Radio frequency architecture for spectrum access networks
First Claim
1. A coordinated pair of circuits in a Consumer Premise Equipment (CPE) in a Wireless Regional Area Network (WRAN) comprising an out-of-band sensing circuit, and a transmitting and receiving circuit,wherein the out-of-band sensing circuit comprises:
- an omnidirectional sensing antenna;
a first tunable pre-selective filter coupled to the omnidirectional sensing antenna;
a first low noise amplifier coupled to the first tunable pre-selective filter;
a first mixer coupled to the low noise amplifier;
a first tunable local oscillator coupled to the first mixer;
a first channel filter coupled to the first mixer;
a first WRAN synchronization demodulator module coupled to the first channel filter; and
a sensing scheme module coupled to the first channel filter,wherein the first tunable pre-selective filter and the first tunable local oscillator receive a first common tuning signal, andwherein the first WRAN synchronization demodulator module is configured to ignore in-band signals but detect other, out-of-band, WRAN signals, either from other WRAN base stations, television channels, or from other Consumer Premise Equipment;
wherein the transmitting and receiving circuit comprises;
a directional antenna operable both as a transmitter and a receiver;
a radio frequency (RF) switch coupled to the directional antenna;
an in-band demodulation circuit coupled to the RF switch;
an in-band modulation circuit coupled to the RF switch; and
wherein the out-of-band sensing circuit can operate at the same time that normal transmission and reception occurs on the transmitting and receiving circuit between the CPE and the base station to which the CPE is subscribed.
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Abstract
Radio frequency (RF) architectures for spectrum access networks are provided. Embodiments of the invention generally provide a radio frequency (RF) architecture for customer premise equipment (CPE) for use in, for example, IEEE 802.22 wireless regional area networks (WRANs). In some embodiments, the CPE RF architecture includes two receive chains with a directional antenna and an omni-directional antenna, respectively. The CPE RF architecture facilitates opportunistic out-of-band spectrum sensing and WRAN signal receiving that are performed in parallel with data transmission.
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1. A coordinated pair of circuits in a Consumer Premise Equipment (CPE) in a Wireless Regional Area Network (WRAN) comprising an out-of-band sensing circuit, and a transmitting and receiving circuit,
wherein the out-of-band sensing circuit comprises: -
an omnidirectional sensing antenna; a first tunable pre-selective filter coupled to the omnidirectional sensing antenna; a first low noise amplifier coupled to the first tunable pre-selective filter; a first mixer coupled to the low noise amplifier; a first tunable local oscillator coupled to the first mixer; a first channel filter coupled to the first mixer; a first WRAN synchronization demodulator module coupled to the first channel filter; and a sensing scheme module coupled to the first channel filter, wherein the first tunable pre-selective filter and the first tunable local oscillator receive a first common tuning signal, and wherein the first WRAN synchronization demodulator module is configured to ignore in-band signals but detect other, out-of-band, WRAN signals, either from other WRAN base stations, television channels, or from other Consumer Premise Equipment; wherein the transmitting and receiving circuit comprises; a directional antenna operable both as a transmitter and a receiver; a radio frequency (RF) switch coupled to the directional antenna; an in-band demodulation circuit coupled to the RF switch; an in-band modulation circuit coupled to the RF switch; and wherein the out-of-band sensing circuit can operate at the same time that normal transmission and reception occurs on the transmitting and receiving circuit between the CPE and the base station to which the CPE is subscribed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A wireless regional area network (WRAN) consumer premise equipment (CPE) radio frequency (RF) system, comprising:
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first, an out-of-band sensing circuit capable of out-band spectrum sensing comprising; an omnidirectional sensing antenna; a first tunable pre-selective filter coupled to the omnidirectional sensing antenna; a first low noise amplifier coupled to the first tunable pre-selective filter; a first mixer coupled to the low noise amplifier; a first tunable local oscillator coupled to the mixer; a first channel filter coupled to the mixer; a first WRAN synchronization demodulator module coupled to the first channel filter; and a sensing scheme module coupled to the first channel filter, wherein the first tunable pre-selective filter and the first tunable local oscillator receive a first common tuning signal, and wherein the first WRAN synchronization demodulator module is configured to ignore in-band signals but detect other, out-of-band, WRAN signals, either from other WRAN base stations, television channels, or from other Consumer Premise Equipment, and, second, an in-band WRAN signal transmitting and receiving circuit comprising; a directional antenna operable both as a transmitter and a receiver; a RF switch coupled to the directional antenna; an in-band demodulation circuit coupled to the RF switch; an in-band modulation circuit coupled to the RF switch; and wherein the out-of-band sensing circuit and the transmitting and receiving circuits are operated to perform, respectively, in parallel, out-band WRAN signal receiving on the omnidirectional antenna, and data transmission and reception on the directional antenna. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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