RoF system providing HD wireless communication service and signal control method for the same

• US 20080219670A1
• Filed: 03/06/2008
• Published: 09/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Hwang, Seong-Taek, Oh, Yun-Je, Kim, Sang-Ho, Kim, Byung-Jik
• Granted Patent: US 8,417,116 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 398/115
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/25758 between a central unit and a single remote unit by means of an optical fibre

Abstract

Disclosed is an RoF system providing an HD wireless communication service. The RoF system includes the base station for transmitting and receiving each of the TDD/FDD individual signals and TDD/FDD combined signals, channel-combining downstream signals for a TDD scheme with downstream signals for an FDD scheme, and generating TDD/FDD mode control signals; a base station donor for receiving downstream RF signals from the base station, converting the resultant signals into downstream optical signals, outputting the converted signals, and delivering upstream optical signals, which are input to the remote station from the wireless terminals, to the base station; and the remote station for switching a corresponding duplexing mode operation according to wireless service channel states of the wireless terminals, converting the downstream optical signals transmitted from the base station donor into service RF signals, amplifying the converted service RF signals, and providing the amplified service RF signals to the wireless terminals through antennas.

Claims

1. A Radio over Fiber (RoF) system for providing a Hybrid Duplexing (HD) wireless communication service in a wire/wireless communication system including a base station capable of establishing communication with wireless terminals and a remote station connected to the base station through an optical fiber, wherein the base station can provide a Time Division Duplexing (TDD) service and a Frequency Division Duplexing (FDD) service according to wireless service channel states of the wireless terminals, the RoF system comprising:

the base station for transmitting and receiving each of the TDD/FDD individual signals and TDD/FDD combined signals, channel-combining downstream signals for a TDD scheme with downstream signals for an FDD scheme, and generating TDD/FDD mode control signals;

a base station donor for receiving downstream RF signals from the base station, converting the resultant signals into downstream optical signals, outputting the converted signals, and delivering upstream optical signals, which are input to the remote station from the wireless terminals, to the base station; and

the remote station for switching a corresponding duplexing mode operation according to wireless service channel states of the wireless terminals, converting the downstream optical signals transmitted from the base station donor into service RF signals, amplifying the converted service RF signals, and providing the amplified service RF signals to the wireless terminals through antennas.

2. The RoF system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an upstream optical link for connecting the remote station with the base station donor for upstream data transmission, and a downstream optical link for connecting the remote station and the base station donor for downstream data transmission.

3. The RoF system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base station comprises:

a TDD/FDD modem for performing modulation, demodulation and channel-combination for a TDD/FDD service; and

a TDD/FDD modem controller for controlling a TDD/FDD mode signal operation by using TDD/FDD downstream signals combined in the TDD/FDD modem.

4. The RoF system as claimed in one of claims 1 and 3, wherein the mode control signals correspond to TDD mode control signals, FDD mode control signals, or mode control signals including combined TDD and FDD mode.

5. The RoF system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base station donor comprises:

a TDD/FDD mode control signal unit for receiving the downstream signals from the base station and outputting TDD/FDD mode control signals for setting a TDD/FDD mode;

a TDD switching control signal unit for outputting TDD switching control signals for switching TDD sync signals delivered from the base station;

a combiner for multiplexing and outputting signals, output from each of the TDD/FDD mode control signal unit and the TDD switching control signal unit;

a TDD/FDD mode control signal downstream optical transmitter for receiving the multiplexed downstream RF signals output from the combiner, converting the multiplexed downstream RF signals into optical signals, and outputting the converted signals; and

a Wavelength Division Multiplexer (WDM) for outputting multiple upstream/downstream signals, input and output from the uplink/downlink, to a single optical fiber or multiple optical fibers.

6. The RoF system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the base station donor further comprises:

an upstream optical receiver for receiving and outputting the upstream optical signals, input from the WDM;

a duplexer for dividing upstream RF signals with different frequency bandwidths, output from the upstream optical receiver, according to frequencies, and distributing the divided signals to each corresponding base station receiver;

first and second upstream RF receivers for low noise-amplifying the upstream RF signals transmitted from the duplexer, and delivering the amplified upstream RF signals to the first and second receivers of the base station;

a remote station monitor for monitoring information regarding the remote station state;

a downstream RF transmitter for properly amplifying the downstream RF signals transmitted from the base station transmitter of the base station, and delivering the amplified downstream RF signals to an optical transmitter; and

a downstream optical transmitter for converting the TDD/FDD mode control signals for the TDD/FDD combined service, which are received from the base station modem controller of the base station, into optical signals in order to transmit the TDD/FDD mode control signals to the remote station.

7. The RoF system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the remote station comprises:

a WDM for outputting multiple upstream/downstream signals, which are input and output from the uplink/downlink, to a single optical fiber or multiple optical fibers;

a downstream optical receiver for receiving downstream optical signals from the WDM;

an amplifier for receiving signals from the downstream optical receiver and low-noise high-power amplifying the received signals;

a duplexer for dividing upstream signals, delivered from the wireless terminals through the antenna, according to frequencies, and outputting the divided upstream signals;

a processor for distributing the upstream signals received from the duplexer to a corresponding path according to a transmission scheme, and outputting the upstream signals under the control of the switching;

an upstream optical transmitter for receiving upstream signals output from the processor, and delivering the received upstream signals to the WDM;

a downstream optical receiver for receiving TDD/FDD mode control signals and TDD switching control signals from the base station through the WDM, and outputting the received signals;

a signal divider for de-multiplexing downstream signals output from the downstream optical receiver and separately outputting the de-multiplexed downstream signals;

a controller for controlling the processor operation by outputting the TDD/FDD mode control signals and the TDD switching control signals which are output from the divider;

a remote station monitor for monitoring and outputting a state of the remote station; and

an upstream optical transmitter for receiving information regarding the remote station state output from the remote station monitor, and transmitting the received information to the WDM.

8. The RoF system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base station further comprises:

a base station transmitter for transmitting the downstream RF signals, modulated from the TDD/FDD modem, to the base station donor;

a first base station receiver for receiving the TDD mode upstream RF signals received from the base station donor; and

a second base station receiver for receiving the FDD mode upstream RF signals received from the base station donor.

9. The RoF system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the downstream RF signals correspond to one of TDD mode downstream RF signals or FDD mode downstream RF signals.

10. The RoF system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the processor comprises:

first and second switching units for connecting or disconnecting upstream signal paths of the wireless terminals;

first and second low noise-amplifiers for removing upstream signal noise and amplifying the resultant signals; and

first and second duplexers for dividing and outputting upstream signal, transmitted from the first and second low noise-amplifiers, according to frequencies.

11. The RoF system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the controller comprises:

a TDD/FDD mode control signal unit for controlling the processor switching by generating the TDD/FDD mode control signals; and

a TDD switching control signal unit for outputting TDD switching control signals for switching the TDD sync signals.

12. A signal transmission control method in a wire/wireless communication system including a base station capable of establishing communication with wireless terminals, a base station donor, and a remote station connected to the base station donor through optical fibers, wherein the base station can provide a TDD transmission service and an FDD transmission service according to wireless service channel states of the wireless terminals, the signal transmission control method comprising the steps of:

disconnecting switching of FDD upstream signal paths according to the control of the TDD/FDD mode control signals of the remote station, and connecting switching of TDD upstream signal paths according to the control of the TDD switching control signals of the remote station, when TDD upstream signals are received from the wireless terminals through an antenna of the remote station; and

delivering the TDD upstream signals, passed through the TDD upstream signal paths, to the first base station receiver of the base station via the base station donor and upstream optical links.

13. The signal transmission control method as claimed in claim 12, further comprising the steps of:

connecting the switching of FDD upstream signal paths according to the control of TDD/FDD mode control signals of the remote station, and disconnecting the switching of TDD upstream signal paths according to the control of TDD switching control signals of the remote station, when FDD upstream signals are received from the wireless terminals through the antenna of the remote station; and

delivering the FDD upstream signals, passed through the FDD upstream signal paths, to the second base station receiver of the base station via the base station donor and upstream optical links.

14. The signal transmission control method as claimed in claim 12, further comprising the steps of:

connecting the switching of FDD upstream signal path according to the control of TDD/FDD mode control signals of the remote station, and connecting the switching of TDD upstream signal paths according to the control of the TDD switching control signals of the remote station, when TDD/FDD upstream signals are received from the wireless terminals through the antenna of the remote station; and

delivering TDD/FDD upstream signals, passed through each of the TDD/FDD upstream signal paths, to the first and second base station receivers of the base station via the base station donor and upstream optical links.

15. A wireless network for providing hybrid duplexing wireless service, the wireless network comprising:

a plurality of base station, wherein each of the base stations communicates with each of a plurality of wireless terminals using a selected one of;

i) a time division duplexing (TDD) service;

ii) a frequency division duplexing (FDD) service; and

iii) a TDD/FDD combined service.

16. The wireless network as set forth in claim 15, wherein the each base station selects the selected one of the TDD service, the FDD service and the TDD/FDD combined service to communicate with a first one of the plurality of wireless terminals according to a state of a wireless channel associated with the first wireless terminal.

17. The wireless network as set forth in claim 16, wherein the state of the wireless channel associated with the first wireless terminal is determined by a distance separating the each base station and the first wireless terminal and by a velocity of the first wireless terminal.

18. The wireless network as set forth in claim 16, wherein the each base station communicates with the plurality of mobile terminals using two frequency bandwidths, wherein a first frequency bandwidth is used for TDD service and a second frequency bandwidth is used for FDD service.

19. The wireless network as set forth in claim 18, wherein the first frequency bandwidth used for TDD service comprises a TDD uplink channel and a TDD downlink channel.

20. The wireless network as set forth in claim 18, wherein the second frequency bandwidth used for FDD service comprises an FDD uplink channel.