System and method for bridging to a LTE wireless communication network

摘要

A system and method for bridging user devices communicating according to a 3rd Generation (3G) communication protocol to a LTE wireless communication network, thereby enabling user devices that do not have sufficient signal strength for directly coupling to the LTE wireless communication network to nevertheless access such wireless communication systems and methods via a bridging system.

主权项

1. A bridge system for enabling one or more prior generation user devices to dynamically couple with a LTE-based wireless communication network, the system comprising:
an internal module within a building for communicatively coupling:
via a first interface, with an external module external to the building that communicatively couples with the LTE-based wireless communication network, andvia a second interface, with the one or more prior generation user devices; a communication coupling between the external module and the internal module for enabling communication between the one or more prior generation user devices and the LTE-based wireless communication network; where the internal module, based on a signal quality of the LTE-based wireless communication network at a point internal to the building, dynamically selects between using:
the internal module and the external module, oronly the internal module, for enabling communication between the one or more prior generation user devices and the LTE-based wireless communication network; where the second interface between the internal module within the building and the one or more prior generation user devices enables communication other than LTE-based communication between the internal module and the one or more prior generation user devices; and where the LTE-based communication is converted to a different protocol and communicated to the one or more prior generation user devices.