Wireless System with Configurable Radio and Antenna Resources

Abstract

A wireless access device, system and method are disclosed for provisioning multiple concurrent radio services and adaptive management of multi-radio access points or multi-radio small cell base stations.

1 - 3 . (canceled) 
     
     
         4 . The wireless system of  claim 27 , wherein the wireless access device further comprises:
 a communication interface coupled to one or more of the radios and configured to receive and transmit information from a network for dedicating and rededicating assignment of specific radios to specific antennas and configuring the assigned antennas.   
     
     
         5 . The wireless system of  claim 29 , where one or more radios interface directly with the communication interface. 
     
     
         6 . The wireless system of  claim 28 , where more than one radio can interface with a single processor. 
     
     
         7 . The wireless system of  claim 27 , where multiple radios are assigned to one spatial sector and configured to provide services to the one spatial sector. 
     
     
         8 . The wireless system of  claim 27 , where the interface matrix is configured to enable interconnections from all, part or a single radio frequency (RF) port of the radios in the radio bank to all, part or a single configurable antenna in the antenna bank. 
     
     
         9 . The wireless system of  claim 27 , where one or more antennas in the antenna bank include planar antennas for which a radiation pattern or polarization is dynamically configured to radiate into one or more spatial sectors. 
     
     
         10 . The wireless system of  claim 27 , where the antenna bank includes a beam forming antenna array. 
     
     
         11 . The wireless system of  claim 27 , where one or more antennas are traveling wave antennas. 
     
     
         12 . The wireless system of  claim 27 , where one or more antennas are planar antennas. 
     
     
         13 - 15 . (canceled) 
     
     
         16 . The wireless system of  claim 27 , where the antenna bank comprises one or more antenna arrays where each array includes a multiplicity of configurable antennas. 
     
     
         17 . The wireless system of  claim 27  wherein the wireless access device comprises configurable antennas operating at different frequencies. 
     
     
         18 . The wireless system of  claim 27  wherein the wireless access device comprises a multiplicity of radios implementing more than one wireless technology. 
     
     
         19 . The wireless system of  claim 16 , where the configurable antennas in an array are planar antennas and are fabricated on a common printed circuit board. 
     
     
         20 . The wireless system of  claim 28 , where the processor bank, radio bank and interface matrix are enclosed in a physical unit and the antenna bank is external to the physical unit. 
     
     
         21 . The wireless system of  claim 27 , where more than one radio and more than one antenna are configured to provide different services to one or more spatial sectors. 
     
     
         22 . The wireless system of  claim 27 , where the radio bank and antenna bank are configured based on a function of traffic demand and radio frequency (RF) interference. 
     
     
         23 - 26 . (canceled) 
     
     
         27 . A wireless system with configurable radio and antenna resources, comprising:
 a remote server computer;   a network coupled to the remote server computer;   a plurality of wireless access devices coupled to the network, each wireless access device including:
 a radio bank including a plurality of independently configurable radios; 
 an interface matrix coupled to the radio bank, the interface matrix configurable to interconnect the plurality of radios to a plurality of independently configurable antennas; and 
 an antenna bank coupled to the interface matrix, the antenna bank including the plurality of independently configurable antennas, 
   wherein a hypervisor is implemented in part on the remote server computer and in part on at least one of the plurality of wireless access devices.   
     
     
         28 . The system of  claim 27 , wherein the wireless access device further comprises:
 a processor bank including one or more processors, the one or more processors for configuring one or more of the radios, interface matrix and antennas.   
     
     
         29 . The system of  claim 28 , wherein the wireless access device further comprises:
 a communication interface coupled to the processor bank and configured to receive and transmit information from a network for dedicating and rededicating assignment of specific radios to specific antennas and configuring the assigned antennas.   
     
     
         30 - 47 . (canceled)