Digital distributed antenna systems and methods for advanced cellular communication protocols
First Claim
1. A digital distributed antenna system, the system comprising:
- a host unit;
a plurality of remote antenna units each communicatively coupled to the host unit, wherein a downlink digitized RF signal is transported from the host unit to the plurality of remote antenna units, and wherein the remote antenna units are each configured to generate an over-the-air analog RF signal via an antenna from the downlink digitized RF signal; and
a localized signal conditioning and control module that extracts from a first digitized RF signal at least one data stream and converts the at least one data stream to baseband data stored in a memory.
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Abstract
Digital distributed antenna systems and methods for advanced cellular communication protocols are provided. In one embodiment, a digital distributed antenna system comprises: a host unit; a plurality of communication links; a plurality of remote antenna units each coupled to the host unit by one of the plurality of communication links, wherein the communication links transport a downlink digitized RF signal from the host unit to the plurality of remote antenna units, and wherein the remote antenna units are each configured to generate an over-the-air analog RF signal via an antenna from the downlink digitized RF signal; and a localized signal conditioning and control module that extracts from a first digitized RF signal at least one data stream and converts the at least one data stream to baseband data stored in a memory.
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22 Claims
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1. A digital distributed antenna system, the system comprising:
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a host unit; a plurality of remote antenna units each communicatively coupled to the host unit, wherein a downlink digitized RF signal is transported from the host unit to the plurality of remote antenna units, and wherein the remote antenna units are each configured to generate an over-the-air analog RF signal via an antenna from the downlink digitized RF signal; and a localized signal conditioning and control module that extracts from a first digitized RF signal at least one data stream and converts the at least one data stream to baseband data stored in a memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for a digital distributed antenna system, the digital distributed antenna system including a host unit, and a plurality of remote antenna units each communicatively coupled to the host unit, wherein a downlink digitized RF signal is transported from the host unit to the plurality of remote antenna units, and wherein the remote antenna units are each configured to generate an over-the-air analog RF signal via an antenna from the downlink digitized RF signal, the method comprising:
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receiving a digitized RF signal at a localized signal conditioning and control module associated with a first remote antenna unit of the plurality of remote antenna units; with the localized signal conditioning and control module; extracting from the digitized RF signal at least one data stream; down-converting the at least one data stream to baseband data; storing the baseband data in a memory; and generating an up-converted stream of digital RF data from the baseband data in the memory. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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