US 11,930,438 B2
System and method for implementing combined broadband and wireless self-organizing network (SON)
Thomas Schwengler, Lakewood, CO (US); and Stephen Opferman, Denver, CO (US)
Assigned to CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed by CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed on Oct. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/971,203.
Application 17/971,203 is a continuation of application No. 17/380,850, filed on Jul. 20, 2021, granted, now 11,601,863.
Application 17/380,850 is a continuation of application No. 16/803,245, filed on Feb. 27, 2020, granted, now 11,076,337, issued on Jul. 27, 2021.
Application 16/803,245 is a continuation of application No. 16/138,674, filed on Sep. 21, 2018, granted, now 10,588,070, issued on Mar. 10, 2020.
Application 16/138,674 is a continuation of application No. 15/853,452, filed on Dec. 22, 2017, granted, now 10,123,250, issued on Nov. 6, 2018.
Application 15/853,452 is a continuation of application No. 15/675,936, filed on Aug. 14, 2017, granted, now 9,867,112, issued on Jan. 9, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/425,946, filed on Nov. 23, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0057707 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 40/04 (2009.01); H04L 41/12 (2022.01); H04L 45/00 (2022.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01); H04L 45/28 (2022.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 40/04 (2013.01) [H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 45/22 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01); H04L 45/28 (2013.01); H04W 24/02 (2013.01); Y02D 30/70 (2020.08)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
monitoring, with one or more first sensors, one or more first operational states of each of a plurality of fixed broadband network nodes between a service provider facility and a plurality of network interface devices located at a plurality of service areas;
monitoring, with one or more second sensors, one or more second operational states of each of a plurality of wireless network nodes, the plurality of wireless network nodes comprising a plurality of wireless access points and a plurality of wireless endpoint devices, the plurality of wireless endpoint devices being located at the plurality of service areas;
analyzing, with a computing system, the monitored one or more first operational states of each of the plurality of fixed broadband network nodes and the monitored one or more second operational states of each of the plurality of wireless network nodes;
determining, with the computing system, an optimal network pathway from the service provider facility to one or more wireless endpoint devices, through a determined first combination of fixed and wireless network nodes, based at least in part on the analysis of the monitored one or more first operational states and the monitored one or more second operational states, the determined first combination of fixed and wireless network nodes comprising one or more fixed broadband network nodes of the plurality of fixed broadband network nodes and one or more wireless network nodes of the plurality of wireless network nodes; and
establishing, with the computing system, the determined optimal network pathway from the service provider facility to the one or more wireless endpoint devices, through the determined first combination of fixed and wireless network nodes,
wherein monitoring the one or more second operational states comprises obtaining information comprising at least one of power levels, channel width, channel number, frequency of use of each channel, antenna elements, modulation coding scheme information, signal preconditioning, or cyclic prefix, wherein the modulation coding scheme information comprises at least one of modulation level, forward error correction (“FEC”) type, or multiple-input multiple-output (“MIMO”) rank.