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, the repeater comprising:
- a network unit within the repeater that maintains a network link with the network transceiver, the network link being between the network transceiver and a first antenna attached to the network unit;
a user unit within the repeater that maintains a user link with the user transceiver, the user link being between the user transceiver and a second antenna attached to the user unit;
at least one amplifier that boosts a signal entering the repeater to provide a boosted signal;
a two-way wireless communication pathway between the network unit and the user unit that facilitates 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 the boosted signal between the network unit and the user unit;
an echo canceller in each of the network and the user units, that mutually isolates the network unit and the user unit and operates in a frequency band of the boosted signal; and
a gain controller that compensates for propagation losses by the boosted signal in the autonomous repeater hop of the two-way communication pathway between the network unit and the user unit.
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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 a gain controller that compensates for propagation losses between the network unit and user unit alone.
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30 Claims
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1. A repeater that mediates traffic between a network transceiver and a user transceiver in a wireless communication system, the repeater comprising:
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a network unit within the repeater that maintains a network link with the network transceiver, the network link being between the network transceiver and a first antenna attached to the network unit; a user unit within the repeater that maintains a user link with the user transceiver, the user link being between the user transceiver and a second antenna attached to the user unit; at least one amplifier that boosts a signal entering the repeater to provide a boosted signal; a two-way wireless communication pathway between the network unit and the user unit that facilitates 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 the boosted signal between the network unit and the user unit; an echo canceller in each of the network and the user units, that mutually isolates the network unit and the user unit and operates in a frequency band of the boosted signal; and a gain controller that compensates for propagation losses by the boosted signal in the autonomous repeater hop of the two-way communication pathway between the network unit and the user unit. - 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)
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