Digitally convertible radio
First Claim
1. A radio transmitter, comprising:
- a baseband processor for processing digital signals transmitted and received over a wireless communication link, which baseband processor produces a plurality of digital waveform signals each representing a corresponding plurality of analog signals;
a first processing module for generating the plurality of digital waveform signals, wherein each of the plurality of digital waveform signals represents a corresponding analog signal that is to be transmitted within corresponding cell sectors of a cellular network cell;
a second processing module coupled to receive and transfer the plurality of digital waveform signals to produce a corresponding plurality of transformed digital waveform signals, each containing components of each of the plurality of digital waveform signals;
a third processing module coupled to receive and adjust the transformed digital waveform signals to compensate for distortion and to adjust peak power to produce a plurality of transformed and adjusted digital waveform signals;
a digital-to-analog conversion module coupled to receive the plurality of transformed and adjusted digital waveform signals, the digital-to-analog conversion module for converting the plurality of transformed and adjusted digital waveform signals from a digital domain to an analog domain, the digital-to-analog conversion module for producing a plurality of transformed analog signals;
an up-conversion module for mixing a local oscillation signal with each of the plurality of transformed analog signals to up-convert each of the plurality of transformed analog signals from a baseband frequency to a radio frequency to produce a plurality of transformed RF analog signals;
at least one power amplifier module coupled to receive the plurality of transformed RF analog signals to produce a plurality of transformed and amplified RF analog signals wherein the plurality of transformed and amplified RF analog signals each contain analog components of each of the plurality of analog signals;
a hybrid matrix module coupled to receive the plurality of transformed and amplified RF analog signals, the hybrid matrix module for separating analog components of the plurality of analog signals found in each of the plurality of transformed and amplified RF analog signals to create a plurality of amplified RF analog signals; and
feedback circuitry coupled to receive the plurality of amplified RF analog signals, the feedback circuitry including an analog-to-digital conversion module, the feedback circuitry for producing digital waveform signals to the second processing module of the baseband processor.
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Abstract
A forward link transmitter in a sectored cell includes a baseband processor having traditional baseband signal digital processing circuitry in addition to including a digital hybrid matrix (vector and delay compensated transformation module) whose phase and amplitude (vector) and delay may be adjusted to compensate for downstream errors that are introduced and detected by a feedback circuit. Accordingly, the baseband processor, by monitoring an output of an analog hybrid matrix producing modulated and amplified radio frequency (RF) signals just prior to propagation from an antenna, can determine errors produced by the analog circuitry including the analog hybrid matrix and may compensate for the same by introducing an amplitude, phase and delay adjustment (in the digital domain) into output digital waveform signals to compensate for the error introduced downstream to the baseband processor.
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18 Claims
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1. A radio transmitter, comprising:
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a baseband processor for processing digital signals transmitted and received over a wireless communication link, which baseband processor produces a plurality of digital waveform signals each representing a corresponding plurality of analog signals;
a first processing module for generating the plurality of digital waveform signals, wherein each of the plurality of digital waveform signals represents a corresponding analog signal that is to be transmitted within corresponding cell sectors of a cellular network cell;
a second processing module coupled to receive and transfer the plurality of digital waveform signals to produce a corresponding plurality of transformed digital waveform signals, each containing components of each of the plurality of digital waveform signals;
a third processing module coupled to receive and adjust the transformed digital waveform signals to compensate for distortion and to adjust peak power to produce a plurality of transformed and adjusted digital waveform signals;
a digital-to-analog conversion module coupled to receive the plurality of transformed and adjusted digital waveform signals, the digital-to-analog conversion module for converting the plurality of transformed and adjusted digital waveform signals from a digital domain to an analog domain, the digital-to-analog conversion module for producing a plurality of transformed analog signals;
an up-conversion module for mixing a local oscillation signal with each of the plurality of transformed analog signals to up-convert each of the plurality of transformed analog signals from a baseband frequency to a radio frequency to produce a plurality of transformed RF analog signals;
at least one power amplifier module coupled to receive the plurality of transformed RF analog signals to produce a plurality of transformed and amplified RF analog signals wherein the plurality of transformed and amplified RF analog signals each contain analog components of each of the plurality of analog signals;
a hybrid matrix module coupled to receive the plurality of transformed and amplified RF analog signals, the hybrid matrix module for separating analog components of the plurality of analog signals found in each of the plurality of transformed and amplified RF analog signals to create a plurality of amplified RF analog signals; and
feedback circuitry coupled to receive the plurality of amplified RF analog signals, the feedback circuitry including an analog-to-digital conversion module, the feedback circuitry for producing digital waveform signals to the second processing module of the baseband processor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A radio transmitter, comprising:
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baseband processor means further including means for producing a plurality of transformed digital waveform signals wherein each of the plurality of transformed digital waveform signals include digital representations of portions of each of a plurality of analog signals;
a digital-to-analog conversion module for converting each of the plurality of transformed digital waveform signals from a digital domain to an analog domain;
an up-conversion module for converting a plurality of transformed analog signals produced by the digital-to-analog conversion module to a radio frequency (RF);
a power amplification module for amplifying a plurality of transformed RF analog signals produced by the up-conversion module; and
a hybrid matrix means for producing amplified RF analog signals wherein each of the plurality of amplified RF analog signals consists of approximately only one analog signal for transmission into a cell sector. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for generating forward link communication signals, comprising:
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producing, in a baseband processor, a plurality of transformed digital waveform signals wherein each of the plurality of transformed digital waveform signals include digital representations of portions of each of a plurality of analog signals;
converting, in a digital-to-analog conversion module, each of the plurality of transformed digital waveform signals from a digital domain to an analog domain to create a plurality of transformed analog signals;
converting, in an up-conversion module, the plurality of transformed analog signals produced by the digital-to-analog conversion module from a baseband frequency to create a plurality of transformed radio frequency (RF) analog signals;
power amplifying the plurality of transformed RF analog signals produced by the up-conversion module; and
producing, in a hybrid matrix module, coupled to receive the plurality of transformed RF analog signals, a plurality of amplified RF analog signals wherein each of the plurality of amplified RF analog signals consists of approximately one analog signal for transmission into a cell sector. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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