Patents Assigned to Extenet Systems Inc.
  • Patent number: 10663128
    Abstract: In one aspect, a lighting fixture includes a pole having a first section and a second section. The second section of the pole includes a radio frequency (RF) transparent material. The lighting fixture also includes a light housing coupled to the first section of the pole and a light source in the light housing. The lighting fixture further includes an antenna assembly in the second section of the pole. The antenna assembly is configured to wirelessly communicate with a user equipment device (UE). The lighting fixture also includes a communications backhaul interface coupled to the antenna assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: ExteNet Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric B. Abbott, Tormod Larsen, Michael R. Alt, Timothy P. Asta, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10247406
    Abstract: In one aspect, a lighting fixture includes a pole having a first section and a second section. The second section of the pole includes a radio frequency (RF) transparent material. The lighting fixture also includes a light housing coupled to the first section of the pole and a light source in the light housing. The lighting fixture further includes an antenna assembly in the second section of the pole. The antenna assembly is configured to wirelessly communicate with a user equipment device (UE). The lighting fixture also includes a communications backhaul interface coupled to the antenna assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: ExteNet Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric B. Abbott, Tormod Larsen, Michael R. Alt, Timothy P. Asta, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10112339
    Abstract: An enclosure for housing electrical equipment is disclosed. The enclosure is produced by thermoforming four separate pieces or bodies together to form the top and bottom of the enclosure. The enclosure is made of a moldable material, such as plastic or fiberglass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Extenet Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary D. Stahl, Gregory L. Klosowski, Rick Conklin
  • Patent number: 9517586
    Abstract: An enclosure for housing electrical equipment is disclosed. The enclosure is produced by thermoforming four separate pieces or bodies together to form the top and bottom of the enclosure. The enclosure is made of a moldable material, such as plastic or fiberglass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Extenet Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary D. Stahl, Gregory L. Klosowski, Rick Conklin
  • Patent number: 8588614
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for implementing a flexible distributed antenna system (DAS) head end are disclosed. A flexible DAS head end includes an RF conditioning module configured to be connected to one or more base station transceiver (BTS) devices and one or more low-power RF modules that are also part of the flexible DAS head end. In an example embodiment, the flexible DAS head end receives high-power digital-RF passband transmissions from its connections to the one or more BTS devices, and low-power digital-RF passband signals from the one or more low-power RF modules. The low-power RF modules, in turn, can receive input baseband signals from one or more baseband units (BBUs) in a wireless network, and then convert the input signals to the lo low-power digital-RF passband signals. The RF conditioning module constructs one or more superposition RF signals from the passband signals, and routes and transmits them to an array of antenna nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: ExteNet Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Tormod Larsen
  • Patent number: 8428550
    Abstract: A system for determining the location of a wireless mobile device with respect to an interconnected network of wireless transmission waveguides is disclosed. The interconnected network could be interconnected ducts of an HVAC system in a building. Multiple wireless probes are placed at multiple locations within the HVAC duct system (or similar interconnected network of waveguides). Each probe may detect a common signal from a wireless mobile device and independently preserve arrival time information of the detected signal, wherein the signal propagates to probes by way of a free-space path to an opening in one or another duct, and thereafter to the probes via one or another path through the interconnected ducts, which act as wireless transmission waveguides. By correlating timing information of a signal received at three or more probes, a location of the mobile wireless device may be determined by one or another form of triangulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Extenet Systems Inc.
    Inventor: Tormod Larsen
  • Patent number: 8219114
    Abstract: A system for determining the location of a wireless mobile device with respect to an interconnected network of wireless transmission waveguides is disclosed. The interconnected network could be interconnected ducts of an HVAC system in a building. Multiple wireless probes are placed at multiple locations within the HVAC duct system (or similar interconnected network of waveguides). Each probe may detect a common signal from a wireless mobile device and independently preserve arrival time information of the detected signal, wherein the signal propagates to probes by way of a free-space path to an opening in one or another duct, and thereafter to the probes via one or another path through the interconnected ducts, which act as wireless transmission waveguides. By correlating timing information of a signal received at three or more probes, a location of the mobile wireless device may be determined by one or another form of triangulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Extenet Systems Inc.
    Inventor: Tormod Larsen
  • Patent number: 8081923
    Abstract: A method and system for normalizing various simulcasting nodes within a distributed antenna system (DAS) simulcast sector uses the simulcast sector's known fiber delays, the distance between the nodes, and its corresponding RF delays. The methodology includes adding calculated delays to the known fiber delays to normalize each node's delay. Each normalized node delay value is equal to the value of the fiber delay of the furthest node plus the respective RF delay distance from that node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Extenet Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Tormod Larsen, Antonio Rivas
  • Patent number: 8023826
    Abstract: A distributed antenna system for using distributed antennas provides for locating a plurality of distributed antennas on existing infrastructure such as existing utility poles, traffic lights/signals, streetlights, etc. Each of the distributed antennas is connected to a base station hotel using a fiber optic cable. The distributed antenna system allows users to access wireless services provided by a plurality of carriers and using a plurality of communication technologies using a truly shared network and without having to implement duplicative wireless infrastructure components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Extenet Systems Inc.
    Inventors: David Fasshauer, Tormod Larsen, Eric Lekacz