Customer facing interface power cycling of wireless terminals

Abstract

Systems and methods are described for configuring customer premises equipment in a wireless network in response to reconnection of subscriber station to a base stations. A set of rules is provided that governs configuration of a network interface based in part on whether the interface connects to a different base station after reconnection. Reconfiguration may be include cycling power of the network interface and the decision to cycle power may be based on network configuration determined after the loss of communication. This decision can be made after the loss of communication and after the network interface is reconnected to the wireless network through the same or a different base station. The rules may be processed by a combination of subscriber equipment, network interface and base station. Power may be cycled responsive to a message transmitted by the one base station to the network interface.

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         21 . A system for cycling power of a network interface of a subscriber station, comprising:
 memory storing a set of power cycle rules, the set of power cycle rules identifying a predetermined condition when to cycle power of a network interface of a subscriber station, the subscriber station being configured to communicate over a wireless network with at least one of a plurality of base stations, the network interface being configured with a current network address, the predetermined condition including detection of a loss of communication between the subscriber station and the at least one of the plurality of base stations, the cycling the power of the network interface including causing the network interface to request a new network address to replace the current network address; and   a processor configured to use the set of power cycle rules to determine whether the predetermined condition has been satisfied, and to request the cycling of the power of the network interface in response to the satisfaction of the predetermined condition to enable the new network address to replace the current network address.   
     
     
         22 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the cycling the power of the network interface comprises powering down the network interface and then powering up the network interface. 
     
     
         23 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the processor is further configured to receive the set of power cycle rules. 
     
     
         24 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the predetermined condition includes whether the network interface has reestablished communication with the at least one of the plurality of base stations. 
     
     
         25 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the predetermined condition includes whether a network type after reestablishment is different from a network type before reestablishment. 
     
     
         26 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the predetermined condition includes whether the network interface has reestablished communication with another of the plurality of base stations. 
     
     
         27 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the predetermined condition includes whether a signal between the subscriber station and the at least one of the plurality of base stations meets or exceeds a predetermined minimum strength. 
     
     
         28 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the predetermined condition includes whether a message transmitted by the at least one of the plurality of base stations to the subscriber station has been received. 
     
     
         29 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the requesting the new network address is deferred until a signal between the subscriber station and the at least one of the plurality of base stations has a predetermined minimum strength. 
     
     
         30 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the loss of communication includes incorrect addressing of data transmitted from the subscriber station to the at least one of the plurality of base stations. 
     
     
         31 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the subscriber station comprises the memory or the processor. 
     
     
         32 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein one of the plurality of base stations comprises the memory or the processor. 
     
     
         33 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein subscriber equipment comprises the memory or the processor.