Patents Assigned to Andrew Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130029521
    Abstract: A coaxial connector for interconnection with a coaxial cable with a solid outer conductor by friction welding is provided with a monolithic connector body with a bore. A sidewall of the bore is provided with an inward annular projection angled toward a cable end of the bore. A sidewall of the inward annular projection and the sidewall of the bore form an annular friction groove open to a cable end of the bore. The annular friction groove is dimensioned with a taper at a connector end of the friction groove less than a thickness of a leading end of the outer conductor. The taper provides an annular material chamber between the leading end of the outer conductor, when seated in the friction groove, and the connector end of the friction groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: ANDREW CORPORATION
    Inventor: ANDREW CORPORATION
  • Publication number: 20130025121
    Abstract: A coaxial connector for interconnection with a coaxial cable with a solid outer conductor by friction welding is provided with a monolithic connector body with a bore dimensioned for an interference fit with an outer diameter of the outer conductor. A friction groove may be formed around the leading end of the outer conductor by application of a friction weld support against the inner diameter and leading end of the outer conductor. The friction groove may include a material chamber formed between a radial friction protrusion of the bore and a bottom of the friction groove. The friction weld support may be provided with ceramic surfaces contacting the outer conductor, a stop shoulder dimensioned to abut a cable end of the bore and/or an elastic insert seated within an inner conductor bore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: ANDREW CORPORATION
    Inventor: ANDREW CORPORATION
  • Patent number: 8358970
    Abstract: A repeater and associated method of use includes at least one antenna element for communicating in one direction and at least one antenna element for communicating in another direction. A radio frequency uplink path and a radio frequency downlink path are coupled between the antennas. At least one of the radio frequency uplink path or the radio frequency downlink path includes an adaptive cancellation circuit. The adaptive cancellation circuit is configured to generate a cancellation signal without requiring an injected signal. The cancellation signal, when added to a radio frequency signal in the respective uplink and downlink paths, substantially reduces feedback signals present in the radio frequency signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Andrew Corporation
    Inventors: Mano D. Judd, Breck W. Lovinggood, David T. Tennant, Gregory A. Maca, William P. Kuiper, James L. Alford, Michael D. Thomas, Jonathon C. Veihl
  • Patent number: 7902972
    Abstract: A hierarchical fault handling system and method based on filtering data regarding entities in the system and coordinating said filtered data in order to determined if an entity is considered faulty or not. The result for all entities is coordinated in a system fault coordinating means (17) which makes the overall decision if the system considered to be faulty or not.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Andrew Corporation
    Inventors: Jan Söderkvist, Peter Wahlström, Per-Erik Sundvisson, Tauno Ruuska, Anders Elgcrona
  • Publication number: 20100328148
    Abstract: A system and method for determining the location of a wireless device. A boundary for an approximate area in which the wireless device is located is determined and a plurality of satellites may be determined as a function of the boundary. Assistance data is transmitted to the device which includes information from the plurality of satellites, and the location of the wireless device may be determined from the information. In one embodiment, if the number of the plurality of satellites is greater than a predetermined threshold then the number of satellites may be reduced as a function of one or more of the elevation of each satellite above the horizon, a distance between each satellite to one or more other satellites, and an altitude of each satellite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2010
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: Andrew Corporation
    Inventors: Neil Harper, Martin Dawson, Martin Thomson
  • Patent number: 7854063
    Abstract: An electrical connector for a coaxial cable with a solid outer conductor, the connector in combination with a cable and a method for manufacturing. The electrical connector having a connector body with a bore between a connector end and a cable end. The bore having an inner diameter shoulder at the cable end. A cylindrical sleeve positioned in the bore abutting the inner diameter shoulder. An annular groove open to the cable end, between the cylindrical sleeve and the cable end of the connector body. The annular groove dimensioned to receive an end of the solid outer conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Andrew Corporation
    Inventor: Frank A. Harwath
  • Patent number: 7804449
    Abstract: A method for calibrating an antenna and signal processing system enabling angle of arrival (AOA) determination for a frequency hopping signal, in which a calibration coefficient is determined in response to one or more calibration signals injected into the system at one or more of the frequencies in the hopping sequence and proximate in time to reception of the communication signal. The calibration coefficients are reflective of a frequency and time dependent parameter of a path between the antenna and wireless location sensor. The AOA is determined as a function of the calibration coefficient and the radio frequency energy of the received communication signal. Several embodiment of the method are illustrated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Andrew Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph P Kennedy, Jr., Thomas B. Gravely, John P. Carlson, Doug Blackburn, Martin Alles
  • Publication number: 20100178929
    Abstract: A system and method in a wireless communication system having plural base stations (10a, 10b, 10c) and a MSC (45) with a network overlay geo-location system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: ANDREW CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph P. Kennedy, JR., Thomas B. Gravely, Andrew E. Beck, John P. Carlson
  • Patent number: 7738836
    Abstract: A novel system and method for a network overlay geolocation system operating in a host wireless communication system with repeaters is disclosed. Embodiments of the novel system and method enable a wireless communication system to determine if signals being received by system receivers arrive directly from a target mobile appliance or if the signals are passing through or via a repeater. In an embodiment, the system's repeaters use a co-channel AM Golay Hadamard sequence multiplied by an uplink signal to watermark the repeated signal. The system uses the known AM Golay Hadamard sequences of the repeaters and the waveform of the received uplink signal to detect whether a repeater has operated on the signal and which repeater operated on the uplink signal. Embodiments of the novel system and method provide system management data and can be used to provide more accurate geolocation of mobiles served by repeater stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Andrew Corporation
    Inventors: Martin Alles, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., John Peter Carlson
  • Patent number: 7733268
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining the location of a device from signals provided by a plurality of satellites. A device receives a first plurality of signals comprising one signal from each of a first plurality of satellites and determines a first location of the device as a function of the first plurality of signals. The device then determines a second location thereof as a function of a second plurality of signals if the first location is not within a predetermined threshold. The second plurality of signals is a first subset of the first plurality of signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Andrew Corporation
    Inventors: Neil Harper, Peter Nicholson
  • Patent number: 7692577
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to method and apparatus for geolocation determination. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a method for detecting an erroneous satellite measurement by a receiver, including the steps of (a) determining an approximate location of the receiver; (b) for each of a plurality of satellites from which the receiver receives a signal: (i) determining a range difference between an expected range between the receiver and the satellite and a measured range between the receiver and the satellite; (ii) determining a median value of the range differences; (iii) determining an offset value between the range difference and the median value; (iv) comparing the offset value with a predetermined threshold to thereby detect an erroneous satellite measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Andrew Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Nicholson, Neil Harper
  • Patent number: 7623872
    Abstract: A method for use in a wireless communication system with a network overlay geolocation system having a sparse deployment network in which base stations of the wireless communication system may or may not have a co-located wireless location sensors (WLS). The method enables detection and measurement of a target mobile's signal independently from a primary WLS located at the base station serving the target mobile, which enable location estimated in previous “no location” areas. The method selects based on predetermined criteria from one or more of several techniques that aid in the detection and determining a location for the target mobile. The method selects from timing advance, power levels, pattern matching, EOTD, speed, and pseudo range measurements to estimate the location of the mobile. The method also uses ambiguity function processing to detect the signal and measure an attribute of the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Andrew Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Peter Carlson, Martin Alles
  • Publication number: 20090203406
    Abstract: An antenna for communicating with mobile devices in a land-based cellular communication system via an antenna beam having a width, azimuth angle and downtilt angle. The antenna includes: a two dimensional array of radiating elements (31-34); and a feed network (35-39) from a feed line to the radiating elements. The feed network includes: downtilt phase shifting means (35,36) for varying the phase of signals supplied to or received from the radiating elements so as to vary the downtilt angle of the antenna beam; azimuth phase shifting (38,39) means for varying the phase of signals supplied to or received from the radiating elements so as to vary the azimuth angle of the antenna beam; and beam width adjustment means (37) for varying the power or phase of signals supplied to or received from the radiating elements so as to vary the width of the antenna beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: ANDREW CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel RHODES, Andrew Thomas Gray, Arthur George ROBERTS, Peter Bruce Graham
  • Publication number: 20090149171
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a method for determining a path loss value of a signal transmitted from a wireless device and received by a receiver, where the wireless device and the receiver operate within a wireless communication system having at least one cell having at least one sector operating on at least one frequency channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2006
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: ANDREW CORPORATION
    Inventors: John Arpee, John Peter Carlson
  • Publication number: 20090131073
    Abstract: A system and method for estimating a location of a wireless device receiving signals from a plurality of nodes of a communication system. A first value may be determined based on a network timing characteristic for one of the nodes, and a second value may be determined based on a network measurement report characteristic. An observed time difference of arrival (“OTDOA”) hyperbola may then be calculated based on the first and second values, and a location of the wireless device estimated as a function of the OTDOA hyperbola.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2008
    Publication date: May 21, 2009
    Applicant: Andrew Corporation
    Inventors: John CARLSON, Tariqul ISLAM, Selcuk MAZLUM
  • Publication number: 20090124266
    Abstract: A method and system for determining an approximate range from a location measurement unit to a mobile device. An uplink signal from the mobile device is received by the location measurement unit, and an uplink frame marker is determined from the uplink signal. A downlink signal is received at the location measurement unit from a base station serving the mobile device, and a downlink slot marker is determined from the downlink signal. A round trip propagation delay is determined based upon the uplink frame marker and the downlink slot marker, and an approximate range from the location measurement unit to the mobile device is determined as a function of the round trip propagation delay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicant: ANDREW CORPORATION
    Inventors: John Carlson, Tariqul Islam
  • Publication number: 20090109111
    Abstract: A feed horn with a horn body and a waveguide body, each with a front end and a back end, respectively. The horn body and the waveguide body coupled together, the waveguide body front end to the horn body back end. The waveguide body provided with a waveguide bore between the front end and the back end. At least one slot formed in the waveguide bore parallel to a longitudinal axis of the body bore, the at least one slot extending to the front end. The horn body provided with a horn bore between the front end and the back end. The horn body and the waveguide body formable via injection molding methods such as die casting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: ANDREW CORPORATION
    Inventors: Neil McGonigle, Craig Mitchelson, David Geen, Graham Agnew
  • Publication number: 20090102738
    Abstract: An antenna includes radiating elements and a ground structure formed as a single unitary conductive member, the radiating elements extending from the ground structure such that some of the radiating elements are spaced from the ground structure on a first side thereof, others of the radiating elements being spaced from the ground structure on a second side thereof. The antenna may be an omnidirectional antenna and the single conductive member may be formed as a single metal sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2007
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: ANDREW CORPORATION
    Inventor: Michael F. Bonczyk
  • Patent number: 7518552
    Abstract: A cellular base station telecommunication system includes a plurality of base station antenna sites, each site having one or more groups of base station antennas. A central controller is configured to control an electrical or mechanical parameter in one or more of the antennas in the groups of antennas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Andrew Corporation
    Inventors: William Emil Heinz, Mathias Martin Ernest Ehlen
  • Publication number: 20090085802
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to method and apparatus for geolocation determination. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a method for detecting an erroneous satellite measurement by a receiver, including the steps of (a) determining an approximate location of the receiver; (b) for each of a plurality of satellites from which the receiver receives a signal: (i) determining a range difference between an expected range between the receiver and the satellite and a measured range between the receiver and the satellite; (ii) determining a median value of the range differences; (iii) determining an offset value between the range difference and the median value; (iv) comparing the offset value with a predetermined threshold to thereby detect an erroneous satellite measurement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Applicant: Andrew Corporation
    Inventors: Peter NICHOLSON, Neil Harper