Cingular Wireless Ii, LLC

At&t Mobility II LLC

Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation

Christopher Scott Erwin

Kraig Keys

Martin Chang

David Bogart

Richard Bruno

William D Heartsfield

Myrle K Wiekert

A method for improving the use of a transmission spectrum in a multi-sector wireless communication system includes generating a first signal, processing a first signal with a first Auto Tune Combiner, transmitting the first signal on an antenna associated with a first sector, sampling the first signal with a radio frequency test device, generating a second signal, processing the second signal with a second Auto Tune Combiner, transmitting the second signal on an antenna associated with a second sector, and sampling the second signal with the radio frequency test device.

System and method for improved spectrum use

In a combination of a transceiver cabinet housing a plurality of transceivers and one or more DECON boards for supporting said transceivers, and a cable for connecting one or more of said transceivers through a selected DECON board to selected control and radio interfaces, a first end of the cable is connected to the selected DECON board, and the second end of the cable is split into and includes multiple discrete portions, each discrete portion being associated with one particular transceiver supported by the selected DECON board such that each discrete portion, and thus one particular transceiver, can be connected to a particular RTT board of a control and radio interfaces.

Connection of one or more transceivers at a cellular base station to one or more control and radio interfaces

A system for transmitting signals in a multi-sector wireless communications system. The system includes a first signal source associated with a first sector for generating a first signal, a first Auto Tune Combiner for processing the first signal, a second signal source associated with a second sector for generating a second signal, a second Auto Tune Combiner for processing the second signal and for combining the processed first signal with the processed second signal, and an antenna associated with the second sector for transmitting the combined processed first and second signals wherein the first Auto Tune Combiner is connected to the second Auto Tune Combiner with an extension cable.

System and method for increasing transmission capability

An apparatus for improving the use of a transmission spectrum in a wireless communications system. The apparatus includes a first radio source for generating a first signal, a first Auto Tune Combiner for processing the first signal, a first antenna associated with a sector for transmitting the first signal, a first radio frequency test device for sampling the processed first signal and producing a first feedback signal, a second radio source for generating a second signal, a second Auto Tune Combiner for processing the second signal, a second antenna associated with the sector for transmitting the second signal, a second radio frequency test device for sampling the processed second signal and producing a second feedback signal, and a multicoupler for directing the first and second feedback signals to the first and second radio sources.

System for split transmission for enhanced spectrum utilization

A method is disclosed for adapting base station equipment at a sectorized cell site to relieve high call blocking rates in a first heavily utilized sector. The method includes selecting a TCB cabinet corresponding to a second more sparsely utilized sector and placing first sector transceivers in a first set of designated slots of the TCB cabinet and second sector. A split receive (uplink) signal path within the second sector TCB cabinet is achieved by substituting a four input port combiner card for a conventional two input port combiner card. First and second sector receive signals are respectively directed to first and second input port pairs of the combiner card and are separately routed by the TCB cabinet backplane circuitry to the first and second sector transceivers. The foregoing method allows the cell site owner to add needed transceivers to the heavily-utilized sector without purchasing and installing a new base station.

Method for reconfiguring base station equipment to relieve blocking in a heavily utilized cell sector

An extra capacity radio base station for a wireless communication system. A first radio base station provides wireless communication to at least one sector of the wireless communication system. The first radio base station couples to a first group on n radios. A second radio base station couples to the first radio base station, and the second radio base station also provides wireless communication to the at least one sector. The second radio base station couples to a second group of n radios. The first radio base station coupled to the second radio base station creates the extra capacity radio base station. The extra capacity radio base station utilizes on extra control radio to create 2n+1 radios available for voice and data communication to the at least one sector of the wireless communication system.

Extra capacity radio base station for wireless communication

A wrench socket includes a socket connection portion adapted to receive a lug member. The socket connection portion has a first face and a cavity extending from an interior of the socket connection portion to the first face. This cavity is adapted to engage a lug member. The wrench socket further includes a wrench portion having inner faces which are adapted to engage the periphery of a connector. The inner faces are angularly oriented to each other and disposed along planes substantially perpendicular to the first or second face of the socket connection portion. The inner faces bound an open gripping region such that the inner faces are slidably engagable with the connector along a plane perpendicular to the inner faces. The wrench socket further includes a mid portion connecting the socket connection portion to the wrench portion. The mid portion is disposed axially between the socket connection portion and the wrench portion at a point near the periphery of the socket connection portion and the wrench portion such that an area adapted to receive nonrotatable parts exists above the mid portion and between the wrench portion and the socket connection portion.

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Wesley Chapel, FL, United States of America

Christopher Scott Erwin