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US 2013/0252541 A1Published application
System and Method for Extension of Wireless Footprint
AssigneeCenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
InventorsMichael K. Bugenhagen, Carl Milton Coppage
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Abstract
A system and method for communicating through a host repeater. Data is received from a remote repeater communicating with a wireless device. The host repeater registers as the wireless device on a wireless network. The data is reformatted for transmission between the wireless devices and the wireless network.
Claims21
A method of communicating through a repeater, comprising:
- receiving format information at the repeater via a wired connection;
- selecting a first format from among a plurality of formats according to the format information, wherein the first format is compatible with a wireless cellular network;
- receiving, at the repeater and via the wired connection, first data in a second format compatible with a wired internet protocol network, the second format being different from the first format;
- converting the first data from the second format to the first format;
- wirelessly transmitting the first data from the repeater in the first format;
- wirelessly receiving, at the repeater, second data in the first format;
- converting the second data from the first format to the second format;
- and
- communicating the second data in the second format from the repeater via the wired connection.
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A method of communicating through a repeater, comprising:
- receiving a wireless communications signal;
- detecting a first format of the wireless communication signal, the first format being compatible with a wireless cellular network;
- communicating, in a second format over a wired connection, format information indicating the first format, the second format being different from the first format and compatible with a wired internet protocol network;
- wirelessly receiving, at the repeater, first data in the first format;
- converting the first data from the first format to the second format;
- communicating the first data via the wired connection in the second format;
- receiving, at the repeater and via the wired connection, second data in the second format;
- converting the second data from the second format to the first format;
- and
- wirelessly transmitting the second data from the repeater in the first format.
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A system for extending communications, comprising:
- a first repeater having a first wireless radio and a first wired connection, the first repeater being configured to:
- receive a wireless communications signal;
- detect a first format of the wireless communication signal, the first format being compatible with a wireless cellular network;
- communicate, in a second format over the first wired connection, format information indicating the first format, the second format being different from the first format and compatible with a wired internet protocol network;
- wirelessly receive first data in the first format;
- convert the first data from the first format to the second format;
- communicate the first data via the first wired connection in the second format;
- receive, via the first wired connection, second data in the second format;
- convert the second data from the second format to the first format;
- and
- wirelessly transmit the second data in the first format.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.