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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2004
Kenneth Baker, Boulder, CO (US);
Charles Wheatley, Del Mar, CA (US);
Daniel Willis, Lafayette, CO (US);
Leonid Sheynblat, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Kenneth Baker, Boulder, CO (US);
Charles Wheatley, Del Mar, CA (US);
Daniel Willis, Lafayette, CO (US);
Leonid Sheynblat, Hillsborough, CA (US);
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
This disclosure is directed to a repeater and base station control device implemented in a wireless communication system. The repeater includes a control unit capable of detecting signals sent from various base stations in the wireless communication system. In accordance with this disclosure, the repeater identifies a set of base stations that it can detect, and then sends information indicative of the set of base stations that the repeater can detect to a specific base station that gets repeated by the repeater. In this manner, the repeater can be used to help assess network topology. The base station control device receives the information from the base station and can use the information to update a neighbor list.