REMOTE CONTROL APPLICATION FOR WIRELESS BOOSTER
First Claim
1. A wireless repeater system comprising:
- a wireless repeater comprising a short-range antenna associated with a short-range communication channel, a tower-side antenna, a mobile-side antenna, and a base unit comprising a bidirectional amplifier operative for amplifying and repeating duplex telecommunication signals transmitted over the tower-side and mobile-side antennas;
an external device operative to communicate with the wireless repeater via the short-range antenna;
a remote booster application running on the wireless repeater cooperatively operating with a remote booster application running on the external device via communications transmitted over the short-range antenna;
the remote booster application running on the external device and the remote booster application running on the wireless repeater operative for autonomous registration over the short-range communication; and
the wireless repeater operative for activating the bidirectional antenna in response to the autonomous registration, and deactivating the bidirectional antenna in response to absence of the autonomous registration for a predetermined period.
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Abstract
A remote control application for remotely a wireless signal booster is located on a remote device, such as a mobile telephone, tablet or computer. The remote control application utilizes a short-range communication interface, such as Bluetooth. This interface allows the user to autonomously register and remotely monitor the performance of the booster and can typically be used to configure, control, enable, shut down, and perform other operations related to the booster, such providing customer support, product registration, and other types of support for the booster operation. The system is most effective when the external device is a mobile device receiving telecommunication service through the repeater. In this case, the mobile device simultaneously displays two signal strength indicators, one for signals received by the mobile device itself and the other for signals received by the tower-side antenna of the wireless repeater.
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20 Claims
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1. A wireless repeater system comprising:
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a wireless repeater comprising a short-range antenna associated with a short-range communication channel, a tower-side antenna, a mobile-side antenna, and a base unit comprising a bidirectional amplifier operative for amplifying and repeating duplex telecommunication signals transmitted over the tower-side and mobile-side antennas; an external device operative to communicate with the wireless repeater via the short-range antenna; a remote booster application running on the wireless repeater cooperatively operating with a remote booster application running on the external device via communications transmitted over the short-range antenna; the remote booster application running on the external device and the remote booster application running on the wireless repeater operative for autonomous registration over the short-range communication; and the wireless repeater operative for activating the bidirectional antenna in response to the autonomous registration, and deactivating the bidirectional antenna in response to absence of the autonomous registration for a predetermined period. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A wireless repeater system comprising:
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a wireless repeater comprising a short-range antenna associated with a short-range communication channel, a tower-side antenna, a mobile-side antenna, and a base unit comprising a bidirectional amplifier operative for amplifying and repeating duplex telecommunication signals transmitted over the tower-side and mobile-side antennas; a mobile device operative to receive repeated and amplified communications from the wireless repeater via the mobile-side antenna while also receiving short-range communications from the wireless repeater via the short-range antenna; a remote booster application running on the wireless repeater cooperatively operating with a remote booster application running on the external device via communications transmitted over the short-range channel; a first signal strength indicator located on the mobile device operative to display signal strength information received from the wireless repeater via the short-range antenna indicating the strength of communications received by the wireless repeater via the tower-side antenna; a second signal strength indicator for displaying signal strength information for the communications received by the mobile device from the mobile-side antenna of the wireless repeater; wherein the mobile device is further operative to remotely control a gain setting of the wireless repeater via signals transmitted to the wireless repeater via the short-range antenna; and wherein the first and second signal strength indicator are displayed simultaneously on the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for configuring a wireless repeater system comprising a short-range antenna associated with a short-range communication channel, a tower-side antenna, a mobile-side antenna, and a base unit comprising a bidirectional amplifier operative for amplifying and repeating duplex telecommunication signals transmitted over the tower-side and mobile-side antennas, comprising the steps of:
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providing a remote booster application running on the wireless repeater configured to communicate signal strength information for the wireless repeater via the short-range channel; providing a remote booster application running on an external device configured to operating cooperatively with the remote booster application running on the wireless repeater device via communications transmitted over the short-range channel; transmitting signal strength information for communication received by the wireless repeater via the tower-side antenna from the wireless repeater to the external device over the short-range channel without utilizing the tower-side antenna or the mobile-side antenna; transmitting control signals from the external device to the wireless repeater via the short-range channel; adjusting a gain setting of the wireless repeater in response to the control signals; and displaying a signal strength indicator on the external device indicating the signal strength information received from the wireless repeater. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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