公开(公告)号：US20080013473A1

公开(公告)日：2008-01-17

申请号：US11802094

申请日：2007-05-18

申请人： James Proctor ,  Kenneth Gainey ,  James Otto ,  Lawrence Lamont

发明人： James Proctor ,  Kenneth Gainey ,  James Otto ,  Lawrence Lamont

IPC分类号： H04B3/36 ,  H04B7/14

CPC分类号： H04W88/085 ,  H04W16/26

摘要： A wireless repeater extends a coverage area of a wireless network base station within a structure or facility. The repeater includes a master unit for wirelessly communicating with the wireless network base station and a slave unit for wirelessly communicating with one or more subscriber terminals. The master unit is connected to the slave unit through new or existing wiring in the structure to enable the master unit to transmit wireless signals to the slave unit on a downlink transport frequency and to receive wireless signals from the slave unit on an uplink transport frequency in a manner that is transparent to the wireless base station and the subscriber terminals.

摘要翻译： 无线中继器在结构或设施内扩展无线网络基站的覆盖区域。 中继器包括用于与无线网络基站无线通信的主单元和用于与一个或多个用户终端进行无线通信的从单元。 主单元通过结构中的新的或现有的布线连接到从单元，使得主单元能够在下行链路传输频率上向从单元发送无线信号，并且在上行链路传输频率上从从单元接收无线信号 对无线基站和用户终端透明的方式。

公开(公告)号：US20070286110A1

公开(公告)日：2007-12-13

申请号：US11790933

申请日：2007-04-30

申请人： James Proctor ,  Kenneth Gainey ,  Carlos Puig ,  James Otto ,  Lawrence LaMont

发明人： James Proctor ,  Kenneth Gainey ,  Carlos Puig ,  James Otto ,  Lawrence LaMont

IPC分类号： H04B7/14

CPC分类号： H04W88/04 ,  H04B7/15521 ,  H04B7/15542 ,  H04W4/18 ,  H04W76/10 ,  H04W80/00 ,  H04W84/12

摘要： A physical layer frequency translating repeater for use in a wireless network can include a baseband section with demodulator, a processor and a memory. A portion of a packet for repeating can be processed during a physical layer repeating operation and a higher layer function performed without modification of an address. A received signal can be processed on a symbol-by-symbol basis in a first symbol interval, and regenerated after at least a second symbol interval and prior to completion of the demodulating the received signal. A hybrid network device can include a network node portion and a physical layer repeater portion.

摘要翻译： 用于无线网络的物理层频率转换中继器可以包括具有解调器的基带部分，处理器和存储器。 可以在物理层重复操作期间处理用于重复的分组的一部分，并且在不修改地址的情况下执行更高层功能。 可以在第一符号间隔中逐个符号地处理接收到的信号，并且在至少第二符号间隔之后并且在完成解调接收信号之前再生。 混合网络设备可以包括网络节点部分和物理层中继器部分。

公开(公告)号：US20060195883A1

公开(公告)日：2006-08-31

申请号：US11340860

申请日：2006-01-27

申请人： James Proctor ,  Kenneth Gainey ,  Carlos Puig ,  James Otto ,  Lawrence Lamont

发明人： James Proctor ,  Kenneth Gainey ,  Carlos Puig ,  James Otto ,  Lawrence Lamont

IPC分类号： H04N7/173

CPC分类号： H03H17/0275 ,  H03H15/00 ,  H03H2017/0247 ,  H04B7/155 ,  H04B7/15542

摘要： A discrete time bandpass filter element (103) having multiple stages (201, 202, 203, 204, 205) for use in a time division duplex radio protocol communications system including an automatic gain control. Discrete time bandpass filter is used to generate delay and can replace SAW filters in a wireless frequency translating repeater.

摘要翻译： 一种具有用于包括自动增益控制的时分双工无线电协议通信系统的多级（201,202,203,204,205）的离散时间带通滤波器元件（103）。 离散时间带通滤波器用于产生延迟并且可以替代无线频率转换中继器中的SAW滤波器。

公开(公告)号：US20050174298A1

公开(公告)日：2005-08-11

申请号：US11101914

申请日：2005-04-08

申请人： Bing Chiang ,  Kenneth Gainey ,  James Proctor ,  Antoine Rouphael ,  Griffin Gothard ,  Michael Lynch

发明人： Bing Chiang ,  Kenneth Gainey ,  James Proctor ,  Antoine Rouphael ,  Griffin Gothard ,  Michael Lynch

IPC分类号： H01Q1/22 ,  H01Q3/26 ,  H01Q3/44 ,  H01Q9/16 ,  H01Q19/26 ,  H01Q19/32 ,  H01Q21/06 ,  H01Q21/08 ,  H01Q21/20 ,  H01Q21/29 ,  H01Q3/22

CPC分类号： H01Q3/2641 ,  H01Q1/22 ,  H01Q1/2258 ,  H01Q9/16 ,  H01Q19/26 ,  H01Q19/32 ,  H01Q21/08 ,  H01Q21/20 ,  H01Q21/29

摘要： An antenna assembly includes at least two active or main radiating omni-directional antenna elements arranged with at least one beam control or passive antenna element used as a reflector. The beam control antenna element(s) may have multiple reactance elements that can electrically terminate it to adjust the input or output beam pattern(s) produced by the combination of the active antenna elements and the beam control antenna element(s). More specifically, the beam control antenna element(s) may be coupled to different terminating reactances to change beam characteristics, such as the directivity and angular beamwidth. Processing may be employed to select which terminating reactance to use. Consequently, the radiator pattern of the antenna can be more easily directed towards a specific target receiver/transmitter, reduce signal-to-noise interference levels, and/or increase gain. A Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output (MIMO) processing technique may be employed to operate the antenna assembly with simultaneous beam patterns.

摘要翻译： 天线组件包括至少两个有源或主辐射全向天线元件，其布置有用作反射器的至少一个光束控制或无源天线元件。 波束控制天线元件可以具有多个电抗元件，其可以电气端接它，以调节由有源天线元件和波束控制天线元件的组合产生的输入或输出波束图案。 更具体地，波束控制天线元件可以耦合到不同的终止电抗以改变诸如方向性和角波束宽度的波束特性。 可以使用处理来选择要使用的终止电抗。 因此，天线的辐射器图案可以更容易地指向特定的目标接收器/发射器，降低信噪比干扰电平和/或增加增益。 可以采用多输入多输出（MIMO）处理技术来操作具有同时波束图案的天线组件。

公开(公告)号：US20070025486A1

公开(公告)日：2007-02-01

申请号：US11448155

申请日：2006-06-07

申请人： Kenneth Gainey ,  James Proctor ,  Ross Lintleman ,  Lawrence LaMont ,  Carlos Puig

发明人： Kenneth Gainey ,  James Proctor ,  Ross Lintleman ,  Lawrence LaMont ,  Carlos Puig

IPC分类号： H04L7/00

CPC分类号： H04B7/2606 ,  H04B7/15535

摘要： A repeater is configured to selectively generate and transmit control message packets between wireless stations on both a transmit side and a receive side of the repeater. The repeater manages and manipulates an end to end protocol of the control message packets in a manner that does not change media access control (MAC) addresses of the end to end protocol so as to achieve a network objective, such as preventing other transmitters from transmitting while the repeater repeats a signal from its receive side to its transmit side. The control message management is applicable to analog signal repeaters as well as digital repeaters, such as symbol to symbol or packet to packet repeaters, in which physical layer control message management is performed.

摘要翻译： 中继器被配置为在中继器的发送侧和接收侧上的无线站之间选择性地生成和发送控制消息分组。 中继器以不改变端到端协议的媒体访问控制（MAC）地址的方式管理和操纵控制消息分组的端到端协议，以便实现网络目的，例如防止其他发射机发射 而中继器将从其接收侧向其发送侧的信号重复。 控制消息管理适用于模拟信号中继器以及数字中继器，例如符号到符号或数据包到分组中继器，其中执行物理层控制消息管理。

公开(公告)号：US20060063485A1

公开(公告)日：2006-03-23

申请号：US10531078

申请日：2003-10-15

申请人： Kenneth Gainey ,  James Proctor

发明人： Kenneth Gainey ,  James Proctor

IPC分类号： H04B7/14

CPC分类号： H04W88/04 ,  H04B7/15542 ,  H04B7/2606 ,  H04W84/12

摘要： A frequency translating repeater (200) for use in a time division duplex radio protocol communications system includes an automatic gain control feature. Specifically, a received signal (330) is split to provide signal detection paths (331, 332) wherein detection is performed by amplifiers (301, 302) filters (311, 312), converters (313, 314) and a processor (315). Delay is added using analog circuits such as SAW filters (307, 308, 309, 310) and gain adjustment provided by gain control elements (303, 304, 305, 306).

摘要翻译： 用于时分双工无线电协议通信系统的频率转换中继器（200）包括自动增益控制特征。 具体地，接收信号（330）被分离以提供信号检测路径（331,332），其中由放大器（301,302）滤波器（311,312），转换器（313,314）和处理器（315）执行检测， 。 使用诸如SAW滤波器（307,308,309,310）的模拟电路和由增益控制元件（303,304,305,306）提供的增益调整来添加延迟。

公开(公告)号：US20050143132A1

公开(公告)日：2005-06-30

申请号：US10937792

申请日：2004-09-09

申请人： James Proctor ,  Lawrence La Mont ,  George Nelson ,  Kenneth Gainey

发明人： James Proctor ,  Lawrence La Mont ,  George Nelson ,  Kenneth Gainey

IPC分类号： H01Q1/24 ,  H01Q3/26 ,  H04B7/08 ,  H04Q7/20

CPC分类号： H01Q1/246 ,  H01Q3/2605 ,  H04B7/0874

摘要： An antenna apparatus that can increase capacity in a cellular communication system. The antenna operates in conjunction with a mobile subscriber unit and provides a plurality of antenna elements, each coupled to a respective signal control component such as a phase shifter. The phase shift for each antenna element is programmed for optimum reception during, for example, an idle mode when a pilot signal is received. The antenna array creates a beam former for signals to be transmitted from the mobile subscriber unit, and a directional receiving array to more optimally detect and receive signals transmitted from the base station. By directionally receiving and transmitting signals, multipath fading is greatly reduced as well as intercell interference. The phase shifters are adjusted in a coarse and a fine mode. In the coarse mode all phase shifters are jointly incremented through several phase shift values until a signal quality metric is optimized. The coarse adjustment mode is followed by a fine adjustment mode during which the phase shifters are independently adjusted to further optimize the signal quality metric.

摘要翻译： 一种能增加蜂窝通信系统容量的天线装置。 天线与移动用户单元结合工作，并且提供多个天线元件，每个天线元件耦合到相应的信号控制部件，例如移相器。 当接收到导频信号时，每个天线元件的相移被编程为在例如空闲模式期间的最佳接收。 天线阵列产生用于从移动用户单元发射的信号的波束形成器，以及用于更好地检测和接收从基站发射的信号的定向接收阵列。 通过定向接收和发送信号，多径衰落大大降低以及小区间干扰。 移相器在粗调和精细模式下被调整。 在粗略模式中，所有移相器通过几个相移值共同递增，直到信号质量度量被优化为止。 粗调模式之后是微调模式，在此期间，移相器被独立调整以进一步优化信号质量度量。

公开(公告)号：US20060063484A1

公开(公告)日：2006-03-23

申请号：US10531077

申请日：2003-10-24

申请人： James Proctor ,  Kenneth Gainey

发明人： James Proctor ,  Kenneth Gainey

IPC分类号： H04B3/36

CPC分类号： H04W16/26 ,  H04B7/15542 ,  H04W4/18 ,  H04W76/10 ,  H04W80/00 ,  H04W84/12 ,  H04W88/04

摘要： A frequency translating repeater (200) for use in a WLAN environment includes an in-band management link. A signal received on an antenna (300) is split to provide signal detection in a detection and control unit (385) wherein detection is performed by detectors (370, 371) filters (375, 376), converters (380, 381) and a processor (385). Delay is added using delay lines (360, 361). The in-band signal envelope may be modulated with variable gain amplifier (330) and demodulated with detectors (370, 371) to establish the management link with higher protocol layer capability. Alternatively, a modern function at least partially compliant to 802.11 modulation may be used in parallel with the frequency translating repeater.

摘要翻译： 用于WLAN环境的频率转换中继器（200）包括带内管理链路。 在天线（300）上接收的信号被分割以在检测和控制单元（385）中提供信号检测，其中通过检测器（370,371）滤波器（375,376），转换器（380,381）和 处理器（385）。 使用延迟线（360,361）添加延迟。 可以用可变增益放大器（330）对带内信号包络进行调制，并用检测器（370,371）解调，以建立具有更高协议层能力的管理链路。 或者，至少部分地符合802.11调制的现代功能可以与频率转换中继器并行使用。

公开(公告)号：US20050286448A1

公开(公告)日：2005-12-29

申请号：US10516327

申请日：2003-06-11

申请人： James Proctor ,  Kenneth Gainey

发明人： James Proctor ,  Kenneth Gainey

IPC分类号： H04B7/26 ,  H04B7/14 ,  H04B7/155 ,  H04B7/212 ,  H04L12/28 ,  H04L12/56

CPC分类号： H04B7/15507 ,  H04B7/15542 ,  H04B7/1555 ,  H04W4/18 ,  H04W80/00 ,  H04W84/12 ,  H04W88/04

摘要： A repeater (200) facilitates wireless communication between a first communication device (100) and a second communication device (105) in a wireless network using a time division duplex protocol for data transmission. The repeater (200) includes a receiver (310, 315) for receiving a signal on either of at least two bi-directional communication frequencies simultaneously. A signal detector (362) is operatively coupled to the receiver (300, 310, 315) for determining if the signal is present on at least one of the two bi-directional frequencies. A frequency converter (320, 321, 323, 324, 360, 361) is for converting the signal present on one of the bi-directional frequencies to a converted signal on the other of the bi-directional frequencies. A transmitter (300, 325, 330, 335, 345, 350) is for transmitting the converted signal on the other of said bi-directional frequencies.

摘要翻译： 中继器（200）利用用于数据传输的时分双工协议，促进无线网络中的第一通信设备（100）和第二通信设备（105）之间的无线通信。 中继器（200）包括用于同时在至少两个双向通信频率中的任一个上接收信号的接收机（310,315）。 信号检测器（362）可操作地耦合到接收器（300,310,315），用于确定信号是否存在于两个双向频率中的至少一个上。 频率转换器（320,321,323,324,360,361）用于将存在于双向频率之一上的信号转换为双向频率上的另一个上的转换信号。 发射机（300,325,330,335,345,350）用于在所述双向频率中的另一个频率上传输转换的信号。

公开(公告)号：US20050104687A1

公开(公告)日：2005-05-19

申请号：US11022483

申请日：2004-12-22

申请人： Bing Chiang ,  James Proctor ,  Kenneth Gainey

发明人： Bing Chiang ,  James Proctor ,  Kenneth Gainey

IPC分类号： H01P1/185 ,  H01P1/18

CPC分类号： H01P1/185

摘要： A varactor based phase shifter that increases phase shift range using a lower characteristic impedance between quadrature ports than is used at its input/output ports. The circuit makes use of a four port coupler arrangement that imbeds a quarter wave impedance transformation between the input port and the quadrature ports as well as between the quadrature ports and the output port. The characteristic impedance across the quadrature ports is therefore less than the characteristic impedance across the input and output ports. In one implementation, reducing a characteristic input/output impedance of 50 to a 20 ohm quadrature port impedance results in a phase shift range increase of more than 50%.