Terminal Enclosure Wireless Base Station for Last Mile Connectivity

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing infrastructure for last mile connectivity using twisted pair copper cables is limited by bandwidth and requires costly and labor-intensive replacement with fiber optic cables, necessitating a cost-effective solution for upgrading communication services.

Innovation Solution

A system that converts existing terminal enclosures into wireless base stations, utilizing transceivers and antennas to provide wireless internet access to network interface devices, thereby bypassing the need for physical medium upgrades by establishing wireless connections between terminal enclosures and network interface devices.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Speed

If fiber optic cables are used to replace twisted pair copper cables for last mile connectivity, then bandwidth and transmission speed are improved, but installation cost and labor requirements increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvetransmission speedVSAvoidinstallation cost

Core Design Contradiction:

SpeedVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the mechanical process of laying physical fiber optic cables through excavation and trenching with a wireless electromagnetic field-based communication system. The terminal enclosure converts wired connections to wireless signals, eliminating the need for physical medium installation while providing high-speed connectivity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The terminal enclosure acts as an intermediary device between the wired network infrastructure and wireless network interface devices. It receives data through wired connections and transmits it wirelessly, serving as a mediation point that eliminates the need for direct fiber optic installation to end devices.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Quantity of substance

If fiber optic cables are installed to replace copper cables, then bandwidth is improved, but the complexity of excavation and trenching increases

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovebandwidthVSAvoidinstallation complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Quantity of substanceVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent substitutes the complex mechanical installation process of burying fiber optic cables with a simple wireless signal transmission system. The terminal enclosure handles the conversion from wired to wireless, eliminating excavation, trenching, and physical cable laying operations.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Ease of operation

If wireless base stations are deployed to provide internet access, then ease of connection is improved, but the number of devices and system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of connectionVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The terminal enclosure serves multiple functions: it acts as both a traditional wired terminal and a wireless base station. By integrating wireless communication capabilities into the existing terminal enclosure infrastructure, the system provides universal access without requiring separate dedicated wireless devices at each location.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

This solution enables high-bandwidth wireless connectivity without the need for expensive and time-consuming physical medium replacements, enhancing communication services while reducing installation costs and labor.

Implementation Method 1

converting data received from the first network via the first medium into a first wireless signal and transmitting the first wireless signal to a network interface device

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectElectromagnetic radiation:

Implementation Method 2

a first antenna operatively coupled to the first transceiver... transmitting the first wireless signal to a network interface device... receiving a second wireless signal from a second network associated with the network interface device

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectElectromagnetic wave propagation:

Data Source

PatentUS10341023B2Terminal enclosure wireless base station

Publication Date: 2019.07.02 CENTURYLINK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LLC

AI summary

Novel tools and techniques for provisioning a wireless base station functionality at a terminal enclosure are provided. A system includes a first network device, first transceiver, first antenna, second network device, second transceiver, and a second antenna. The first network device may be communicatively coupled to a first network via a first medium and a second medium. The first network device may include a first transceiver coupled to the first network via the first medium, and a first antenna coupled to the first transceiver. The second network device may be coupled to a second network, and include a second transceiver coupled to a second antenna. The first and second network devices may be configured to communicate wirelessly, wherein data communicated from the second network device to the first network device is transmitted to the first network via the first medium.