Carrier-aggregation repeater

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11601187-B2
Application number	US-202016852074-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 17, 2020
Priority date	Apr 17, 2019
Publication date	Mar 7, 2023
Grant date	Mar 7, 2023

Abstract

A technology is described for a repeater. A repeater can comprise: a server port; a donor port; a first uplink (UL) filtering and amplification path coupled between the server port and the donor port, wherein the first UL filtering and amplification path is configured to filter an UL signal of a first frequency range; a first downlink (DL) filtering and amplification path coupled between the server port and the donor port, wherein the first DL filtering and amplification path is configured to filter a DL signal of the first frequency range; and a second DL filtering and amplification path coupled between the server port and the donor port, wherein the second DL filtering and amplification path is configured to filter a DL signal of a second frequency range.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A repeater comprising:
a server port;
a donor port;
a first uplink (UL) filtering and amplification path coupled between the server port and the donor port, wherein the first UL filtering and amplification path is configured to filter an UL signal of a first frequency range;
a first downlink (DL) filtering and amplification path coupled between the server port and the donor port, wherein the first DL filtering and amplification path is configured to filter a DL signal of the first frequency range; and
a second DL filtering and amplification path coupled between the server port and the donor port, wherein the second DL filtering and amplification path is configured to filter a DL signal of a second frequency range,
wherein an UL signal of the second frequency range is associated with the UL signal of the first frequency range using carrier aggregation (CA) or dual-connectivity to enable information configured for communication on the UL signal of the second frequency range to only be communicated on the UL signal of the first frequency range without having a second UL filtering and amplification path for the UL signal of the second frequency range.

2. The repeater of claim 1 , wherein a DL output power from an output of the second DL filtering and amplification path is less than a threshold.

3. The repeater of claim 2 , wherein the threshold is one of:
17 decibel-milliwatts (dBm); or
0 dBm.

4. The repeater of claim 3 , wherein the repeater is coupled to a cradle.

5. The repeater of claim 1 , wherein the server port is configured to be coupled to a user equipment (UE) via a wired connection.

6. The repeater of claim 1 , wherein the UL signal of the second frequency range is prohibited by a regulatory body from amplification using:
the repeater; or
a consumer signal booster;
wherein the second frequency range is prohibited due to adjacent signal interference with the UL signal of the second frequency range or due to in-band interference to incumbents or shared users.

7. The repeater of claim 1 , wherein the first frequency range and the second frequency range are configured for CA in CA operating band combinations selected from Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) operating band combinations:

3GPP LTE CA Band
3GPP LTE Band

CA_1-3
1, 3

CA_1-1-3
1, 3

CA_1-1-5
1, 5

CA_1-1-7
1, 7

CA_1-1-28
 1, 28

CA_1-3-3
1, 3

CA_1-5
1, 5

CA_1-7
1, 7

CA_1-7-7
1, 7

CA_1-8
1, 8

CA_1-11
 1, 11

CA_1-18
 1, 18

CA_1-19
 1, 19

CA_1-20
 1, 20

CA_1-21
 1, 21

CA_1-26
 1, 26

CA_1-28
 1, 28

CA_1-32
 1, 32

CA_1-38
 1, 38

CA_1-40
 1, 40

CA_1-41
 1, 41

CA_1-42
 1, 42

CA_1-42-42
 1, 42

CA_1-43
 1, 43

CA_1-46
 1, 46

CA_2-4
2, 4

CA_2-2-4
2, 4

CA_2-2-4-4
2, 4

CA_2-4-4
2, 4

CA_2-5
2, 5

CA_2-2-5
2, 5

CA_2-2-7
2, 7

CA_2-7
2, 7

CA_2-7-7
2, 7

CA_2-12
 2, 12

CA_2-2-12
 2, 12

CA_2-2-12-12
 2, 12

CA_2-2-29
 2, 29

CA_2-7-46
2, 7, 46

CA_2-12-12
 2, 12

CA_2-13
 2, 13

CA_2-2-13
 2, 13

CA_2-14
 2, 14

CA_2-2-14
 2, 14

CA_2-17
 2, 17

CA_2-28
 2, 28

CA_2-29
 2, 29

CA_2-30
 2, 30

CA_2-2-30
 2, 30

CA_2-46
 2, 46

CA_2-2-46
 2, 46

CA_2-46-46
 2, 46

CA_2-48-48
 2, 48

CA_2-49
 2, 49

CA_2-66
 2, 66

CA_2-48

Assignees

• Wilson Electronics Llc

Inventors

• Ashworth Christopher Ken
• Anderson Dale Robert
• Cook Patrick Lee

Classifications

• H04B7/15535

  Control of relay amplifier gain (amplifier gain control in general H03G3/00; gain control reducing self - or loop interference H04B7/15578) · CPC title

• H04B7/15542 Primary

  Selecting at relay station its transmit and receive resources (selection of wireless resources by user or terminal H04W72/02; arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path by two-dimensional division of the resources H04L5/0003, or by allocating sub-channels H04L5/003) · CPC title

• H04B7/155 Primary

  Ground-based stations (H04B7/204 takes precedence) · CPC title