Charter Communications has been granted a patent for a communication system that utilizes first and second antenna hardware to transmit sidelobe wireless beams. These beams provide access to a remote network for communication devices, such as mobile devices, by overlapping in wireless coverage. GlobalData’s report on Charter Communications gives a 360-degree view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report here.
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According to GlobalData’s company profile on Charter Communications, Wireless sensing nodes was a key innovation area identified from patents. Charter Communications's grant share as of September 2023 was 74%. Grant share is based on the ratio of number of grants to total number of patents.
Wireless communication system using sidelobe beams
A recently granted patent (Publication Number: US11777561B2) describes a method and system for providing wireless access to a remote network using sidelobe wireless beams. The method involves transmitting a first sidelobe wireless beam and a second sidelobe wireless beam from separate antenna hardware. These sidelobe beams are used to provide a communication device, such as a mobile device, access to the remote network. The method also includes adjusting the power level of the first sidelobe wireless beam to change the overlap of its wireless coverage region with the second sidelobe wireless beam.
The patent also discloses the transmission of main lobe wireless beams, with the sidelobe beams being sidelobes with respect to the main lobe beams. The first sidelobe wireless beam is transmitted in the opposite direction to the second sidelobe wireless beam. The method further involves utilizing a second portion of the second sidelobe wireless beam to communicate with a second mobile communication device, and a second portion of the second sidelobe wireless beam to communicate with a third communication device.
The system described in the patent includes communication management hardware that transmits the sidelobe wireless beams and controls their power levels based on the number of mobile communication devices accessing the remote network. The communication management hardware also determines the number of devices accessing the network via the sidelobe and main lobe wireless beams and adjusts the power allocation accordingly.
Additionally, the patent discusses the use of carrier aggregation by the mobile communication device to communicate over both the first and second sidelobe wireless beams. The system may also include multiple antenna hardware operated by different service providers, with the sidelobe beams implemented using wireless bandwidth allocated from an allocation management resource based on a tiered hierarchy of users.
Overall, this patent presents a method and system for providing wireless access to a remote network using sidelobe wireless beams. The use of sidelobe beams, along with main lobe beams, allows for efficient communication with multiple devices and enables power adjustment to optimize coverage and capacity. The system can be implemented by various service providers and supports carrier aggregation for enhanced connectivity.
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