Method to calibrate RF paths of an FHOP adaptive base station

• US 8,712,475 B2
• Filed: 01/13/2012
• Issued: 04/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rateze Remote Mgmt. L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Treble Investments LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Noll, John R., Smith, Jeffrey W., Tomarchio, Shannon, Gaughan, Brady
• Primary Examiner(s): HSIEH, PING Y
• Application Number:
  US13/350,489
• Publication Number:
  US 20120178437A1
• Time in Patent Office: 837 Days
• Field of Search: 455/515, 455/516, 455/517, 455/62, 455/63.3, 455/63.4, 455/65, 455/66.1, 455/67.11, 455/67.14, 455/67.16, 455/69, 455/702, 455/703, 455/71, 455/78, 455/101, 455/561
• US Class Current: 455/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 17/21 for calibration; for correcting measurements
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0848 Joint weighting

Abstract

A base transceiver station including a transceiver unit is provided. A method of calibration uses a transceiver unit to receive an RF signal, measure a calibration value, and transmit the measured value. The calibration value is used to determine weighting parameters to compensate for relative RF path phase delay and amplitude variation.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a transceiver unit, a RF signal transmitted from a base transceiver station (BTS);

measuring, by the transceiver unit, a calibration value of the RF signal transmitted from the BTS;

transmitting, by the transceiver unit, a calibration signal including the calibration value to the BTS;

determining, by the BTS, weighting parameters using the calibration value to compensate for relative RF path phase delay and amplitude variation between a plurality of transmit apparatus chains;

determining a relative difference in phase and amplitude between a reference transmit apparatus chain and each of the plurality of transmit apparatus chains; and

calibrating an amplitude and phase of a transmit apparatus chain with the reference transmit apparatus chain until a substantially maximum nulling effect is achieved.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the calibration value comprises a total power value of the RF signal.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising maintaining a connection with the BTS in response to the transceiver unit obtaining a receive path from the BTS.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the RF signal transmitted from the BTS comprises a first signal and the method further comprises:

receiving, by the transceiver unit, a second signal concurrently with the first signal, wherein the second signal is also received from the BTS, wherein the first signal is from the reference transmit apparatus chain and the second signal is from a second transmit apparatus chain.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the calibration value is measured from both the first signal and the second signal.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising repeating the method for a frequency in a hop list.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising repeating the method for another transmit apparatus chain of the plurality of transmit apparatus chains in the BTS.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the transceiver unit comprises a mobile phone.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the transceiver unit is mounted on the BTS.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the substantially maximum nulling effect includes the amplitude and the phase of the transmit apparatus chain and the reference transmit apparatus chain being substantially equal.

11. An article of manufacture including a non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a computing device for calibration, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by the computing device, via a transceiver unit, a RF signal transmitted from a base transceiver station (BTS);

measuring, by the computing device, a calibration value of the RF signal transmitted from the BTS;

transmitting, by the computing device, a calibration signal including the calibration value to the BTS;

determining, by the BTS, weighting parameters using the calibration value to compensate for relative RF path phase delay and amplitude variation between a plurality of transmit apparatus chains;

determining a relative difference in phase and amplitude between a reference transmit apparatus chain and each of the plurality of transmit apparatus chains; and

calibrating an amplitude and phase of a transmit apparatus chain with the reference transmit apparatus chain until a substantially maximum nulling effect is achieved.

12. The article of claim 11, wherein the calibration value comprises a total power value of the RF signal.

13. The article of claim 11, further comprising maintaining a connection with the BTS in response to the transceiver unit obtaining a receive path from the BTS.

14. The article of claim 11, wherein the RF signal transmitted from the BTS comprises a first signal and the operations further comprise:

receiving, by the computing device via the transceiver unit, a second signal concurrently with the first signal, wherein the second signal is also received from the BTS, wherein the first signal is from the reference transmit apparatus chain and the second signal is from a second transmit apparatus chain.

15. The article of claim 14, wherein the calibration value is measured from both the first signal and the second signal.

16. The article of claim 11, further comprising repeating the method for a frequency in a hop list.

17. The article of claim 11, further comprising repeating the method for another transmit apparatus chain of the plurality of transmit apparatus chains in the BTS.

18. The article of claim 11, wherein the transceiver unit comprises a mobile phone.

19. The article of claim 11, wherein the transceiver unit is mounted on the BTS.

20. A method for calibration by a transceiver unit, comprising:

receiving a RF signal transmitted from a base transceiver station (BTS);

measuring a calibration value of the RF signal transmitted from the BTS;

transmitting a calibration signal including the calibration value to the BTS,

wherein weighting parameters are determined using the calibration value to compensate for relative RF path phase delay and amplitude variation between a plurality of transmit apparatus chains;

determining a relative difference in phase and amplitude between a reference transmit apparatus chain and each of the plurality of transmit apparatus chains; and

calibrating an amplitude and phase of a transmit apparatus chain with the reference transmit apparatus chain until a substantially maximum nulling effect is achieved.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable instructions that, when executed, cause a computer to perform operations comprising:

receiving a RF signal transmitted from a base transceiver station (BTS);

measuring a calibration value of the RF signal transmitted from the BTS;

transmitting a calibration signal including the calibration value to the BTS,

wherein weighting parameters are determined using the calibration value to compensate for relative RF path phase delay and amplitude variation between a plurality of transmit apparatus chains;

determining a relative difference in phase and amplitude between a reference transmit apparatus chain and each of the plurality of transmit apparatus chains; and

calibrating an amplitude and phase of a transmit apparatus chain with the reference transmit apparatus chain until a substantially maximum nulling effect is achieved.