SELECTIVE ACTIVATION OF COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES ON POWER-UP OF A REMOTE UNIT(S) IN A DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM (DAS) BASED ON POWER CONSUMPTION
First Claim
1. A remote unit for a distributed antenna system (DAS), comprising:
- a plurality of communications service circuits each configured to process received respective communications signals for a respective communications service in the DAS;
a power selection circuit configured to draw power over a power input from a power supply and selectively provide the drawn power to each of the plurality of communications service circuits based on a control signal; and
a control circuit configured to;
determine power consumption of the remote unit based on the drawn power from over the power input from the power supply;
determine if the power consumption of the remote unit exceeds a defined threshold power level for the remote unit;
generate the control signal to direct the power selection circuit to selectively provide the drawn power to one or more of the plurality of communications service circuits in a sequence to activate the one or more plurality of communications service circuits, such that the power consumption of the remote unit does not exceed the defined threshold power level.
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Abstract
Selective activation of communications services on power-up of a remote unit in a distributed antenna system (DAS) based on power consumption is disclosed. To avoid a remote unit drawing more power than is allowed and risking shutting down all of its communications services, after a remote unit in the DAS is powered-up to start its operations, the remote unit selectively activates its different communications services. The remote unit selectively activates communications services based on the power consumption of the remote unit to avoid the remote unit drawing more power than is allowed. If activating a next communications service would cause the remote unit to draw more power than is allowed, the remote unit discontinues activating additional communications services. In this manner, the already activated communications services in the remote unit can remain operational without risking powering down of the remote unit and discontinuing all of its communications services.
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26 Claims
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1. A remote unit for a distributed antenna system (DAS), comprising:
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a plurality of communications service circuits each configured to process received respective communications signals for a respective communications service in the DAS; a power selection circuit configured to draw power over a power input from a power supply and selectively provide the drawn power to each of the plurality of communications service circuits based on a control signal; and a control circuit configured to; determine power consumption of the remote unit based on the drawn power from over the power input from the power supply; determine if the power consumption of the remote unit exceeds a defined threshold power level for the remote unit; generate the control signal to direct the power selection circuit to selectively provide the drawn power to one or more of the plurality of communications service circuits in a sequence to activate the one or more plurality of communications service circuits, such that the power consumption of the remote unit does not exceed the defined threshold power level. - 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 controlling power consumption of a remote unit in a distributed antenna system (DAS), comprising:
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drawing power from a power supply in response to a power-up condition; determining power consumption of a remote unit based on the drawn power from the power supply; determining if the power consumption of the remote unit exceeds a predetermined power threshold level for the remote unit; and selectively providing the drawn power to one or more plurality of communications service circuits each configured to receive a respective communications signal for a respective communications service in the DAS in a sequence, to activate the one or more plurality of communications service circuits, based on the determined power consumption of the remote unit.
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26-55. -55. (canceled)
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