US 11,894,883 B2
Modular customer premises equipment for providing broadband internet
David Gregory Schafer, Spokane, WA (US); Robert J. Conley, Liberty Lake, WA (US); Mark Wayne Gustafson, Spokane, WA (US); and Cao Ming, County Laois (IE)
Assigned to Avista Edge, Inc., Spokane, WA (US)
Filed by Avista Edge, Inc., Spokane, WA (US)
Filed on Aug. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/893,490.
Application 17/893,490 is a continuation of application No. 17/202,526, filed on Mar. 16, 2021, granted, now 11,463,127.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/110,538, filed on Nov. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/006,304, filed on Apr. 7, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/991,436, filed on Mar. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0407561 A1, Dec. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. H04B 3/54 (2006.01); H01Q 3/28 (2006.01); H01Q 3/30 (2006.01); H04B 7/10 (2017.01); G01R 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 3/542 (2013.01) [G01R 1/04 (2013.01); H01Q 3/28 (2013.01); H01Q 3/30 (2013.01); H04B 7/10 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device, comprising:
a body including a first end configured to couple to an electric meter and a second end configured to couple to an electric meter socket;
a power module disposed at least partially within the body, the power module being configured to couple to electrical wiring at a premises;
a top portion coupled to the body, the top portion including:
a first planar dual-polarized sub-array having a first beam width, the first planar dual-polarized sub-array including first orthogonally polarized element and a second orthogonally polarized element, wherein the first orthogonally polarized element and the second orthogonally polarized element have individual feed ports, and
a second planar dual-polarized sub-array having a second beam width, the second planar dual-polarized sub-array including a third orthogonally polarized element and a fourth orthogonally polarized element, wherein the third orthogonally polarized element and the fourth orthogonally polarized element have individual feed ports, wherein the first planar dual-polarized sub-array and the second planar dual-polarized sub-array are arranged to form a non-planar antenna array having a third beam width that exceeds the first beam width and the second beam width;
a wireless wide area network (WWAN) module communicatively coupled to the power module, the first planar dual-polarized sub-array, and the second planar dual-polarized sub-array; and
a broadband over powerline (BPL) interface communicatively coupled to the WWAN module and the power module.