Patent ID: 8049664

Claim:
A multi-band, multi-channel, location-aware communications booster for reducing interference to communications networks, enhancing the range and coverage of those networks, without changing the operational state of those networks, enabling and enhancing compliance with government regulations comprising: a) means for receiving signals from the Global Positioning System (GPS); b) means for extracting a measured latitude, a measured longitude, and a current time of the communications booster from the GPS signals; c) means for storing in a memory attributes controlling operation of the booster organized according to predetermined stored latitudes and stored 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) means for 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 communicating said attributes to a microprocessor; e) means for amplifying uplink signals; f) means for amplifying downlink signals; g) means for amplifying the uplink signals only on selected bands and channels; h) means for the microprocessor to use solely said retrieved attributes to select the band, the channel, and an activate/deactivate setting of said means for amplifying uplink signals; i) means for the microprocessor to disable said means for amplifying uplink signals if the measured latitude and the measured longitude are not sufficiently close to any latitude and longitude stored in the memory; j) means for a wireless connection, using a rebroadcast antenna, of the booster to user equipment operating in the cellular, PCS, or other radio service, such equipment to include communication handsets, wireless computers, wireless personal digital assistants, wireless video phones, smart phones, mobile computing devices, and telemetry transceivers; k) means for a wireless connection, using a donor antenna, between the booster and a wireless communication network in the cellular, PCS, or other radio service; l) means for the wireless connection of the booster simultaneously to multiple user equipments; m) means for the connection of the booster simultaneously to multiple user equipments operating in different radio services.