Broadband wireless system and network architecture providing broadband/narrowband service with optimal static and dynamic bandwidth/channel allocation

Claim 2

In a wireless broadband communication system, a method of delivering a variety of broadband/narrowband services to an end user of the system; as claimed in claim 1: wherein the step of partitioning includes defining asymmetrical broadband channels and bidirectional symmetrical narrowband channels by assigning channels into specific service categories; and subdividing the channels into conduits of specified bandwidth each of which may be combined to be assigned to a specific service.

Claim 3

In a wireless broadband communication system, a method of delivering a variety of broadband/narrowband services to an end user of the system; as claimed in claim 2: wherein the step of partitioning includes selecting conduits within channels to match bandwidth requirements of services to be provided.

Claim 4

In a wireless broadband communication system, a method of delivering a variety of broadband/narrowband services to an end user of the system; as claimed in claim 3: wherein the step of partitioning further includes mapping of a single service onto several conduits selected to match bandwidth requirements of that single service.

Claim 5

In a wireless broadband communication system, a method of delivering a variety of broadband/narrowband services to an end user of the system; as claimed in claim 4: wherein conduits are assigned based on modulation requirements of a service by selecting CDMA modulation for narrowband and TDM for broadband service.

Claim 6

In a wireless broadband communication system, a method of delivering a variety of broadband/narrowband services to an end user of the system; as claimed in claim 5: wherein channels are assigned to service classes to match static and variability in demand.

Claim 7

In a wireless broadband communication system, a method of delivering a variety of broadband/narrowband services to an end user of the system; as claimed in claim 6: wherein a channel is encoded by a modulation schema by utilizing CDMA for optimizing narrow band frequency reuse; and optimizing broadband applications by means of compression and by using TDM schema.

Claim 8

In a wireless broadband communication system, a method of delivering a variety of broadband/narrowband services to an end user of the system; as claimed in claim 7: maximizing channel utilization while providing uniform service quality by varying conduit bit rate to match program requirements while maintaining an average bit rate for all conduits in a channel.

Claim 9

A communication network for providing broadband and narrowband services with a wireless connection between the network and end users; comprising: the communication network including: asynchronous transport media and synchronous transport media; CHARACTERIZED BY: at least one service node connected to the asynchronous transport media and synchronous transport media and an access node which is in turn connected to a microport including an antenna for radiating radio signals to a receiving antenna of an end user; communication circuitry for communicating and for providing communication network routing control including: asynchronous and synchronous transport media; a service node connected to the asynchronous and synchronous transport media and to an access node which is in turn connected to a microport for radiating radio signals to be received by an access port of an end user; the communication network apportioning communication channels and conduits to specific communication services including: the service node measuring channel occupancy of the channels controlled by the communication system and assigning network trunks to operate as access trunks; a channel allocation server, connected to the service node, for estimating blocking probabilities across service classes and for identifying channels to be moved from one service class to another to accommodate service demands; the access node combining and splitting channels to conform with the mapping of services onto channels; the microport having radiant apparatus to transmit and receive signals over air media and associating wired channels of the network to a RF channel; and the access port connecting received wireless signals to wired and wireless equipment of the end user and transmitting wireless signals from the end user to the microport.

Claim 10

A communication network for providing broadband and narrowband services with a wireless connection between the network and end users; as claimed in claim 9: further comprising: the access node dividing channels into a fixed plurality of conduits, the plurality of conduits each being variable in bandwidth, with the plurality of conduits having a fixed overall bandwidth and the average bandwidth of the each conduit of the plurality of conduits remaining fixed.

Claim 11

A communication network for providing broadband and narrowband services with a wireless connection between the network and end users; as claimed in claim 9: further comprising: the radiant apparatus comprises a sectored antenna with three sectors and radiating three levels of channels for interactive broadcast video services, interactive video on demand services and narrowband services; and the channel allocation server controlling transfers of channel assignments from one level to another.

Claim 12

A communication network for providing broadband and narrowband services with a wireless connection between the network and end users; as claimed in claim 10 or 11: further comprising: the access node being connected to the service node with a SONET ring.

Claim 13

A communication network for providing broadband and narrowband services with a wireless connection between the network and end users; as claimed in claim 12: further comprising: antenna means for accepting satellite signals to support broadcast video, multimedia, and information services.

Claim 14

In a communication network for providing broadband and narrowband services with a wireless connection between the network and end users; a method of allocating frequency spectrum to satisfy service bandwidth requirements of a plurality of services: CHARACTERIZED BY: periodically setting a reallocation time; static allocating of channels to meet service demand on a known predetermined allocation basis supported by time and date records at the reallocation time; dynamic allocating of channels to meet service demand on immediate service requests in real time; and the dynamic allocating having precedence over the static allocating.

Claim 15

In a communication network for providing broadband and narrowband services with a wireless connection between the network and end users; a method of allocating frequency spectrum to satisfy service bandwidth requirements of a plurality of services: as claimed in claim 14: the steps of static allocating including the steps of: determining a day of the week and a time of the day; noting the occurrence of the reallocation time; reallocating channels at the occurrence of the reallocation time to meet the anticipated service demands of the predetermined static service allocation for the day of the week and a time of the day.

Claim 16

In a communication network for providing broadband and narrowband services with a wireless connection between the network and end users; a method of allocating frequency spectrum to satisfy service bandwidth requirements of a plurality of services: as claimed in claim 14: the dynamic allocating including the steps of: determining an idle capacity of channels; measuring a number of channels assigned to incumbent service classes; determine if a number of idle channels exceeds the channels assigned to incumbent service classes by a block number; determining channels to be assigned to a different service class.

Claim 17

In a communication network for providing broadband and narrowband services with a wireless connection between the network and end users; a method of allocating frequency spectrum to satisfy service bandwidth requirements of a plurality of services: as claimed in claim 16: determining if there is blocking on channels to be assigned to a different service class; and reassigning unused channels to a different service class.

Claim 18

In a communication network for providing broadband and narrowband services with a wireless connection between the network and end users; a method of allocating frequency spectrum to satisfy service bandwidth requirements of a plurality of services: as claimed in claim 17: establishing a waiting period before a subsequent dynamic allocation.

Claim 19

In a communication network for providing broadband and narrowband services with a wireless connection between the network and end users; a method of allocating frequency spectrum to satisfy service bandwidth requirements of a plurality of services: as claimed in claim 17: reallocations of channels from one service class to another service class are in incremental integer numbers of channels.

Claim 20

A communication network for providing broadband and narrowband services with a wireless connection between the network and end users as claimed in claim 9; comprising: a signaling server for providing signaling services to end user devices.

Claim 21

A communication network for providing broadband and narrowband services with a wireless connection between the network and end users as claimed in claim 9; comprising: a billing operations, administration, maintenance and provision server for providing integrated billing across all broadband and narrowband services to end users.

Claim 22

A communication network for providing broadband and narrowband services with a wireless connection between the network and end users as claimed in claim 9; comprising: a security server for providing security authentication and fraud prevention services.

Claim 23

A communication network for providing broadband and narrowband services with a wireless connection between the network and end users as claimed in claim 9; comprising: a customer profile server for storing end user data including subscriber preferences.

Claim 24

A communication network for providing broadband and narrowband services with a wireless connection between the network and end users as claimed in claim 9; comprising: a user registration server for maintaining real time data concerning a users location and service area related data.

Claim 25

A communication network for providing broadband and narrowband services with a wireless connection between the network and end users as claimed in claim 9; comprising: a signaling server, an IVOD server, a security server, a billing operations, administration, maintenance and provision server server, a customer service profile server and a location and user registration server, and a channel allocation server; all integrated within the system to provide integrated service across end-to-end of the network to end users across an entire portfolio of services.

Claim 26

A communication network for providing broadband and narrowband services with a wireless connection between the network and end users; as claimed in claim 10 or 11: further comprising: the access node being connected to the service node with a point-to-point microwave connection.

Claim 27

A communication network for providing broadband and narrowband services with a wireless connection between the network and end users; as claimed in claim 10 or 11: further comprising: the access node being connected to the service node with a point-to-point infrared connection.

Claim 28

A communication network for providing broadband and narrowband services with a wireless connection between the network and end users; as claimed in claim 10 or 11: further comprising: the access node being connected to the service node with a star connection.

Claim 29

A communication network for providing broadband and narrowband services with a wireless connection between the network and end users; as claimed in claim 10 or 11: further comprising: extending available services by adding interactive services by providing interactive uplink channels.

Claim 30

A communication network for providing broadband and narrowband services with a wireless connection between the network and end users; as claimed in claim 10 or 11: further comprising: adding new services by utilizing compression techniques to pack existing services into a subset of channels to free channels for new services.