Radio system and a method for relaying radio signals
First Claim
1. A radio system for relaying radio signals, the radio system comprising:
- at least one transmit path adapted to forward a payload signal as a transmit signal,at least one amplifier adapted to amplify the transmit signal,at least one duplex filter adapted to separate the transmit signal as a relayed transmit signal from a receive signal,a digital predistortion unit adapted to apply a digital predistortion to the payload signal for linearising a transfer characteristic of the radio system,a calibration unit adapted to apply phase and amplitude changes to the at least one transmit path,at least one coupler to extract coupled transmit signals extracted from the transmit signal,a feedback path commonly used by the digital predistortion unit and the calibration unit for feeding back a selected one of the coupled transmit signals as a feedback signal,at least one switch located in close proximity to an output of the at least one amplifier, the at least one switch being configured to switch between the coupled transmit signals and the relayed transmit signal relayed by the at least one duplex filter, thereby forwarding a selected one of the coupled transmit signals and the relayed transmit signal,a multi-way switch located at a distance from the at least one transmit path, the multi-way switch being adapted to select said selected one of the coupled transmit signals and the relayed transmit signal as a feedback signal, wherein at least one of;
the phase and amplitude changes and the digital predistortion is adaptable using the feedback signal.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a radio system and a method for relaying radio signals. The radio system comprises at least one transmit path, a digital predistortion unit, a calibration unit and a feedback path. The feedback path is commonly used by the digital predistortion unit and the calibration unit with the present invention. The calibration signal is adapted to update at least one of phase and amplitude changes and the digital predistortion. The present invention further relates to a method for relaying radio signals. The method comprises updating the digital predistortion as well as an updating of the phase and amplitude changes. The updating of the digital predistortion and the updating of the phase and amplitude changes is implemented using a feedback signal. The present invention further relates to a computer program product for the manufacture of the radio system according to the invention. The present invention further relates to a computer program product for the execution of the method according to the present invention.
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32 Claims
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1. A radio system for relaying radio signals, the radio system comprising:
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at least one transmit path adapted to forward a payload signal as a transmit signal, at least one amplifier adapted to amplify the transmit signal, at least one duplex filter adapted to separate the transmit signal as a relayed transmit signal from a receive signal, a digital predistortion unit adapted to apply a digital predistortion to the payload signal for linearising a transfer characteristic of the radio system, a calibration unit adapted to apply phase and amplitude changes to the at least one transmit path, at least one coupler to extract coupled transmit signals extracted from the transmit signal, a feedback path commonly used by the digital predistortion unit and the calibration unit for feeding back a selected one of the coupled transmit signals as a feedback signal, at least one switch located in close proximity to an output of the at least one amplifier, the at least one switch being configured to switch between the coupled transmit signals and the relayed transmit signal relayed by the at least one duplex filter, thereby forwarding a selected one of the coupled transmit signals and the relayed transmit signal, a multi-way switch located at a distance from the at least one transmit path, the multi-way switch being adapted to select said selected one of the coupled transmit signals and the relayed transmit signal as a feedback signal, wherein at least one of;
the phase and amplitude changes and the digital predistortion is adaptable using the feedback signal. - 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, 31)
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24. A method for relaying radio signals, the method comprising:
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providing a payload signal, applying a digital predistortion to the payload signal, applying phase and amplitude changes to at least one transmit path, forwarding the payload signal as a transmit signal along the at least one transmit path, extracting coupled transmit signals extracted from the transmit signal, separating the transmit signal as a relayed transmit signal from a receive signal, switching between the coupled transmit signals and the relayed transmit signal, thereby forwarding a selected one of the coupled transmit signals and the relayed transmit signal, a multi-way switch located at a distance from the at least one transmit path, the multi-way switch being adapted to select said selected one of the coupled transmit signals and the relayed transmit signal as a feedback signal, feeding back said selected one of coupled transmit signals as a feedback signal, updating the digital predistortion in response to the feedback signal, and updating the phase and amplitude changes in response to the feedback signal. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32)
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