Granted Patent B2

US 12,676,644 · App. 18/909,630 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Inventor: Alireza Tarighat Mehrabani (Los Angeles, CA)

Assignee: Peltbeam Inc.

H04B3/36

Abstract

Claims (59)

1 . A communication system, comprising:

a plurality of repeater devices arranged at a plurality of different locations and are communicatively coupled over a plurality of wired mediums,

wherein a first repeater device of the plurality of repeater devices is configured to:

obtain an mmWave radio frequency (RF) signal from a communication device;

communicate, over a wired medium of the plurality of wired mediums, the mmWave RF signal of a specified frequency to a second repeater device of the plurality of repeater devices, and wherein the second repeater device is configured to:

extract a plurality of different RF signals, corresponding to different communication protocols, from the mmWave RF signal;

wirelessly distribute, based on the extraction from the mmWave RF signal, at least two of: a wireless wide area network (WWAN) signal, a wireless local area network (WLAN) signal, a citizens broadband radio service (CBRS) signal, a wireless personal area network (WPAN) signal, or a combination thereof to a plurality of end-user devices;

receive content from the plurality of end-user devices;

pack the content received from the plurality of end-user devices; and

transmit the packed content upstream in the mmWave RF signal to the communication device via the first repeater device.

2 . The communication system according to claim 1 , further comprising the communication device that is configured to:

obtain a plurality of specific RF signals corresponding to the different communication protocols from a plurality of communication systems; and

transmit the mmWave RF signal based on the obtained plurality of specific RF signals, wherein the plurality of communication systems is different from the communication system.

3 . The communication system according to claim 2 , wherein the second repeater device is further configured to down-convert the plurality of different RF signals to a source frequency that is same as a frequency of a corresponding RF signal of the plurality of specific RF signals obtained from the plurality of communication systems.

4 . The communication system according to claim 2 , wherein the communication device is one of a home gateway device, a fifth generation (5G) modem, a backplane system, an evolved-universal terrestrial radio access-new radio (NR) dual connectivity (EN-DC) device, a 5G wireless access point, a bridge router, a network controller, a fixed wireless access (FWA) device, a firewall device, or a network security device.

5 . The communication system according to claim 2 , wherein

each of the plurality of specific RF signals is communicated over a corresponding type of network of a plurality of different types of communication networks,

each communication network of the plurality of different types of communication networks has a defined communication range, and

the communication device is further configured to extend a coverage of the plurality of specific RF signals corresponding to the different communication protocols beyond the defined communication range based on the mmWave RF signal of the specified frequency transmitted over the wired medium.

6 . The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of different RF signals corresponds to one of the CBRS signal, the WWAN signal, the WLAN signal, the WPAN signal, or a combination thereof, and

a frequency of each of the plurality of different RF signals is less than the specified frequency.

7 . The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the communication device is a multiprotocol wireless range extender device that extends a defined range of the plurality of different RF signals communicated over the different communication protocols.

8 . The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of different RF signals corresponding to the different communication protocols are aligned and packed in the mmwave RF signal with different spacing, and

a spaced alignment of each RF signal of the plurality of different RF signals in the mmWave RF signal is greater than a threshold.

9 . The communication system according to claim 1 , further comprising the communication device, wherein the communication device is configured to provide access to a first type of communication network to a plurality of communication systems that are communicatively coupled to the communication device via one of a plurality of different types of communication networks or the plurality of repeater devices,

the plurality of communication systems is different from the communication system, and

the first type of communication network is Internet.

10 . The communication system according to claim 9 , wherein the communication device is further configured to exchange a plurality of data streams with the plurality of end-user devices and one or more communication systems of the plurality of communication systems via one or more repeater devices of the plurality of repeater devices.

11 . The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein

the second repeater device is further configured to execute multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication with one of the plurality of end-user devices or one or more communication systems of a plurality of communication systems,

the plurality of communication systems is different from the communication system, and

the execution of the MIMO communication is at a sub 6 gigahertz (GHz) frequency that is less than the specified frequency of the mmWave RF signal.

12 . The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the different communication protocols correspond to one of a Wireless-Fidelity (Wi-Fi) protocol, a Bluetooth Protocol, a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) protocol, a Zigbee protocol, a cellular communication protocol, an infrared communication protocol, a radio frequency for consumer electronics (RF4CE) protocol, a wireless sensor network protocol, or different variations of WWAN, WLAN, a CBRS protocol, or WPAN protocols.

13 . The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein

one of the first repeater device or the second repeater device is further configured to apply one of a multi-stream gain adjustment or an equalization on the extracted plurality of different RF signals, and

the plurality of different RF signals extracted from the mmWave RF signal corresponds to at least one of the WWAN signal, the WLAN signal, the CBRS signal, the WPAN signal, or a combination thereof.

14 . The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the specified frequency of the mmWave RF signal is in a range of 10 gigahertz (GHz) to 300 GHz.

15 . The communication system according to claim 1 , wherein the specified frequency of the mmWave RF signal is substantially 60 gigahertz (GHz).

16 . The communication system according to claim 1 , further comprising the communication device, wherein the communication device is configured to map the plurality of different RF signals corresponding to the different communication protocols to the wired medium as the mmWave RF signal of the specified frequency, based on a number of source antennas from which the plurality of different RF signals is obtained.

17 . A method for communication, the method comprising:

obtaining, by a first repeater device, an mmWave radio frequency (RF) signal from a communication device;

communicating, by the first repeater device, over a wired medium, the mmWave RF signal of a specified frequency to a second repeater device;

extracting, by the second repeater device, a plurality of different RF signals, corresponding to different communication protocols, from the mmWave RF signal; and

wirelessly distributing, by the second repeater device, based on the extraction from the mmWave RF signal, at least two of: a wireless wide area network (WWAN) signal, a wireless local area network (WLAN) signal, a citizens broadband radio service (CBRS) signal, a wireless personal area network (WPAN) signal, or a combination thereof to a plurality of end-user devices;

receiving, by the second repeater device, content from the plurality of end-user devices;

packing, by the second repeater device, the content received from the plurality of end-user devices; and

transmitting, by the second repeater device, the packed content upstream in the mmWave RF signal to the communication device via the first repeater device.

18 . The method according to claim 17 , wherein

obtaining, by the communication device, a plurality of specific RF signals corresponding to the different communication protocols from a plurality of communication systems; and

transmitting, by the communication device, the mmWave RF signal based on the plurality of specific RF signals, wherein the plurality of communication systems is different from the communication system.

19 . The method according to claim 18 , wherein

each of the plurality of specific RF signals is communicated over a corresponding type of network of a plurality of different types of communication networks,

each communication network of the plurality of different types of communication networks has a defined communication range, and

a coverage of the plurality of specific RF signals corresponding to the different communication protocols is extended beyond the defined communication range based on the mmWave RF signal of the specified frequency transmitted over the wired medium.

20 . The method according to claim 17 , wherein

the plurality of different RF signals corresponding to the different communication protocols are aligned and packed in the mmWave RF signal with different spacing, and

a spaced alignment of each RF signal of the plurality of different RF signals in the mmWave RF signal is greater than a threshold.

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