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Universal near field self-configuring femtocell

  • US 9,473,959 B2
  • Filed: 09/22/2014
  • Issued: 10/18/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A universal near field self-configuring femtocell comprising:

  • a near-field-transceiver capable of near-field communication with a cellular device;

    a software-defined cellular transceiver that is programmable to support multiple carriers;

    memory in communication with a processing unit, the memory including computer usable program code, andthe processing unit executing the computer usable program code to;

    identify the cellular device in response to the cellular device being within a near-field communication range of the femtocell;

    identify a carrier network associated with the cellular device; and

    automatically configure the femtocell to operate on the carrier network associated with the cellular device by programming the software-defined cellular transceiver to operate on the carrier network;

    automatically reconfigure the femtocell to operate on a second carrier network associated with a second cellular device within near-field communication range of the femtocell by re-programming the software-defined cellular transceiver to operate on the second carrier network; and

    quickly switch the software-defined cellular transceiver between communication parameters of the carrier network and communication parameters of the second carrier network to provide near-simultaneous communication to different devices that operate on the carrier network and the second carrier network, respectively.

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