Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Streetlight retrofit to provide access for wireless and cellular networks
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Application No.: US17188871Application Date: 2021-03-01
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Publication No.: US11608950B2Publication Date: 2023-03-21
- Inventor: Tony R. McDowell , Victor Manuel Tapia Vicencio , Ledger Wesley Kellier
- Applicant: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WA Bellevue
- Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
- Current Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Bellevue
- Agency: Lee & Hayes, P.C.
- Main IPC: F21S8/08
- IPC: F21S8/08 ; F21V29/67 ; H05B47/19 ; F21V29/15 ; F21V29/70 ; F21V23/02 ; F21V23/04 ; G02B6/46 ; H01Q1/22 ; H02G1/00 ; F21V29/83 ; H01Q1/24 ; F21V29/507 ; H02G3/20 ; F21Y115/10 ; H04W4/80 ; H04W88/02

Abstract:
A system for upgrading and retrofitting existing streetlights. The system enables conventional streetlights using sodium vapor, and other conventional lighting technologies, to be upgraded to more energy efficient and long-lasting LED lighting. At the same time, cellular and wireless communications can be added to the streetlight to provide additional bandwidth over that provided by conventional cell towers. The system can offload bandwidth in otherwise overloaded areas, such as densely populated urban areas. The system can include mini- or micro-cellular routers, GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth®, and other micro cellular and wireless technologies. The system can include a light fixture styled to look like existing conventional light fixtures and can be retrofitted to existing streetlight poles and mounts with little, or no, modification to the pole and wiring.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210262628A1 STREETLIGHT RETROFIT TO PROVIDE ACCESS FOR WIRELESS AND CELLULAR NETWORKS Public/Granted day:2021-08-26
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