ECCOTM Consumer Electronic Repeater June 15, 2003 CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
Introduction California Amplifier’s Consumer Electronic Repeater, called “Ecco”, is a compact, cost-effective, consumer repeater product designed to complement PCS wireless infrastructure. This product enhances in-building PCS coverage on a trouble-spot basis, to multiple simultaneous users. EccoTM is transparent to the network because it enhances coverage without the use of additional frequencies, alleviating complex frequency planning.
based on licenses in a given market. The selection of a specific frequency block balances the desire to boost performance, simplify device placement by the consumer, and provide a single standardized product that can be used nationally. The “Band Selection” provides seven settings, corresponding to blocks A through F, where the B block is divided into two pieces. Ecco understands that the A-C channel blocks are 15 MHz wide and the D – F blocks are 5 MHz wide, and filters the signals accordingly.