Bitrate efficient transport through distributed antenna systems
First Claim
1. An antenna unit comprising:
- a transport physical layer processor configured to receive a downlink transport data stream from an upstream device and to convert the downlink transport data stream into downlink transport medium access control layer protocol data units;
a medium access control layer processor configured to convert the downlink transport medium access control layer protocol data units into downlink radio access technology medium access control layer protocol data units;
a radio access technology physical layer processor configured to generate a downlink radio access technology physical layer signal from the downlink radio access technology medium access control layer protocol data units; and
a radio frequency conversion module configured to convert the downlink radio access technology physical layer signal into radio frequency signals for communication using an antenna;
wherein communication between the upstream device and the antenna unit using the downlink transport data stream having the downlink transport medium access control layer protocol data units has a lower data rate than would communication between the upstream device and the antenna unit using the downlink radio access technology physical layer signal having the downlink radio access technology medium access control layer protocol data units.
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Abstract
An antenna unit includes a transport Layer 1 processor configured to receive a downlink transport Layer 1 data stream from an upstream device and to convert the downlink transport Layer 1 data stream into downlink transport Layer 2 protocol data units in a downlink transport Layer 2; a Layer 2 processor configured to convert the downlink transport Layer 2 protocol data units in the downlink transport Layer 2 into downlink radio access technology Layer 2 protocol data units in a radio access technology Layer 2; a radio access technology Layer 1 processor configured to generate a downlink radio access technology Layer 1 signal from the downlink radio access technology Layer 2 protocol data units in the radio access technology Layer 2; and a radio frequency conversion module configured to convert the downlink radio access technology Layer 1 signal into radio frequency signals for communication using an antenna.
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31 Claims
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1. An antenna unit comprising:
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a transport physical layer processor configured to receive a downlink transport data stream from an upstream device and to convert the downlink transport data stream into downlink transport medium access control layer protocol data units; a medium access control layer processor configured to convert the downlink transport medium access control layer protocol data units into downlink radio access technology medium access control layer protocol data units; a radio access technology physical layer processor configured to generate a downlink radio access technology physical layer signal from the downlink radio access technology medium access control layer protocol data units; and a radio frequency conversion module configured to convert the downlink radio access technology physical layer signal into radio frequency signals for communication using an antenna; wherein communication between the upstream device and the antenna unit using the downlink transport data stream having the downlink transport medium access control layer protocol data units has a lower data rate than would communication between the upstream device and the antenna unit using the downlink radio access technology physical layer signal having the downlink radio access technology medium access control layer protocol data units. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An antenna unit comprising:
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a radio frequency conversion module configured to convert radio frequency signals received using an antenna into an uplink radio access technology physical layer signal; a radio access technology physical layer processor configured to generate uplink radio access technology medium access control layer protocol data units from the uplink radio access technology physical layer signal; a medium access control layer processor configured to convert the uplink radio access technology medium access control layer protocol data units into uplink transport medium access control layer protocol data units; and a transport physical layer processor configured to convert uplink transport medium access control layer protocol data units into an uplink transport data stream and to communicate the uplink transport data stream to an upstream device; wherein communication between the antenna unit and the upstream device using the uplink transport data stream having the uplink transport medium access control layer protocol data units has a lower data rate than would communication between the antenna unit and the upstream device using the uplink radio access technology physical layer signal having the uplink radio access technology medium access control layer protocol data units. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system comprising:
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a radio access network interface; at least one remote antenna unit communicatively coupled to the radio access network interface across a first communication link; wherein the radio access network interface is configured to communicate a downlink transport data stream to the at least one remote antenna unit across the first communication link; wherein the at least one remote antenna unit is configured to; receive the downlink transport data stream from the radio access network interface; convert the downlink transport data stream into downlink transport medium access control layer protocol data units; convert the downlink transport medium access control layer protocol data units into downlink radio access technology medium access control layer protocol data units; generate a downlink radio access technology physical layer signal from the downlink radio access technology medium access control layer protocol data units; and convert the downlink radio access technology physical layer signal into radio frequency signals for communication using an antenna; wherein communication between the radio access network interface and the at least one remote antenna unit using the downlink transport data stream having the downlink transport medium access control layer protocol data units has a lower data rate than would communication between the radio access network interface and the antenna unit using the downlink radio access technology physical layer signal having the downlink radio access technology medium access control layer protocol data units. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system comprising:
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a radio access network interface; at least one remote antenna unit communicatively coupled to the radio access network interface across a first communication link; wherein the radio access network interface is configured to receive an uplink transport data stream from the at least one remote antenna unit across the first communication link; wherein the at least one remote antenna unit is configured to; convert radio frequency signals received using an antenna into an uplink radio access technology physical layer signal; generate uplink radio access technology medium access control layer protocol data units from the uplink radio access technology physical layer signal; convert the uplink radio access technology medium access control layer protocol data units into uplink transport medium access control layer protocol data units; convert the uplink transport medium access control layer protocol data units into an uplink transport data stream; communicate the uplink transport data stream to the radio access network interface; wherein communication between the at least one remote antenna unit and the radio access network interface using the uplink transport data stream having the uplink transport medium access control layer protocol data units has a lower data rate than would communication between the at least one remote antenna unit and the radio access network interface using the uplink radio access technology physical layer signal having the uplink radio access technology medium access control layer protocol data units. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method for efficiently transporting wireless network information though a system, comprising:
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receiving a downlink transport data stream from an upstream device at a remote antenna unit; converting the downlink transport data stream into downlink transport medium access control layer protocol data units at the remote antenna unit; converting the downlink transport medium access control layer protocol data units into downlink radio access technology medium access control layer protocol data units at the remote antenna unit; generating a downlink radio access technology physical layer signal from the downlink radio access technology medium access control layer protocol data units at the remote antenna unit; and converting the downlink radio access technology physical layer signal into radio frequency signals for communication using an antenna at the remote antenna unit; wherein communication between the upstream device and the remote antenna unit using the downlink transport data stream having the downlink transport medium access control layer protocol data units has a lower data rate than would communication between the upstream device and the remote antenna unit using the downlink radio access technology physical layer signal having the downlink radio access technology medium access control layer protocol data units. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28)
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29. A method for efficiently transporting wireless network information through a system, comprising:
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converting radio frequency signals received using an antenna at a remote antenna unit into a uplink radio access technology physical layer signal at the remote antenna unit; generating uplink radio access technology medium access control layer protocol data units from the uplink radio access technology physical layer signal at the remote antenna unit; converting the uplink radio access technology medium access control layer protocol data units into uplink transport medium access control layer protocol data units at the remote antenna unit; converting the uplink transport medium access control layer protocol data units into an uplink transport data stream at the remote antenna unit; and communicating the uplink transport data stream to an upstream device at the remote antenna unit; wherein communication between the remote antenna unit and the upstream device using the uplink transport data stream having the uplink transport medium access control layer protocol data units has a lower data rate than would communication between the remote antenna unit and the upstream device using the uplink radio access technology physical layer signal having the uplink radio access technology medium access control layer protocol data units. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31)
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