Short-range cellular booster
First Claim
1. A repeater that mediates traffic between a network transceiver and a user transceiver in a wireless communication system comprising:
- a network unit that maintains a network link with the network transceiver;
a user unit that maintains a user link with the user transceiver;
a two-way communication pathway between the network unit and the user unit adapted to facilitate signal communication between the network transceiver and the user transceiver in autonomous repeater hops between the network transceiver and the network unit, between the user transceiver and the user unit, and between the network unit and the user unit; and
a beam-former unit respectively coupled to each of the network unit and the user unit, each beam-former unit being adapted to communicate signals in an operating frequency band of the network transceiver or user transceiver, and to control effective radiated power to maximize radio frequency isolation between the network unit and the user unit;
the signal communication between the network unit and the user unit having a signal waveform that is independent of the operating frequency band of the signal communication between the network and user transceivers.
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Abstract
A repeater mediates traffic between a network transceiver and a user transceiver in a wireless communication system. The repeater comprises a network unit that maintains a network link with the network transceiver, a user unit that maintains a user link with the user transceiver, a two-way communication pathway between the network unit and the user unit; that facilitate the communication of signals between the network transceiver and the user transceiver in autonomous repeater hops between the network transceiver and the network unit, between the user transceiver and the user unit, and between the network unit and the user unit, and beam-formers respectively coupled to the network unit and the user unit and adapted to communicate signals in an operating frequency band of the network and user transceivers and to control effective radiated power.
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44 Claims
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1. A repeater that mediates traffic between a network transceiver and a user transceiver in a wireless communication system comprising:
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a network unit that maintains a network link with the network transceiver; a user unit that maintains a user link with the user transceiver; a two-way communication pathway between the network unit and the user unit adapted to facilitate signal communication between the network transceiver and the user transceiver in autonomous repeater hops between the network transceiver and the network unit, between the user transceiver and the user unit, and between the network unit and the user unit; and a beam-former unit respectively coupled to each of the network unit and the user unit, each beam-former unit being adapted to communicate signals in an operating frequency band of the network transceiver or user transceiver, and to control effective radiated power to maximize radio frequency isolation between the network unit and the user unit; the signal communication between the network unit and the user unit having a signal waveform that is independent of the operating frequency band of the signal communication between the network and user transceivers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A repeater that mediates traffic between a network transceiver and a user transceiver in a wireless communication system comprising:
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a network unit that maintains a network link with the network transceiver; a user unit that maintains a user link with the user transceiver; a two-way communication pathway between the network unit and the user unit adapted to facilitate signal communication between the network transceiver and the user transceiver in autonomous repeater hops between the network transceiver and the network unit, between the user transceiver and the user unit, and between the network unit and the user unit; beam-formers respectively coupled to the network unit and the user unit and adapted to communicate signals in an operating frequency band of the network and user transceivers and to control effective radiated power; and a calibration signal generator/transmitter that generates a spread-spectrum signal for complex channel impulse response generation.
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36. A repeater that mediates traffic between a network transceiver and a user transceiver in a wireless communication system comprising:
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a network unit that maintains a network link with the network transceiver; a user unit that maintains a user link with the user transceiver; a two-way communication pathway between the network unit and the user unit adapted to facilitate signal communication between the network transceiver and the user transceiver in autonomous repeater hops between the network transceiver and the network unit, between the user transceiver and the user unit, and between the network unit and the user unit; beam-formers respectively coupled to the network unit and the user unit and adapted to communicate signals in an operating frequency band of the network and user transceivers and to control effective radiated power; and a calibration signal generator/transmitter that generates a spread-spectrum signal for complex channel impulse response generation using a code generation technique selected from one or more techniques from among a group consisting of; generating spread-spectrum waveforms by Pseudo Random, Gold, or other code known a priori to all units; generating code phase of a known code to uniquely-identify all user units and all network units; allocating codes or code phases by dynamic assignment strategies; using more than one code for complex channel impulse response generation;
using more than one code phase for complex channel impulse response generation;modulating the spread-spectrum signal by unit identifier; and generating the spread-spectrum wave frequency in the operating cellular band or in an unlicensed band. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38)
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39. A repeater that mediates traffic between a network transceiver and a user transceiver in a wireless communication system comprising:
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a network unit that maintains a network link with the network transceiver; a user unit that maintains a user link with the user transceiver; a two-way communication pathway between the network unit and the user unit adapted to facilitate signal communication between the network transceiver and the user transceiver in autonomous repeater hops between the network transceiver and the network unit, between the user transceiver and the user unit, and between the network unit and the user unit; beam-formers respectively coupled to the network unit and the user unit and adapted to communicate signals in an operating frequency band of the network and user transceivers and to control effective radiated power; and a calibration signal generator/transmitter that generates a complex channel impulse response using correlation.
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40. A repeater that mediates traffic between a network transceiver and a user transceiver in a wireless communication system comprising:
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a network unit that maintains a network link with the network transceiver; a user unit that maintains a user link with the user transceiver; a two-way communication pathway between the network unit and the user unit adapted to facilitate signal communication between the network transceiver and the user transceiver in autonomous repeater hops between the network transceiver and the network unit, between the user transceiver and the user unit, and between the network unit and the user unit; beam-formers respectively coupled to the network unit and the user unit and adapted to communicate signals in an operating frequency band of the network and user transceivers and to control effective radiated power; and a calibration signal generator/transmitter that generates a complex channel impulse response using matrix inversion.
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41. A repeater that mediates traffic between a network transceiver and a user transceiver in a wireless communication system comprising:
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a network unit that maintains a network link with the network transceiver; a user unit that maintains a user link with the user transceiver; a two-way communication pathway between the network unit and the user unit adapted to facilitate signal communication between the network transceiver and the user transceiver in autonomous repeater hops between the network transceiver and the network unit, between the user transceiver and the user unit, and between the network unit and the user unit; beam-formers respectively coupled to the network unit and the user unit and adapted to communicate signals in an operating frequency band of the network and user transceivers and to control effective radiated power; and an echo canceller in each of the network and the user units, which mutually isolates the network unit and the user unit and operates in a frequency band of a boosted signal.
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42. A repeater that mediates traffic between a network transceiver and a user transceiver in a wireless communication system comprising:
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a network unit that maintains a network link with the network transceiver; a user unit that maintains a user link with the user transceiver; a two-way communication pathway between the network unit and the user unit adapted to facilitate signal communication between the network transceiver and the user transceiver in autonomous repeater hops between the network transceiver and the network unit, between the user transceiver and the user unit, and between the network unit and the user unit; beam-formers respectively coupled to the network unit and the user unit and adapted to communicate signals in an operating frequency band of the network and user transceivers and to control effective radiated power; and an echo canceller in each of the network and the user units, which inserts a delay in boosted signals path.
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43. A repeater that mediates traffic between a network transceiver and a user transceiver in a wireless communication system comprising:
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a network unit that maintains a network link with the network transceiver; a user unit that maintains a user link with the user transceiver; a two-way communication pathway between the network unit and the user unit adapted to facilitate signal communication between the network transceiver and the user transceiver in autonomous repeater hops between the network transceiver and the network unit, between the user transceiver and the user unit, and between the network unit and the user unit; beam-formers respectively coupled to the network unit and the user unit and adapted to communicate signals in an operating frequency band of the network and user transceivers and to control effective radiated power; and an echo canceller in each of the network and the user units, that insert a delay in signal path, the delay being selected from a group consisting of a deliberate delay in the network unit, a deliberate delay in the user unit, and a deliberate delay in both the network unit and the user unit.
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44. A repeater that mediates traffic between a network transceiver and a user transceiver in a wireless communication system comprising:
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a network unit that maintains a network link with the network transceiver; a user unit that maintains a user link with the user transceiver; a two-way communication pathway between the network unit and the user unit adapted to facilitate signal communication between the network transceiver and the user transceiver in autonomous repeater hops between the network transceiver and the network unit, between the user transceiver and the user unit, and between the network unit and the user unit; beam-formers respectively coupled to the network unit and the user unit and adapted to communicate signals in an operating frequency band of the network and user transceivers and to control effective radiated power; and a reverse-link pathway in the communication pathway between the network unit and the user unit, and the reverse-link between the network unit and the network transceiver are gated based on signal presence to reduce interference and power consumption.
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