US 11,723,104 B2
Methods and systems for delivering LTE-U communications via satellite distribution system
Mark Jackson, Castle Rock, CO (US); and Paul Langer, Westminster, CO (US)
Assigned to DISH Technologies L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed by DISH Technologies L.L.C., Englewood, CO (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/363,516.
Application 17/363,516 is a continuation of application No. 15/668,536, filed on Aug. 3, 2017, granted, now 11,064,553.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/371,685, filed on Aug. 5, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0329726 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 88/06 (2009.01); H04W 76/22 (2018.01); H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04W 16/26 (2009.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 76/22 (2018.02) [H04L 12/66 (2013.01); H04W 16/26 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving a first wireless signal in a first radio frequency spectrum using a first antenna exterior to a building, the first wireless signal being associated with a first wireless protocol;
converting the first wireless signal into an intermediate signal associated with an intermediate protocol prior to transmission of the intermediate signal to an interior of the building;
combining the intermediate signal with a downconverted satellite signal to generate a combined intermediate signal prior to transmission of the combined intermediate signal to the interior of the building;
transmitting the combined intermediate signal to the interior of the building using a wired transmission medium;
filtering the intermediate signal and the downconverted satellite signal from the combined intermediate signal;
converting the filtered intermediate signal into a second wireless signal associated with a second wireless protocol; and
transmitting A) the filtered downconverted satellite signal to a first wireless device for display and B) the second wireless signal to a second wireless device in a second radio frequency spectrum using a second antenna interior to the building.