TRANSMIT LEAKAGE CANCELLATION IN A WIDE BANDWIDTH DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM
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Abstract
A system and methods for cancelling transmission leakage signals in a wide bandwidth Distributed Antenna System (“DAS”) having remote units is disclosed. An internal cancellation circuit within the remote unit is employed to reduce the transmitted leakage signals by generating a cancellation signal. This cancellation signal is added to the received signal to cancel the transmission leakage signal in the receiving signal path. A pilot signal generation circuit is employed to optimize the cancellation circuit operating parameters. The frequency of the pilot signal is swept over a range to determine the pilot frequency having the highest electromagnetic coupling. The amplitude and phase of the cancellation signal is then optimized to minimize the level of transmission leakage in the receiving transmission path.
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38 Claims
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21. A radio-frequency (RF) module for use in a wireless communication device configured for interference cancellation, the RF module comprising:
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a transmit signal path to be coupled to a transmit antenna for full-duplex communications; a receive signal path to be coupled to a receive antenna for full-duplex communications and cancellation circuitry coupled to the receive and transmit signal paths, wherein the cancellation circuitry is configured to generate a pilot signal for self-interference estimation, and wherein the cancellation circuitry is configured to receive a transmuted signal and generate a cancellation signal for the receive signal path to cancel self-interference based at least on receipt of the pilot signal. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. An apparatus for a wireless communication device, the apparatus comprising:
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a transmit signal path to be coupled to a transmit antenna for full-duplex communications; a receive signal path to be coupled to a receive antenna for ex communications; and cancellation circuitry coupled to the receive and transmit signal paths, wherein the cancellation circuitry is configured to generate a pilot signal for se f-interference estimation, and wherein the cancellation circuitry is configured provide a cancellation signal to the receive signal path to cancel self-interference based on receipt of the pilot signal, the cancellation circuitry comprising non-linear circuity including at least one bandpass filter operating as part of a feedback loop to provide non-linear positive feedback for generation of the cancellation signal. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36)
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37. A method for interference cancellation performed by cancellation circuitry of an apparatus for a wireless communication device that includes a transmit signal path to be coupled to a transmit antenna for full-duplex communications and a receive signal path to be coupled to a receive antenna for full-duplex communications, the method comprising:
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generating a pilot signal for self-interference estimation, and providing a cancellation signal to the receive signal path to cancel self-interference based on receipt of the pilot signal, the cancellation circuitry comprising non-linear circuity including at least one bandpass filter operating as part of a feedback loop to provide non-linear positive feedback for generation of the cancellation signal. - View Dependent Claims (38)
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