Channelization for signal boosters

• US 10,225,845 B2
• Filed: 10/14/2016
• Issued: 03/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wilson Electronics LLC (Wilson Electronics Holdings LLC)
• Original Assignee: Wilson Electronics LLC (Wilson Electronics Holdings LLC)
• Inventors: Raggio, Glen, Ashworth, Chris, Cook, Patrick
• Primary Examiner(s): Phu, Sanh D
• Application Number:
  US15/294,534
• Publication Number:
  US 20170135117A1
• Time in Patent Office: 872 Days
• Field of Search: 455121
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/15535 Control of relay amplifier gain amplifier gain control in general H03G3/00; gain control reducing self - or loop interference H04B7/15578
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/15542 Selecting at relay station its transmit and receive resources selection of wireless resources by user or terminal H04W72/02; arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path by two-dimensional division of the resources H04L5/0003, or by allocating sub-channels H04L5/003
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/16 Threshold monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/005 of common pilots, i.e. pilots destined for multiple users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/14 Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/542 using measured or perceived quality
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/08 Access point devices

Abstract

A technology is described for a channelization of a signal booster. A downlink (DL) and uplink (UL) signal can be channelized. A base station coupling loss (BSCL) can be estimated for selected channels in the channelized downlink signal. One or more channels in the UL and/or DL signal can be filtered to increase the BSCL, in order to increase one or more of an uplink signal gain and a noise power for the signal booster while maintaining network protections.

Claims

1. A channelization device having a controller for increasing signal booster gain while maintaining network protections, the channelized device comprising:

a first diplexer configured to be coupled to a first interface port;

a second diplexer configured to be coupled to a second interface port;

a channelized bandpass filter comprising a downlink filter configured to filter one or more channels in a selected band of a downlink signal and an uplink filter configured to filter one or more channels in a selected band of an uplink signal;

a third diplexer coupled to the channelized bandpass filter and located between the first diplexer and the channelized bandpass filter;

a fourth diplexer coupled to the channelized bandpass filter and located between the second diplexer and the channelized bandpass filter on an opposite side of the channelized bandpass filter relative to the third diplexer; and

a pass-through path coupled between the third diplexer and the fourth diplexer to allow signals to pass between the first interface port and the second interface port when a base station coupling loss (BSCL) value for each of the one or more channels is greater than a threshold value.

2. The channelization device of claim 1, wherein the channelized bandpass filter is configured to pass the one or more channels in the selected band to a signal booster associated with the channelization device to enable the signal booster to:

measure the BSCL value for the one or more channels in the selected band of the downlink signal; and

set an uplink gain or a noise power of an uplink signal based on the BSCL value of the one or more channels.

3. The channelization device of claim 1, wherein the channelized bandpass filter is configured to substantially attenuate a channel with a base station coupling loss (BSCL) value that is less than a threshold BSCL value.

4. The channelization device of claim 1, wherein the channelization bandpass filter is a single input single output (SISO) bandpass filter that includes two or more bandpass filters in a single package, wherein a first bandpass filter in the SISO bandpass filter is configured for an uplink signal, and a second bandpass filter in the SISO bandpass filter is configured for the downlink signal, wherein an input of the SISO bandpass filter is coupled to an input of the first bandpass filter and an input of the second bandpass filter, and an output of the SISO bandpass filter is coupled to an output of the first bandpass filter and an output of the second bandpass filter.

5. The channelization device of claim 1, wherein the selected band is a third generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) frequency band 2, 4, 5, 12, 13, 17, or 25.

6. The channelization device of claim 1, wherein the selected band is selected as one or more of:

a third generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) frequency division duplex (FDD) band 1 through 33;

or

a 3GPP LTE time division duplex (TDD) band 34 through 44.

7. The channelization device of claim 1, further comprising one or more amplifiers operatively coupled to the channelized bandpass filter and configured to set a noise power and provide sufficient amplification to the downlink signal to compensate for loss in the channelization device.

8. The channelization device of claim 7, wherein the one or more amplifiers are further configured to provide amplification to the downlink signal to compensate for downlink signal loss that occurs between the channelization device and a signal booster.

30. The channelization device of claim 1, wherein the channelized bandpass filter is a radio frequency (RF) filter.

31. The channelization device of claim 2, wherein the signal booster is a wideband signal booster.

32. The channelization device of claim 1, wherein the channelization device is a passive channelization device with no amplification of signals.

33. The channelization device of claim 1, wherein the channelization device is configured to operate in series with an active signal booster.

9. A channelization device for assessing network sensitivity of a signal booster that includes the channelization device, the channelized device comprising:

a first diplexer configured to be coupled to a first interface port;

a second diplexer configured to be coupled to a second interface port;

a pass-through path coupled between the first and second diplexer;

a downlink signal path including at least one downlink channelized filter configured to block at least one channel to enable an uplink gain of the signal booster to be increased; and

an uplink signal path including at least one uplink channelized filter,

wherein the downlink channelized filter and the uplink channelized filter are communicatively coupled to the first diplexer and the second diplexer.

10. The channelization device of claim 9, wherein the uplink channelized filter and the downlink channelized filter are comprised of one or more of a duplexer, a bandpass filter, a notch filter, a single input single output (SISO) filter, a dual input single output (DISO) filter.

11. A channelization device for increasing signal booster gain in a signal booster while maintaining network protections, the channelized device comprising:

a controller;

a first diplexer configured to be communicatively coupled to the controller and a first interface port;

a second diplexer configured to be communicatively coupled to the controller and a second interface port;

a channelized analog notch filter communicatively coupled to the first diplexer, the second diplexer and the controller, the channelized analog notch filter configured to;

filter one or more channels in a selected band of a downlink signal; and

pass the one or more channels in the selected band to the signal booster to enable the controller in the signal booster to;

measure a base station coupling loss (BSCL) value for the one or more channels; and

set an uplink gain or a noise power of an uplink signal based on the BSCL value of the one or more channels.

12. The channelization device of claim 11, wherein the channelized analog notch filter is a single input single output (SISO) notch filter that includes two or more bandpass filters in a single package, wherein a first bandpass filter in the SISO notch filter is configured for an uplink signal, and a second bandpass filter in the SISO notch filter is configured for the downlink signal, wherein an input of the SISO notch filter is coupled to an input of the first bandpass filter and an input of the second bandpass filter, and an output of the SISO notch filter is coupled to an output of the first bandpass filter and an output of the second bandpass filter.

13. The channelization device of claim 11, wherein the selected band is selected as one or more of:

a third generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) frequency division duplex (FDD) band 1 through 33;

or

a 3GPP LTE time division duplex (TDD) band 34 through 44.

14. The channelization device of claim 11, wherein the channelized analog notch filter is communicatively coupled to one or more amplifiers in the active signal booster, wherein the one or more amplifiers are configured to set a noise power and provide sufficient amplification to the downlink signal to compensate for loss in the channelization device.

15. The device of claim 14, wherein the one or more amplifiers are further configured to provide amplification to the downlink signal to compensate for downlink signal loss that occurs between the channelization device and the active signal booster.

16. An active channelization device having a controller for assessing network sensitivity of a signal booster, the channelized device comprising:

a first interface port coupled to a first diplexer to receive a downlink signal from the signal booster;

a second interface port coupled to a second diplexer; and

a channelized filter configured to filter one or more channels in a selected band of the downlink signal that is received at the first interface port,

wherein the controller is configured to;

receive a gain reduction level of an uplink signal from the signal booster that is caused by a base station coupling loss (BSCL) value of the downlink signal;

measure a channelized base station coupling loss (BSCL) value for the one or more channels of the downlink signal; and

an amplifier configured to amplify the uplink signal based on the channelized BSCL value and the received gain reduction level.

17. The active channelization device of claim 16, wherein the channelized filter comprises two or more filters that are one or more of a notch filter, a bandpass filter, a single input single output (SISO) notch filter, or a SISO bandpass filter.

18. The active channelization device of claim 16, wherein the channelized filter is comprised of one or more of a radio frequency (RF) notch filter or an intermediate frequency (IF) notch filter.

19. The active channelization device of claim 18, wherein the RF notch filter or IF notch filter are configured to substantially block a selected channel in the downlink signal.

20. The active channelization device of claim 19, wherein the RF notch filter or the IF notch filter are configured to substantially block the selected channel in the downlink signal to increase the BSCL value and increase an uplink gain or noise power of the uplink signal.

21. The active channelization device of claim 18, further comprising a local oscillator (LO) configured to scan the selected band in the downlink signal to position one or more of the IF notch filters over a frequency of a selected channel in the downlink signal.

22. The active channelization device of claim 21, wherein the LO is configured to scan the selected band in the downlink signal to position one or more of the IF notch filters over the frequency of the selected channel in the downlink signal to increase the BSCL value and increase an uplink gain or noise power of the uplink signal.

23. The active channelization device of claim 18, further comprising a local oscillator (LO) configured to scan the selected band in the downlink signal to position two or more of the IF notch filters over a selected frequency of a channel in the downlink signal to increase the BSCL value and increase a gain or noise power of the uplink signal, wherein the two or more notch filters are added to a switched section to allow for a greater notch width to block one or more channels in the downlink signal to increase the BSCL value and increase a gain or noise power of the uplink signal.

24. A method for increasing signal booster gain of a signal booster while maintaining network protections, comprising:

receiving a wideband downlink signal with a base station coupling loss BSCL value;

switching in two or more channelized filters, wherein each channelized filter is configured to filter a selected channel in the wideband downlink signal to form a channelized downlink signal;

determining a BSCL value for each of the channelized downlink signals;

selecting the channelized filter associated with a selected BSCL value of each of the channelized downlink signals; and

adjusting, using a controller in the signal booster, a gain or a noise power of the uplink signal at the signal booster based on the selected channelized filter while maintaining the network protections.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein each channelized filter is comprised of radio frequency filters or intermediate frequency filters.

26. The method of claim 25, further comprising selecting the channelized radio frequency filters (RF) or channelized intermediate frequency (IF) filters that are associated with a lowest BSCL value of each of the channelized downlink signals when the two or more channelized radio frequency filters are notch filters, wherein the channelized RF filters or channelized IF filters are comprised of a SISO filter that includes two or more bandpass filters in a single package.

27. The method of claim 25, further comprising selecting the channelized radio frequency filters or channelized intermediate frequency filters that are associated with a highest BSCL value of each of the channelized downlink signals when the two or more channelized radio frequency filters are bandpass filters.

28. A method for increasing signal booster gain while maintaining network protections, comprising:

receiving a wideband downlink signal with a base station coupling loss (BSCL) value;

digitizing the wideband downlink signal to form a plurality of channelized downlink signals;

determining a BSCL value for each of the plurality of channelized downlink signals; and

using a digital filter to adjust a gain of one or more of the channelized downlink signals to optimize a gain for each channel based on network protection.

29. The method of claim 28, further comprising using a digital filter to set a gain or a noise power to a maximum level of each of the channelized downlink signals based on the BSCL value for each of the channelized downlink signals.