REMOTE ANTENNA CLUSTERS AND RELATED SYSTEMS, COMPONENTS, AND METHODS SUPPORTING DIGITAL DATA SIGNAL PROPAGATION BETWEEN REMOTE ANTENNA UNITS
First Claim
1. A remote antenna cluster supporting digital data signal propagation among remote antenna units, comprising:
- a first remote antenna unit (RAU) configured to;
receive downlink digital data signals from a remotely located digital data services (DDS) controller over at least one downlink communications link and communicate the received downlink digital data signals to client devices;
receive uplink digital data signals from the client devices and communicate the received uplink digital data signals over at least one uplink communications link to the DDS switch;
propagate received downlink digital data signals to at least one second RAU; and
receive uplink digital data signals from the at least one second RAU for communication over the at least one uplink communications link;
the at least one second RAU configured to;
receive the downlink digital data signals and communicate the received downlink digital data signals to client devices;
receive uplink digital data signals from the client devices; and
propagate the received uplink digital data signals for receipt by the first RAU.
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Abstract
Distributed antenna systems supporting digital data signal propagation between remote antenna clusters, and related distributed antenna systems, components and methods are disclosed. The distributed antenna systems facilitate distributing digital data signals to provide digital data services remotely to distributed remote antenna units. The digital data signals may be propagated between remote antenna units within a remote antenna cluster for digital data signals transmitted to wireless client devices in the distributed antenna system and for digital data signals received from wireless client devices in the distributed antenna system. Received digital data signals from wireless client devices can be propagated from remote antenna unit to remote antenna unit in a remote antenna cluster until the digital data signals reach a wired network device for communication over a network. The remote antenna units may be configured to support high-frequency digital data signal to support larger channel bandwidths and in turn higher data rate transfers.
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28 Claims
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1. A remote antenna cluster supporting digital data signal propagation among remote antenna units, comprising:
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a first remote antenna unit (RAU) configured to; receive downlink digital data signals from a remotely located digital data services (DDS) controller over at least one downlink communications link and communicate the received downlink digital data signals to client devices; receive uplink digital data signals from the client devices and communicate the received uplink digital data signals over at least one uplink communications link to the DDS switch; propagate received downlink digital data signals to at least one second RAU; and receive uplink digital data signals from the at least one second RAU for communication over the at least one uplink communications link; the at least one second RAU configured to; receive the downlink digital data signals and communicate the received downlink digital data signals to client devices; receive uplink digital data signals from the client devices; and propagate the received uplink digital data signals for receipt by the first RAU. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method of propagating digital data signals between remote antenna units in a remote antenna cluster, comprising:
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receiving in a first remote antenna unit (RAU) downlink digital data signals over at least one downlink communications link from a remotely located digital data services (DDS) controller and communicating the received downlink digital data signals to client devices; receiving in the first RAU, uplink digital data signals from the client devices and communicating the received uplink digital data signals over the at least one uplink communications link to the DDS switch; propagating the received downlink digital data signals from the first RAU to at least one second RAU; and receiving uplink digital data signals from the at least one second RAU for communication over the at least one uplink communications link; receiving in the at least one second RAU the downlink digital data signals and communicating the received downlink digital data signals to client devices; receiving in the at least one second RAU uplink digital data signals from the client devices; and propagating the received downlink digital data signals and the received uplink digital data signals for receipt by the first RAU. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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