Gateway Camera Wireless Hub for Flexible Enterprise Network Extension
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing camera systems in enterprise networks require wired connections, necessitating extensive cabling and limiting the deployment flexibility and ease of adding new devices.
Innovation Solution
Integration of wireless communication technology in a gateway camera that acts as a hub, allowing other devices to connect wirelessly and access the enterprise network, reducing the need for cabling and enhancing deployment flexibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If wired connections are used to connect cameras to the enterprise network, then network connectivity and reliability are ensured, but extensive cabling and installation complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The gateway camera acts as an intermediary device that bridges wireless devices and the wired enterprise network. It receives wireless communications from devices without wired connections and forwards them over the enterprise network, eliminating the need for extensive cabling while maintaining network connectivity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical wired connection system with a wireless communication system. The gateway camera enables devices to connect to the enterprise network wirelessly, substituting physical cables and ports with wireless transmission technologies.
2Reliability
If wired connections are required for each camera, then stable network access is achieved, but deployment flexibility and ease of adding new devices decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The gateway camera provides multiple functions: it serves as both a surveillance camera and a wireless gateway for other devices. This multi-functionality allows the system to support both wired and wireless connections, enhancing deployment flexibility while maintaining network access stability.
Solution Approach 2:
The gateway camera mediates between wireless devices and the wired network infrastructure, enabling flexible deployment of wireless devices without requiring changes to the stable wired network backbone.
3Adaptability or versatility
If wireless communication technology is integrated in the gateway camera, then deployment flexibility and ease of adding devices improve, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the camera functionality with wireless gateway functionality in a single device. The gateway camera combines video capture capabilities with wireless communication transceivers, eliminating the need for separate wireless access points and reducing overall system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The gateway camera performs multiple functions including video surveillance and wireless networking, reducing the total number of devices needed and simplifying the overall system architecture despite the increased capabilities of individual devices.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods are disclosed for providing a wireless communications gateway at a camera. The gateway camera can transmit wireless signals to advertise a wireless communication functionality of the camera, establish, with a device, a wireless connection for communicating with the device, receive, from the device, wireless communications including data for forwarding over an enterprise network, and forward, via a different connection, the data over the enterprise network. The other device can be a camera as well, or substantially any device that can wirelessly communicate with the gateway camera.