Optical fiber-based distributed antenna systems, components, and related methods for monitoring and configuring thereof
First Claim
1. A wireless communication system, comprising:
- communication components, comprising;
a downlink base transceiver station (BTS) interface configured to receive downlink electrical radio frequency (RF) signals from at least one BTS on at least one communication downlink;
at least one optical interface module (OIM) configured to;
receive and convert the downlink electrical RF signals from the downlink BTS interface into downlink Radio-over-Fiber (RoF) signals on the at least one communication downlink; and
receive and convert uplink RoF signals from at least one remote antenna unit (RAU) into uplink electrical RF signals on at least one communication uplink;
an uplink BTS interface configured to receive and communicate the uplink electrical RF signals from the at least one communication uplink to the at least one BTS; and
a controller configured to execute software to communicate communication operations to the communication components over a communication bus comprising the at least one communication downlink without interruption of the downlink electrical RF signals and downlink RoF signals on the at least one communication downlink, whereinthe controller is configured to discover the presence at least one of the communication components and to periodically rediscover the presence at least one of the communication components to ensure that the at least one of the communication components are operational,the controller is configured to enumerate point information from the at least one of the communication components discovered, andthe communications operations comprise the controller configured to receive at least one point from at least one of the communication components and wherein the at least one point includes an identity of the communication component and a point identification (ID), and wherein the controller is configured to receive flagbits to provide characteristic information regarding the at least one point.
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Abstract
Optical fiber-based wireless systems and related components and methods are disclosed. The systems support radio frequency (RF) communications with clients over optical fiber, including Radio-over-Fiber (RoF) communications. The systems may be provided as part of an indoor distributed antenna system (IDAS) to provide wireless communication services to clients inside a building or other facility. The communications can be distributed between a head end unit (HEU) that receives carrier signals from one or more service or carrier providers and converts the signals to RoF signals for distribution over optical fibers to end points, which may be remote antenna units (RAUs). A microprocessor-based control system or systems may also be employed. The control systems may include one or more microprocessors or microcontrollers in one or more of the components of the system that execute software instructions to control the various components and provide various features for the optical fiber-based distributed antenna systems.
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1. A wireless communication system, comprising:
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communication components, comprising; a downlink base transceiver station (BTS) interface configured to receive downlink electrical radio frequency (RF) signals from at least one BTS on at least one communication downlink; at least one optical interface module (OIM) configured to; receive and convert the downlink electrical RF signals from the downlink BTS interface into downlink Radio-over-Fiber (RoF) signals on the at least one communication downlink; and receive and convert uplink RoF signals from at least one remote antenna unit (RAU) into uplink electrical RF signals on at least one communication uplink; an uplink BTS interface configured to receive and communicate the uplink electrical RF signals from the at least one communication uplink to the at least one BTS; and a controller configured to execute software to communicate communication operations to the communication components over a communication bus comprising the at least one communication downlink without interruption of the downlink electrical RF signals and downlink RoF signals on the at least one communication downlink, wherein the controller is configured to discover the presence at least one of the communication components and to periodically rediscover the presence at least one of the communication components to ensure that the at least one of the communication components are operational, the controller is configured to enumerate point information from the at least one of the communication components discovered, and the communications operations comprise the controller configured to receive at least one point from at least one of the communication components and wherein the at least one point includes an identity of the communication component and a point identification (ID), and wherein the controller is configured to receive flagbits to provide characteristic information regarding the at least one point. - 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, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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