Chester James Phillips

US Patent:

20020164960, Nov 7, 2002

Filed:

Nov 13, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/992251

Inventors:

Louis Slaughter - Weston MA, US
Chester Phillips - Germantown MD, US
Paul Johnson - Kihei HI, US
Randall Olsen - Carlsbad CA, US
John Lovberg - San Diego CA, US
Kenneth Tang - Alpine CA, US
George Houghton - San Diego CA, US
Vladimir Kolinko - San Diego CA, US

International Classification:

H04B001/38

US Classification:

455/073000, 455/500000

Abstract:

A communication network including a point-to-point, wireless, millimeter wave trunk line communications link at high data rates in excess of 1 Gbps. This link is combined with a local network that includes a fixed wireless network to provide high speed digital data communication for users. In preferred embodiments the network also include Ethernet service to additional users. In these preferred embodiments many or most of these large number of users are temporary users such as participants at a conference. In a preferred embodiment, a trunk line communication link operates within the 92 to 95 GHz portion of the millimeter spectrum. A first transceiver transmits at a first bandwidth and receives at a second bandwidth both within the above spectral range. A second transceiver transmits at the second bandwidth and receives at the first bandwidth. The transceivers are equipped with antennas providing beam divergence small enough to ensure efficient spatial and directional partitioning of the data channels so that an almost unlimited number of transceivers will be able to simultaneously use the same spectrum. In a preferred embodiment, the first and second spectral ranges are 92.3-93.2 GHz and 94.1-95.0 GHz and the half power beam width is about 0.36 degrees or less. In this preferred embodiment, the local network uses Gigabit Ethernet hardware to provide data communication among hotels and conference rooms at 1 gigabits per second and IEEE standard 802.11b equipment to provide communication among a large number of users at 10 to 100 Mbps. Preferred applications of this invention include multi-location conferences, such as conferences spread over several hotels.

US Patent:

20020176139, Nov 28, 2002

Filed:

Dec 18, 2001

Appl. No.:

10/025127

Inventors:

Louis Slaughter - Weston MA, US
Randall Olsen - Carlsbad CA, US
Chester Phillips - Germantown MD, US
Paul Johnson - Kihei HI, US
John Lovberg - San Diego CA, US
Kenneth Tang - Alpine CA, US
George Houghton - San Diego CA, US
Vladimir Kolinko - San Diego CA, US
Ryan Mooney - Kihei HI, US

International Classification:

H04Q007/00
H04B010/00
H04Q007/24

US Classification:

359/172000, 370/338000, 370/328000

Abstract:

A point-to-point, wireless, millimeter wave trunk line communications link at high data rates in excess of 1 Gbps and at ranges of several miles during normal weather conditions to connect a local communication network through a SONET aggregation unit to a high speed fiber-optics network. In a preferred embodiment a trunk line communication link operates within the 92 to 95 GHz portion of the millimeter spectrum. A first transceiver transmits at a first bandwidth and receives at a second bandwidth both within the above spectral range. A second transceiver transmits at the second bandwidth and receives at the first bandwidth. The transceivers are equipped with antennas providing beam divergence small enough to ensure efficient spatial and directional partitioning of the data channels so that an almost unlimited number of transceivers will be able to simultaneously use the same spectrum.