Distributed antenna system for MIMO communications
First Claim
1. A method for determining placement of a plurality of simulated antennas of a simulated distributed antenna system for handling simulated MIMO signals in a simulated environment comprising:
- at a first simulated location within the simulated environment, simulating communication of a first simulated MIMO signal by a first remote unit over a first simulated air interface in the simulated environment;
at a second simulated location within the simulated environment, simulating communication of a second simulated MIMO signal by a second remote unit over a second simulated air interface in the simulated environment;
the first simulated location and the second simulated location arranged within the simulated environment to provide overlapping simulated signal coverage of both the first simulated MIMO signal and the second simulated MIMO signal at a third simulated location in the simulated environment; and
analyzing at least a simulated imbalance of simulated received power between the first simulated MIMO signal and the second simulated MIMO signal within the simulated environment at a third simulated location in order to determine whether a desired capacity for simulated MIMO communications with the simulated distributed antenna system is achieved at the third simulated location in the simulated environment.
8 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A method and apparatus for determining placement of a plurality of antennas of a distributed antenna system for handling MIMO signals includes, at a first location, simulating the communication of a first MIMO signal by a first remote unit over an air interface in an environment and, at a second location, simulating the communication of a second MIMO signal by a second remote unit over an air interface in the environment. The first and second locations are arranged within the environment to provide overlapping signal coverage of both the first MIMO signal and the second MIMO signal at a third location in the environment. Analysis is made of at least an imbalance of received power between the first and second MIMO signals within the environment at a third location in order to determine whether a desired capacity for MIMO communications with the system has been achieved at the third location.
193 Citations
20 Claims
-
1. A method for determining placement of a plurality of simulated antennas of a simulated distributed antenna system for handling simulated MIMO signals in a simulated environment comprising:
-
at a first simulated location within the simulated environment, simulating communication of a first simulated MIMO signal by a first remote unit over a first simulated air interface in the simulated environment; at a second simulated location within the simulated environment, simulating communication of a second simulated MIMO signal by a second remote unit over a second simulated air interface in the simulated environment; the first simulated location and the second simulated location arranged within the simulated environment to provide overlapping simulated signal coverage of both the first simulated MIMO signal and the second simulated MIMO signal at a third simulated location in the simulated environment; and analyzing at least a simulated imbalance of simulated received power between the first simulated MIMO signal and the second simulated MIMO signal within the simulated environment at a third simulated location in order to determine whether a desired capacity for simulated MIMO communications with the simulated distributed antenna system is achieved at the third simulated location in the simulated environment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
-
-
9. A computing system configured to simulate determination of placement of a plurality of simulated antennas of a simulated distributed antenna system for handling simulated MIMO signals in a simulated environment, the computing system comprising:
-
at least one processor; and at least one memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor; the at least one processor configured to simulate communication of a first simulated MIMO signal from a first remote unit at a first simulated location over a first simulated air interface in the simulated environment; the at least one processor further configured to simulate communication of a second simulated MIMO signal from a second remote unit at a second simulated location over a second simulated air interface in the simulated environment; the first simulated location and the second simulated location arranged within the simulated environment to provide overlapping simulated signal coverage of both the first simulated MIMO signal and the second simulated MIMO signal at a third simulated location in the simulated environment; and the at least one processor further configured to analyze at least an imbalance of simulated received power between the first simulated MIMO signal and the second simulated MIMO signal within the simulated environment at a third simulated location in order to determine whether a desired capacity for simulated MIMO communications with the simulated distributed antenna system is achieved at the third simulated location in the simulated environment. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
-
-
19. An apparatus for simulating determination of placement of a plurality of simulated antennas of a simulated distributed antenna system for handling simulated MIMO signals in a simulated environment, the apparatus including:
-
at least one circuit configured to simulate communication of a first simulated MIMO signal from a first remote unit at a first simulated location over a first simulated air interface in the simulated environment; the at least one circuit further configured to simulate communication of a second simulated MIMO signal from a second remote unit at a second simulated location over a second simulated air interface in the simulated environment; the first simulated location and the second simulated location arranged within the simulated environment to provide overlapping simulated signal coverage of both the first simulated MIMO signal and the second simulated MIMO signal at a third simulated location in the simulated environment; and the at least one circuit further configured to analyze at least an imbalance of simulated received power between the first simulated MIMO signal and the second simulated MIMO signal within the simulated environment at a third simulated location in order to determine whether a desired capacity for simulated MIMO communications with the simulated distributed antenna system is achieved at the third simulated location in the simulated environment. - View Dependent Claims (20)
-
Specification