Optical distributed network system using multi input multi output

• US 20070184841A1
• Filed: 11/30/2006
• Published: 08/09/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Hwang, Seong-Taek, Choi, Do-In, Oh, Yun-Je
• Application Number:
  US11/606,428
• Publication Number:
  US 20070184841A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/444
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/25754 Star network topology
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/085 Access point devices with remote components

Abstract

Provided is a system for communicating between a base station transceiver subsystem and radio access units in a wireless communication system. The system includes a data path switch for switching a signal received from a base station controller, to a predetermined picocell, a micro cell HD controller and a picocell HD controller for detecting header information of the received signal, and controlling the data path switch, a picocell power meter for receiving a signal strength from a mobile terminal, and performing a power control, a modem for processing and transmitting the signal to an optical transceiver, and processing and transmitting a signal received from the optical transceiver to the data path switch and an optical transceiving unit for receiving and converting an electric signal into an optical signal, and receiving and converting an optical signal into an electric signal.

Claims

1. A system for communicating between a base station transceiver subsystem and radio access units in a wireless communication system in which a plurality of the radio access units connects to one base station transceiver subsystem, and the radio access units and the base station transceiver subsystem constitute a picocell, respectively, the system comprising:

a data path switch for switching a signal received from a base station controller, to a predetermined picocell within a plurality of picocells;

a micro cell HD controller and a picocell HD controller for detecting header information of the signal received from the base station controller, and controlling the data path switch to switch to a predetermined micro cell to receive the signal, and the predetermined picocell provided within the predetermined micro cell, using the detected header information;

a picocell power meter for receiving a signal strength from the mobile terminal provided within a service boundary of the predetermined picocell, and performing a power control;

a modem for modulating, encoding, and transmitting the signal inputted from the data path switch, to an optical transceiver, and modulating, encoding, and transmitting a signal inputted from the optical transceiver, to the data path switch; and

an optical transceiving unit for receiving an electric signal from the modem, converting the received electric signal into an optical signal, and transmitting the optical signal to the radio access unit, and receiving an optical signal from the radio access unit, converting the received optical signal into an electric signal, and outputting the electric signal to the modem.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the base station transceiving subsystem and the radio access unit transceive data by MIMO (multi input multi output).

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the radio access unit comprises:

an optical transceiving unit for transmitting an optical signal received from the base station transceiver subsystem, to an amplifier;

the amplifier for receiving the optical signal from the optical transceiving unit, amplifying the received optical signal into a processable level signal, and transmitting the amplified processable level signal to a demultiplexer;

the demultiplexer for receiving the amplified processable level signal from the amplifier, and outputting the received signal to encoders associated with antennas, respectively, by the MIMO;

the encoder for wirelessly processing the signal received from the demultiplexer, and outputting the signal to the mobile terminal using the antenna;

the decoder for receiving the signal encoded and transmitted by the mobile terminal, using the antenna, decoding the received signal, and outputting the decoded signal to a multiplexer and a picocell power normalizer;

the picocell power normalizer for receiving from the decoder information on a power level, which is measured and fedback by the mobile terminal, of a signal received from a base station, and normalizing the received information; and

the multiplexer for converting the signal received from the decoder, into a data stream, and transmitting the data stream to the optical transceiver.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the radio access unit performs a communication between an uplink and a downlink within the unitary micro cell, using the same frequency and the same channel, and data transmitted to the downlink is broadcasted, and data transmitted to the uplink employs a unicasting method based on a multiplexing method such as OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) so that a user channel is secured.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein, when the picocell is changed within the unitary micro cell, the mobile terminal performs a handoff between the picocells in a soft handoff manner that data swap between sectors or the picocells is performed by a rake receiver.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the radio access unit communicates with the base station transceiver subsystem by a baseband optical communication.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the signal strength of the mobile terminal in the picocell is normalized in the radio access unit, and is concurrently transmitted as an analog signal to the distributed network controller over a separate optical channel so that a decoding and frame decapsulation time is removed and a faster handoff is made possible.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein data is switched between the micro cells so that it is adapted to a distributed network in order to transmit downlink data transmitted from the distributed network controller, to a relevant picocell.