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Wireless repeater with master/slave configuration

  • US 7,787,408 B2
  • Filed: 05/18/2007
  • Issued: 08/31/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a repeater to augment wireless network communication coverage in a facility, a master unit configured to couple to at least one slave unit via wiring in the facility, the master unit comprising:

  • a processor configured to generate master slave communication protocol (MSCP) packets;

    a transceiver coupled to the processor configured to send and receive wireless signals to and from a wireless base station associated with a wireless communication network, the transceiver further configured to send and receive the wireless signals and the MSCP packets on a downlink transport frequency to the slave unit and on an uplink transport frequency from the slave unit over the wiring in the facility, wherein the processor is further configured to;

    puncture the wireless signals on the downlink transport frequency with a downlink gap so that interference levels on the downlink transport frequency can be measured by the slave unit;

    measure the remaining signal level on the uplink transport frequency based upon an uplink gap punctured in the wireless signals on the uplink transport frequency; and

    adjust the downlink and uplink transport frequencies based upon measured remaining signal levels.

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