PACKET ENERGY TRANSFER POWERED TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEMS AND INTEGRATED WIRELESS FIDELITY SYSTEM

• US 20160294568A1
• Filed: 03/31/2016
• Published: 10/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: John Mezzalingua Associates, Llc
• Original Assignee: John Mezzalingua Associates, Llc
• Inventors: Chawgo, Shawn M., Landry, Todd
• Application Number:
  US15/086,674
• Publication Number:
  US 20160294568A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/10 Current supply arrangements

Abstract

A telecommunication system including a master unit operative to receive/transmit data from at least one base transceiver station, at least one telecommunication antenna operative to receive/transmit the data wirelessly to and from wireless communication devices, a remote unit connecting the master unit to the telecommunications antenna and including a ground-hardened outer casing and a digital or packet energy transfer (PET) power distribution system is integrated with the operative to transfer packets of digital energy from a transmitter to a PET receiver, the PET receiver powering the remote unit and disposed internally of the ground-hardened outer casing thereof.

Claims

1. A telecommunication system comprising:

a master unit configured to exchange data with a cellular station;

a telecommunication antenna configured to exchange data wirelessly with a wireless communication device;

a remote unit connecting the master unit to the telecommunications antenna and exchanging data therebetween; and

a packet energy transfer transmitter configured to transmit packets of electrical power along a conductive cable; and

a packet energy transfer receiver configured to receive and convert the packets of electrical power into a continuous source of power for the remote unit.

2. The telecommunication system of claim 1 wherein the remote unit comprises a conductive outer casing, and wherein the packet energy transfer receiver is enclosed within and electrically shielded by the conductive outer casing.

3. The telecommunication system of claim 2 further comprising:

a hybrid cable connecting the master unit and the packet energy transfer receiver to the remote unit, the hybrid cable comprising a optic fiber for exchanging data and a conductive cable for transmitting power to the packet energy transfer receiver.

4. The telecommunication system of claim 1 further comprising an optic fiber cable configured to exchange data between the master unit and a plurality of remote units, and further comprising a wave division multiplexer configured to send multiple signals through the optic fiber cable to each of the remote units.

5. The telecommunication system of claim 1 wherein the packet energy transfer receiver produces a continuous source of analog power having a first potential;

and further comprising;

a converter configured to receive the source of analog power and reduce the analog power from the first to a second potential, the second potential being lower than a threshold potential.

6. The telecommunication system of claim 5 wherein the threshold potential is a safety threshold regulated by a governing authority.

7. The telecommunication system of claim 5 wherein the first potential is higher than the second potential by at least an order of magnitude.

8. The telecommunication system of claim 5 wherein the converter includes an interface port comprising a multi-pin connector.

9. The telecommunication system of claim 7 wherein the conductive cable is configured to carry a first current on a first side of an interface port and a second current on a second side of the interface port, the first current being larger than the second current.

10. The telecommunication system of claim 5 wherein the remote unit includes a conductive outer casing, and wherein the converter is enclosed within and electrically shielded by the conductive outer casing.

11. The telecommunication system of claim 5 wherein the converter is a DC-to-DC converter.

12. The telecommunication system of claim 5 wherein the converter is a DC-to-AC inverter.

13. The telecommunication system of claim 5 wherein the second potential less than about sixty volts.

14. The telecommunication system of claim 2 further comprising an interface port integrated with the outer casing, the interface port having a plurality of interface elements, the interface elements comprising one of an optical connection and a conductive pin connection.

15. A power-data distribution system for a DAS telecommunication system comprising:

a power distribution system having a packet energy transfer transmitter and a packet energy transfer receiver,

a remote radio unit;

(i) electrically powered by the packet energy transfer receiver, (ii) optically and electrically coupled to a cellular radio, and (iii) electrically coupled to a plurality of telecommunication antennas, the telecommunication antennas wirelessly exchanging data with a plurality of cellular communication devices;

a wireless fidelity access point device having an internal antenna operative to exchange internet data with a WAP-enabled device; and

a fiber media converter;

(i) optically and electrically coupled to the packet energy transfer receiver, and (ii) electrically coupled to the WAP-enabled device.

16. The power-data distribution system of claim 15 further comprising a Power over Ethernet cable interposing the fiber media converter and the WAP-enabled device and wherein electrical power and internet data are carried over a wire cable of the Power over Ethernet cable.

17. The power-data distribution system of claim 16 further, comprising:

a hybrid cable interposing the packet energy transfer transmitter and the packet energy transfer receiver and configured to optically and electrically connect the fiber media converter to the cellular radio.

18. The power-data distribution system of claim 16 wherein the remote unit comprises a conductive outer casing, and wherein the packet energy transfer receiver is enclosed within and electrically shielded by the conductive outer casing.

19. The power-data distribution system of claim 16 wherein the packet energy transfer receiver produces a continuous source of analog power having a first potential;

and further comprising;

a converter configured to receive the source of analog power and reduce the analog power from the first to a second potential, the second potential being lower than a threshold potential.

20. The power-data distribution system of claim 19 wherein the threshold potential is a safety threshold regulated by a governing authority.