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).

  • Patent number: 11751178
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Ariful Hannan, Andrew E. Beck, Khalid W. Al-Mufti, Thomas Booker Gravely
  • Publication number: 20220322367
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Andrew E. Beck, Christopher R. Hardy, Thomas Booker Gravely
  • Patent number: 11304132
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Daryl A. Coleman, Khalid W. Al-Mufti, Thomas Booker Gravely
  • Publication number: 20210144635
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Daryl A. Coleman, Khalid W. Al-Mufti, Thomas Booker Gravely
  • Patent number: 10912025
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Daryl A. Coleman, Khalid W. Al-Mufti, Thomas Booker Gravely
  • Publication number: 20200059931
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Ariful Hannan, Andrew E. Beck, Khalid W. Al-Mufti, Thomas Booker Gravely
  • Publication number: 20190394723
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Daryl A. Coleman, Khalid W. Al-Mufti, Thomas Booker Gravely
  • Patent number: 8032149
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Andrew LLC
    Inventors: Joseph P. Kennedy, Thomas Booker Gravely, Andrew Beck
  • Patent number: 7949340
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Andrew, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Thomas Booker Gravely, John Peter Carlson, Andrew Beck
  • Publication number: 20100120413
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2010
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Inventors: Joseph P. Kennedy, JR., Thomas Booker Gravely, John Peter Carlson, Andrew Beck
  • Patent number: 7668552
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Allen Telecom LLC
    Inventors: Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Thomas Booker Gravely, John Peter Carlson, Andrew Beck
  • Patent number: 7546084
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Andrew LLC
    Inventors: Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Thomas Booker Gravely, Andrew Beck, John P. Carlson, Martin Alles
  • Patent number: 7483703
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Andrew LLC
    Inventors: Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Thomas Booker Gravely, Robert Brickhouse, Dennis Bergin
  • Patent number: 7429914
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Andrew Corporation
    Inventors: John Peter Carlson, Thomas Booker Gravely, Joseph P. Kennedy, James T. McDaniel, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6920329
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Allen Telecom
    Inventors: Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., Thomas Booker Gravely, John Peter Carlson, Andrew Beck
  • Patent number: 6845240
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: Grayson Wireless
    Inventors: John Peter Carlson, Thomas Booker Gravely, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20040043775
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2002
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Joseph P. Kennedy, Thomas Booker Gravely, Andrew Beck
  • Publication number: 20020128020
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: John Peter Carlson, Thomas Booker Gravely, Joseph P. Kennedy
  • Publication number: 20020094824
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventors: Joseph P. Kennedy, Thomas Booker Gravely, John Peter Carlson, Andrew Beck