METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZING A SMART ANTENNA APPARATUS WITH A BASE STATION TRANSCEIVER

• US 20070161406A1
• Filed: 09/21/2006
• Published: 07/12/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zarbana Digital Fund LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Faulkner Interstices LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Hovers, Omri, Peri, Nanu, Kagan, Shahar, Korkos, Daniel, Shenhar, Eran
• Granted Patent: US 7,801,565 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/562.100
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/04 using two or more spaced independent antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/28 using beam steering
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

A method of synchronizing a smart antenna apparatus with a base station transceiver includes receiving at the smart antenna apparatus control signals being communicated from a base station transceiver to one or more mobile stations via an antenna unit. The control signals are operable to be used to synchronize the mobile stations with the base station transceiver The method further includes executing one or more algorithms using the control signals received by the smart antenna apparatus as input to synchronize the smart antenna apparatus with the base station transceiver.

Claims

1-31. -31. (canceled)

32-47. -47. (canceled)

48. A method comprising:

receiving control signals at an apparatus from a base station transceiver via one or more radio signal wires, wherein the control signals comprise a downlink control frequency; and

wherein the apparatus is capable of synchronizing one or more mobile stations with said base station transceiver based at least in part on at least one of said control signals;

converting the control signals from the downlink control frequency to a corresponding uplink frequency; and

synchronizing the apparatus with the base station transceiver.

49-78. -78. (canceled)

79. An apparatus comprising:

means for receiving control signals at an apparatus from a base station transceiver via one or more radio signal wires, wherein the control signals comprise a downlink control frequency;

means for synchronizing one or more mobile stations with said base station transceiver based at least in part on at least one of said controls signals;

means for converting the control signals from the downlink control frequency to a corresponding uplink frequency; and

means for synchronizing the apparatus with the base station transceiver.

80-93. -93. (canceled)