Method and apparatus for use with a radio distributed antenna having a fiber optic link
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a system including signal processing circuitry, first modulated channel signals in a first spectral segment directed to communication devices, wherein the first modulated channel signals conform to a signaling protocol;
converting, by the system, the first modulated channel signals in the first spectral segment to the first modulated channel signals in a second spectral segment based on a signal processing of the first modulated channel signals and without modifying the signaling protocol of the first modulated channel signals, wherein the converting includes mixing the first modulated channel signals with a local oscillator signal; and
transmitting, by the system and over a fiber optic cable, a transmission signal including a first reference signal with the first modulated channel signals in the second spectral segment to a network element of a plurality of network elements of a distributed antenna system, the first reference signal having a phase and a frequency of the local oscillator signal, the reference signal enabling the network element to reduce a first phase error when reconverting at least a first portion of the first modulated channel signals to the first spectral segment via the local oscillator signal, wherein the network element retransmits at least a second portion of the transmission signal to another network element of the plurality of network elements of the distributed antenna system.
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Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a transceiver that converts first modulated channel signals in a first spectral segment to the first modulated channel signals in a second spectral segment based on signal processing of the first modulated channel signals and without modifying the signaling protocol of the first modulated channel signals. The transceiver transmits, via a fiber optic cable, a transmission signal including a first reference signal with the first modulated channel signals in the second spectral segment to a network element of a plurality of network elements of the distributed antenna system for wireless distribution of the first modulated channel signals to mobile communication devices in the first spectral segment. The first reference signal enables the distributed antenna system to reduce a phase error during processing of the first modulated channel signals from the second spectral segment to the first spectral segment.
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20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving, by a system including signal processing circuitry, first modulated channel signals in a first spectral segment directed to communication devices, wherein the first modulated channel signals conform to a signaling protocol; converting, by the system, the first modulated channel signals in the first spectral segment to the first modulated channel signals in a second spectral segment based on a signal processing of the first modulated channel signals and without modifying the signaling protocol of the first modulated channel signals, wherein the converting includes mixing the first modulated channel signals with a local oscillator signal; and transmitting, by the system and over a fiber optic cable, a transmission signal including a first reference signal with the first modulated channel signals in the second spectral segment to a network element of a plurality of network elements of a distributed antenna system, the first reference signal having a phase and a frequency of the local oscillator signal, the reference signal enabling the network element to reduce a first phase error when reconverting at least a first portion of the first modulated channel signals to the first spectral segment via the local oscillator signal, wherein the network element retransmits at least a second portion of the transmission signal to another network element of the plurality of network elements of the distributed antenna system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A device, comprising:
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a base station interface configured to receive, from a base station, first modulated channel signals in a first spectral segment for transmission to communication devices via a distributed antenna system, wherein the first modulated channel signals conform to a signaling protocol; and a transceiver configured to convert the first modulated channel signals in the first spectral segment to the first modulated channel signals in a second spectral segment based on a signal processing of the first modulated channel signals and without modifying the signaling protocol of the first modulated channel signals, wherein conversion of the first modulated channel signals in the first spectral segment to the first modulated channel signals in the second spectral segment includes mixing the first modulated channel signals with a local oscillator signal, wherein the transceiver is further configured to transmit, via a fiber optic cable, a transmission signal including a first reference signal with the first modulated channel signals in the second spectral segment to a network element of a plurality of network elements of the distributed antenna system for wireless distribution of the first modulated channel signals to mobile communication devices in the first spectral segment, the first reference signal having a phase and a frequency of the local oscillator signal, the first reference signal enabling the distributed antenna system to reduce a phase error during processing of the first modulated channel signals from the second spectral segment to the first spectral segment via the local oscillator signal, and the distributed antenna system retransmitting at least a portion of the transmission signal from the network element to another network element of the plurality of network elements of the distributed antenna system. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A method, comprising:
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receiving, by a system including signal processing circuitry, first modulated channel signals in a first spectral segment directed to communication devices, wherein the first modulated channel signals conform to a signaling protocol; converting, by the system, the first modulated channel signals in the first spectral segment to the first modulated channel signals in a second spectral segment based on a signal processing of the first modulated channel signals and without modifying the signaling protocol of the first modulated channel signals, wherein the second spectral segment differs from the first spectral segment, wherein the converting includes mixing the first modulated channel signals with a local oscillator signal; generating a transmission signal that includes the first modulated channel signals in the second spectral segment and a reference signal; and multiplexing the transmission signal with other signaling carried by a fiber optic cable for transmission via the fiber optic cable to a distributed antenna system that provides wireless access to the communication devices; wherein the distributed antenna system retransmits the transmission signal among a plurality of network elements of the distributed antenna system for wireless transmission to the communication devices via selected ones of the plurality of network elements, the reference signal having a phase and a frequency of the local oscillator signal, the reference signal enabling the distributed antenna system to reduce a phase error when reconverting the first modulated channel signals to the first spectral segment via the local oscillator signal for transmission to the communication devices via the selected ones of the plurality of network elements. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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