Wireless communication system
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1. A wireless communication system comprising:
- a wireless communication device, a communications management system, and at least one remote device,wherein said communications management system manages operations of the wireless communication device and said communications management system is operably connected to the wireless communication device,wherein said wireless communication device comprising;
a first radio transceiver to receive and transmit radio frequency signals;
an antenna element having capability to direct radio frequency signals to and from the first radio transceiver;
a device communications management interface to provide communications between the wireless communication device and the communications management system;
an asymmetric bi-directional radio frequency amplifier, said amplifier operationally interposed between the first radio transceiver and the antenna element, wherein the amplifier amplifies radio frequency signals received by the antenna element from the at least one remote device by a first gain and amplifies radio frequency signals transmitted from the first radio transceiver via the antenna element by a second gain, wherein the first gain is greater than the second gain, and wherein a maximum value of the second gain is a function of at least a maximum transmit power limit, and wherein the second gain of the amplifier is controlled by said communications management system to control the transmission power from the wireless communication device in a predetermined frequency band, said amplifier further comprising a filter to mitigate band-edge transmissions from propagating into upper and lower frequencies adjacent to the predetermined frequency band;
a heat sink in thermal communication with the first radio transceiver and interposed between the first radio transceiver and the antenna element to dissipate heat from the wireless communication device; and
a unitary weather protective housing, wherein the first radio transceiver, the device communications management interface, the amplifier, and the heat sink are contained within the unitary weather protective housing,wherein the first radio transceiver is positioned within 8 inches of the antenna element to eliminate substantially all appreciable power loss between the first radio transceiver and the antenna element;
wherein the wireless communication device receives electronic information from said at least one remote device and transmits other electronic information to said at least one remote device, andwherein the wireless communication device transmits the electronic information from said at least one remote device to a communication system and receives the other electronic information from the communication system,wherein the communication system is connected to Internet, and said at least one remote device comprising;
a second transceiver to receive and transmit radio frequency signals with the wireless communication device; and
a second bi-directional amplifier, wherein said second bi-directional amplifier has a third gain for radio frequency signals transmitted from the second transceiver to the wireless communication device and a fourth gain for radio frequency signals received from the wireless communication device, wherein the third gain is less than the fourth gain.
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Abstract
A modular wireless Internet access communications system designed to extend broadband 802.3 linear-bus topology up to fifteen miles beyond the physical limits of DSL or cable technologies through the integration of specialized wireless hardware devices, firmware, and protocols.
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1. A wireless communication system comprising:
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a wireless communication device, a communications management system, and at least one remote device, wherein said communications management system manages operations of the wireless communication device and said communications management system is operably connected to the wireless communication device, wherein said wireless communication device comprising; a first radio transceiver to receive and transmit radio frequency signals; an antenna element having capability to direct radio frequency signals to and from the first radio transceiver; a device communications management interface to provide communications between the wireless communication device and the communications management system; an asymmetric bi-directional radio frequency amplifier, said amplifier operationally interposed between the first radio transceiver and the antenna element, wherein the amplifier amplifies radio frequency signals received by the antenna element from the at least one remote device by a first gain and amplifies radio frequency signals transmitted from the first radio transceiver via the antenna element by a second gain, wherein the first gain is greater than the second gain, and wherein a maximum value of the second gain is a function of at least a maximum transmit power limit, and wherein the second gain of the amplifier is controlled by said communications management system to control the transmission power from the wireless communication device in a predetermined frequency band, said amplifier further comprising a filter to mitigate band-edge transmissions from propagating into upper and lower frequencies adjacent to the predetermined frequency band; a heat sink in thermal communication with the first radio transceiver and interposed between the first radio transceiver and the antenna element to dissipate heat from the wireless communication device; and a unitary weather protective housing, wherein the first radio transceiver, the device communications management interface, the amplifier, and the heat sink are contained within the unitary weather protective housing, wherein the first radio transceiver is positioned within 8 inches of the antenna element to eliminate substantially all appreciable power loss between the first radio transceiver and the antenna element; wherein the wireless communication device receives electronic information from said at least one remote device and transmits other electronic information to said at least one remote device, and wherein the wireless communication device transmits the electronic information from said at least one remote device to a communication system and receives the other electronic information from the communication system, wherein the communication system is connected to Internet, and said at least one remote device comprising; a second transceiver to receive and transmit radio frequency signals with the wireless communication device; and a second bi-directional amplifier, wherein said second bi-directional amplifier has a third gain for radio frequency signals transmitted from the second transceiver to the wireless communication device and a fourth gain for radio frequency signals received from the wireless communication device, wherein the third gain is less than the fourth gain. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A wireless communication device comprising:
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a first radio transceiver to receive and transmit radio frequency signals; an antenna element having capability to direct radio frequency signals to and from the first radio transceiver; a device communications management interface to provide communications between the wireless communication device and a communications management system; an asymmetric bi-directional radio frequency amplifier, said amplifier operationally interposed between the first radio transceiver and the antenna element, wherein the amplifier amplifies radio frequency signals received by the antenna element from at least one remote device by a first gain and amplifies radio frequency signals transmitted from the first radio transceiver via the antenna element by a second gain, wherein the first gain is greater than the second gain, and wherein a maximum value of the second gain is a function of at least a maximum transmit power limit, and wherein the second gain of the amplifier is controlled by said communications management system to control the transmission power from the wireless communication device in a predetermined frequency band, said amplifier further comprising a filter to mitigate band- edge transmissions from propagating into upper and lower frequencies adjacent to the predetermined frequency band; a heat sink in thermal communication with the first radio transceiver and interposed between the first radio transceiver and the antenna element to dissipate heat from the wireless communication device; and a unitary weather protective housing, wherein the first radio transceiver, the device communications management interface, and the amplifier are contained within the unitary weather protective housing, wherein the first radio transceiver is positioned within 8 inches of the antenna element to eliminate substantially all appreciable power loss between the first radio transceiver and the antenna element, wherein the wireless communication device receives electronic information from said at least one remote device and transmits other electronic information to said at least one remote device, and wherein the wireless communication device transmits the electronic information from said at least one remote device to a communication system and receives the other electronic information from the communication system, wherein the communication system is connected to Internet, and said at least one remote device comprising; a second transceiver to receive and transmit radio frequency signals with the wireless communication device; and a second bi-directional amplifier, wherein said second bi-directional amplifier has a third gain for radio frequency signals transmitted from the second transceiver to the wireless communication device and a fourth gain for radio frequency signals received from the wireless communication device, wherein the third gain is less than the fourth gain.
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5. A wireless communication system for relaying a radio frequency signal comprising:
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a first and second wireless communication devices; and a first and second communications management systems, wherein the first communications management system is operably connected to the first wireless communication device and the second communications management system is operably connected to the second wireless communication device, and the first and second communications management systems manages operations of the respective wireless communication device to which each device is connected, wherein the first wireless communication device comprising; a first radio transceiver to receive and transmit radio frequency signals; a first antenna element having capability to direct radio frequency signals to and from the first radio transceiver; a first device communications management interface to provide communications between the first wireless communication device and the first communications management system; a first asymmetric bi-directional radio frequency amplifier, said first amplifier operationally interposed between the first radio transceiver and the first antenna element, wherein the first amplifier amplifies radio frequency signals received by the first antenna element from the second wireless communication device by a first gain and amplifies radio frequency signals transmitted from the first radio transceiver via the first antenna element by a second gain, wherein the first gain is greater than the second gain, and wherein a maximum value of the second gain is a function of at least a maximum transmit power limit, and wherein the second gain of the first amplifier is controlled by said first communications management system to control the transmission power from the first wireless communication device in a predetermined frequency band, said first amplifier further comprising a filter to mitigate band-edge transmissions from propagating into upper and lower frequencies adjacent to the predetermined frequency band; a heat sink in thermal communication with the first radio transceiver and interposed between the first radio transceiver and the first antenna element to dissipate heat from the first wireless communication device; and a unitary weather protective housing, wherein the first radio transceiver, the first device communications management interface, the first amplifier, and the heat sink are contained within the first unitary weather protective housing, wherein the second wireless communication device comprising; a second radio transceiver to receive and transmit radio frequency signals; a second antenna element having capability to direct radio frequency signals to and from the second radio transceiver; a second device communications management interface to provide communications between the second wireless communication device and the second communications management system; and a second asymmetric bi-directional radio frequency amplifier, said second amplifier operationally interposed between the second radio transceiver and the second antenna element, wherein the second amplifier amplifies radio frequency signals received by the second antenna element from the first wireless communication device by a third gain and amplifies radio frequency signals transmitted from the second radio transceiver via the second antenna element by a fourth gain, wherein the third gain is greater than the fourth gain, and wherein a maximum value of the fourth gain is a function of at least a second maximum transmit power limit, and wherein the fourth gain of the second amplifier is controlled by said second communications management system to control the transmission power from the second wireless communication device in a second predetermined frequency band, said second amplifier further comprising a filter to mitigate band-edge transmissions from propagating into upper and lower frequencies adjacent to the second predetermined frequency band, wherein the first wireless communication device receives electronic information from said second wireless communication device and transmits other electronic information to said second wireless communication device, and said second wireless communication device receives other electronic information from said first wireless communication device and transmits electronic information to said first wireless communication devices and wherein the first and second wireless communication devices communicate with at least the Internet or another wireless communication device;
wherein communication is established through the first and second communication devices between the Internet and another wireless communication device;wherein each of the first and second radio transceivers are positioned within 8 inches of the first and second antenna elements respectively to eliminate substantially all appreciable power loss between the each of the first and second radio transceivers and the first and second antenna elements. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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