Communication of wireless signals through physical barriers

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10863458-B2
Application number	US-201916730932-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 30, 2019
Priority date	Mar 19, 2018
Publication date	Dec 8, 2020
Grant date	Dec 8, 2020

Abstract

A system for transmitting and receiving wireless signals through a physical barrier, such as walls or windows, to wireless computing devices that are located internal to a structure that is formed in part by the physical barrier. The wireless signals are millimeter waveforms with gigahertz frequencies that are communicated with 5G communication protocols by one or more remote base station nodes located external to the physical barrier. One or more external antennas are configured to communicate RF wireless signals with HMA waveforms to remote wireless base station. In one or more embodiments, the RF wireless signals are amplified and communicated bi-statically through the window barrier between customer premises equipment and an authorized remote wireless base station.

First claim

What is claimed as new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A system for communicating signals between devices over a network, comprising:
one or more remote wireless devices; and
a base station wireless device, comprising:
one or more external antennas that are operable to selectively provide one or more of a direction or a shape of a beam waveform for communicating the wireless signals with one or more remote wireless devices;
circuitry that is arranged to perform actions, including:
employing the one or more external antennas to radiate download wireless signals towards the one or more remote wireless devices and receive upload wireless signals from the one or more remote wireless devices;
monitoring a download power value of the download wireless signals and an upload power value of the upload wireless signals communicated between the base station wireless device and each remote wireless device; and
in response to identifying the upload power value of the upload wireless signal at a remote wireless device is greater than a threshold value, performing further actions, comprising
adjusting one or more of: a download gain of the download wireless signal, an upload gain of the upload wireless signal, the shape of the beam waveform, or the direction of the beam waveform to improve communication between the base station wireless device and the remote wireless device.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a reflector wireless device, including:
two or more external antennas that are operable to communicate wireless signals with two or more separate wireless devices;
circuitry that is arranged to perform actions, including:
selectively providing one or more of a direction or a shape of separate beam waveforms for each of the two or more external antennas to communicate the wireless signals with the two or more separate wireless devices, including: the base station wireless device, the remote wireless device, another reflector wireless device, a relay wireless device or a base station proxy wireless device.

3. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a relay wireless device, including:
two or more external antennas that are operable to communicate wireless signals with two or more separate wireless devices;
circuitry that is arranged to perform actions, including:
selectively providing one or more of a direction or a shape of separate beam waveforms for each of the two or more external antennas to communicate the wireless signals with the two or more separate wireless devices, including: the base station wireless device, the remote wireless device, another relay wireless device, a reflector wireless device or a base station proxy wireless device.

4. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a base station proxy wireless device, including:
two or more external antennas that are operable to communicate wireless signals with two or more separate wireless devices;
circuitry that is arranged to perform actions, including:
selectively providing one or more of a direction or a shape of separate beam waveforms for each of the two or more external antennas to communicate the wireless signals with the two or more separate devices, including: the base station wireless device, the remote wireless device, another relay wireless device, a reflector wireless device, or another base station proxy wireless device.

5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
another wireless device, including:
two or more external antennas that are operable to communicate wireless signals with two or more separate wireless devices;
circuitry that is arranged to perform actions, including:
providing a mode of operation, including one or more of a base station wireless device, a base station proxy wireless device, a reflector wireless device or a relay wireless device;
employing the selected mode of operation to provide one or more of a direction or a shape of separate beam waveforms for each of the two or more external antennas to communicate the wireless signals with the two or more separate wireless devices, including the base station wireless device, the remote wireless device, another relay wireless device, a reflector wireless device, or another base station proxy wireless device.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the identifying of the upload power value of the remote wireless device is greater than the threshold value, further comprises authorizing further communication between the base station wireless device and the remote wireless device.

7. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
employing the remote wireless device to identify the upload power value at the remote wireless device is greater than the threshold value;
employing the remote wireless device to adjust one or more of: a download gain at the remote wireless device, an upload gain at the remote wireless device, a shape of a beam waveform provided by an external antenna of the remote device, or a direction of a beam waveform provided by the external antenna of the remote device to improve communication between the base station wireless device and the remote wireless device.

8. An apparatus for communicating signals over a network, comprising:
one or more external antennas that are operable to selectively provide one or more of a direction or a shape of a beam waveform for communicating the wireless signals with one or more remote wireless devices; and
circuitry that is arranged to perform actions, including:
providing a base station wireless device mode of operation;
employing the one or more external antennas to radiate download wireless signals towards the one or more remote wireless devices and receive upload wireless signals from the one or more remote wireless devices;
monitoring a download power value of the download wireless signals and an upload power value of the upload wireless signals communicated between the base station wireless device and each remote wireless device; and
in response to identifying the upload power value of the upload wireless signal at a remote wireless device is greater than a threshold value, performing further actions, comprising:
adjusting one or more of: a download gain of the download wireless signal, an upload gain of the upload wireless signal, the shape of the beam waveform, or the direction of the beam waveform to improve communication between the base station wireless device and the remote wireless device.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , further comprising:
providing a reflector wireless device mode of operation;
employing two or more external antennas to communicate wireless signals with two or more separate wireless devices; and
selectively providing one or more of a direction or a shape of separate beam waveforms for each of the two or more external antennas to communicate the wireless signals with the two or more separate wireless devices, including: another base station wireless device, the remote wireless device, another reflector wireless device, a relay wireless device or a base station proxy wireless device.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 , further comprising:
providing a relay wireless device mode of operation;
employing two or more external antennas to communicate wireless signals with two or more separate wireless devices; and
selectively providing one or more of a direction or a shape of separate beam waveforms for each of the two or more external antennas to communicate the wireless signals with the two or more separate wireless devices, including another base station wireless device, the remote wireless device, a reflector wireless device, another relay wireless device or a base station proxy wireless device.

Assignees

• Pivotal Commware Inc

Inventors

• Black Eric James
• Cavcic Mersad
• Deutsch Brian Mark
• Katko Alexander Remley
• Mccandless Jay Howard
• Rea Adam Deloss
• Rutledge Ryan Dale
• Hitchen Shannon Lee
• Abadi Seyed Ali Malek
• Read Jordan Philip Dole{Hacek Over (Z)}Ílek

Classifications

• H04W52/52 Primary

  using AGC [Automatic Gain Control] circuits or amplifiers · CPC title

• H04B17/382

  for resource allocation, admission control or handover · CPC title

• H04B1/401 Primary

  for selecting or indicating operating mode · CPC title

• H04W52/14

  Separate analysis of uplink or downlink · CPC title

• H01Q1/42

  Housings not intimately mechanically associated with radiating elements, e.g. radome · CPC title