Stephen D Thompson

20040166802, Aug 26, 2004

Feb 26, 2003

10/375879

David McKay - Duluth GA, US
Donald Runyon - Duluth GA, US
Donald McNeill - Sugar Hill GA, US
Stephen Thompson - Norcross GA, US
James Maxwell - Atlanta GA, US

EMS Technologies, Inc. - Norcross GA

H04B003/36
H04B007/14

455/015000, 455/007000

A low-cost user portable signal enhancer unit for extending service coverage of wireless communications to a user in a desired area of limited coverage. The enhancement supports an increase of signal power levels to allow wireless communication usage in a location, such as a small office or home office environment where the original cellular signals are weak or unreliable. A base station signal is enhanced by a bi-directional amplifier device (BDA), which receives a base station signal, amplifies the signal power and retransmits the amplified signal in a first signal path to a user in close proximity. The bi-directional amplifier also receives a user signal, amplifies the signal power and retransmits the amplified signal to the base station in a second separate signal path. Dual polarized antennas can receive and transmit the respective signals at opposite polarizations to increase isolation of the signals.

20060205342, Sep 14, 2006

Mar 11, 2006

11/372976

David McKay - Duluth GA, US
Stephen Thompson - Norcross GA, US

H04B 7/15

455011100

A wireless repeater that can be remotely controlled and reconfigured, either locally or from a remote control center, after it has been installed in a customer's premises. The reconfigurable parameters and controllable settings include the frequency channel profile for the unit and the associated display profile, frequency channel selection, power level and on-off status, feedback circuit parameters, and system firmware. The communication ports for accessing the functionality of the unit include a wireless transmitter/receiver, such as an on-board wireless telephone chip, and a USB port. Once the unit has been connected to a personal computer through the USB port, the unit can be assigned an Internet IP address and addressed as network node on the Internet.

20060205343, Sep 14, 2006

Mar 11, 2006

11/373061

Donald Runyon - Duluth GA, US
Stephen Thompson - Norcross GA, US
James Maxwell - Atlanta GA, US
David McKay - Duluth GA, US

H04B 7/15

455011100

A wireless repeater with features that improve the server-donor antenna isolation including multi-purpose server and donor mounting plates that each carry an antenna feed circuit board and associated antenna elements mounted in a back-to-back arrangement with the duplex repeater electronics board sandwiched between the server and donor mounting plates. To improve the server-donor antenna isolation, one or both mounting plates may include corner, side tabs, which may be asymmetric, and raised walls around one or both mounting plates. In addition, the radomes covering the donor antenna and/or the server antennas may carry one or more parasitic conductors, such as a two parasitic strips arranged in parallel lines or for parasitic strips arranged in a square configuration.

20070232228, Oct 4, 2007

Apr 4, 2006

11/397304

David McKay - Duluth GA, US
Donald Runyon - Duluth GA, US
Stephen Thompson - Norcross GA, US
James Maxwell - Atlanta GA, US

H04B 7/15

455011100

A wireless repeater that includes a universal server base unit and modular donor antenna options. The universal server base unit includes a base unit bidirectional amplifier, a server antenna, and a housing that accepts an internal donor antenna board or an internal adapter module connected to a cable port for receiving a coaxial cable connected to an external donor antenna. This allows the same universal server base unit to work with a variety of internal and external donor antenna options. In particular, the external donor antennas include outdoor swivel-mounted options including a helical circular polarization antenna, a dual polarization panel antenna, and a vertical polarization panel antenna. The donor antenna may include an optional donor bidirectional antenna located in or near the donor antenna and powered via the cable from the server base unit.

20080039012, Feb 14, 2008

Mar 28, 2007

11/692231

Dave L. McKay - Duluth GA, US
Stephen Brett Thompson - Norcross GA, US
Donald Joseph McNeill - Sugarhill GA, US

H04B 7/15

455 111

A wireless repeater includes a directional donor antenna and a display that can be used to indicate the downlink signal strength experienced by the wireless repeater. When placed in a signal strength test mode, the wireless repeater shuts down or attenuates the gain of the uplink channel to a nominal, sets the downlink gain a test value, determines the signal strength of the downlink channel, and displays an indication of the signal strength of the downlink channel. Alternatively, the wireless unit may display the downlink gain setting and the measured downlink signal strength at the same time to give the user a better understating of the operational conditions of the unit.