Communications network extension via the spontaneous generation of new cells

• US 7,555,260 B2
• Filed: 10/17/2005
• Issued: 06/30/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: William Melkesetian
• Original Assignee: William Melkesetian
• Inventors: Melkesetian, William
• Primary Examiner(s): D AGOSTA, STEPHEN M
• Application Number:
  US11/251,277
• Publication Number:
  US 20070087738A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,352 Days
• Field of Search: 455/11.1, 455/41.2, 455/41.3, 455/446, 455/449, 455/561, 370/310, 370/315, 370/338
• US Class Current: 455/11.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/24 Cell structures

Abstract

A cell phone base station transceiver capable of spontaneously and substantially automatically creating a new additional cells in a communication network. The new cell provides an indiviual-Point-Of-Connect, which will be referred to as iPOC, for cell phone users that address many of these and other problems by providing standard wireless cell phone communication in areas where no cell phone service exists or within dead zones in existing cell phone network cells. Various embodiments of the iPOC include a portable, substantially-automated, user-installable dynamically-configurable cell phone base station device. The iPOC system address many of the current quality of service issues cell phone users commonly experience as well as other problems.

Claims

1. A personal, low-power, lightweight, compact mobile cell phone base station installable adapter feature, integrated into a personal computer or laptop, to provide temporary intra-building cell phone communications for home, office or travel, supporting a limited number of cell phone users, capable of dynamically and automatically generating a new active cell at a user selectable location to extend a private cell phone communication network coverage area comprising:

electronic circuits used to implement said cell phone base station installable adapter feature;

an antenna interconnected to said electronic circuits for generating electromagnetic signals for communication with a cell phone;

a first communication interface from said cell phone base station installable adapter feature to said personal computer or lap top enabling said cell phone base station installable adapter feature to communication through said personal computer or lap top;

a second communication interface integrated into said personal computer or laptop for establishing a separate communication channel through an ISP (Internet Service Provider) to the Internet or through a PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) to a cell phone communication network MTSO (Mobile Telephone Switching Office) controller enabling said cell phone base station adapter feature to connect through said first communication interface through said personal computer or laptop through said second communication interface through an ISP (Internet Service Provider) to the Internet or through a PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) to communicate with a cell phone communication network MTSO controller;

a power source for providing energy to allow said electronic circuits, said antenna, and said communications interface to function;

data and an executable computer program resident in a personal computer or lap top system memory and said base station feature enabling said integrated base station to operate in conjunction with said personal computer or laptop computer;

a means of by which said compact integrated cell phone base station feature, operating in conjunction with said personal computer or laptop, identifies itself to a cell phone communications network MTSO controller to negotiate permission for said integrated mobile base station feature for incorporation into said cell phone private communication network as a new additional active cell and use at least 1 cell phone communication channel.

2. An installable mobile cell phone base station adapter feature as in claim-1 capable of negotiating with said cell phone private communication network MTSO controller that has no prior pre-configured data of its existence or location for permission for said installable mobile cell phone base station adapter feature to be incorporation into said cell phone private communication network as a new additional active cell.

3. An installable mobile cell phone base station adapter feature as in claim-1 with sufficiently low transmission power output so that said cell phone base station minimizes interference to preexisting cells so that it is in compliance with pertinent governmental regulatory guidelines and thus can be activated at any user selectable location.

4. An installable mobile cell phone base station adapter feature as in claim-1 that provides the geographic location of installable mobile cell phone base station adapter feature to the cell phone network MTSO to negotiate permission to usage at least 1 cell phone channel that does not interfere with preexisting cells in the private cell phone network and thus can be activated at any user selectable location.

5. An installable mobile cell phone base station adapter feature as in claim-1 that utilizes a least 1 reserved cell phone channel not used by preexisting cell phone network base stations to prevent interference to preexisting cells so that it is in compliance with governmental regulatory guidelines and thus can be activated at any user selectable location.

6. An installable mobile cell phone base station adapter feature as in claim-1 with computer readable media for storing said data and executable computer program.

7. A system for providing temporary intra-building cell phone communications for home, office or travel, supporting a limited number of cell phone users, capable of dynamically and automatically generating a new active cell at a user selectable location to extend a private cell phone communication network coverage area comprising:

a cell phone;

a personal computer or laptop;

a personal, low-power, lightweight, compact mobile cell phone base station installable adapter feature, integrated into a personal computer or laptop,

a first communication interface from said cell phone base station installable adapter feature to said personal computer or lap top enabling said cell phone base station installable adapter feature to communication through said personal computer or lap top;

a second communication interface integrated into personal computer or laptop for establishing a separate communication channel through an ISP (Internet Service Provider) to the Internet or through a PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) enabling said cell phone base station to connect to and communicate with a cell phone communication network MTSO (Mobile Telephone Switching Office) controller;

data and an executable computer program resident in a personal computer or lap top system memory and said base station feature enabling said integrated base station to operate in conjunction with said personal computer or laptop computer;

a means of by which said compact integrated cell phone base station feature, operating in conjunction with said personal computer or laptop, identifies itself to a cell phone communications network MTSO controller to negotiate permission for said integrated mobile base station feature for incorporation into said cell phone private communication network as a new additional active cell and use at least 1 cell phone communication channel.

8. A means for a personal, low-power, lightweight, compact mobile cell phone base station installable adapter feature, integrated into a personal computer or laptop to provide temporary intra-building cell phone communications for home, office or travel, supporting a limited number of cell phone users, capable of dynamically and automatically generating a new active cell at a user selectable location to extend a private cell phone communication network coverage area comprising:

establishing a communication channel from installable mobile cell phone base station adapter feature through a first communication interface from said cell phone base station installable adapter feature to said personal computer or lap top enabling said cell phone base station installable adapter feature to communication through said personal computer or lap top to a second communication interface integrated into said personal computer or laptop for establishing a separate communication channel through an ISP to the Internet or through a PSTN enabling said cell phone base station to connect to and communicate with a cell phone communication network MTSO controller;

negotiating permission to generate a new cell from said private cell phone network whereby the operating parameters are determined by said private cell phone network MTSO in communication with said cell phone base station adapter feature;

analyzing data relative to a predefined criteria in order to determine if said base station should be allowed to be added to said cell phone network;

granting permission by the private cell phone network within operating parameters established by said private cell phone network;

incorporating said cell phone base station adapter feature into said communications network if the request to join meets said predefined criteria;

managing cell phone traffic from a cell phone through said base station through a communication network to said private cell phone network.

9. Computer readable media for storing a computer software for a personal, low-power, lightweight, compact mobile cell phone base station installable adapter feature, integrated into a personal computer or laptop to provide temporary intra-building cell phone communications for home, office or travel, supporting a limited number of cell phone users, capable of dynamically and automatically generating a new active cell at a user selectable location to extend a private cell phone communication network coverage area comprising:

establishing a communication channel from installable mobile cell phone base station adapter feature through a first communication interface from said cell phone base station installable adapter feature to said personal computer or lap top enabling said cell phone base station installable adapter feature to communication through said personal computer or lap top to a second communication interface integrated into said personal computer or laptop for establishing a separate communication channel through an ISP to the Internet or through a PSTN enabling said cell phone base station to connect to and communicate with a cell phone communication network MTSO controller;

negotiating permission to generate a new cell from said private cell phone network whereby the operating parameters are determined by said private cell phone network MTSO in communication with said cell phone base station adapter feature;

analyzing data relative to a predefined criteria in order to determine if said base station should be allowed to be added to said cell phone network;

granting permission by the private cell phone network within operating parameters established by said private cell phone network;

incorporating said cell phone base station adapter feature into said communications network if the request to join meets said predefined criteria;

managing cell phone traffic from a cell phone through said base station through a communication network to said private cell phone network.