Patents by Inventor Thomas Booker Gravely
Thomas Booker Gravely 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).
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Patent number: 11751178Abstract: A system for ESC protection includes a spectrum access system (SAS) configured to allocate a frequency band in the system and at least one Citizens Broadband Radio Service device (CBSD) communicatively coupled to the SAS and configured to provide wireless service to UEs. The system also includes at least one ESC communicatively coupled to the SAS and configured to detect RADAR signals from offshore RADAR devices. The SAS is configured to assign grants to the at least one CBSD such that the aggregate signal energy received at the ESC does not cross an overload threshold, as calculated by the SAS. The ESC is configured to detect an aggregate signal energy received at the ESC, and trigger, in response to the aggregate signal energy exceeding the overload threshold, an operation that suspends transmission of at least one CBSD or moves at least one CBSD to a different frequency channel.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Ariful Hannan, Andrew E. Beck, Khalid W. Al-Mufti, Thomas Booker Gravely
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Publication number: 20220322367Abstract: Techniques are provided for enhancing continuity in service of a radio authorized to transmit in shared spectrum by setting a transmit expiry time based upon whether the radio must cease transmission when a dynamic incumbent user operates in the dynamic protection area (DPA) to avoid aggregate interference to a receiver of the dynamic incumbent user, in or about the DPA, exceeding a threshold interference level.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Andrew E. Beck, Christopher R. Hardy, Thomas Booker Gravely
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Patent number: 11304132Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method comprises: setting a first voltage level provided to a cable; operating a radio, coupled to the cable, with constant power consumption; measuring a first current level provided to the cable; setting a second voltage level provided to the cable; measuring a second current level provided to the cable; and determining a first resistance of the cable using the first and second voltage and current levels.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2021Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Daryl A. Coleman, Khalid W. Al-Mufti, Thomas Booker Gravely
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Publication number: 20210144635Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method comprises: setting a first voltage level provided to a cable; operating a radio, coupled to the cable, with constant power consumption; measuring a first current level provided to the cable; setting a second voltage level provided to the cable; measuring a second current level provided to the cable; and determining a first resistance of the cable using the first and second voltage and current levels.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2021Publication date: May 13, 2021Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Daryl A. Coleman, Khalid W. Al-Mufti, Thomas Booker Gravely
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Patent number: 10912025Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method comprises: setting a first voltage level provided to a cable; operating a radio, coupled to the cable, with constant power consumption; measuring a first current level provided to the cable; setting a second voltage level provided to the cable; measuring a second current level provided to the cable; and determining a first resistance of the cable using the first and second voltage and current levels.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Daryl A. Coleman, Khalid W. Al-Mufti, Thomas Booker Gravely
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Publication number: 20200059931Abstract: A system for ESC protection includes a spectrum access system (SAS) configured to allocate a frequency band in the system and at least one Citizens Broadband Radio Service device (CBSD) communicatively coupled to the SAS and configured to provide wireless service to UEs. The system also includes at least one ESC communicatively coupled to the SAS and configured to detect RADAR signals from offshore RADAR devices. The SAS is configured to assign grants to the at least one CBSD such that the aggregate signal energy received at the ESC does not cross an overload threshold, as calculated by the SAS. The ESC is configured to detect an aggregate signal energy received at the ESC, and trigger, in response to the aggregate signal energy exceeding the overload threshold, an operation that suspends transmission of at least one CBSD or moves at least one CBSD to a different frequency channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2019Publication date: February 20, 2020Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Ariful Hannan, Andrew E. Beck, Khalid W. Al-Mufti, Thomas Booker Gravely
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Publication number: 20190394723Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is provided. The method comprises: setting a first voltage level provided to a cable; operating a radio, coupled to the cable, with constant power consumption; measuring a first current level provided to the cable; setting a second voltage level provided to the cable; measuring a second current level provided to the cable; and determining a first resistance of the cable using the first and second voltage and current levels.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2019Publication date: December 26, 2019Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Daryl A. Coleman, Khalid W. Al-Mufti, Thomas Booker Gravely
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Patent number: 8032149Abstract: A system and method for determining the location of a mobile appliance where the tasking of the system to determine the location of the mobile appliance utilizes a first communications protocol standard and the reporting of the location of the mobile appliance utilizes a second communications protocol standard, where the first and second communication protocol standards are not the same and can include any of the commonly used communication protocol standards including TIA defined standards, ETSI standards, and SMR/ESMR defined standards.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2002Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Assignee: Andrew LLCInventors: Joseph P. Kennedy, Thomas Booker Gravely, Andrew Beck
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Patent number: 7949340Abstract: A system and method for determining the positioning of mobile-appliance location determining sensors in a mobile-appliance communications network by estimating the positioning accuracy of the sensors.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2010Date of Patent: May 24, 2011Assignee: Andrew, LLCInventors: Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Thomas Booker Gravely, John Peter Carlson, Andrew Beck
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Publication number: 20100120413Abstract: A system and method for determining the positioning of mobile-appliance location determining sensors in a mobile-appliance communications network by estimating the positioning accuracy of the sensors.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2010Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventors: Joseph P. Kennedy, JR., Thomas Booker Gravely, John Peter Carlson, Andrew Beck
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Patent number: 7668552Abstract: A system and method for determining the positioning of mobile-appliance location determining sensors in a mobile-appliance communications network by estimating the positioning accuracy of the sensors.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2005Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: Allen Telecom LLCInventors: Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Thomas Booker Gravely, John Peter Carlson, Andrew Beck
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Patent number: 7546084Abstract: A novel system and method for a network overlay geolocation system operating in a host wireless communication system with repeaters (350a, 350b) is disclosed. Embodiments of the novel system and method enable the geolocation system to determine if signals being received by the geolocation system arrive directly from a target mobile appliance or if the signals are passing through a repeater (350a, 350b) and therefore are subject to a known time delay. Embodiments of the novel system and method provide a more accurate geolocation of mobiles served by repeater stations than capable in the prior art.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2003Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: Andrew LLCInventors: Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Thomas Booker Gravely, Andrew Beck, John P. Carlson, Martin Alles
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Patent number: 7483703Abstract: A system for monitoring each channel of the communication link (307) for protocol messages and identifying a set of channels with valid protocol messages and, monitoring the set of channels to determine the transceivers (309) served by the set of channels and associating the transciver (309) with respective channels from the set of channels.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2004Date of Patent: January 27, 2009Assignee: Andrew LLCInventors: Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Thomas Booker Gravely, Robert Brickhouse, Dennis Bergin
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Patent number: 7429914Abstract: A system and method is disclosed for determining the location of a mobile appliance using the reverse pilot channel provided in CDMA 2000 communication systems to determine an attribute (e.g., time of arrival, angle of arrival, time difference of arrival, received power level) of a reverse pilot signal at one or more wireless location sensors. A network overlay of wireless location sensors monitors the reverse pilot channel for a target mobile's reverse pilot signal. The monitored signal may be compared to a reference signal to determine a correlation and thereby determine an attribute of the target mobile's reverse pilot signal. The method may be performed independently from the communication system and without requiring retrieval of information bits from the mobile appliance. The reference signal may be generated from the unique long spreading code mask of the target mobile appliance which is typically a function of the ESN of the target mobile appliance.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2004Date of Patent: September 30, 2008Assignee: Andrew CorporationInventors: John Peter Carlson, Thomas Booker Gravely, Joseph P. Kennedy, James T. McDaniel, Jr.
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Patent number: 6920329Abstract: A system and method for determining the positioning of mobile-appliance location determining sensors in a mobile-appliance communications network by estimating the positioning accuracy of the sensors.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2002Date of Patent: July 19, 2005Assignee: Allen TelecomInventors: Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Thomas Booker Gravely, John Peter Carlson, Andrew Beck
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Patent number: 6845240Abstract: A system and method for determining the geolocation of autonomous mobile appliances emitting analog waveforms is disclosed. More specifically, the inventive system and method is used to geolocate FM analog signals such as those used in the AMPS cellular radio air standard by using a time difference of arrival (“TDOA”) approach. The inventive system and method uses a novel approach to minimize the amount of data sent between location sensors and the central location processor comprising adaptive signal combining from N channel to a single channel, FM demodulation to reduce bandwidth, Fourier transformation for signal compression, and segmentation of the location sensors into primary and secondary modes to allow for parallel processing to ease the computational burden on the central location processor.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2001Date of Patent: January 18, 2005Assignee: Grayson WirelessInventors: John Peter Carlson, Thomas Booker Gravely, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.
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Publication number: 20040043775Abstract: A system and method for determining the location of a mobile appliance where the tasking of the system to determine the location of the mobile appliance utilizes a first communications protocol standard and the reporting of the location of the mobile appliance utilizes a second communications protocol standard, where the first and second communication protocol standards are not the same and can include any of the commonly used communication protocol standards including TIA defined standards, ETSI standards, and SMR/ESMR defined standards.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2002Publication date: March 4, 2004Inventors: Joseph P. Kennedy, Thomas Booker Gravely, Andrew Beck
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Publication number: 20020128020Abstract: A system and method for determining the geolocation of autonomous mobile appliances emitting analog waveforms is disclosed. More specifically, the inventive system and method is used to geolocate FM analog signals such as those used in the AMPS cellular radio air standard by using a time difference of arrival (“TDOA”) approach. The inventive system and method uses a novel approach to minimize the amount of data sent between location sensors and the central location processor comprising adaptive signal combining from N channel to a single channel, FM demodulation to reduce bandwidth, Fourier transformation for signal compression, and segmentation of the location sensors into primary and secondary modes to allow for parallel processing to ease the computational burden on the central location processor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2001Publication date: September 12, 2002Inventors: John Peter Carlson, Thomas Booker Gravely, Joseph P. Kennedy
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Publication number: 20020094824Abstract: A system and method for determining the positioning of mobile-appliance location determining sensors in a mobile-appliance communications network by estimating the positioning accuracy of the sensors.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2002Publication date: July 18, 2002Inventors: Joseph P. Kennedy, Thomas Booker Gravely, John Peter Carlson, Andrew Beck