US 12,192,050 B2
Multiple communication modes and network services in a self-contained unit
David Peterson, Haymarket, VA (US); Stefan Schaner, Ashburn, VA (US); Taylor Thompson, Chantilly, VA (US); Bryan Coxwell, Chantilly, VA (US); and Aaron Hoogland, Centerville, VA (US)
Assigned to Fenix Group, Inc., Chantilly, VA (US)
Filed by Fenix Group, Inc., Chantilly, VA (US)
Filed on Nov. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/519,975.
Application 18/519,975 is a continuation of application No. 18/057,666, filed on Nov. 21, 2022, granted, now 11,870,640.
Application 18/057,666 is a continuation of application No. 17/092,548, filed on Nov. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,509,521, issued on Nov. 22, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/969,286, filed on Feb. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0179046 A1, May 30, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04B 1/3883 (2015.01); H04L 41/0668 (2022.01); H04L 49/351 (2022.01); H04W 36/30 (2009.01); H04W 36/14 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01); H04W 84/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04L 41/0668 (2013.01) [H04B 1/3883 (2013.01); H04L 49/351 (2013.01); H04W 36/305 (2018.08); H04W 36/142 (2023.05); H04W 84/042 (2013.01); H04W 84/18 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A self-contained multi-modal communication system configured to provide communication redundancy and failover between a first self-contained private communication network using a first network modality and a second self-contained private communication network using a second network modality, the system comprising:
a cellular network core configured to implement the first self-contained private communication network as a private long-term evolution (LTE) cellular communication network separate from public cellular telecommunication networks;
a cellular base station for providing a wireless cell of the private LTE network, the cellular base station associated with at least a first LTE radio frequency (RF) frontend module for operation at a first RF carrier frequency and a second LTE RF frontend module for operation at a second RF carrier frequency;
a backhaul wireless transceiver configured to implement the second self-contained private communication network as a non-cellular communication network, wherein the second network modality is different from the first network modality; and
an automatic failover detection system, wherein the automatic failover detection system is configured to receive as input a plurality of network parameters associated with one or more of the private LTE network or the second self-contained private communication network, and is configured to automatically perform failover and modality switching between the private LTE network and the second self-contained private communication network for one or more communication devices associated with the self-contained multi-modal communication system.