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WIRELESS NETWORK CABLE ASSEMBLY

  • US 20170126321A1
  • Filed: 03/28/2016
  • Published: 05/04/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/03/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An optical fiber communication cable comprising:

  • a plurality of optical fibers disposed in an axial direction along a signal path, the plurality of optical fibers including a fronthaul communication fiber for supporting bidirectional optical communication;

    a plurality of electrical power conductors disposed in the axial direction along the signal path; and

    at least one embedded wireless access node disposed at a predetermined location along the signal path, the at least one embedded wireless access node functioning as a termination for an optical fiber from the plurality of optical fibers and a power conductor from the plurality of electrical power conductors, the embedded wireless node comprisingan antenna;

    a wireless radio transceiver coupled to the antenna and powered by the terminated electrical power conductor, the wireless radio transceiver providing bidirectional communication with wireless devices within range of the antenna and converting communications between radio signals and electrical signals;

    an optical transceiver coupled to the terminated optical fiber and the fronthaul optical fiber, the optical transceiver powered by the terminated electrical power conductor and connected to the wireless radio transceiver for providing bidirectional communication with the wireless radio transceiver and converting communications between electrical signals and optical signals, with converted optical signals coupled onto the fronthaul communication fiber.

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