Isolation distance calculation method and apparatus for avoidance of interference signal in wireless communication repeater system

• US 8,626,061 B2
• Filed: 10/28/2010
• Issued: 01/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Son, Ho Kyung
• Primary Examiner(s): Rego, Dominic E
• Application Number:
  US12/914,397
• Publication Number:
  US 20110151771A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,167 Days
• Field of Search: 455/3.02, 455/427, 455/428, 455/430, 455/431, 455 7- 9, 455/11.1, 455/12.1, 455/13.1, 455/13.2, 455 14- 17, 340/425.1, 370/226, 370/293, 370/246, 370/274, 370/279, 370/315, 370/316, 370/492, 370/501
• US Class Current: 455/13.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/27 for locating or positioning the transmitter
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/345 Interference values signal-to-interference ratio [SIR] or carrier-to-interference ratio [CIR] H04B17/336

Abstract

Provided is a method and apparatus for calculating an isolation distance that is a distance where an interference phenomenon does not occur between wireless repeater apparatuses. The isolation distance calculating apparatus may include: an interference signal calculator to calculate a magnitude of an interference signal included in a particular band by detecting a signal of the particular band extracted from a received radio signal of a wireless repeater apparatus; and an isolation distance calculator to calculate a necessary isolation distance for cancelling interference between the wireless repeater apparatus and another wireless repeater apparatus, based on a predetermined allowable interference signal level and the magnitude of the interference signal.

Claims

1. An apparatus for calculating an isolation distance, comprising:

an interference signal calculator to calculate a magnitude of an interference signal included in a particular band by detecting a signal of the particular band, the particular band being extracted from a received radio signal that is received by a first wireless repeater apparatus; and

an isolation distance calculator to calculate a necessary isolation distance for cancelling interference between the first wireless repeater apparatus and a second wireless repeater apparatus during wireless communication of the first wireless repeater apparatus, based on a used allowable interference signal level and the magnitude of the interference signal, wherein;

when an input allowable interference signal level is input from a user, the used allowable interference signal level is determined based on the input allowable interference signal level, and

when the input allowable interference signal level is not input from the user, the used allowable interference signal level is determined based on a basic allowable interference signal level.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the isolation distance calculator calculates a necessary isolation by decreasing the used allowable interference signal level by the magnitude of the interference signal, and calculates the necessary isolation distance by applying, to the necessary isolation, a predetermined model according to a place where the first wireless repeater apparatus is installed.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein when the first wireless repeater apparatus is installed indoor, the isolation distance calculator calculates the necessary isolation distance by applying a free space loss model, as the predetermined model, to the necessary isolation.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

when the input allowable interference signal level is input from the user, the input allowable interference signal level is transmitted to the isolation distance calculator, and

when the input allowable interference signal level is not input from the user, the basic allowable interference signal level is transmitted to the isolation distance calculator.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the basic allowable interference signal level corresponds to a value that is obtained by subtracting a protection ratio from a sum of 10 times a log value of a noise bandwidth of the first wireless repeater apparatus, a noise index of the isolation distance calculating apparatus, and a white noise power of 1 Hz bandwidth.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein:

the isolation distance calculator verifies whether the magnitude of the interference signal is greater than the used allowable interference signal level, and

when the magnitude of the interference signal is less than or equal to the used allowable interference signal level, the isolation distance calculator calculates the necessary isolation distance as zero.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising:

a display unit to display, when a value of the calculated necessary isolation distance is greater than or equal to zero,

the value of the calculated necessary isolation distance, or

information indicating that the magnitude of the interference signal is greater than the used allowable interference signal level.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the isolation distance calculator calculates the necessary isolation distance so as to cancel interference between the first wireless repeater apparatus and second wireless repeater apparatus during wireless communication therebetween.

9. A method of calculating an isolation distance, comprising:

receiving a radio signal;

extracting a signal of a particular band of the radio signal by filtering the radio signal;

calculating a magnitude of an interference signal included in the particular band by detecting the extracted signal of the particular band; and

calculating a necessary isolation distance for cancelling interference between a first wireless repeater apparatus and a second wireless repeater apparatus during wireless communication of the first wireless repeater apparatus, based on a used allowable interference signal level and the magnitude of the interference signal, wherein;

when an input allowable interference signal level is input from a user, the used allowable interference signal level is determined based on the input allowable interference signal level, and

when the input allowable interference signal level is not input from the user, the used allowable interference signal level is determined based on a basic allowable interference signal level.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the calculating the necessary isolation distance comprises:

verifying whether the magnitude of the interference signal is greater than the used allowable interference signal level;

calculating a necessary isolation by decreasing the used allowable interference signal level by the magnitude of the interference signal when the magnitude of the interference signal is greater than the used allowable interference signal level;

calculating the necessary isolation distance as zero when the magnitude of the interference signal is less than or equal to the used allowable interference signal level; and

calculating the necessary isolation distance by applying, to the necessary isolation, a predetermined model according to a place where the first wireless repeater apparatus is installed.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the calculating the necessary isolation distance by applying the predetermined model comprises calculating the necessary isolation distance by applying a free space loss model to the necessary isolation.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

verifying whether the input allowable interference signal level is input from the user,

wherein the calculating the necessary isolation distance comprises calculating the necessary isolation distance based on the input allowable interference signal level and the magnitude of the interference signal when the input allowable interference signal level is input from the user, and calculating the necessary isolation distance based on the basic allowable interference signal level and the magnitude of the interference signal when the input allowable interference signal level is not input from the user.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the first wireless repeater apparatus performs the step of receiving a radio signal, and an isolation distance calculating apparatus performs the steps of extracting a signal, calculating a magnitude and calculating a necessary isolation distance,

further wherein the basic allowable interference signal level corresponds to a value that is obtained by subtracting 6 decibel (dB) from a sum of 10 times a log value of a noise bandwidth of the first wireless repeater apparatus, a noise index of the isolation distance calculating apparatus, and a white noise power of 1 Hz bandwidth.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein in calculating the necessary isolation distance, the necessary isolation distance is calculated so as to cancel interference between the first wireless repeater apparatus and the second wireless repeater apparatus during wireless communication therebetween.

15. A method of calculating an isolation distance, comprising:

receiving a radio signal;

extracting a signal of a particular band of the radio signal by filtering the radio signal;

calculating a magnitude of an interference signal included in the particular band by detecting the extracted signal of the particular band;

calculating a necessary isolation distance for cancelling interference between a first wireless repeater apparatus and a second wireless repeater apparatus during wireless communication of the first wireless repeater apparatus, based on a used allowable interference signal level and the magnitude of the interference signal; and

verifying whether a value of the isolation distance is greater than or equal to zero; and

when the value of the isolation distance is greater than or equal to zero, displaying the value of the isolation distance, or displaying information indicating that the magnitude of the interference signal is greater than the used allowable interference signal level.