Granted Patent B2

US 12,581,415 · App. 17/302,616 · Granted Mar 17, 2026

Inventors: Ross Gilson (Philadelphia, PA); William Carroll Versteeg (Buford, GA)

Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC

H04W52/0241H04L1/1607H04L67/12H04W4/38H04W4/70H04W52/0216H04W88/16

Abstract

Claims (35)

1 . A method comprising:

receiving, by a mobile-data handling device at a first position, a data packet from an end node, wherein at said first position of the mobile-data handling device is within communication range of the end node;

transmitting, from the mobile-data handling device at a second position different from the first position, the data packet to a data-receiving device, wherein at said second position of the mobile-data handling device is within communication range of the data-receiving device;

receiving, by the mobile-data handling device and from the data-receiving device, a first acknowledgement indicating that a computing device associated with a network received the data packet via the data-receiving device; and

transmitting, by the mobile-data handling device and to the end node, the first acknowledgement.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the end node comprises at least one of: an Internet of Things (IoT) device, a sensor, a low power wide area network (LPWAN) device embedded in an electronic device, or a wireless device.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the data-receiving device comprises at least one of: a wireless access point or a cellular base station.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the data-receiving device transmits the data packet via a backhaul network to an upstream device, wherein the upstream device comprises at least one of an application server or radio controller.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the backhaul network comprises at least one of: a wireless communications network, a cellular network, a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), or the Internet.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the mobile-data handling device comprises a mobile gateway.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the network comprises a low power wide area network.

8 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause:

receiving, by a mobile-data handling device at a first position, a data packet from an end node, wherein at said first position of the mobile-data handling device is within communication range of the end node;

transmitting, by the mobile-data handling device at a second position different from the first position, the data packet to the data-receiving device, wherein at said second position of the mobile-data handling device is within communication range of the data-receiving device;

receiving, by the mobile-data handling device and from the data-receiving device, a first acknowledgement indicating that a computing device associated with a network received the data packet via the data-receiving device; and

transmitting, by the mobile-data handling device and to the end node, the first acknowledgement.

9 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the end node comprises at least one of: an Internet of Things (IoT) device, a sensor, a low power wide area network (LPWAN) device embedded in an electronic device, or a wireless device.

10 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the data-receiving device comprises at least one of: a wireless access point or a cellular base station.

11 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the data-receiving device transmits the data packet via a backhaul network to an upstream device, wherein the upstream device comprises at least one of an application server or radio controller.

12 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the backhaul network comprises at least one of: a wireless communications network, a cellular network, a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), or the Internet.

13 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the mobile-data handling device comprises a mobile gateway.

14 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the network comprises a low power wide area network.

15 . A system comprising:

a first computing device configured to:

receive, at a first position of the first computing device, a data packet from an end node, wherein at said first position of the first computing device is within communication range of the end node,

transmit, at a second position of the first computing device different from the first position, the data packet to a data-receiving device, wherein at said second position of the first computing device is within communication range of the data-receiving device,

receive, from the data-receiving device, a first acknowledgement indicating that the data packet was received by a second computing device associated with a network, and

transmit, from the first computing device and to the end node, the first acknowledgement; and

the second computing device configured to:

receive, from the data-receiving device, the data packet.

16 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the end node comprises at least one of: an Internet of Things (IoT) device, a sensor, a low power wide area network (LPWAN) device embedded in an electronic device, or a wireless device.

17 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the data-receiving device comprises at least one of: a wireless access point or a cellular base station.

18 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the data-receiving device transmits the data packet via a backhaul network to an upstream device, wherein the upstream device comprises at least one of an application server or radio controller.

19 . The system of claim 18 , wherein the backhaul network comprises at least one of: a wireless communications network, a cellular network, a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), or the Internet.

20 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the network comprises a low power wide area network.

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