Patent ID: 8340625

Claim:
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of transmitting wireless data over a coaxial cable, the method comprising: receiving, at a base station (BS) comprising a cable modem, an authentication request that is useable by a wireless telecommunications network to determine that a mobile device is authorized to use the wireless telecommunications network, wherein the authentication request is received from the mobile device by way of a communication tower; utilizing a coaxial cable coupled between the cable modem and a cable modem terminal station (CMTS) configured to manage a plurality of cable modems in a network and to transmit the following information from the base station to a base station controller (BSC), wherein the base station controller communicates the information to an authentication server: (1) the authentication request, (2) a mobile-device identifier associated with the mobile device, and (3) a base-station identifier associated with the base station, wherein the authentication server authenticates the mobile device based on an association between the mobile-device identifier and the base-station identifier; upon authentication of the mobile device, receiving, at the base station, an address request from the mobile device for an Internet Protocol (IP) address; communicating the address request by way of the coaxial cable from the base station to the base station controller; receiving at the base station the IP address from the base station controller by way of the coaxial cable; communicating the IP address to the mobile device; utilizing the coaxial cable to communicate data between the mobile device and the wireless telecommunications network; and monitoring traffic between one or more base stations and the wireless telecommunications network via a bandwidth allocation manager, wherein the bandwidth allocation manager: processes asymmetric traffic by assigning more bandwidth to a first channel and less bandwidth to a second channel, measures the traffic activity; and allocates backhaul bandwidth within an assigned backhaul channel for each BS to maximize RF channel utilization and minimize wasting RF channel capacity.