Patent ID: 7450004

Claim:
A method for handling information about an information network, located at least in part at an airport, the method comprising: sensing a state of at least one component of an outdoor wireless node while the wireless node is in operational use, wherein the outdoor wireless node is one of a plurality of outdoor wireless nodes that are located at an airport and that are coupled to a non-wireless network portion, the outdoor wireless node including a radio having a wireless transmitter and a wireless receiver, a power supply coupled to the radio, a media converter coupled to the radio, a link coupled between the radio and the non-wireless network portion, and an environmental enclosure disposed around the radio, the media converter and the power supply; transmitting information corresponding to the state of the at least one component over the non-wireless network portion via the link to a server computer; and based on the information received at the server computer, determining a maintenance procedure to perform on the outdoor node.