MULTIMODE NETWORK COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20080186878A1
• Filed: 02/29/2008
• Published: 08/07/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zheng, Ruobin
• Application Number:
  US12/040,513
• Publication Number:
  US 20080186878A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/254
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/18 Network planning tools
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/02 Arrangements for optimising operational condition
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/085 Access point devices with remote components
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/02 Inter-networking arrangements

Abstract

A multimode network communication system includes first equipment based on a first mode and second equipment based on a second mode, and the second equipment includes a local device and a remote device, the local device being arranged in the first equipment and the remote device being independent of the first equipment. Further, according to the present invention the first and the second equipment may be wired or wireless equipment respectively. Therefore, in the situation that the first equipment is communication equipment in the original mode network and the second equipment is communication equipment in a new mode, the site for the first equipment may be configured to be shared by the remote device of the second equipment for the purpose of resources share, and the remote device of the second equipment may be arranged in an optimal site corresponding to the new mode.

Claims

1. A multimode network communication system, comprising first equipment based on a first mode and second equipment based on a second mode, wherein the second equipment comprises a local device and a remote device, the local device being arranged in the first equipment and the remote device being independent of the first equipment.

2. The multimode network communication system according to claim 1, wherein the remote device is remotely connected with the local device via wired cables.

3. The multimode network communication system according to claim 1, wherein:

in the situation that the second equipment is wireless equipment, the local device comprises a power supply unit and a base station access processing unit, and the remote device comprises a base station outdoor unit;

or the local device comprises the power supply unit and the remote device comprises the base station outdoor unit and the base station access processing unit; and

in the situation that the second equipment is wired equipment, the local device comprises the power supply unit and a wired access processing unit and the remote device comprises a wired terminal;

or the local device comprises the power supply unit and the remote device comprises the wired terminal and the wired access processing unit.

4. The multimode network communication system according to claim 3, wherein the power supply unit comprises a central power supply unit and a power backup unit.

5. The multimode network communication system according to claim 3, wherein the remote device further comprises a remote power supply unit;

and

the remote power supply unit is connected with the power supply unit arranged in the local device via the wired cables, and acquires electric energy to supply power for the remote device;

or,

the remote power supply unit acquires local electric energy, and is connected with the base station outdoor unit or wired terminal arranged in the remote device via the wired cables, to supply power for the base station outdoor unit or wired terminal;

or,

the remote power supply unit is connected with a remote power supply unit of a next level remote device via the wired cables, to supply power for the next level remote device.

6. The multimode network communication system according to claim 4, wherein

the central power supply unit is arranged in the first equipment to supply power for the first equipment, connected with the remote device via the wired cables to supply power for the remote device, and/or connected with the base station outdoor unit or wired terminal via the wired cables to supply power for the base station outdoor unit or wired terminal;

the power backup unit is arranged in the first equipment to be the backup power supply for the central power supply unit.

7. The multimode network communication system according to claim 3, wherein

the local device and (or) the remote device further comprises a convergence unit, wherein the convergence unit is arranged in the local device, adapted to converge and then access signals received by the base station outdoor unit or wired terminal arranged in the remote device to the base station access processing unit or wired access processing unit arranged in the local device, and to send signal generated by the base station access processing unit or wired access processing unit arranged in the local device to the base station outdoor unit or wired terminal arranged in the remote device;

or,

the convergence unit is arranged in the remote device and remotely connected with the base station access processing unit or wired access processing unit arranged in the local device via wired cables and remotely connected with the base station outdoor unit or wired terminal arranged in the remote device, adapted to converge and transmit signals received by the base station outdoor unit or wired terminal arranged in multiple remote devices to the base station access processing unit or wired access processing unit arranged in the local device, and to send signal generated by the base station access processing unit or wired access processing unit arranged in the local device to the base station outdoor unit or wired terminal arranged in the remote device;

or,

the convergence unit is arranged in the remote device and connected with the base station access processing unit or wired access processing unit arranged in the remote device via wired cables and remotely connected with the base station outdoor unit or wired terminal arranged in the remote device, adapted to converge and then transmit signals received by the base station outdoor unit or wired terminal arranged in multiple remote devices to the base station access processing unit or wired access processing unit arranged in the remote device, and to send signal generated by the base station access processing unit or wired access processing unit arranged in the remote device to the base station outdoor unit or wired terminal arranged in the remote device.

8. The multimode network communication system according to claim 3, wherein,

if the second equipment is wireless equipment,

the base station access processing unit comprises:

a wireless data upper link layer processing module and at least one of a wireless data link layer processing module, a base band processing module, an intermediate-frequency processing module and radio frequency post processing module; and

the base station outdoor unit comprises;

an antenna and an radio frequency pre processing module, and at least one of the radio frequency post processing module, the intermediate frequency processing module, the base band processing module and the wireless data link layer processing module.

9. The multimode network communication system according to claim 3, wherein in the situation that the second equipment is wired equipment,

the wired terminal is an Integrated Access Equipment, IAD, with remote power supply, and the wired access processing unit is an Ethernet switch module;

or,

the wired terminal is an Ethernet switch with remote power supply, and the wired access processing unit is a router module;

or,

the wired terminal is an Optical Network Unit, ONU, with remote power supply, and the wired access processing unit is an Optical Line Terminal, OLT;

or,

the wired terminal is a Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer, DSLAM, cabinet with remote power supply, and the wired access processing unit is a DSLAM access processing module.

10. The multimode network communication system according to claim 3, wherein, in the situation that there are multiple base station access processing units or wired access processing units, each of the base station access processing units or wired access processing units communicates, via a switch convergence unit, with the base station outdoor unit or the wired terminal;

and the base station access processing unit or wired access processing unit provides backup for each other on the base of the switch convergence unit.

11. The multimode network communication system according to claim 10, wherein:

the switch convergence unit is arranged in the local device or remote device, adapted to converge and then selectively access signals received by the base station outdoor unit or wired terminal arranged in the remote device to a base station access processing unit or wired access processing unit arranged in the local device or remote device, and to send signal generated by the base station access processing unit or wired access processing unit arranged in the local device or remote device to the base station outdoor unit or wired terminal arranged in the remote device;

or,

two switch convergence units are respectively arranged in the local device and remote device, a first switch convergence unit arranged in the local device is remotely connected with a second switch convergence unit arranged in the remote device, and the second switch convergence unit is also remotely connected with the base station outdoor unit or the wired terminal, wherein, the second switch convergence unit is adapted to send signals received by the multiple base station outdoor units or wired terminals arranged in the remote devices to the first switch convergence unit which selectively accesses the signals to one of the base station outdoor units or wired access processing units arranged in the local device;

the first switch convergence unit is adapted to send signals generated by each of the base station access processing unit or wired access processing unit arranged in the local device to the second switch convergence unit which selectively accesses the signals to the one of the base station outdoor units or wired terminals arranged in the remote device.

12. The multimode network communication system according to claim 3, wherein,

in the situation that the second equipment is wireless equipment, the multiple base station outdoor units are configure into at least one multi-antenna transmit diversity or multi-antenna receive diversity in the situation that there are multiple base station outdoor units.

13. The multimode network communication system according to claim 1, wherein, the remote devices are interconnected with each other in star, ring or net structure in the situation that there are multiple remote devices.

14. The multimode communication system according to claims 13, wherein the remote power supply units are connected with each other in the term of star, ring or shared bus in the situation that the remote devices each comprises the remote power supply unit.

15. The multimode network communication system according to claim 14, wherein the remote power supply units are adapted to provide backup connections to each other, and in the situation that any one of the base station outdoor units or wired terminals fails, the base station outdoor unit or wired terminal is supplied with power by an available remote power supply unit after power switchover from a failed remote power supply unit to an available remote power supply unit is completed.

16. The multimode network communication system according to claim 1, wherein the first equipment is wired equipment or wireless equipment.

17. The multimode network communication system according to claim 16, wherein:

in the situation that both the first equipment and the second equipment are wired equipment, the first equipment and the second equipment constitute a multimode wired network communication system;

in the situation that the first equipment is wired equipment and the second equipment is wireless equipment, or the first equipment is wireless equipment and the second equipment is wired equipment, the first equipment and the second equipment constitute a multimode wired and wireless network communication system; and

in the situation that both the first equipment and the second equipment are wireless equipment, the first equipment and the second equipment constitute a multimode wireless network communication system.

18. The multimode network communication system according to claim 2, wherein:

in the situation that the second equipment is wireless equipment, the local device comprises a power supply unit and a base station access processing unit, and the remote device comprises a base station outdoor unit;

or the local device comprises the power supply unit and the remote device comprises the base station outdoor unit and the base station access processing unit; and

in the situation that the second equipment is wired equipment, the local device comprises the power supply unit and a wired access processing unit and the remote device comprises a wired terminal;

or the local device comprises the power supply unit and the remote device comprises the wired terminal and the wired access processing unit.

19. The multimode network communication system according to claim 2, wherein, the remote devices are interconnected with each other in star, ring or net structure in the situation that there are multiple remote devices.

20. The multimode network communication system according to claim 2, wherein the first equipment is wired equipment or wireless equipment.