Patent ID: 11895739
Assignee: L3VEL, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A communication system comprising:
a preexisting fiber network associated with a geographical area that includes a plurality of buildings, wherein the preexisting fiber network comprises a plurality of preexisting fiber links; and
a plurality of wireless communication nodes within a wireless communication mesh network,
wherein each wireless communication node of the plurality of wireless communication nodes is installed at a respective installation site of a plurality of installation sites,
wherein the respective installation sites of the plurality of installation sites comprise a subset of installation sites,
wherein each respective installation site of the subset is for a respective wireless communication node used as a seed node of the wireless communication mesh network,
wherein each installation site of the subset is either a building or a pole structure located within the geographical area, wherein the subset is identified based on one or more of (i) a height of each installation site of the plurality of installation sites, (ii) a density of residential properties near each installation site of the plurality of installation sites, and (iii) an elevation profile of an area where each installation site of the plurality of installation sites is located,
wherein the preexisting fiber network is extended to each respective installation site of the subset via one or more additional fiber links that are deployed between (i) a given location within the geographical area identified as being convenient for extending the preexisting fiber network and (ii) the respective installation site of the subset, the given location being one of (a) a location of a preexisting fiber access point on the preexisting fiber network, (b) a location of a preexisting fiber splice point on the preexisting fiber network, (c) a location of a preexisting underground utility conduit in proximity to the preexisting fiber network, or (d) a location in proximity to a preexisting aerial fiber link on the preexisting fiber network, and the one or more additional fiber links being spliced into a given one of the plurality of preexisting fiber links of the preexisting fiber network at the given location, and
wherein each respective wireless communication node used as a seed node is configured to (i) originate one or more wireless communication links for connecting to one or more other wireless communication nodes within the wireless communication mesh network and (ii) provide backhaul connectivity for the wireless communication mesh network through the preexisting fiber network via the one or more additional fiber links.