Patent ID: 8816904

Claim:
A movable, portable, standalone apparatus for enhancing range and coverage of communications networks, without changing the operational state of those networks, enabling and enhancing compliance with government regulations, comprising: a) a GPS antenna for receiving signals from the Global Positioning System; b) a GPS receiver, for receiving and decoding a measured latitude, a measured longitude, and a current time; c) a removable, updatable memory, or a plurality of removable, updatable memories, or an internal memory accessible via an electronic data port, for storing attributes organized according to predetermined latitudes and longitudes, said attributes comprising proximity to communications towers or base stations, communications bands and channels in use at said latitude and longitude, the presence of structures, and the presence of other communications infrastructure that would be harmed by interference; d) an uplink amplifer and a downlink amplifier; e) a microprocessor, for collecting the measured latitude, longitude, and current time, retrieving said attributes from the memory that correspond to the closest match between the stored latitude and the stored longitude and the measured latitude and the measured longitude, and using solely said attributes to select a band, a channel, and an activate/deactivate setting of said uplink amplifier; f) a rebroadcast antenna, providing a wireless connection between the booster and user equipment, such equipment to include communication handsets, wireless computers, wireless personal digital assistants, wireless video phones, smart phones, wireless computing devices, and telemetry transceivers; g) an enabler bus, for providing electronic control of the band and the channel selection, and the activate/deactivate setting of said uplink amplifier; h) a multi-band selector, for selecting operation in any one or more bands; i) a multi-channel selector, for selecting operation for any one or more channels; j) a donor antenna, providing a wireless connection between the booster and a base station transceiver in the cellular, PCS, or other radio service band.