US 12,284,530 B2
Wi-Fi deployment over large areas using backhaul links
Sreekar Adapa, Richmond, CA (US); Bryan Christopher Herrera, San Jose, CA (US); and Joseph Amalan Arul Emmanuel, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to NETGEAR, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by NETGEAR, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/812,423.
Prior Publication US 2024/0022915 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 16/18 (2009.01); H04L 12/10 (2006.01); H04W 16/24 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 16/18 (2013.01) [H04L 12/10 (2013.01); H04W 16/24 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bollard for deploying wireless connectivity across a geographical area, comprising:
a modem communicatively coupled to an Internet service provider (ISP) uplink and configured to receive an Internet connection from the ISP uplink using a first Internet uplink ETHERNET cable;
a router communicatively coupled to the modem and configured to receive the Internet connection from the modem using a second Internet uplink ETHERNET cable;
a Power over ETHERNET (POE) switch embedded within the bollard and communicatively coupled to the router, the POE switch configured to receive the Internet connection from the router using a third Internet uplink ETHERNET cable;
a first one or more wireless backhaul bridges embedded within the bollard and communicatively coupled to the POE switch, the one or more wireless backhaul bridges configured to:
receive the Internet connection from the POE switch using a set of PoE connections; and
provide the Internet connection to a second one or more wireless backhaul bridges embedded within one or more other bollards external to the bollard; and
a wireless access point (AP) embedded within the bollard and communicatively coupled to the POE switch, the wireless AP configured to receive the Internet connection from the POE switch, the wireless AP comprising:
one or more WI-FI routers configured to provide the wireless connectivity, using the Internet connection, to one or more client devices.