Method for dynamically directing a wireless repeater
First Claim
1. A method for dynamically directing a wireless repeater, the wireless repeater having a processor, data storage, a mobile station modem, and an antenna, the method comprising:
- (a) the processor causing the antenna to sweep over a coverage area through increments and to thereby wirelessly receive forward link signals from a plurality of base stations;
(b) at each increment, the mobile station modem determining a signal-to-noise ratio of the received forward link signals;
(c) the processor storing in the data storage the determined signal-to-noise ratios per increment;
(d) the processor determining which increment has a strongest determined signal-to-noise ratio and responsively causing the antenna to radiate reverse link signals at the determined increment; and
(e) repeating steps (a)-(d) at least once, to dynamically redirect the antenna to radiate at a different increment.
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Abstract
A method for dynamically directing a wireless repeater is provided. A repeater will include an antenna, a mobile station modem, a processor and data storage. The processor will cause the antenna to sweep over a coverage area, possibly through increments. At each increment, the antenna will receive signals and pass the signals to the MSM. The MSM will then apply a rake receiver to identify characteristics in the received signals, such as PN offsets and signal-to-noise ratios (EC/IO) for each PN offset, and the processor will record in the data storage the PN offsets and corresponding signal-to-noise ratios at that increment. Given this data, the processor will then instruct the antenna to move to the increment where the MSM detected the strongest signal-to-noise ratio. As a result, the antenna of the repeater will point at a base station that is likely to supply the signal with the highest signal-to-noise ratio.
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1. A method for dynamically directing a wireless repeater, the wireless repeater having a processor, data storage, a mobile station modem, and an antenna, the method comprising:
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(a) the processor causing the antenna to sweep over a coverage area through increments and to thereby wirelessly receive forward link signals from a plurality of base stations; (b) at each increment, the mobile station modem determining a signal-to-noise ratio of the received forward link signals; (c) the processor storing in the data storage the determined signal-to-noise ratios per increment; (d) the processor determining which increment has a strongest determined signal-to-noise ratio and responsively causing the antenna to radiate reverse link signals at the determined increment; and (e) repeating steps (a)-(d) at least once, to dynamically redirect the antenna to radiate at a different increment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A wireless repeater comprising:
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a donor antenna; a processor; data storage; a mobile station modem; wherein the processor is programmed to cause the donor antenna to sweep across a coverage area through increments so as to wirelessly receive forward link signals from a plurality of base stations; wherein the mobile station modem receives the forward link signals from the donor antenna and identifies characteristics of the received forward link signals; wherein the processor is programmed to store in the data storage the identified characteristics per increment and to use the identified characteristics to select a given increment; wherein the processor is programmed to then cause the donor antenna to radiate amplified reverse link signals at the selected increment. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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