OPTICAL FIBER-BASED DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEMS, COMPONENTS, AND RELATED METHODS FOR CALIBRATION THEREOF
First Claim
1. A wireless communication system, comprising:
- a downlink base transceiver station (BTS) interface configured to receive downlink electrical radio frequency (RF) signals from at least one BTS;
at least one optical interface module (OIM) configured to;
receive and convert the downlink electrical RF signals from the downlink BTS interface into downlink Radio-over-Fiber (RoF) signals on at least one communication downlink; and
receive and convert uplink RoF signals from at least one remote antenna unit (RAU) into uplink RF electrical signals on at least one communication uplink;
an uplink BTS interface configured to receive and communicate the uplink electrical RF signals from the at least one communication uplink to the at least one BTS; and
a controller configured to;
determine a total downlink loss for the at least one communication downlink;
determine a downlink BTS loss from the total downlink loss;
calibrate a downlink BTS calibration gain in the downlink BTS interface based on the downlink BTS loss; and
calibrate at least one RAU calibration gain in the at least one RAU as the total downlink loss minus the downlink BTS loss,wherein the controller is configured to calibrate the downlink BTS calibration gain in the downlink BTS interface by setting the downlink BTS calibration gain in at least one attenuator in the downlink BTS interface.
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Abstract
Optical fiber-based wireless systems and related components and methods are disclosed. The systems support radio frequency (RF) communications with clients over optical fiber, including Radio-over-Fiber (RoF) communications. The systems may be provided as part of an indoor distributed antenna system (IDAS) to provide wireless communication services to clients inside a building or other facility. The communications can be distributed between a head end unit (HEU) that receives carrier signals from one or more service or carrier providers and converts the signals to RoF signals for distribution over optical fibers to end points, which may be remote antenna units (RAUs). In one embodiment, calibration of communication downlinks and communication uplinks is performed to compensate for signal strength losses in the system.
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22 Claims
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1. A wireless communication system, comprising:
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a downlink base transceiver station (BTS) interface configured to receive downlink electrical radio frequency (RF) signals from at least one BTS; at least one optical interface module (OIM) configured to; receive and convert the downlink electrical RF signals from the downlink BTS interface into downlink Radio-over-Fiber (RoF) signals on at least one communication downlink; and receive and convert uplink RoF signals from at least one remote antenna unit (RAU) into uplink RF electrical signals on at least one communication uplink; an uplink BTS interface configured to receive and communicate the uplink electrical RF signals from the at least one communication uplink to the at least one BTS; and a controller configured to; determine a total downlink loss for the at least one communication downlink; determine a downlink BTS loss from the total downlink loss; calibrate a downlink BTS calibration gain in the downlink BTS interface based on the downlink BTS loss; and calibrate at least one RAU calibration gain in the at least one RAU as the total downlink loss minus the downlink BTS loss, wherein the controller is configured to calibrate the downlink BTS calibration gain in the downlink BTS interface by setting the downlink BTS calibration gain in at least one attenuator in the downlink BTS interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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