Device module formation of network devices for a distributed mesh radio network

Abstract

A network device module formed from distributed device modules is disclosed. The network device module includes a computing platform; one or more radio device modules coupled to the computing platform; and one or more networking device modules coupled to the computing platform. The one or more network devices include one or more of a centralized unit, a distributed unit, and a radio unit. The network device can then form at least a part of a network base station. In some embodiments, the network device module may be a UE gateway device. The UE gateway device can include native gateway device modules and unaffiliated gateway device modules and can interact with protected end-point devices.

1 . A user-equipment (UE) gateway device, comprising:
 a router device module;   one or more radio device modules coupled to the router device; and   one or more native gateway device modules coupled to the router device module, native gateway device modules communicating with a native DM data model.   
     
     
         2 . The UE gateway device of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the one or more gateway device modules is a virtual device module operating on a common platform with the router device module. 
     
     
         3 . The UE gateway device of  claim 1 , wherein native gateway device modules support a native gateway data mode that provides enhanced interoperability between native gateway devices and the router device module. 
     
     
         4 . The UE gateway device of  claim 1 , wherein the radio device module is physically separated from the router device module. 
     
     
         5 . The UE gateway device of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more native gateway device modules include a storage device module. 
     
     
         6 . The UE gateway device of  claim 5 , wherein the storage device module is physically separated from the router device module. 
     
     
         7 . The UE gateway device of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more native gateway device modules includes a WiFi device module. 
     
     
         8 . The UE gateway device of  claim 1 , further including one or more unaffiliated gateway device modules communicating with the router device module, the unaffiliated gateway device modules communicating with a standard data model. 
     
     
         9 . The UE gateway device of  claim 8 , wherein the standard data model is an open communications foundation (OCF) data model. 
     
     
         10 . The UE gateway device of  claim 8 , wherein the one or more unaffiliated gateway device modules includes one or more of WiFi device modules, Internet-of-Things (IoT) hub device modules, smart meter device modules, and smart EV charger device modules. 
     
     
         11 . The UE gateway device of  claim 8 , wherein one or more protected devices are coupled to the UE gateway DM through one of the native gateway device modules or the one or more unaffiliated device modules. 
     
     
         12 . The UE gateway device of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more native gateway devices includes one or more virtual super device modules communicating with the router device module. 
     
     
         13 . The UE gateway device of  claim 12 , wherein each of the one or more virtual super device modules interacts with a protected device to provide additional features not included in the protected device. 
     
     
         14 . The UE gateway device of  claim 13 , wherein the protected device is a power meter or an EV charger. 
     
     
         15 . The UE gateway device of  claim 1 , further including a radio unit (RU) device module. 
     
     
         16 . The UE gateway device of  claim 15 , further wherein the RU device module is a virtual device module operating on a common platform with the router device module. 
     
     
         17 . The UE gateway device of  claim 1 , further including a distributed unit (DU) device module. 
     
     
         18 . The UE gateway device of  claim 15 , further wherein the DU device module is a virtual device module operating on a common platform with the router device module. 
     
     
         19 . The UE gateway device of  claim 1 , further including a centralized unit (CU) device module. 
     
     
         20 . The UE gateway device of  claim 19 , wherein the CU device module is a virtual device module operating on a common platform with the router device module. 
     
     
         21 . The UE gateway device of  claim 1 , further including one or more of a radio unit device module, a distributed unit device module, and a centralized unit device module, the UE gateway configurable to participate in a base station with one or more of the radio unit device module, the distributed unit device module, and the centralized unit device module. 
     
     
         22 . The UE gateway device of  claim 1 , wherein the router device module is coupled through internal busses to one or more device modules. 
     
     
         23 . The UE gateway device of  claim 22 , wherein the internal bus is a peripheral component interface. 
     
     
         24 . The UE gateway device of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the one or more radio device modules includes a solar power device module. 
     
     
         25 . The UE gateway device of  claim 24 , wherein the UE Gateway receives power from the solar power device module. 
     
     
         26 . A network device module, comprising:
 a computing platform;   one or more radio device modules coupled to the computing platform; and   one or more networking device modules coupled to the computing platform.   
     
     
         27 . The network device module of  claim 26 , wherein the one or more networking device modules includes a centralized unit (CU) device module. 
     
     
         28 . The network device module of  claim 26 , wherein the one or more networking device modules includes a distributed unit (DU) device module. 
     
     
         29 . The network device module of  claim 26 , wherein the one or more networking device modules includes a radio unit (RU) device module. 
     
     
         30 . The network device module of  claim 26 , wherein the one or more networking device modules are virtual device modules operating on the computing platform. 
     
     
         31 . The network device module of  claim 26 , wherein the one or more networking device modules includes one or more of a centralized unit, a distributed unit, and a radio unit. 
     
     
         32 . The network device module of  claim 31 , wherein the network device is configured to form at least a part of a base station, the base station including a centralized unit, a distributed unit, and a radio unit. 
     
     
         33 . The network device module of  claim 26 , wherein the radio device module is physically separated from the router device module. 
     
     
         34 . The network device module of  claim 26 , wherein the network unit is a user equipment gateway device. 
     
     
         35 . The network device module of  claim 34 , wherein the user equipment gateway includes a router module operating on the computing platform and one or more native gateway device modules coupled to the router device module, native gateway device modules communicating with a native DM data model. 
     
     
         36 . The network device module of  claim 35 , wherein at least one of the one or more gateway device modules is a virtual device module operating on the computing platform with the router device module. 
     
     
         37 . The network device module of  claim 35 , wherein native gateway device modules support a native gateway data mode that provides enhanced interoperability between native gateway devices and the router device module. 
     
     
         38 . The network device module of  claim 35 , wherein the one or more native gateway device modules includes one or more of a storage device module and a WiFi device module. 
     
     
         39 . The network device module of  claim 35 , further including one or more unaffiliated gateway device modules communicating with the router device module, the unaffiliated gateway device modules communicating with a standard data model. 
     
     
         40 . The network device module of  claim 39 , wherein the standard data model is an open communications foundation (OCF) data model. 
     
     
         41 . The network device module of  claim 39 , wherein the one or more unaffiliated gateway device modules includes one or more of WiFi device modules, Internet-of-Things (IoT) hub device modules, smart meter device modules, and smart EV charger device modules. 
     
     
         42 . The network device module of  claim 39 , wherein one or more protected devices are coupled to the UE gateway DM through one of the native gateway device modules or the one or more unaffiliated device modules. 
     
     
         43 . The network device module of  claim 35 , wherein the one or more native gateway devices includes one or more virtual super device modules communicating with the router device module. 
     
     
         44 . The network device module of  claim 43 , wherein each of the one or more virtual super device modules interacts with a protected device to provide additional features not included in the protected device. 
     
     
         45 . The network device module of  claim 44 , wherein the protected device is a power meter or an EV charger. 
     
     
         46 . The network device module of  claim 26 , wherein at least one of the one or more radio device modules includes a solar power device module. 
     
     
         47 . The network device module of  claim 46 , wherein the network device receives power from the solar power device module.