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Transmission system for wireless communications

CA 2173283 C · Owner: Chu, Ta-Shing · Inventors: Clark, Martin V.; Greenstein, Lawrence Joel; Erceg, Vinko

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A wireless communications system includes a number of clusters of repeaters wherein all repeaters within a cluster are connected to a common hub via respective millimeter-wave radio links. Wireless signals received by the repeaters from end-user devices are transparently carried by the millimeter-wave radio links to respective hubs that act as concentrators for the repeaters. The hubs may be linked to a wireless network base station (in an outdoor setting) or alternatively to a server or a PBX (in an indoor environment) via a high-speed transmission facility such as a fiber optic cable that is thus shared by all the repeaters.

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  • Filed April 2, 1996 and granted June 27, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 2, 2016.
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FiledApril 2, 1996
GrantedJune 27, 2000
Term endedApril 2, 2016
Patent numberCA 2173283 C
Classification (IPC)H04Q3/58 +2 more

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1997199920012003200520072009201120132015Application filedApril 2, 1996Patent grantedJune 27, 2000Term endedApril 2, 2016

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