PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15947685
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-10
Patent Classification: ["455", "009000"]

Abstract:
One embodiment is directed to a repeater system configured for use with a base station that implements a wireless interface that makes use of control transmissions that are retransmittable (for example, LTE PRACH transmissions). The repeater system implements a simplified mute or squelch function that transitions the repeater circuitry from a muted state to an unmuted state in response to a received power level crossing a first threshold value in connection with a first control transmission. Although that first control transmission will be lost, the repeater circuitry is configured to remain in the unmuted state in order to handle a retransmitted control transmission and to handle any associated subsequent control and user transmissions. The repeater system can be implemented as a single-node repeater and/or a distributed antenna system. Other embodiments are disclosed.

Claim (Index 16):
A method of muting a repeater system used with a base station that implements a wireless interface that makes use of control transmissions that are retransmittable, the repeater system comprising repeater circuitry configured to, while operating in an unmuted state, output a repeated signal at a first power level, wherein the repeated signal is an amplified version of an original signal received by the repeater system and wherein the repeater circuitry is configured to, while operating in a muted state, do one of: output the repeated signal at a power level that is less than the first power level; or not output the repeated signal, wherein the repeater system is configured to determine a received power level of the original signal received by the repeater system, the method comprising:\n while the repeater circuitry is operated in the muted state, transitioning the repeater circuitry to being operated in the unmuted state, in response to the received power level exceeding a first threshold value in connection with a first control transmission; while the repeater circuitry is operated in the unmuted state with a timer not running, starting the running of the timer and having the repeater circuitry continue to be operated in the unmuted state, in response to the received power level falling below a second threshold value in connection with the completion of the transmission of the first control transmission; while the repeater circuitry is operated in the unmuted state with the timer running, stopping the running of the timer and having the repeater circuitry continue to be operated in the unmuted state, in response to the received power level exceeding the first threshold value in connection with a subsequent control transmission; and while the repeater circuitry is operated in the unmuted state with the timer running, stopping the running of the timer and transitioning the repeater circuitry to being operated in the muted state, in response to the timer having run for a predetermined amount of time without the received power level exceeding the first threshold value.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 71.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.78481
- Patent Class: 455.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15302334', '10941869', '12312996', '15412454', '14021531']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6995927358755102
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.4880561330787146
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6784390755958306
- Mean Citation Score: 202.62436
- Max Citation Score: 210.70088
- Similarity Product: 151.4807422134781

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 0
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 0
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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