DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS NETWORK SYSTEMS
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Abstract
A distributed antenna system is provided for communicating with a plurality of base stations. The distributed antenna system includes a system controller and a master unit communicating with at least one of the plurality of base stations. A remote unit communicates over a high data rate media with the master unit and/or a downstream remote unit. Alternatively, the distributed antenna system includes a controller and a digital time/space crosspoint switch controlled by the controller. A digitizing transceiver is in communication with the digital time/space crosspoint switch. The crosspoint switch is configured to transmit and receive digital data through the digitizing transceiver.
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69 Claims
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50. A master unit for a telecommunications system, the master unit comprising:
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an analog interface configured for receiving RF signals from at least one base station and digitizing the RF signals to generate first digitized RF signals; a digital interface configured for receiving second digitized RF signals from the at least one base station; a combiner configured for combining the first digitized RF signals and the second digitized RF signals into a combined digital signal; and a transmitter configured for providing the combined digital signal to a remote unit capable of wirelessly transmitting information represented by at least part of the combined digital signal. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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62. A distributed antenna system, comprising:
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a master unit comprising; an analog interface configured for receiving RF signals from at least one base station and digitizing the RF signals to generate first digitized RF signals; a digital interface configured for receiving second digitized RF signals from the at least one base station; and a combiner configured for combining the first digitized RF signals and the second digitized RF signals into a combined digital signal; and a remote unit configured for receiving the combined digital signal over a communication medium and for wirelessly transmitting information represented by at least part of the combined digital signal. - View Dependent Claims (63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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69. A method, comprising:
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receiving, by a first unit, analog RF signals from a first base station; digitizing, by the first unit, the analog RF signals to generate first digitized RF signals; receiving, by the first unit, second digitized RF signals from a second base station; combining, by the first unit, the first digitized RF signals and the second digitized RF signals into a combined digital signal; and providing the combined digital signal to a second unit located remotely to the first unit.
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Specification