48 results about "Wireless WAN" patented technology

A method for estimating a location of a mobile device located in means of transportation is provided. The method includes: developing a first database by linking ID information of the means of transportation with ID information of an access point (AP) installed in the means of transportation, the AP being a mobile AP allowing access to a wireless WAN through WiFi; developing a second database by linking ID information of the means of transportation with service information of the means of transportation, the service information including route and timetable information; acquiring WiFi reception information generated by the mobile device equipped with a WiFi module, the WiFi reception information including ID information of an AP transmitting a WiFi signal; extracting the ID information of the means of transportation in which the mobile device is located using the acquired WiFi reception information and the first database; and estimating a location of the mobile device using the extracted ID information of the means of transportation and the second database.

The present invention relates to method, system and access controller device (50) for providing interworking between a wireless wide area network (WiMAX), and a other network, wherein an access control functionality is provided so as to access an authentication server (64) of the other network, and data of the wide area network is forwarded via the access control functionality to a third network (70). Service control functions of the other network are used to perform common service control for the wide area network and the other network. Thereby, seamless connectivity between the wireless wide area network (WiMAX) and other access networks can be achieved.

A group of independent wireless apparatus (106a–106n) in a wireless local area network are identified and coordinated (aggregated) using the short-range wireless area network (wireless LAN). Each wireless apparatus receives information from a wireless wide area network (wireless WAN) such as a conventional cellular system. The plurality of independent proximal wireless apparatus (106b–106n) receive the same information that is ultimately destined for one of the wireless apparatus in the proximal group in the wireless local area network. Each proximal wireless apparatus (106b–106n) that has received the same information from the wide area network then retransmits or forwards the same information to the destination wireless apparatus (106a). Accordingly, the plurality of wireless apparatus in the local area network receive the same information from a wide area network and forward it, using the short range wireless communication system, to a destination wireless apparatus in the local area network. The destination wireless apparatus (106a) optimally combines the information to improve its reliability of detection.

A method, device and system of ID based wireless multi-hop network authentication access are provided, which are used for security application protocol when the WAPI frame method (TePA, Triple-Element and Peer Authentication based access control method) is applied over the specific network including the wireless LAN, wireless WAN and wireless private network. The method includes the following steps: defining non-controlled port and controlled port; the coordinator broadcasts the beacon frame, the terminal device sends the connection request command; the coordinator and the terminal device perform the authentication procedure; the coordinator opens the controlled port and sends the connection response command at the same time if the authentication is successful; the terminal device receives the connection response command and opens the controlled port in order to access the network. The method of the present invention solves the technical problem of the presence of the security trouble in the present wireless multi-hop network authentication access method, improves the security and performance of accessing the wireless multi-hop network from the terminal device, and ensures the communication safety between the terminal device and the coordinator.

The information providing system according to the embodiment includes a wireless LAN access point and an information providing apparatus. The wireless LAN access point detects a wireless terminal existing in a wireless LAN communication area to transmit the detection information to the information providing apparatus. The information providing apparatus determines either the wireless LAN access point or a wireless WAN base station, on the basis of information on a user of a wireless terminal specified according to the detection information and/or the information on an installation location of the wireless LAN access point, as a communication medium that notifies the notification information.

The present invention relates to a system that is scalable and configurable to include vending equipment audit capabilities, a card reader assembly having a card reader processor interface board for accepting card identification data as payment for items vended, an interactive interface and protocol for interconnecting the system to a computing platform, and support for a plurality of communication options that include wired, point-to-point wireless, and wireless WAN solutions. In addition, the present invention also relates to a system and method of effectuating a payment device for accepting card ID data, authorizing the validity of the card ID data, facilitating a vending transaction, settling the transaction to effect payment for the vended goods and services, gathering DEX and MDB audit data from the vending equipment, and data communicating with a plurality of remote locations.

The invention discloses mobile Internet access equipment and a method thereof. The equipment comprises a WAN (wide area network) communication module, a hotspot bridging module, an LAN (local area network) communication module, a webpage container module, an access strategy selection unit, an inter-operator access control unit and an inter-network connection management unit, wherein the WAN communication module is connected with wireless WANs of a plurality of operators; the hotspot bridging module can be connected with Internet access hotspots of the operators; the LAN communication module is connected with a plurality of terminals; the webpage container module stores webpages; the terminals operate the access equipment through the webpages; the access strategy selection unit responses to Internet access requests of the terminals, and determines current inter-operator access strategies and/or inter-network access strategies of the terminals; the inter-operator access control unit responses to the inter-operator access strategies, and controls the webpage container module to obtain operator information or user information for performing inter-operator access; and the inter-network connection management unit responses to the inter-network access strategies and is configured with the communication module and/ or hotspot bridging module to be connected with the corresponding networks. According to the equipment and the method, inter-operator and inter-network mobile Internet access based on the access equipment is achieved.

The invention provides a concordant heterogeneous wireless network and a communication method thereof, a Silkroad access router is positioned on the boundary of a IPv4 Internet and a IPv6 network; a home agent equipment is a wireless WAN service based on the IPv4, and positioned in the network based on the IPv6; a multi-mode mobile terminal passes through the wireless WAN based on IPv4 via a Silkroad tunnel mechanism, and establishes a tunnel with the IPv6 network; the multi-mode mobile terminal sends a corresponding route notice to a corresponding tunnel interface according to tunnel parameters, and realizes the communication with the IPv6 network. Through the invention, a MIPv6 protocol can be executed in the IPv4 wireless WAN including a network address conversion equipment or a fire wall, in order to provide an uniform seamless mobile environment and a complete MIPv6 service function for the multi-mode mobile terminal, and therefore, the link load of the wireless WAN is greatly reduced.

An information providing system according to an embodiment includes a wireless LAN communication unit, a notification information storage unit, a terminal position acquisition unit, and a notification unit. The notification information storage unit stores notification information corresponding to the wireless LAN communication unit. The terminal position acquisition unit acquires position information indicating a position of a wireless terminal. The notification unit notifies a wireless terminal positioned in a communication area of the wireless LAN communication unit and not communicating with the wireless LAN communication unit of the notification information via a wireless WAN base station.

The invention relates to a multi-level data based classification and transmission optimization method and a family monitoring gateway provided with the multi-level data classification and transmission optimization method. The method comprises the following steps: S01, receiving data transmitted from a family monitoring terminal; S02, marking the data; S03, classifying the data into real-time monitoring data, process monitoring data, regular monitoring data and terminal status data according to the marking; and S04, transmitting the classified data to an external network in sequence according to a level transmission strategy. According to the multi-level data based classification and transmission optimization method and the family monitoring gateway provided with the multi-level data based classification and transmission optimization method, data from information acquisition points are enabled to be properly preprocessed, and then effectively, reliably and economically transmitted to a data processing platform of the internet through a wired wide area network (WAN) or a wireless WAN, transmission times and data volume are effectively reduced, an optimal transmission time is found, and therefore the optimization of transmission cost is achieved.

Methods, systems, and devices are described for managing wireless communications in a machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless Wide Area Network (WAN). An operating frequency band of the M2M wireless WAN is divided into at least a first frequency channel and a second frequency channel. The first and second frequency channels being used for communications on a reverse link. First channel status information and second channel status information are broadcasted to one or more M2M devices. The first channel status information indicating a status of the first frequency channel. The second channel status information indicating a status of the second frequency channel.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a client-side software switching method of a wireless internet access card, a device and a terminal thereof, relates to the wireless WAN field, and solves the problem that the service information of an operator of a currently used SIM card is inconveniently obtained after a user replaces an SIM card in the prior art. In the embodiment of the invention, after the SIM card is replaced, the information of the operator of the current SIM card is obtained; the information of the operator of the current SIM card is judged whether to be the same as the information of the operator of the SIM card used last time; if the obtained information of the operator of the current SIM card is different from the information of the operator of the SIM card used last time, the client-side software of the wireless internet access card is automatically replaced by the client-side software provided by the operator of the current SIM card. When the SIM card is replaced by the user and connected to the wireless WAN, the switching method, the device and the terminal realize automatic switching of the client-side software of the wireless internet access card of the corresponding network operator.

The invention discloses a multi-frequency antenna, which comprises a first antenna for wireless wan, a second antenna for wireless wan and a grounding part for both two antennas using. The low frequency of the first antenna is composed of a metal plate, a plastic part, an aluminum foil and a ceramic passive element.

The invention discloses a method of detecting a wide area network interface of a gateway device and a gateway device. The method is characterized in that whether a network cable connected with a wide area network interface is connected can be determined, and then whether the access to the external network is available can be determined; when the access to the external network is not available, the connecting way of the user configuration can be determined; according to different configuration ways, the related problems and the corresponding solutions can be provided under the condition of different configuration ways, and then the problem of the inability of the user of surfing the Internet by using the wireless WAN interface can be solved.

A wireless terminal according to an embodiment includes a display unit, a wireless LAN communication unit, a wireless WAN communication unit, and a control unit. The control unit acquires, when a radio wave intensity of a wireless signal output from a wireless LAN access point detected by the wireless LAN communication unit satisfies a predetermined condition, notification information corresponding to the wireless LAN access point by the wireless WAN communication unit or by the wireless LAN communication unit, and to indicates the notification information with an indication unit.

A portable electronic device, including a base mechanically coupled to a display enclosure with a hinge, is built. The display enclosure includes at least one WAN antenna configured to rotate about an axis such that when closed the antenna forms part of the display enclosure, and when rotated to an open position the antenna extends above the display enclosure.

Methods, systems, and devices are described for managing wireless communications in a machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless Wide Area Network (WAN). A packet is decoded and demodulated by an M2M device that is received during a time slot of a physical layer forward link frame in the M2M wireless WAN. The packet is transmitted by a base station. The M2M device enters a sleep state before a physical layer acknowledgment (ACK) message is transmitted to the base station to indicate receipt of the packet.

Methods, systems, and devices are described for managing wireless communications in a machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless Wide Area Network (WAN). An operating frequency band of the M2M wireless WAN is divided into at least a first frequency channel and a second frequency channel. The first and second frequency channels being used for communications on a reverse link. A first rise over thermal (RoT) threshold is set for the first frequency channel. A second RoT threshold is set for the second frequency channel. The second RoT threshold is lower than the first RoT threshold.

The invention provides a relay server and a connection method thereof. To conduct communication based on a VPN, in relay server which can be connected to both a wired WAN and a wireless WAN, which WAN to use is decided. The relay server, has a connection information storage unit, a first connection control unit, a second connection control unit, a VPN control unit and an exclusive control unit. The connection information storage unit stores connection information. The first connection control unit performs control used for being connected to a public wired communication network. The second connection control unit performs control used for being connected to a public wireless communication network. The VPN control unit uses the VPN as a relay server of a communication partner to communicate. Under a circumstance of being connected to a WAN through the second connection control unit, the exclusive control unit prohibits connection to the WAN performed by the first connection control unit, and under a circumstance of being connected to a WAN through the first connection control unit, the exclusive control unit prohibits connection to the WAN performed by the second connection control unit.

The invention is a modular, optimizing transmitter/bridge device for optimizing placement of a transmitter/bridge for WWAN communication for one or more WWAN service providers, comprising a transmitter/bridge for WWAN communication, including software for identifying signals from the one or more WWAN service providers, a WWAN interface for providing WWAN service from a preselected WWAN service provider in electronic communication with the transmitter/bridge, a connection to a power source in electronic communication with the transmitter/bridge; and a signal strength indicator in electronic communication with the transmitter/bridge for indicating signal strength of a preselected WWAN service. The device will also have a signal strength indicator to allow for optimal placement for maximum wireless connectivity.