Reverse link power-controlled repeater
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1. A repeater comprising:
- repeater circuitry comprising;
forward link circuitry configured to receive and repeat wireless signals received at the repeater from a network device, the forward link circuitry comprising at least one forward link amplifier to amplify at least a portion of the wireless signals received at the repeater from the network device;
reverse link circuitry configured to receive and repeat wireless signals received at the repeater from a mobile device for transmission to the network device, the reverse link circuitry comprising at least one reverse link amplifier to amplify at least a portion of the wireless signals received at the repeater from the mobile device; and
a control module comprising;
a mobile station modem which receives signals from the forward link circuitry through a wired connection and is configured to communicate with the network device independent of the repeated wireless signals, said wired connection comprising an attenuator to attenuate said received signals from the forward link circuitry, wherein said wired connection further comprises a coupler to transfer at least a portion of forward link power of said received signals from the forward link circuitry to the attenuator; and
a microcontroller in communication with the modem, the microcontroller configured to receive information indicative of communications between the network device and the modem, the microcontroller further configured to generate reverse link control information using the information indicative of communications between the network device and the modem.
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Abstract
The invention provides a mechanism for automatically setting reverse link gain or power for a repeater (120) used in a communication system (100) through the use of the reverse link power control of a built-in wireless communications device. By embedding a wireless communication device (430, 630, 700) inside the repeater and injecting reverse link signals of the embedded device into the reverse link of the repeater (124A, 124B), the gain of the repeater is maintained relatively constant. The embedded WCD can also be activated on a periodic basis to make calls and utilize reverse link power-control to calibrate or re-calibrate the gain of the repeater, making it a power-controlled repeater.
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24 Claims
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1. A repeater comprising:
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repeater circuitry comprising; forward link circuitry configured to receive and repeat wireless signals received at the repeater from a network device, the forward link circuitry comprising at least one forward link amplifier to amplify at least a portion of the wireless signals received at the repeater from the network device; reverse link circuitry configured to receive and repeat wireless signals received at the repeater from a mobile device for transmission to the network device, the reverse link circuitry comprising at least one reverse link amplifier to amplify at least a portion of the wireless signals received at the repeater from the mobile device; and a control module comprising; a mobile station modem which receives signals from the forward link circuitry through a wired connection and is configured to communicate with the network device independent of the repeated wireless signals, said wired connection comprising an attenuator to attenuate said received signals from the forward link circuitry, wherein said wired connection further comprises a coupler to transfer at least a portion of forward link power of said received signals from the forward link circuitry to the attenuator; and a microcontroller in communication with the modem, the microcontroller configured to receive information indicative of communications between the network device and the modem, the microcontroller further configured to generate reverse link control information using the information indicative of communications between the network device and the modem. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of controlling a repeater including a repeater phone comprising:
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receiving and repeating wireless signals from a network device, amplifying at least a portion of the wireless signals received from the network device; receiving and repeating wireless signals received from a mobile device for transmission to the network device, amplifying at least a portion of the wireless signals received from the mobile device; and communicating between the repeater phone and the network device independent of the repeating wireless signals between a mobile device and a network device, wherein the repeater phone receives signals over a wired connection, said wired connection comprising an attenuator to attenuate said received signals, said wired connection coupling at least a portion of the forward link power of said received signals to the attenuator; and controlling one or more parameters of the repeating the wireless signals between the mobile device and the network device based on the communicating between the repeater phone and the network device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A repeater, comprising:
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means for receiving and repeating wireless signals from a network device; means for amplifying at least a portion of the wireless signals received from the network device; means for receiving and repeating wireless signals from a mobile device for transmission to the network device; means for amplifying at least a portion of the wireless signals received from the mobile device; means for communicating between a repeater phone and the network device independent of the repeating wireless signals between the mobile device and the network device, wherein the repeater phone receives signals over a wired connection, said wired connection comprising means for attenuating said received signals and means for coupling at least a portion of the forward link power of said received signals to said means for attenuating; and means for controlling one or more parameters of the repeating the wireless signals between the mobile device and the network device based on the communicating between the repeater phone and the network device. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions, which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations, the instructions comprising:
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instructions to receive and repeat wireless signals from a network device; instructions to amplify at least a portion of the wireless signals received from the network device; instructions to receive and repeat wireless signals from a mobile device for transmission to the network device; instructions to amplify at least a portion of the wireless signals received from the mobile device; instructions to communicate between a repeater phone and the network device independent of the repeating wireless signals between the mobile device and the network device, wherein the repeater phone receives signals over a wired connection, said wired connection comprising an attenuator to attenuate said received signals and a coupler to transfer at least a portion of forward link power of said received signals to the attenuator; and instructions to control one or more parameters of the repeating the wireless signals between the mobile device and the network device based on the communicating between the repeater phone and the network device. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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