公开(公告)号：US20210127346A1

公开(公告)日：2021-04-29

申请号：US16661865

申请日：2019-10-23

Applicant: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC.

Inventor： HOSSAM HMIMY ,  Umamaheswar A. Kakinada ,  Lakhbir Singh ,  Akram Hassanien

IPC: H04W60/00 ,  H04W72/14 ,  H04W12/06 ,  H04W16/14

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for registering and authenticating a client device with a wireless-enabled network. In one embodiment, the apparatus and methods provide an alternate wireless connectivity link to register an installed high-power fixed wireless apparatus (FWA) or Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) with a managed wireless network infrastructure, such as one utilizing “quasi-licensed” CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service) wireless spectrum or another shared access approach. In one variant, the alternate wireless link comprises a mobile cellular channel established via an application program executing on a mobile device. In another variant, an Internet of Thing Network (IoT) is used for the alternate link. In one implementation, spectrum grants are communicated back the FWA/CPE via the alternate link to enable subsequent CBRS-band high-power operation.