Cell phone/internet communication system for RF isolated areas
First Claim
1. A System for providing cell phone and Internet bidirectional communication for users in RF isolated areas, said System comprising:
- at least one Service Provider for services including cell phones, commercial telecommunications, data, and advanced wireless;
a plurality of Radio Interface Modules (RIM) for receiving a plurality of downlink Radio Frequency (RF) signals, respectively, from said at least one Service Provider for maintaining the signals at operable levels;
at least one Service Combiner Unit (SCU) including means for combining and amplifying signals from said plurality of RIM modules;
at least one Fiber Transceiver Unit (FTU) for receiving and converting said amplified combined signals from RF signals into optical signals;
at least one Radio Fiber Node (RFN) responsive to said optical signals from said FTU, for converting the signals into RF signals; and
at least one antenna for receiving RF signals from said at least one RFN, for transmitting the RF signals into the respective RF isolated area being serviced by said at least one RFN.
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Abstract
A communication system for providing downlink and uplink communication between Service Providers, and users located in RF remotely located isolated areas, includes the sequential series connection of Service Provider signal sectors to Radio Interface Modules (RIM'"'"'s), Service Combiner Units (SCU'"'"'s), Fiber Transceiver Units (FTU'"'"'s), Optical Multiplexer Units (OMU'"'"'s), and Remote Fiber Nodes (RFN'"'"'s), with only the RFN'"'"'s being located in the RF isolated areas. The RIM'"'"'s provide level control of RF signals bidirectional flowing between the Service Providers and SCU'"'"'s. The SCU'"'"'s both multiplex and split received downlink RF signals for inputting to the FTU'"'"'s, and also combine and split RF uplink signals received from the FTU'"'"'s for feed to the RIM'"'"'s. The FTU'"'"'s convert downlink RF signals into optical signals, and split the optical signals for connection to the OMU'"'"'s. The FTU'"'"'s also convert uplink optical signals received from the OMU'"'"'s into uplink RF signals for connection to the SCU'"'"'s. The OMU'"'"'s combine downlink optical signals received from the FTU'"'"'s for inputting into the RFN'"'"'s, and demultiplex uplink optical signals received from the RFN'"'"'s for connection to the FTU'"'"'s. The RFN'"'"'s convert downlink optical signals into RF signals, and amplify and feed these signals into an antenna system. The RFN'"'"'s also receive RF uplink signals from devices of users in RF isolated areas, and converts the RF uplink signals into optical uplink signals for connection to the OMU'"'"'s.
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25 Claims
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1. A System for providing cell phone and Internet bidirectional communication for users in RF isolated areas, said System comprising:
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at least one Service Provider for services including cell phones, commercial telecommunications, data, and advanced wireless; a plurality of Radio Interface Modules (RIM) for receiving a plurality of downlink Radio Frequency (RF) signals, respectively, from said at least one Service Provider for maintaining the signals at operable levels; at least one Service Combiner Unit (SCU) including means for combining and amplifying signals from said plurality of RIM modules; at least one Fiber Transceiver Unit (FTU) for receiving and converting said amplified combined signals from RF signals into optical signals; at least one Radio Fiber Node (RFN) responsive to said optical signals from said FTU, for converting the signals into RF signals; and at least one antenna for receiving RF signals from said at least one RFN, for transmitting the RF signals into the respective RF isolated area being serviced by said at least one RFN. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A System for providing cell phone and Internet bidirectional communication for users in RF isolated areas, said System comprising:
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a plurality of Service Providers (SP) for services including cell phones, commercial telecommunications, data, and advance wireless; a plurality of Radio Interface Modules (RIM) for receiving Radio Frequency (RF) signals from said plurality of Service Providers (SP), respectively, for maintaining the signals at operable levels; a plurality of Service Combiner Units (SCU) each including means for receiving signals from said plurality of RIM'"'"'s and amplifying respective groups of the signals; a plurality of Fiber Transceiver Units (FTU) for receiving and converting said amplified signal groups from RF signals into optical signals; a plurality of Optical Multiplexer Units (OMU) for receiving said plurality of optical signals from said plurality of FTU Units, and multiplexing the signals into a plurality of multiplexed groups of said signals, each multiplexed group including optical signals corresponding to RF signals from each of said plurality of Service Providers, respectively; a plurality of Remote Fiber Nodes (RFN) each responsive to a plurality of said multiplexed groups of said optical signals, for converting the signals into RF signals; and a plurality of antennas connected to said plurality of RFN Nodes, for receiving RF signals therefrom, respectively, for transmitting the RF signals into RF isolated areas being serviced by said plurality of RFN'"'"'s, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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