Beartooth Radio, Inc.

Michael C Monaghan

Lukas Martin Scherrer

Kevin A Ames

Andrew M Wade

Justin A Hogan

Jefferson M Jones

Nicholas G Evans

Radio housing

Systems and methods are disclosed for extending the communication range of mobile communication devices. A long-range radio device is controlled by a control application on a host smartphone. The long-range radio device provides signal paths for two different radios, one employing a long-range (LoRa) modulation format, and another employing a high data-rate encoding such as FSK. The system provides graceful degradation in data rate as radio link distance increases and received signal strength decreases. In addition to switching between radios, variable compression and buffering are used to adapt usage to supportable data rates. Voice, other audio, video, text, binary, and other data formats are supported, as also a wide range of co-resident host apps. Unidirectional and bidirectional links can be used.

Long-range voice and data transmission using LoRa modulation and sensitivity-enhancing buffering techniques

The devices, systems, and methods of the present disclosure allow a radio device to connect to a mobile device. When interconnected with the radio device, the mobile device may communicate via radio connection as well as cellular network connections and other wireless connections inherent to the mobile device. Described herein are devices, systems, and methods to create a coupled mobile device and radio, with a Software Defined Radio capability operating on the mobile communication device to control the radio functionalities embedded within the radio device.

Coupling of radio hardware with a mobile device acting as a software defined radio

The systems and methods of the present invention allow a radio device to connect to a mobile device via a protective case, the protective case housing the radio device and mobile device. When interconnected with the radio device, the mobile device may communicate via radio connection as well as cellular network connections and other wireless connections inherent to the mobile device. Described herein is a system and method to create a coupled mobile device and radio, with a Software Defined Radio capability operating on the mobile communication device to control the radio functionalities embedded within the radio device.

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Bozeman, MT, United States of America

Michael C Monaghan