Broadband base station architecture for advanced resource management
First Claim
1. A wireless multichannel broadband base station (BBS) for a cellular communications network, comprising:
- a broadband transceiver for providing upconversion and downconversion between an RF band of interest and an intermediate frequency (IF);
a transmultiplexer (XMUX) interfacing with said transceiver, said XMUX demultiplexing a single wideband IF receive signal to form a set of individual frequency channels on a receive path of said transceiver, said individual frequency channels comprising a plurality of single data channels, said XMUX also multiplexing said frequency channels into a single wideband IF transmit signal on a transmit path;
a bus interface processor interfacing with said XMUX for converting between at least one of said frequency channels and said plurality of single data channels;
a communications bus transporting modulated baseband signals for each of said plurality of single data channels between said bus interface processor and any of a plurality of channel processors (CP), each CP for processing any of a plurality of traffic channels contained on any of said baseband signals.
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Abstract
An apparatus for a cellular communications network including a broadband transceiver for providing upconversion and downconversion between an RF band-of-interest and an intermediate frequency (IF); a transmultiplexer (XMUX) interfacing with the transceiver. The XMUX demultiplexes a single wideband IF receive signal to form a set of individual frequency channels on a receive path of the transceiver, and multiplexes the frequency channels into a single wideband IF transmit signal on a transmit path. The BBS also includes a rate converter processor (RCP) that interfaces with the XMUX for converting at least one of the frequency channels from a first data rate of the XMUX to a second data rate, and a communications bus that transports the modulated IF signals for each of the frequency channels between the RCP and a plurality of channel processors (CP). Each CP processes any of a plurality of traffic channels contained on any of said IF signals. An alternative architecture for the apparatus is disclosed.
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1. A wireless multichannel broadband base station (BBS) for a cellular communications network, comprising:
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a broadband transceiver for providing upconversion and downconversion between an RF band of interest and an intermediate frequency (IF);
a transmultiplexer (XMUX) interfacing with said transceiver, said XMUX demultiplexing a single wideband IF receive signal to form a set of individual frequency channels on a receive path of said transceiver, said individual frequency channels comprising a plurality of single data channels, said XMUX also multiplexing said frequency channels into a single wideband IF transmit signal on a transmit path;
a bus interface processor interfacing with said XMUX for converting between at least one of said frequency channels and said plurality of single data channels;
a communications bus transporting modulated baseband signals for each of said plurality of single data channels between said bus interface processor and any of a plurality of channel processors (CP), each CP for processing any of a plurality of traffic channels contained on any of said baseband signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A wireless multichannel broadband base station (BBS) for a cellular communications network, comprising:
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a broadband transceiver for providing upconversion and downconversion between an RF band of interest and an intermediate frequency (IF);
a transmultiplexer (XMUX) interfacing with said transceiver, said XMUX demultiplexing a single wideband IF receive signal to form a set of individual frequency channels on a receive path of said transceiver, said individual frequency channels comprising a plurality of TDMA time slots, said XMUX also multiplexing said frequency channels into a single wideband IF transmit signal on a transmit path;
a bus interface processor interfacing with said XMUX for converting between at least one of said frequency channels and said plurality of time slots, said bus interface processor multiplexing and demultiplexing data contained in said plurality of predefined TDMA time slots for at least one of said frequency channels, each said time slot defining at least one of a traffic channel and a control channel;
a time division mulitplexed (TDM) communications bus transporting modulated baseband signals for each of said plurality of time slots between said bus interface processor and any of a plurality of channel processors (CPs), each said CP for processing at least one of any said traffic channels and any said control channel contained on any of said baseband signals, and a central processor unit, said central processor unit operatively connected to each of said plurality of CPs, said central processor unit selectively allocating any one of said plurality of CPs for processing at least one of any said traffic channel and any said control channel contained on any one of said frequency channels. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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