Repeater

• US 20130236182A1
• Filed: 04/25/2013
• Published: 09/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Gong, Lanping
• Granted Patent: US 8,787,763 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 398/96
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/1555 Selecting relay station antenna mode, e.g. selecting omnidirectional -, directional beams, selecting polarizations

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide a repeater, including a local unit and a remote unit. The local unit includes a base station interface unit, multiple local basic units and a controller. The remote unit includes multiple remote basic units. The controller is configured to generate, according to a down-tilt angle and/or azimuth angle of a downlink signal instructed by a control instruction, a downlink signal phase for each remote basic unit. The multiple local basic units each are configured to perform, according to the downlink signal phase generated by the controller for a corresponding remote basic unit, phase adjustment on the downlink signal sent by the base station interface unit. The multiple remote basic units each are configured to receive the downlink signal sent by a corresponding local basic unit and to send the downlink signal.

Claims

1. A repeater, comprising:

a local unit that comprises a base station interface unit, multiple local basic units connected to the base station interface unit, and a controller connected to the multiple local basic units; and

a remote unit that comprises multiple remote basic units, wherein the multiple remote basic units are arranged as an array and the multiple remote basic units are in one-to-one correspondence with the multiple local basic units;

wherein the base station interface unit is configured to receive a downlink signal sent by a base station and to send the downlink signal to the multiple local basic units;

wherein the controller is configured to generate a downlink signal phase for each remote basic unit according to a down-tilt angle and/or azimuth angle of the downlink signal instructed by a control instruction;

wherein the multiple local basic units each are configured to perform, according to a downlink signal phase generated by the controller for a corresponding remote basic unit, phase adjustment on the downlink signal sent by the base station interface unit, and to send the downlink signal after the phase adjustment to the corresponding remote basic unit;

wherein the multiple remote basic units each are configured to receive a downlink signal sent by a corresponding local basic unit and to send the downlink signal;

wherein the multiple remote basic units each are further configured to receive an uplink signal and to send the uplink signal to a corresponding local basic unit;

wherein the controller is configured to generate an uplink signal phase for each remote basic unit according to a down-tilt angle and/or azimuth angle of the uplink signal instructed by a control instruction;

wherein the multiple local basic units each are further configured to perform, according to a uplink signal phase generated by the controller for a corresponding remote basic unit, phase adjustment on an uplink signal sent by the corresponding remote basic unit, and to send the uplink signal after the phase adjustment to the base station interface unit; and

wherein the base station interface unit is further configured to send uplink signals, which are sent by the multiple local basic units to the base station.

2. The repeater according to claim 1, wherein each of the multiple local basic units comprises a baseband processing module, a downlink parameter setting module, a frequency conversion module, and a first media conversion module cascaded in sequence;

wherein the baseband processing module is connected to the base station interface unit and is configured to perform baseband processing on the downlink signal sent by the base station interface unit;

wherein the downlink parameter setting module is connected to the controller and is configured to perform, according to a downlink signal phase generated by the controller for a remote basic unit corresponding to a local basic unit to which the downlink parameter setting module belongs, phase adjustment on the downlink signal after the baseband processing;

wherein the frequency conversion module is configured to convert the downlink signal after the phase adjustment into a radio frequency form; and

wherein the first media conversion module is configured to perform media conversion on the downlink signal in the radio frequency form, and to send a signal after the media conversion to the remote basic unit corresponding to the local basic unit to which the first media conversion module belongs.

3. The repeater according to claim 2, wherein each of the local basic units further comprises an uplink parameter setting module that is connected to the baseband processing module and the frequency conversion module;

wherein the first media conversion module is further configured to receive an uplink signal sent by the remote basic unit corresponding to the local basic unit to which the first media conversion module belongs, and to perform media conversion on the uplink signal;

the frequency conversion module is further configured to convert the uplink signal after the media conversion into a baseband form;

wherein the uplink parameter setting module is connected to the controller and is configured to, according to the uplink signal phase generated by the controller for the remote basic unit corresponding to the local basic unit to which the uplink parameter setting module belongs, perform phase adjustment on the uplink signal in the baseband form; and

wherein the baseband processing module is configured to perform baseband processing on the uplink signal after the phase adjustment and to send the uplink signal after the baseband processing to the base station interface unit.

4. The repeater according to claim 2, wherein the repeater supports multiple carriers;

wherein each of the multiple local basic units comprise multiple baseband processing modules and multiple downlink parameter setting modules;

wherein the multiple baseband processing modules are in one-to-one correspondence with the multiple carriers and the multiple downlink parameter setting modules are in one-to-one correspondence with the multiple carriers;

wherein each of the multiple local basic units further comprises a first multiple-carrier module and a second multiple-carrier module;

wherein the multiple baseband processing modules are connected to the base station interface unit through the first multiple-carrier module; and

wherein the multiple downlink parameter setting modules are connected to the frequency conversion module through the second multiple-carrier module;

wherein the controller is specifically configured to generate a downlink signal phase of each carrier for each remote basic unit according to a down-tilt angle and/or azimuth angle of the downlink signal of each carrier instructed by a control instruction;

wherein the first multiple-carrier module is configured to receive the downlink signal sent by the base station interface unit, and to perform carrier separation on the downlink signal to obtain a downlink sub-signal of each carrier;

wherein the multiple baseband processing modules each are configured to perform baseband processing on a downlink sub-signal of a corresponding carrier, and to send the downlink sub-signal of the corresponding carrier after the baseband processing to a corresponding downlink parameter setting module;

wherein the multiple downlink parameter setting modules each are configured to, according to the downlink signal phase of each carrier generated by the controller for the remote basic unit corresponding to the local basic unit to which the downlink parameter setting modules belong, perform phase adjustment on the downlink sub-signal of the corresponding carrier after the baseband processing;

wherein the second multiple-carrier module is configured to combine downlink sub-signals of each carrier after the phase adjustment;

wherein the frequency conversion module is specifically configured to convert a signal obtained by the combination into a radio frequency form; and

wherein the first media conversion module is specifically configured to perform media conversion on the signal in the radio frequency form, and send a signal after the media conversion to the remote basic unit corresponding to the local basic unit.

5. The repeater according to claim 4, wherein each of the multiple local basic units further comprises multiple uplink parameter setting modules;

wherein the multiple uplink parameter setting modules are in one-to-one correspondence with the multiple carriers; and

the multiple uplink parameter setting modules are connected to the frequency conversion module through the second multiple-carrier module;

wherein the controller is further configured to generate an uplink signal phase of each carrier for each remote basic unit according to a down-tilt angle and/or azimuth angle of the uplink signal of each carrier instructed by a control instruction;

wherein the first media conversion module is further configured to receive an uplink signal sent by the remote basic unit corresponding to the local basic unit to which the first media conversion module belongs, and perform media conversion on the uplink signal;

wherein the frequency conversion module is further configured to convert the uplink signal after the media conversion into a baseband form;

wherein the second multiple-carrier module is further configured to perform carrier separation on the uplink signal in the baseband form to obtain an uplink sub-signal of each carrier;

wherein the multiple uplink parameter setting modules each are configured to perform, according to the uplink signal phase of each carrier generated by the controller for the remote basic unit corresponding to the local basic unit to which the uplink parameter setting modules belong, phase adjustment on an uplink sub-signal of a corresponding carrier, and send the uplink sub-signal of the corresponding carrier after the phase adjustment to a corresponding baseband processing module;

wherein the multiple baseband processing modules each are further configured to perform baseband processing on the uplink sub-signal of the corresponding carrier after the phase adjustment; and

wherein the first multiple-carrier module is configured to combine uplink sub-signals of each carrier after the baseband processing, and send a signal obtained by the combination to the base station interface unit.

6. The repeater according to claim 1, wherein the local unit further comprises a first downlink calibration unit connected to the multiple local basic units;

wherein the remote unit further comprises a second downlink calibration unit connected to the multiple remote basic units and the first downlink calibration unit;

wherein the first downlink calibration unit is configured to generate a first calibration signal and to send the first calibration signal to the multiple remote basic units;

wherein the multiple remote basic units each are further configured to process the first calibration signal;

wherein the second downlink calibration unit is configured to send the first calibration signal processed by each remote basic unit to the first downlink calibration unit;

wherein the first downlink calibration unit is further configured to, according to the generated first calibration signal and the first calibration signal that is processed by each remote basic unit and is returned by the second calibration unit, generate a downlink calibration parameter for each remote basic unit; and

wherein the multiple local basic units each are specifically configured to, according to a downlink signal phase generated by the controller for a corresponding remote basic unit and a downlink calibration parameter generated by the first downlink calibration unit for the corresponding remote basic unit, perform phase adjustment on the downlink signal.

7. The repeater according to claim 6, wherein the local unit further comprises a first uplink calibration unit connected to the multiple local basic units;

wherein the remote unit further comprises a second uplink calibration unit connected to the multiple remote basic units and the first uplink calibration unit;

wherein the first uplink calibration unit is configured to generate a second calibration signal, and send the second calibration signal to the second uplink calibration unit;

wherein the second uplink calibration unit is configured to send the second calibration signal to the multiple remote basic units;

wherein the multiple remote basic units each are further configured to process the second calibration signal and to send the processed second calibration signal to the first uplink calibration unit;

wherein the first uplink calibration unit is further configured to, according to the generated second calibration signal and the processed second calibration signal returned by each remote basic unit, generate an uplink calibration parameter for each remote basic unit; and

wherein the multiple local basic units each are specifically configured to, according to an uplink signal phase generated by the controller for a corresponding remote basic unit and an uplink calibration parameter generated by the first uplink calibration unit for the corresponding remote basic unit, perform phase adjustment on the uplink signal.

8. The repeater according to claim 7, wherein each of the multiple remote basic units comprises a second media conversion module, an amplifier, a filter bank, a coupler, and an antenna cascaded in sequence, wherein the coupler is connected to the second downlink calibration unit and the second uplink calibration unit.

9. The repeater according to claim 1, wherein the local unit further comprises a remote unit interface unit and the remote unit further comprises a local unit interface unit, wherein the multiple local basic units and the multiple remote basic units are connected through the remote unit interface unit and the local unit interface unit.

10. The repeater according to claim 9, wherein the repeater is an optical fiber repeater.

11. The repeater according to claim 10, wherein the remote unit interface unit is a first wavelength-division multiplexing WMD unit, the local unit interface unit is a second WDM unit, and the first media conversion module and the second media conversion module are both photoelectric conversion modules.