Configuring a distributed antenna system
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- developing a configuration plan for communication transport links between a unit of a distributed antenna system and remote antenna units of the distributed antenna system, wherein the configuration plan specifies a configuration of the communication transport links for transporting digital representations of signals that are received by the unit from at least one base station, wherein developing the configuring plan comprises;
determining characteristics comprising, for each respective signal of the received signals, a respective frequency occupancy of the respective signal, a respective digital bandwidth of the respective signal, and a respective coverage zone to which to provide the respective signal, wherein the respective frequency occupancy comprises a minimum frequency component and a maximum frequency component of the respective signal, wherein the respective digital bandwidth comprises a bandwidth for communicating the respective signal via a respective communication transport link,determining, for each of the communication transport links, a respective available bandwidth,generating digital data streams representing respective groups of the received signals to be provided to at least one coverage zone,sorting the digital data streams by bandwidth of the digital data streams from largest to smallest,assigning a digital data stream having the largest bandwidth to a first communication transport link coupled to the at least one coverage zone,selecting an unassigned digital data stream having a next largest bandwidth,analyzing a remaining available bandwidth of the first communication transport link and a number of digital data streams assigned to the first communication transport link,determining, based on analyzing the remaining available bandwidth, that the digital data stream having the next largest bandwidth is to be provided on a second communication transport link coupled to the at least one coverage zone, andassigning the digital data stream having the next largest bandwidth to the second communication transport link; and
outputting the configuration plan.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for developing a configuration plan for communication transport links of a distributed antenna system are provided. The distributed antenna system includes a unit communicating with remote antenna units over the communication transport links. The unit receives signals from base stations. Characteristics of each of the signals are determined. The characteristics include, for each signal, a frequency occupancy, a digital bandwidth, and a coverage zone to which to provide the signal. The frequency occupancy includes the minimum frequency component and the maximum frequency component of the signal. The digital bandwidth is a bandwidth for communicating the signal via the communication transport links. A hardware capability of the distributed antenna system, such as a respective available bandwidth for each communication transport link, is also determined. The configuration plan for transporting the digital representations of the signals is determined based on the hardware capability and the characteristics of the signals.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
developing a configuration plan for communication transport links between a unit of a distributed antenna system and remote antenna units of the distributed antenna system, wherein the configuration plan specifies a configuration of the communication transport links for transporting digital representations of signals that are received by the unit from at least one base station, wherein developing the configuring plan comprises; determining characteristics comprising, for each respective signal of the received signals, a respective frequency occupancy of the respective signal, a respective digital bandwidth of the respective signal, and a respective coverage zone to which to provide the respective signal, wherein the respective frequency occupancy comprises a minimum frequency component and a maximum frequency component of the respective signal, wherein the respective digital bandwidth comprises a bandwidth for communicating the respective signal via a respective communication transport link, determining, for each of the communication transport links, a respective available bandwidth, generating digital data streams representing respective groups of the received signals to be provided to at least one coverage zone, sorting the digital data streams by bandwidth of the digital data streams from largest to smallest, assigning a digital data stream having the largest bandwidth to a first communication transport link coupled to the at least one coverage zone, selecting an unassigned digital data stream having a next largest bandwidth, analyzing a remaining available bandwidth of the first communication transport link and a number of digital data streams assigned to the first communication transport link, determining, based on analyzing the remaining available bandwidth, that the digital data stream having the next largest bandwidth is to be provided on a second communication transport link coupled to the at least one coverage zone, and assigning the digital data stream having the next largest bandwidth to the second communication transport link; and outputting the configuration plan. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A distributed antenna system comprising:
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a unit configured to receive a plurality of signals from a base station and communicate the plurality of signals to remote antenna units via communication transport links of the distributed antenna system; a processor disposed in the unit and configured for; determining an association of coverage zones with respective coverage sets, wherein each of the coverage zones represents a subset of the remote antenna units, wherein each of the coverage sets comprises a plurality of band sets to be provided to a common coverage zone, each respective band set comprising a subset of the plurality of signals, the band set being represented by a digital data stream; determining a hardware capability of the distributed antenna system, wherein the hardware capability comprises a respective available bandwidth for each of the communication transport links; determining, for the distributed antenna system that includes the unit and the remote antenna units, a configuration plan based on the respective available bandwidth of each of the communication transport links, a respective frequency occupancy of each respective band set, a respective digital bandwidth of each respective band set, and associations between the coverage zones and the respective coverage sets, wherein the respective frequency occupancy comprises a minimum frequency component and a maximum frequency component of the subset of plurality of signals of the respective band set, wherein the respective digital bandwidth comprises a bandwidth for communicating the subset of the plurality of signals of the respective band set via the respective communication transport link, wherein determining the configuration plan comprises; sorting respective band sets of each of the coverage sets by the bandwidth of the band sets from largest to smallest, providing the band set having the largest bandwidth to a first communication transport link coupled to the coverage zone associated with the coverage set, selecting a next largest bandwidth band set without an assigned communication transport link, analyzing remaining available bandwidth of the first communication transport link and a number of band sets on the first communication transport link to determine that the next largest bandwidth band set is to be provided on a second communication transport link coupled to the coverage zone associated with the coverage set, and providing the next largest bandwidth band set to the second communication transport link; and outputting the configuration plan. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A distributed antenna system, comprising:
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a plurality of remote antenna units grouped into a plurality of coverage zones, each of the coverage zones comprising a subset of the plurality of remote antenna units; a unit in communication with the plurality of remote antenna units over a plurality of communication transport links, the unit configured for; developing a configuration plan for communication transport links between the unit and the plurality of remote antenna units, wherein the configuration plan specifies a configuration of the communication transport links for transporting respective digital representations of signals received by the unit from at least one base station, wherein developing the configuring plan comprises; determining characteristics comprising, for each respective signal of the received signals, a respective frequency occupancy of the respective signal, a respective digital bandwidth of the respective signal, and a respective coverage zone to which to provide the respective signal, wherein the respective frequency occupancy comprises a minimum frequency component and a maximum frequency component of the respective signal, wherein the respective digital bandwidth comprises a bandwidth for communicating the respective signal via a respective communication transport link, determining, for each of the communication transport links, a respective available bandwidth, generating digital data streams representing respective groups of the received signals to be provided to at least one coverage zone, sorting the digital data streams by bandwidth of the digital data streams from largest to smallest, assigning a digital data stream having the largest bandwidth to a first communication transport link coupled to the at least one coverage zone, selecting an unassigned digital data stream having a next largest bandwidth, analyzing a remaining available bandwidth of the first communication transport link and a number of digital data streams assigned to the first communication transport link, determining, based on analyzing the remaining available bandwidth, that the digital data stream having the next largest bandwidth is to be provided on a second communication transport link coupled to the at least one coverage zone, and assigning the digital data stream having the next largest bandwidth to the second communication transport link; and outputting the configuration plan. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method comprising:
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developing a configuration plan for communication transport links between a unit of a distributed antenna system and remote antenna units of the distributed antenna system, wherein the configuration plan specifies a configuration of the communication transport links for transporting digital representations of signals that are received by the unit from at least one base station, wherein developing the configuring plan comprises; receiving characteristics comprising, for each respective signal of the received signals, a respective frequency band of the respective signal, a respective bandwidth of the respective signal, and a respective coverage zone to which to provide the respective signal, determining, for each of the communication transport links, a respective available bandwidth, generating digital data streams representing respective groups of the received signals to be provided to at least one coverage zone, sorting the digital data streams by bandwidth of the digital data streams from largest to smallest, assigning a digital data stream having the largest bandwidth to a first communication transport link coupled to the at least one coverage zone, selecting an unassigned digital data stream having a next largest bandwidth, analyzing a remaining available bandwidth of the first communication transport link and a number of digital data streams assigned to the first communication transport link, determining, based on analyzing the remaining available bandwidth, that the digital data stream having the next largest bandwidth is to be provided on a second communication transport link coupled to the at least one coverage zone, and assigning the digital data stream having the next largest bandwidth to the second communication transport link; and outputting the configuration plan.
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