System and method for performance enhancement in heterogeneous wireless access network employing distributed antenna system
First Claim
1. A method for optimizing downlink transmission power of a distributed antenna system, comprising:
- providing a common downlink signal to a plurality of separate antenna units in a distributed antenna system; and
,varying gain of one or more of the antenna units to enhance system performance based on collected user information.
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Abstract
A system and method for dynamically optimizing the performance of indoor distributed antenna systems communicate to user equipment is disclosed. The user equipment measures information describing the downlink signals such as the downlink data rates, the quality of the received signal, and the location of the user equipment. A service module collects this information and determines an optimized power level for each of the antenna units. The service module may optimize only one antenna unit power level or a subset of the antenna units within the distributed antenna system in a preferred embodiment. One or more of the antenna units then transmits downlink signals with the optimized power levels. The optimized power level may be less than the initial power level in a preferred embodiment. As a result, the performance of the indoor distributed antenna systems is enhanced.
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1. A method for optimizing downlink transmission power of a distributed antenna system, comprising:
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providing a common downlink signal to a plurality of separate antenna units in a distributed antenna system; and
,varying gain of one or more of the antenna units to enhance system performance based on collected user information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for optimizing downlink transmission power of a distributed antenna system, comprising:
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transmitting common downlink signals having a first power level from a first antenna unit and a second antenna unit to User Equipment (UE), wherein the first antenna unit and the second antenna unit are physically separated; collecting information describing the downlink signals reported by the UE; determining when a downlink transmission power of the first antenna unit and second antenna unit should be updated based on the collected information; and
,transmitting downlink signals having a second power level from the first antenna unit and the second antenna unit. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A distributed antenna system, comprising:
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a distributed antenna system service module providing a downlink signal; and a first antenna unit and a second antenna unit coupled to said distributed antenna system service module by transmission cables to receive said downlink signal and configured for wirelessly transmitting said downlink signal, wherein the first antenna unit and the second antenna unit are physically separated; wherein said distributed antenna system service module is configured for controlling the transmission power levels of the first and second antenna units based on collected information from a plurality of User Equipment (UEs) receiving the downlink signals from the antenna units and transmitting uplink information to the antenna units. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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