72 results about "Cellular frequencies" patented technology

Methods and systems for communicating with a plurality of communications networks are provided herein. Aspects of the system may comprise cellular processing circuitry that processes a plurality of cellular frequency band communications services, comprising at least one cellular voice service and at least one cellular data service. The cellular processing circuitry may comprise a plurality of cellular processing integrated circuits within a mobile terminal. Broadcast processing circuitry may processes VHF / UHF frequency band broadcast services in at least one single broadcast processing integrated circuit within the mobile terminal. One or more of the cellular processing integrated circuits may communicate with, and shares at least a single memory with, the single broadcast processing integrated circuit. The single memory may be coupled to one or more of the cellular processing integrated circuits and the single broadcast processing integrated circuit via a memory interface.

A space-based component, such as a satellite, is configured to use a terrestrial cellular / PCS frequency for communication with a wireless terminal, with a terrestrial base station and / or with a terrestrial gateway. Terrestrial cellular / PCS frequencies also may be used for terrestrial communications by terrestrial base stations and / or radioterminals.

A three-band, two-antenna, assembly includes a planar inverted-F antenna (PIFA) having a radiating / receiving element that is spaced from and extends generally parallel to a ground plane element. The planar radiating / receiving element of an inverted-F antenna (IFA) is located in an open space that exists between the radiating / receiving element of the PIFA and the ground plane element. The radiating / receiving element of the IFA extends either perpendicular to, or parallel to, the radiating / receiving element of the PIFA. The radiating / receiving element of the PIFA includes one or more open slot configurations that operate to provide dual resonant frequencies for the IPFA (AMPS / PCS or GSM / DCS). The radiating / receiving element of the IFA operates in a non-cellular frequency band (ISM or GPS).

The present invention comprises systems and methods for cellular, PCS, GPS and / or Bluetooth mobile communication (e.g., a mobile telephone). The systems and methods employ a fully integrated dual band IFA / loop CDMA antenna for cellular and PCS communication. Fully integrating the CDMA antenna within a PWB provides for mitigation of lumped elements to establish dual banding, and can provide for reduced antenna size, device size, cost and interference form a user's hand. The IFA antenna is configured to transmit and receive within the cellular frequency band via a capacitive tap, and the loop antenna is configured to transmit and receive within the PCS frequency band via an impedance matching stub and ground location. The system and methods further employ a firewall to mitigate antenna coupling, and a metal reflector to reduce the electromagnetic reflection, and improve antenna gain and efficiency.

Single feed planar inverted-F antennas (PIFAs) are provided for three, four or five frequency bands of resonance in both cellular and non-cellular frequency bands. The PIFAs include a dielectric carriage having a metal radiating element located on a top surface thereof and sidewalls having a metal ground plane element located at the bottom of the sidewalls. The non-radiating edge of the radiating elements include a downward extending shorting strip that is connected to the ground plane element and a downward extending feed strip that is spaced above the ground plane element and is connected to a feed cable. The radiating element includes downward extending matching and loading plates whose free ends are spaced above the ground plane element, which provide impedance matching and reactive loading to the radiating elements. Configurations of slots (open and closed) within the radiating elements selectively provide multiple frequency resonance to the radiating elements in both cellular and non-cellular frequency bands.

In an RF communication system, aspects for supporting cellular or wireless network and broadcast utilizing an integrated single chip cellular and broadcast silicon solution may comprise receiving in a mobile terminal, a plurality of cellular frequency band communications services and VHF / UHF band broadcast services in a single baseband processor IC within a mobile terminal. Cellular information associated with the cellular frequency band communications service, and VHF / UHF broadcast information associated with the VHF / UHF broadcast service may be processed by a cellular processing module and a VHF / UHF broadcast processing module, respectively, integrated within a single integrated circuit within the mobile terminal. The cellular processing module and the VHF / UHF broadcast processing module within the mobile terminal may operate independently of each other to separately process the cellular information and the VHF / UHF broadcast information without exchanging related information.

Aspects of a method and system for supporting a plurality of providers via a single femtocell are provided. In this regard, a femtocell may determine characteristics of one or more VLANs to which it is virtually communicatively coupled via a non-cellular connection and via a cellular connection. Based on the determined characteristics of the one or more VLANs, a cellular transmitter and / or receiver of the femtocell may be controlled to transmit and / or receive packets belonging to the one or more VLANs via the non-cellular connection and / or via the cellular connection. The characteristics of the one or more VLANs may comprise one or more of: cellular standards utilized by the one or more VLANs, cellular frequencies utilized in the one or more VLANs, access technologies utilized by the one or more VLANs, and a duplexing method utilized by the one or more VLANs.

In an RF communication system, aspects for supporting cellular or wireless network and broadcast utilizing an integrated single chip cellular and broadcast silicon solution may comprise receiving in a mobile terminal, a plurality of cellular frequency band communications services and VHF / UHF band broadcast services in a single baseband processor IC within a mobile terminal. Cellular information associated with the cellular frequency band communications service, and VHF / UHF broadcast information associated with the VHF / UHF broadcast service may be processed by a cellular processing module and a VHF / UHF broadcast processing module, respectively, integrated within a single integrated circuit within the mobile terminal. The cellular processing module and the VHF / UHF broadcast processing module within the mobile terminal may operate independently of each other to separately process the cellular information and the VHF / UHF broadcast information without exchanging related information.

The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for receiving a plurality of cellular telephone signals over an RF communication system. The present invention receives at least one signal at a cellular frequency, identifies a user associated with the cellular signal, converts the signal to an RF signal, and sends the converted RF signal to the RF communication system. The call is received at wireless RF handset. A removable Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) of a cell phone docked and integrated with the present invention to route the cellular call to RF receiver. Multiple RF communication lines are managed. Various methods of notifying the intended recipient are disclosed, such as textual display and distinctive ring tones.

Aspects of the present invention may be found in a method and system for cellular network services and an integrated broadcast television (TV) downlink having intelligent service control with feedback information. The system may comprise cellular processing circuitry in a mobile terminal that processes a plurality of cellular frequency band communications services which comprise at least one voice service and at least one data service, in a single cellular processor integrated circuit in a mobile terminal. In addition, the system may comprise broadcast processing circuitry in the mobile terminal that processes VHF / UHF band broadcast services in a single broadcast processor integrated circuit in the mobile terminal. The cellular processing circuitry may communicate with, and share at least a single memory with, the broadcast processing circuitry. The cellular processing circuitry may utilize at least the single memory to request at least a portion of information deliverable via the cellular frequency band communications services for delivery via VHF / UHF band broadcast services.

A method and system for communicating information via a plurality of different networks may comprise requesting in a mobile terminal capable of receiving and processing cellular frequency band services and VHF / UHF broadcast frequency band services, media having a specified quality of service. A description of said requested media and / or a quality of service associated with the requested media may be displayed via a user interface in the mobile terminal. An input may be received in the mobile terminal that indicates at least one required quality of service associated with the requested media. Based on information stored in the mobile terminal, at least one required quality of service associated with the requested media may be determined. One or more required quality of service associated with the requested media may be stored in a profile within the mobile terminal.

A monopole type antenna suitable for operating in cellular frequency bands, the antenna comprising: a conductive surface forming a radiating element and including an electrical connection zone; a compact conductive counterpoise including a connection zone; and a feed line comprising an antenna cable connected to the connection zones of said radiating element and of said compact counterpoise. In the antenna, said radiating element is in the form of an open loop having two branches both connected to the antenna cable and defining first and second radiating portions, each of the radiating portions is suitable for entering into resonance at at least one cellular frequency and extends in a main direction; and these two main directions are substantially parallel so as to operate parasitically and with coupling between the two radiating portions.

A transmitter includes a transformer and a transformer tuning circuit. The transformer transforms a differential radio frequency (RF) signal to a single-ended RF signal. The transformer tuning circuit tunes the transformer to permit the transmitter to transmit the single-ended RF signal in a first frequency band (e.g., cellular frequency band) or a second frequency band (e.g., PCS frequency band).

An antenna for receiving and / or transmitting radio frequency (RF) signals at multiple cellular frequency bands is disposed on a non-conductive pane. The antenna includes a first antenna element and a second antenna element. The first antenna element has a first radiating element and a second radiating element arranged together in an opposing relationship to form a first bowtie shape. The second antenna element is spaced from the first antenna element and has a third radiating element and a fourth radiating element arranged together in an opposing relationship to form a second bowtie shape with a different dimension than the first bowtie shape. A first trace element connects to and extends between said first and third radiating elements and a second trace element connects to and extends between said second and fourth radiating elements. The antenna establishes an electromagnetic coupling for dual band operation at the multiple cellular frequency bands.

The present invention comprises systems and methods for cellular, PCS, GPS and / or Bluetooth mobile communication (e.g., a mobile telephone). The systems and methods employ a fully integrated dual band IFA / loop CDMA antenna for cellular and PCS communication. Fully integrating the CDMA antenna within a PWB provides for mitigation of lumped elements to establish dual banding, and can provide for reduced antenna size, device size, cost and interference form a user's hand. The IFA antenna is configured to transmit and receive within the cellular frequency band via a capacitive tap, and the loop antenna is configured to transmit and receive within the PCS frequency band via an impedance matching stub and ground location. The system and methods further employ a firewall to mitigate antenna coupling, and a metal reflector to reduce the electromagnetic reflection, and improve antenna gain and efficiency.

Systems and methods are provided to administer a wireless telecommunication network (WTN) having a plurality of cell sites. Network data is received from a data source for a subject cell site. A baseline performance of the subject cell site is determined. Parameters to optimize for the subject cell site based on the baseline performance are identified. Load balancing is performed on the subject cell site by comparing a normalized user equipment (UE) downlink (DL) throughput at a first cellular frequency band to a second cellular frequency band. A cellular coverage of the subject cell site is adjusted based on a voice over LTE (VoLTE) drop call rate for a predetermined time period and a normalized UE DLL throughput. A layer management is performed on the subject cell site.

An antenna assembly with wide bandwidth and low Passive Intermodulation (PIM) characteristics is described for use in Distributed Antenna Systems (DAS) and other applications which require low PIM levels. The antenna can be configured to cover multiple cellular frequency bands to provide a single antenna solution for use with multiple transceivers. A single conductor radiator design along with features integrated into the ground plane result in low PIM characteristics during high power transmission. One or multiple parasitic elements can be coupled to the driven antenna to enhance bandwidth while still maintaining low PIM characteristics.

The invention relates to radio communication in a mobile station operating on cellular frequency bands, and / or on a frequency band separated from cellular frequency bands, for transmitting and receiving calls outside a cellular network through direct communication between cellular mobile stations. It also relates to a method in a cellular telephony system comprising at least two mobile stations communicating.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, distinguishing between offload and non-offload traffic associated with a mobile device in communication with a small-cell access point using a managed cellular frequency spectrum. The access point is located at a subscriber premises and in further communication with a network core. Offload traffic is associated with a first IP address of the mobile device and includes a signaling portion and a user data portion. User data messages of the user data portion are exchanged between the mobile device and the equipment at the subscriber premises without being exchanged between the network core and one of the mobile device, the equipment at the subscriber premises or both. The mobile device is associated with a first access point name identifier based on the first IP address and a second access point name identifier based on a second IP address. Other embodiments are disclosed.

A vehicle messaging system operably connected to a communications network that is configured to receive, store, manipulate, view and transmit data. The vehicle messaging system is mounted within the interior of a vehicle and further includes the necessary electronics to determine its geographic coordinates and transmit that data across the communications network. The communications network functions as a conduit to allow organizations or individuals to send and receive information such as but not limited to advertising messages to vehicle messaging systems connected to the communications network. The vehicle messaging system is operably connected to the communications network utilizing wireless technology such as but not limited to short-wave, RF or cellular frequencies.

To provide accurate and quick position measurements in a practical mobile position location system, the GPS receiver is calibrated, a frequency error in the next time period is predicted using a first frequency locked to an externally transmitted signal, and a second frequency is generated by a GPS oscillator. To predict the error in the next time period, several measurements are made over time, error estimations are made, an error function is approximated responsive to the set of error estimations. This predicted error is then used to correct the GPS receiver in the next time period. In one implementation, a multiple function portable device is disclosed for providing cellular communication using a network of cellular stations that operate at predefined ideal cellular frequencies, and also for providing position location using GPS satellites that transmit GPS signals at a predefined GPS frequency.

A multiplexer circuit adapted to receive standard cellular telephone signals and PCS signals without user intervention comprises two filter circuits. The first filter circuit presents a high impedance to signals outside the standard cellular frequency range from one antenna and the second circuit presents a high impedance to signals outside the higher PCS frequency range from a second antenna. A cell phone adapted to receive both frequency ranges will automatically detect the appropriate signal.

Aspects of a method and system for servicing a plurality of users via a plurality of femtocells are provided. In this regard, a cellular enabled communication device may receive portions of a datastream from a plurality of femtocells, reconstruct the datastream from the received portions of the datastream, and process the reconstructed datastream for presentation to a user of the cellular enabled communication device. The received portions may be buffered in the cellular enabled communication device. The portions of the datastream may be associated with a plurality of CDMA channel access codes. The portions of the datastream may be received via a plurality of cellular frequencies. The portions of the datastream may be received during a plurality of TDMA timeslots. Portions of the datastream may be received from a cellular base station. Portions of the datastream may be received from a WiMAX base station.

Systems and methods are provided to administer a wireless telecommunication network (WTN) having a plurality of cell sites. Network data is received from a data source for a subject cell site. A baseline performance of the subject cell site is determined. Parameters to optimize for the subject cell site based on the baseline performance are identified. Load balancing is performed on the subject cell site by comparing a normalized user equipment (UE) downlink (DL) throughput at a first cellular frequency band to a second cellular frequency band. A cellular coverage of the subject cell site is adjusted based on a voice over LTE (VoLTE) drop call rate for a predetermined time period and a normalized UE DLL throughput. A layer management is performed on the subject cell site.

The invention disclosed is a process to allocate channels in a sectorized and tiered cellular network. A system of allocating cellular frequencies (channels) to the sectors among the outer tier of cells within a tile is disclosed which maximizes channel set usage within the tile while minimizing co-channel interference between cells. Any unused, or remaining, frequencies for the outer tier of that cell may then be allocated to an inner tier of the cell that has not had a channel allocated thereto. No additional infrastructure or maintenance set-up is required under this technique for allocating the channel to the additional transceiver and a very high degree of channel utilization is achieved.

Current aggregation using diplexers. A multiplexing system can include a first diplexer and a second diplexer. The first diplexer can have a first transmit terminal, a first receive terminal, and a first common terminal. The first diplexer can be configured to filter a first transmit signal received at the first transmit terminal to a first cellular frequency band and output the filtered first transmit signal at the first common terminal. The first diplexer can be further configured to filter a first receive signal received at the first common terminal to a second cellular frequency band and output the filtered first receive signal at the first receive terminal input. The second diplexer can have a second transmit terminal, a second receive terminal, and a second common terminal. The second diplexer can be configured to filter a second transmit signal received at the second transmit terminal to the second cellular frequency band and output the filtered second transmit signal at the second common terminal. The second diplexer can be further configured to filter a second receive signal received at the second common terminal to the first cellular frequency band and output the filtered second receive signal at the second receive terminal.

A transmitter includes a transformer and a transformer tuning circuit. The transformer transforms a differential radio frequency (RF) signal to a single-ended RF signal. The transformer tuning circuit tunes the transformer to permit the transmitter to transmit the single-ended RF signal in a first frequency band (e.g., cellular frequency band) or a second frequency band (e.g., PCS frequency band).

A method and system for communicating information via a plurality of different networks may comprise requesting in a mobile terminal capable of receiving and processing cellular frequency band services and VHF / UHF broadcast frequency band services, media having a specified quality of service. A description of said requested media and / or a quality of service associated with the requested media may be displayed via a user interface in the mobile terminal. An input may be received in the mobile terminal that indicates at least one required quality of service associated with the requested media. Based on information stored in the mobile terminal, at least one required quality of service associated with the requested media may be determined. One or more required quality of service associated with the requested media may be stored in a profile within the mobile terminal.