US 12,451,926 B2
Systems and methods for transmitting Wi-Fi signals over a co-axial radio frequency (RF) cable
Arun Pulasseri Kalam, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to DISH Technologies L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed by DISH Technologies L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed on Mar. 26, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/617,292.
Application 18/617,292 is a continuation of application No. 17/867,152, filed on Jul. 18, 2022, granted, now 11,984,940.
Claims priority of application No. 202241011038 (IN), filed on Mar. 1, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0235608 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. H04B 3/06 (2006.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04W 84/06 (2009.01); H04W 84/22 (2009.01)
CPC H04B 3/06 (2013.01) [H04B 7/06 (2013.01); H04W 84/06 (2013.01); H04W 84/22 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for transmitting Wi-Fi signals over a co-axial radio frequency (RF) cable, the system comprising:
a central Wi-Fi mesh network node of a Wi-Fi local area network (LAN), the central Wi-Fi mesh network node including:
at least one central Wi-Fi mesh network node antenna;
at least one Wi-Fi signal downconverter coupled to a respective central Wi-Fi mesh network node antenna
at least one central Wi-Fi mesh network node memory that stores central Wi-Fi mesh network node computer instructions; and
at least one central Wi-Fi mesh network node processor that executes the central Wi-Fi mesh network node computer instructions to cause actions to be performed, the actions including:
providing a Wi-Fi computer network signal to the at least one downconverter;
causing the at least one downconverter to downconvert the Wi-Fi computer network signal to a frequency that can be transmitted on the co-axial RF cable and received by a satellite Wi-Fi mesh network node of the Wi-Fi LAN via the co-axial RF cable; and
outputting the downconverted Wi-Fi computer network signal via a first coaxial cable connection port to be received by the satellite Wi-Fi mesh network node via the co-axial RF cable; and
the satellite Wi-Fi mesh network node, the satellite Wi-Fi mesh node including:
a plurality of satellite Wi-Fi mesh network node antennas:
a plurality of Wi-Fi signal upconverters, in which each Wi-Fi signal upconverter of the plurality of Wi-Fi signal upconverters is coupled to a respective satellite Wi-Fi mesh network node antenna of the plurality of satellite Wi-Fi mesh network node antennas;
a Wi-Fi signal splitter coupled to the plurality of Wi-Fi signal upconverters, wherein the Wi-Fi signal splitter has a second co-axial cable connection port that is configured to be operably coupled to the co-axial RF cable;
at least one satellite Wi-Fi mesh network node memory that stores satellite Wi-Fi mesh network node computer instructions; and
at least one satellite Wi-Fi mesh network node processor that executes the satellite Wi-Fi mesh network node computer instructions to cause actions to be performed, the actions including:
receiving a combined Wi-Fi computer network signal at the splitter via the second co-axial cable connection port:
causing the splitter to split the combined Wi-Fi computer network signal into a plurality of Wi-Fi computer network signals and transmit a respective Wi-Fi computer network signal of the plurality of Wi-Fi computer network signals to each upconverter of the plurality of Wi-Fi signal upconverters;
causing each upconverter of the plurality of upconverters to upconvert the received respective Wi-Fi computer network signal to generate a respective up-converted Wi-Fi computer network signal:
transmitting each respective up-converted Wi-Fi computer network signal to a respective antenna of the plurality of satellite Wi-Fi mesh network node antennas; and
wirelessly transmitting each respective up-converted Wi-Fi computer network signal from the respective antenna at which the respective up-converted Wi-Fi computer network signal was received.