memory components described herein can be volatile or non-volatile memory, or can include both volatile and non-volatile memory. In addition, the memory component or memory element can be removable or fixed. In addition, the memory can be internal or external to the device or component, or removable or fixed. Memory can include various types of media that can be read by a computer, such as hard disk drives, zip drives, magnetic cassettes, flash memory cards, other types of memory cards, cartridges, and so on.
As an example, but not limited, non-volatile memory includes ROM (read-only memory), PROM (programmable ROM), EPROM (electrically programmable ROM), EEPROM (electrically erasable ROM), or flash memory. obtain. Volatile memory can include RAM (random access memory) that acts as external cache memory. As an example, but not limited to, RAM is SRAM (synchronous RAM), DRAM (dynamic RAM), SDRAM (synchronous DRAM), DDR SDRAM (double data rate SDRAM), ESDRAM (extended SDRAM), SLDRAM (synclink DRAM). , And DRRAM (Direct Rambus RAM), etc., are available in many forms. Further, the memory components disclosed in the systems or methods herein are intended to include, but are not limited to, these and any other suitable type of memory.
The above description includes examples of systems and methods that offer the benefits of this innovation. Although it is not possible to describe all possible combinations of components or methodologies to illustrate this innovation, those skilled in the art will appreciate that many additional combinations and substitutions of the subject matter described in the claims are possible. Can be understood. In addition, as long as the terms "includes", "has", "possesses", etc. are used in the detailed description, claims, appendices, and drawings, these terms Is intended to be inclusive, as is the interpretation of the term "comprising" when used as a transitional term in a claim.
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11 legal events, as the office reported them to INPADOC
Over the term
Point at a mark for the eventEvents
| Event | Code | |
|---|---|---|
| Certificate of patent or registration of utility modelR150 | R150 | |
| First payment of annual fees (during grant procedure)A61 | A61 | |
| Written decision to grant a patent or to grant a registration (utility model)A01 | A01 | |
| Decision of grant or rejection writtenTRDD | TRDD | |
| Written amendmentA521 | A521 | |
| Notification of reasons for refusalA131 | A131 | |
| Written amendmentA521 | A521 | |
| Written permission of extension of timeA602 | A602 | |
| Written request for extension of timeA601 | A601 | |
| Notification of reasons for refusalA131 | A131 | |
| Report on retrievalA977 | A977 |
Numbers
- Publication
- 2013138476
- Publication, DOCDB
- 2013138476
- Publication, EPODOC
- JP2013138476
- Application
- 26198
- Application, DOCDB
- 2013026198
- Application, EPODOC
- JP20130026198
Titles2
- Japanese
- フェムトセル・ネットワークにおける商業およびサービス
- English
- Commerce and services in the femtocell network
Classification
- CPC, 50
- G06Q20/1235
- G06Q20/322
- G06Q20/3223
- G06Q20/387
- G06Q20/405
- G06Q30/02
- G06Q30/0222
- G06Q30/0261
- G06Q30/0601
- H04W48/08
- H04W84/045
- G16H40/63
- H04L63/101
- H04W4/12
- H04W4/023
- H04W4/027
- H04W4/14
- H04W12/06
- G07F9/001
- H04W4/02
- H04W12/082
- H04W12/088
- H04L2209/80
- H04W48/04
- H04W4/029
- H04W48/20
- H04W48/16
- H04L63/0876
- H04L63/108
- H04L41/0803
- H04W8/22
- H04W88/08
- H04W8/20
- H04W48/02
- H04W64/006
- H04W68/02
- H04L5/0048
- H04B1/3822
- G06Q20/102
- H04M15/73
- H04W4/24
- G05B2219/2614
- H04L63/04
- H04L63/102
- H04W40/02
- G06F3/0484
- H04L63/0853
- H04W88/02
- H04W88/06
- H04W4/40
- IPC, 7
- H04M3 487
- H04M11 08
- G06Q30 02
- H04W4 02
- H04W4 029
- H04W4 24
- H04W4 40