Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for providing network coverage in a wireless network
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Application No.: US15498962Application Date: 2017-04-27
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Publication No.: US11277195B2Publication Date: 2022-03-15
- Inventor: Paul Nicholas Senior , Masayoshi Son , Eric Donald Stonestrom
- Applicant: AIRSPAN IP HOLDCO LLC
- Applicant Address: US FL Boca Raton
- Assignee: AIRSPAN IP HOLDCO LLC
- Current Assignee: AIRSPAN IP HOLDCO LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US FL Boca Raton
- Agency: Haynes Beffel & Wolfeld LLP
- Agent Andrew Dunlap
- Main IPC: H04B7/155
- IPC: H04B7/155 ; H04W52/46 ; H04W16/28 ; H04W52/38 ; H04W88/08 ; H04W24/02

Abstract:
An apparatus and method are described for providing enhanced network coverage in a wireless network. The apparatus has a first antenna system for providing a first sector of a network, and a second antenna system for providing a second sector of the network. Further, the apparatus has a third antenna system for communicating with a base station of the network to provide a common wireless backhaul link for the first sector and the second sector. The apparatus also comprises control circuitry to monitor a performance characteristic of the common wireless backhaul link, and in dependence on the performance characteristic, to implement at least one mechanism to influence whether items of user equipment within at least one of the first sector and the second sector connect to the network via the apparatus.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180316412A1 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING NETWORK COVERAGE IN A WIRELESS NETWORK Public/Granted day:2018-11-01
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