Fiber to the antenna

• US 9,078,287 B2
• Filed: 04/14/2011
• Issued: 07/07/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CommScope Technologies, LLC (CommScope Holding Company, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: ADC Telecommunications Incorporated (TE Connectivity Limited)
• Inventors: Khemakhem, M'hamed Anis, Kowalczyk, Scott C., Torman, Nicholas, Louwagie, Dominic J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ullah, Akm Enayet
• Assistant Examiner(s): MOONEY, MICHAEL P
• Application Number:
  US13/087,022
• Publication Number:
  US 20110262146A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,545 Days
• Field of Search: 385 76- 80, 385 88- 92, 385134- 13, 385/14, 455/14, 455/422.1, 455/561, 455/562, 455/562.1, 455/523, 398 68- 99, 398115-117, 398 42- 45, 398 67- 99
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/3897 Connectors fixed to housings, casing, frames or circuit boards G02B6/44528 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4207 with optical elements reducing the sensitivity to optical feedback anti-reflection devices specially adapted for lasers, see H01S3/0064
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4246 Bidirectionally operating package structures
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4249 comprising arrays of active devices and fibres
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4441 Boxes
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4446 Cable boxes, e.g. splicing boxes with two or more multi fibre cables
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4454 with splices
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4457 Bobbins; Reels
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4471 Terminating devices demountable connectors G02B6/3807; Cable clamps
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/25753 Distribution optical network, e.g. between a base station and a plurality of remote units
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/25758 between a central unit and a single remote unit by means of an optical fibre
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/801 using optical interconnects, e.g. light coupled isolators, circuit board interconnections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/085 Access point devices with remote components
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/10 adapted for operation in multiple networks, e.g. multi-mode access points

Abstract

A cell site includes a tower, a multi-service terminal mounted to the tower and a base transceiver station in communication with the multi-service terminal. The multi-service terminal includes a housing and a plurality of adapters mounted to the housing. Each of the adapters includes an outer port accessible from outside the housing and an inner port accessible from inside the housing.

Claims

1. A cell site of a telecommunications network comprising:

a tower;

a multi-service terminal mounted to the tower, the multi-service terminal having;

a housing;

a plurality of adapters mounted to the housing, each of the adapters including;

an outer port accessible from outside the housing and an inner port accessible from inside the housing;

a plurality of remote transceivers in communication with the outer ports of the adapters of the multi-service terminal; and

a base transceiver station in communication with the multi-service terminal.

2. The cell site of claim 1, wherein the multi-service terminal is mounted to a top portion of the tower.

3. The cell site of claim 1, wherein the multi-service terminal includes a cable spool disposed on an exterior of the housing.

4. The cell site of claim 1, wherein the cell site includes an enclosure in communication with multi-service terminal and the base transceiver station.

5. The cell site of claim 4, wherein the enclosure includes a housing defining an interior region, a fiber optic cable stub being disposed in the interior region, the fiber optic cable stub having a first end portion and an oppositely disposed second end portion, the first end portion including a multi-fiber connector, the second end portion including a plurality of single fiber connectors.

6. The cell site of claim 5, wherein a connectorized end of a fiber optic cable of the multi-service terminal is connected to the multi-fiber connector in the interior region of the enclosure.

7. The cell site of claim 4, wherein the enclosure includes a housing and a cable spool disposed on an exterior surface of the housing.

8. The cell site of claim 4, wherein the cell site includes a hut, the enclosure being disposed on an exterior surface of the hut.

9. A telecommunications network comprising:

a cell site including;

a tower;

a multi-service terminal mounted to the tower, the multi-service terminal having;

a housing;

a plurality of adapters mounted to the housing, each of the adapters including an outer port accessible from outside the housing and an inner port accessible from inside the housing;

a plurality of remote transceivers in communication with the outer ports of the adapters of the multi-service terminal;

a base transceiver station in communication with the multi-service terminal; and

a backhaul in communication with the base transceiver station.