Residential mobile wireless high speed data access via millimeter wave customer premise equipment
Providing high speed Internet access via millimeter wave signal transmissions between a customer premises and a radio access network (RAN) node of a millimeter wave signal wireless data network service provider is described. An external customer premises equipment (CPE) is configured for operation while mounted exterior to a customer premises and configured to operate as a relay node between the RAN node and an internal local communication node within the customer premises. The CPE includes a millimeter wave modem component providing a millimeter wave signal wireless communication link between the CPE and the RAN node, wherein the millimeter wave modem component includes a transmission sub-component operating at a transmission signal power level exceeding a transmission signal power limit for internal power signal transmissions of millimeter wave signals. The CPE further includes a Wi-Fi modem component providing a Wi-Fi signal wireless communications link between the CPE and the internal local communication node within the customer premises.
1 . An arrangement for providing high speed Internet access via millimeter wave signal transmissions between a customer premises and a radio access network (RAN) node of a millimeter wave signal wireless data network service provider, wherein the arrangement comprises:
an external customer premises equipment (CPE) including a single millimeter-wave transceiver located entirely exterior to the customer premises, configured for operation while mounted exterior to a customer premises and configured to operate as a relay node between the RAN node and an internal local communication node within the customer premises, wherein the CPE comprises:
a millimeter wave modem component configured to provide a millimeter wave signal wireless communication link between the CPE and the RAN node, wherein the millimeter wave modem component includes a transmission sub-component operating at a transmission signal power level exceeding a transmission signal power limit for internal power signal transmissions of millimeter wave signals; and
a Wi-Fi modem component configured to provide a Wi-Fi signal wireless communications link between the CPE and the internal local communication node within the customer premises, wherein the Wi-Fi modem component provides a wireless communication path between the external CPE and the internal local communication node; and
an external power supply configured to provide power to enable uninterrupted power meeting peak power needs of the CPE,
wherein the CPE is configured for outdoor operation with transmissions in accordance with outdoor transmission signal power limitations to lawfully exceed indoor transmission signal power limitations established by government regulation, and wherein no millimeter-wave transmissions occur within an interior of the customer premises.
2 . The arrangement of claim 1 wherein the internal local communication node is a Wi-Fi router.
3 . The arrangement of claim 1 wherein the internal local communication node is a mesh node.
4 . The arrangement of claim 1 wherein the external CPE is configured to communicate wirelessly with the RAN node according to 5G wireless protocols.
5 . The arrangement of claim 1 wherein the external CPE is configured to communicate wirelessly with the RAN node by transmitting with an electromagnetic signal power exceeding 43 dBm.
6 . The arrangement of claim 5 wherein the external CPE is configured to communicate wirelessly with the RAN node by transmitting with the electromagnetic signal power being below 55 dBm.
7 . The arrangement of claim 1 wherein the external CPE is configured to operate using a non-continuous power supply.
8 . The arrangement of claim 7 wherein the non-continuous power supply comprises a solar panel.
9 . The arrangement of claim 8 wherein a rechargeable battery is connected to supply power to the external CPE in the absence of power supply from the solar panel.
10 . The arrangement of claim 9 wherein the rechargeable battery is charged by a current provided by the solar panel.
11 . The arrangement of claim 1 wherein the external CPE is configured to operate using power supplied by a 120 V alternating current power outlet.
12 . The arrangement of claim 1 wherein the external CPE is configured to operate using power supplied by a current provided via an inductive power coupling at an exterior window.
13 . The arrangement of claim 1 wherein the external CPE is powered, at least in part, by a rechargeable battery and an interruptible power supply.
14 . The arrangement of claim 13 , wherein the external CPE is configured to operate in a low-power mode where data rate is reduced in accordance with a power management scheme.
15 . The arrangement of claim 14 , wherein the external CPE executes the power management scheme so as to throttle data throughputs as needed to reduce power consumption and extend operation time.
16 . The arrangement of claim 15 , wherein the power management scheme includes reducing power consumption in accordance with a daily time schedule.
17 . The arrangement of claim 16 , wherein the daily time schedule includes a time-of-day data rate usage factor.
18 . The arrangement of claim 17 , wherein a reduced power mode is entered at periods within a day where data rate demand is low.
19 . The arrangement of claim 17 wherein a reduced power mode is entered to reserve power for known time periods of high data rate demand.
20 . The arrangement of claim 14 wherein the power management scheme is operated in accordance with a trained machine learning scheme.