Patents by Inventor William Manwaring

William Manwaring 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).

  • Repeater chain location determination based on a repeater chain identifier in a wireless communication network
    Patent number: 9628955
    Abstract: A wireless communication network comprising a donor base station (BS) and a repeater chain wherein a location controller stores a repeater chain BS identifier (ID) associated with a repeater chain location. The donor BS broadcasts a BS ID and serves a repeater chain. The repeater chain broadcasts the donor BS ID and the repeater chain BS ID. The communication server system receives a location request for a User Equipment (UE) and establishes data connectivity between the UE and the location controller over the donor BS and the repeater chain. The UE transfers the repeater chain BS ID to the location controller, and the PDE translates the repeater chain BS ID to the repeater chain location and transfers the repeater chain location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.
    Inventors: Walter F. Rausch, William Manwaring, Udit A. Thakore, Yu Wang