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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014

Filed:

Mar. 22, 2011
Applicants:

Eduardo S. Esteves, San Diego, CA (US);

Dhananjay Ashok Gore, San Diego, CA (US);

Mahesh A. Makhijani, San Diego, CA (US);

Inventors:

Eduardo S. Esteves, San Diego, CA (US);

Dhananjay Ashok Gore, San Diego, CA (US);

Mahesh A. Makhijani, San Diego, CA (US);

Assignee:

QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/14 (2006.01); H04J 1/10 (2006.01); H04J 3/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04B 7/155 (2006.01); H04B 7/26 (2006.01); H04W 16/00 (2009.01); H04W 16/26 (2009.01); H04W 24/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/15528 (2013.01); H04B 7/1555 (2013.01); H04W 24/02 (2013.01); H04B 7/2606 (2013.01); H04W 16/00 (2013.01); H04W 84/047 (2013.01); H04B 7/15507 (2013.01); H04B 7/15578 (2013.01); H04B 7/15535 (2013.01); H04W 16/26 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of managing macro network coverage among a plurality of repeaters deployed to extend coverage of one or more base stations may include receiving feedback information from at least two repeaters indicative of macro network coverage at locations corresponding to each repeater, determining a coverage status of the macro network based on the feedback information, and sending a control signal to at least one repeater instructing the repeater to adjust one or more operating parameters based on the determined coverage status.


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