Patents by Inventor Gregory Allan Maca

Gregory Allan Maca has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11722207
    Abstract: A service-area repeater for deployment in a service area to provide capacity supplied by a base station located remotely from the service-area repeater includes downlink circuitry to receive, via a donor antenna coupled to the service-area repeater, transformed RF downlink signals transmitted from the base station or a base-station repeater, the base station transforming original RF downlink signals or the base-station repeater transforming original RF downlink signals received from the base station to produce the transformed RF downlink signals. The downlink circuitry includes a signal transformation circuit to de-transform the received transformed RF downlink signals to generate non-transformed downlink signals and a frequency correction circuit to apply a frequency correction to the downlink signals to produce corrected downlink signals. The downlink circuitry wirelessly transmits the corrected downlink signals via a coverage antenna to user equipment in the service area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Alfons Dussmann, Bogdan George Mazilu, Van Erick Hanson, Gregory Allan Maca
  • Patent number: 11637621
    Abstract: One embodiment is directed to a repeater system for use with a Fifth Generation (5G) New Radio (NR) base station. The repeater system includes repeater circuitry configured to switch between a downlink mode and an uplink mode. The repeater circuitry is configured to determine basic time-division duplexing (TDD) parameters for a 5G NR cell served by the 5G NR base station. The repeater circuitry is configured to determine timing of 5G NR time-division duplexing of the 5G NR cell based at least in part on correlating a waveform of a downlink signal with one or more of: a 5G NR Primary Synchronization Signal expected to be in the downlink signal as indicated by at least some of the basic TDD parameters and a 5G NR Secondary Synchronization Signal expected to be in the downlink signal as indicated by at least some of the basic TDD parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Van Erick Hanson, Gregory Allan Maca
  • Patent number: 11412395
    Abstract: Certain aspects are directed to an intermodulation detection sub-system. The intermodulation detection sub-system includes a test signal generation module, at least one intermodulation detection device, and a controller. The test signal generation module is integrated into a unit of a telecommunications system. The test signal generation module is configured to provide a test signal to a remote antenna unit of the telecommunications system. The intermodulation detection device is integrated into the telecommunications system. The intermodulation detection device is configured to detect intermodulation products generated by mixing a first signal component and a second signal component of the test signal. The controller is integrated into the unit. The controller is configured to control the test signal generation module and the at least one intermodulation detection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Andrew Wireless Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Gregory Allan Maca, Udo-Michael Vetter
  • Patent number: 11071081
    Abstract: Certain aspects and features of the present disclosure relate to a validation sub-system for determining whether access points in a telecommunication system provide suitable performance for a specified configuration of the telecommunication system. For example, a wireless receiver can simultaneous receive beacon signals at a common frequency from multiple access points. Each beacon signal has a data sequence that is different than the other beacon signals. A processing device can determine, based on the data sequences received by the wireless receiver, channel responses for channels between the access points and the wireless receiver. The processing device can output, based on the channel responses, an indicator that the access points are suitable for a specified configuration of a telecommunication system for providing wireless coverage using the access points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Allan Maca, Thomas Kummetz
  • Publication number: 20210083759
    Abstract: Embodiments of repeater systems (such as single-node repeaters and distributed antenna systems) suitable for use with 5G NR base stations are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Van Erick Hanson, Gregory Allan Maca
  • Publication number: 20210044347
    Abstract: A service-area repeater for deployment in a service area to provide capacity supplied by a base station located remotely from the service-area repeater includes downlink circuitry to receive, via a donor antenna coupled to the service-area repeater, transformed RF downlink signals transmitted from the base station or a base-station repeater, the base station transforming original RF downlink signals or the base-station repeater transforming original RF downlink signals received from the base station to produce the transformed RF downlink signals. The downlink circuitry includes a signal transformation circuit to de-transform the received transformed RF downlink signals to generate non-transformed downlink signals and a frequency correction circuit to apply a frequency correction to the downlink signals to produce corrected downlink signals. The downlink circuitry wirelessly transmits the corrected downlink signals via a coverage antenna to user equipment in the service area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Alfons Dussmann, Bogdan George Mazilu, Van Erick Hanson, Gregory Allan Maca
  • Patent number: 10819385
    Abstract: A telecommunications system may include a distortion cancellation subsystem for use with a circulator device coupling an antenna to a transmit path and a receive path. The distortion cancellation subsystem may include a correction circuit and a cancellation circuit. In some aspects, the correction circuit may include a processing device or adaptive filter to correct imperfections in transmit signal samples generated by directional couplers. The correction circuit may also include a summing device to remove receive signal components from the transmit signal samples. The cancellation circuit may receive the output signal of the correction circuit via an adaptive filter. The output of the adaptive filter may be summed with a receive signal to minimize distortion of the receive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Andrew Wireless Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Charles B. Morrison, Gregory Allan Maca
  • Publication number: 20200177227
    Abstract: A telecommunications system may include a distortion cancellation subsystem for use with a circulator device coupling an antenna to a transmit path and a receive path. The distortion cancellation subsystem may include a correction circuit and a cancellation circuit. In some aspects, the correction circuit may include a processing device or adaptive filter to correct imperfections in transmit signal samples generated by directional couplers. The correction circuit may also include a summing device to remove receive signal components from the transmit signal samples. The cancellation circuit may receive the output signal of the correction circuit via an adaptive filter. The output of the adaptive filter may be summed with a receive signal to minimize distortion of the receive signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicant: Andrew Wireless Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Charles B. Morrison, Gregory Allan Maca
  • Patent number: 10554245
    Abstract: A telecommunications system may include a distortion cancellation subsystem for use with a circulator device coupling an antenna to a transmit path and a receive path. The distortion cancellation subsystem may include a correction circuit and a cancellation circuit. In some aspects, the correction circuit may include a processing device or adaptive filter to correct imperfections in transmit signal samples generated by directional couplers. The correction circuit may also include a summing device to remove receive signal components from the transmit signal samples. The cancellation circuit may receive the output signal of the correction circuit via an adaptive filter. The output of the adaptive filter may be summed with a receive signal to minimize distortion of the receive signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Andrew Wireless Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Charles B. Morrison, Gregory Allan Maca
  • Patent number: 10205481
    Abstract: Certain aspects and aspects of the present invention are directed to a distributed antenna system having a downlink communication path, an uplink communication path, and a non-duplexer isolator sub-system. The downlink communication path can communicatively couple a transmit antenna to a base station. The uplink communication path can communicatively couple a receive antenna to the base station. In one aspect, the non-duplexer isolator sub-system can be electronically configured for isolating uplink signals traversing the uplink communication path from downlink signals. In another aspect, a non-duplexer isolator sub-system can be configurable in one or more mechanical steps selecting a frequency response. In another aspect, a non-duplexer isolator sub-system can include an active mitigation sub-system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Charles B. Morrison, Donald R. McAllister, Fred W. Phillips, Christopher G. Ranson, Van E. Hanson, Thomas Kummetz, Gregory Allan Maca
  • Patent number: 10164682
    Abstract: Certain aspects and aspects of the present invention are directed to a distributed antenna system having a downlink communication path, an uplink communication path, and a non-duplexer isolator sub-system. The downlink communication path can communicatively couple a transmit antenna to a base station. The uplink communication path can communicatively couple a receive antenna to the base station. In one aspect, the non-duplexer isolator sub-system can be electronically configured for isolating uplink signals traversing the uplink communication path from downlink signals. In another aspect, a non-duplexer isolator sub-system can be configurable in one or more mechanical steps selecting a frequency response. In another aspect, a non-duplexer isolator sub-system can include an active mitigation sub-system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Charles B. Morrison, Donald R. McAllister, Fred W. Phillips, Christopher G. Ranson, Van E. Hanson, Thomas Kummetz, Gregory Allan Maca
  • Publication number: 20180138938
    Abstract: A telecommunications system may include a distortion cancellation subsystem for use with a circulator device coupling an antenna to a transmit path and a receive path. The distortion cancellation subsystem may include a correction circuit and a cancellation circuit. In some aspects, the correction circuit may include a processing device or adaptive filter to correct imperfections in transmit signal samples generated by directional couplers. The correction circuit may also include a summing device to remove receive signal components from the transmit signal samples. The cancellation circuit may receive the output signal of the correction circuit via an adaptive filter. The output of the adaptive filter may be summed with a receive signal to minimize distortion of the receive signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2015
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Charles B. Morrison, Gregory Allan Maca
  • Publication number: 20180062697
    Abstract: Certain aspects and aspects of the present invention are directed to a distributed antenna system having a downlink communication path, an uplink communication path, and a non-duplexer isolator sub-system. The downlink communication path can communicatively couple a transmit antenna to a base station. The uplink communication path can communicatively couple a receive antenna to the base station. In one aspect, the non-duplexer isolator sub-system can be electronically configured for isolating uplink signals traversing the uplink communication path from downlink signals. In another aspect, a non-duplexer isolator sub-system can be configurable in one or more mechanical steps selecting a frequency response. In another aspect, a non-duplexer isolator sub-system can include an active mitigation sub-system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Charles B. Morrison, Donald R. McAllister, Fred W. Phillips, Christopher G. Ranson, Van E. Hanson, Thomas Kummetz, Gregory Allan Maca
  • Patent number: 9859946
    Abstract: Certain aspects and aspects of the present invention are directed to a distributed antenna system having a downlink communication path, an uplink communication path, and a non-duplexer isolator sub-system. The downlink communication path can communicatively couple a transmit antenna to a base station. The uplink communication path can communicatively couple a receive antenna to the base station. In one aspect, the non-duplexer isolator sub-system can be electronically configured for isolating uplink signals traversing the uplink communication path from downlink signals. In another aspect, a non-duplexer isolator sub-system can be configurable in one or more mechanical steps selecting a frequency response. In another aspect, a non-duplexer isolator sub-system can include an active mitigation sub-system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Charles B. Morrison, Donald R. McAllister, Fred W. Phillips, Christopher G. Ranson, Van E. Hanson, Thomas Kummetz, Gregory Allan Maca
  • Patent number: 9813105
    Abstract: Certain aspects and aspects of the present invention are directed to a distributed antenna system having a downlink communication path, an uplink communication path, and a non-duplexer isolator sub-system. The downlink communication path can communicatively couple a transmit antenna to a base station. The uplink communication path can communicatively couple a receive antenna to the base station. In one aspect, the non-duplexer isolator sub-system can be electronically configured for isolating uplink signals traversing the uplink communication path from downlink signals. In another aspect, a non-duplexer isolator sub-system can be configurable in one or more mechanical steps selecting a frequency response. In another aspect, a non-duplexer isolator sub-system can include an active mitigation sub-system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Charles B. Morrison, Donald R. McAllister, Fred W. Phillips, Christopher G. Ranson, Van E. Hanson, Thomas Kummetz, Gregory Allan Maca
  • Publication number: 20160345282
    Abstract: Certain aspects and features of the present disclosure relate to a validation sub-system for determining whether access points in a telecommunication system provide suitable performance for a specified configuration of the telecommunication system. For example, a wireless receiver can simultaneous receive beacon signals at a common frequency from multiple access points. Each beacon signal has a data sequence that is different than the other beacon signals. A processing device can determine, based on the data sequences received by the wireless receiver, channel responses for channels between the access points and the wireless receiver. The processing device can output, based on the channel responses, an indicator that the access points are suitable for a specified configuration of a telecommunication system for providing wireless coverage using the access points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Gregory Allan Maca, Thomas Kummetz
  • Publication number: 20150288414
    Abstract: Certain aspects and aspects of the present invention are directed to a distributed antenna system having a downlink communication path, an uplink communication path, and a non-duplexer isolator sub-system. The downlink communication path can communicatively couple a transmit antenna to a base station. The uplink communication path can communicatively couple a receive antenna to the base station. In one aspect, the non-duplexer isolator sub-system can be electronically configured for isolating uplink signals traversing the uplink communication path from downlink signals. In another aspect, a non-duplexer isolator sub-system can be configurable in one or more mechanical steps selecting a frequency response. In another aspect, a non-duplexer isolator sub-system can include an active mitigation sub-system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Inventors: Charles B. Morrison, Donald R. McAllister, Fred W. Phillips, Christopher G. Ranson, Van E. Hanson, Thomas Kummetz, Gregory Allan Maca
  • Patent number: 9154237
    Abstract: A method and apparatus of mitigating multipath coupling interference in a wireless repeater system 10 includes measuring an error signal E(z) in a signal path of the repeater which contains the desired communication signals and the multipath coupling interference and determining a cepstrum cee[n] of the error signal E(z), wherein the cepstrum cee[n] is reflective of the open-loop gain G(z) of the system. The method further includes extracting the impulse response of the open-loop gain G(z) from the cepstrum cee[n] of the error signal E(z), calculating a plurality of cancellation filter coefficients using the extracted impulse response, and adaptively applying the plurality of filter coefficients to an adjustable filter to generate the cancellation signal necessary to mitigate the multipath coupling interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Gregory Allan Maca
  • Publication number: 20150223083
    Abstract: Certain aspects are directed to an intermodulation detection sub-system. The intermodulation detection sub-system includes a test signal generation module, at least one intermodulation detection device, and a controller. The test signal generation module is integrated into a unit of a telecommunications system. The test signal generation module is configured to provide a test signal to a remote antenna unit of the telecommunications system. The intermodulation detection device is integrated into the telecommunications system. The intermodulation detection device is configured to detect intermodulation products generated by mixing a first signal component and a second signal component of the test signal. The controller is integrated into the unit. The controller is configured to control the test signal generation module and the at least one intermodulation detection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Gregory Allan Maca, Udo-Michael Vetter
  • Patent number: 9094103
    Abstract: Certain aspects and aspects of the present invention are directed to a distributed antenna system having a downlink communication path, an uplink communication path, and a non-duplexer isolator sub-system. The downlink communication path can communicatively couple a transmit antenna to a base station. The uplink communication path can communicatively couple a receive antenna to the base station. In one aspect, the non-duplexer isolator sub-system can be electronically configured for isolating uplink signals traversing the uplink communication path from downlink signals. In another aspect, a non-duplexer isolator sub-system can be configurable in one or more mechanical steps selecting a frequency response. In another aspect, a non-duplexer isolator sub-system can include an active mitigation sub-system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Charles B. Morrison, Donald R. McAllister, Fred W. Phillips, Christopher G. Ranson, Van E. Hanson, Thomas Kummetz, Gregory Allan Maca