Remotely reconfigurable distributed antenna system and methods
DCFirst Claim
1. A method for routing and switching signals comprising:
- providing a plurality of remote radio units, each remote radio unit configured to transmit one or more downlink signals and to receive one or more uplink signals;
providing at least one digital access unit configured to communicate with the plurality of remote radio units;
translating the uplink and downlink signals between RF and base band;
packetizing the uplink and downlink base band signals, wherein the packetized signals correspond to a plurality of carriers, each remote radio unit configured to receive or transmit a respective subset of the plurality of carriers;
routing and switching the packetized signals among the plurality of remote radio units via the at least one digital access unit;
reconfiguring at least one of the plurality of remote radio units by increasing or decreasing the number of carriers in the respective subset of the plurality of carriers; and
thereafterrouting and switching the packetized signals among the plurality of remote radio units via the at least one digital access unit according to a result of the reconfiguring.
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Abstract
The present disclosure is a novel utility of a software defined radio (SDR) based Distributed Antenna System (DAS) that is field reconfigurable and support multi-modulation schemes (modulation-independent), multi-carriers, multi-frequency bands and multi-channels. The present disclosure enables a high degree of flexibility to manage, control, enhance, facilitate the usage and performance of a distributed wireless network such as flexible simulcast, automatic traffic load-balancing, network and radio resource optimization, network calibration, autonomous/assisted commissioning, carrier pooling, automatic frequency selection, frequency carrier placement, traffic monitoring, traffic tagging, pilot beacon, etc.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for routing and switching signals comprising:
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providing a plurality of remote radio units, each remote radio unit configured to transmit one or more downlink signals and to receive one or more uplink signals; providing at least one digital access unit configured to communicate with the plurality of remote radio units; translating the uplink and downlink signals between RF and base band; packetizing the uplink and downlink base band signals, wherein the packetized signals correspond to a plurality of carriers, each remote radio unit configured to receive or transmit a respective subset of the plurality of carriers; routing and switching the packetized signals among the plurality of remote radio units via the at least one digital access unit; reconfiguring at least one of the plurality of remote radio units by increasing or decreasing the number of carriers in the respective subset of the plurality of carriers; and
thereafterrouting and switching the packetized signals among the plurality of remote radio units via the at least one digital access unit according to a result of the reconfiguring. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for transmitting signals, comprising:
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a plurality of remote radio units; and at least one digital access unit configured to communicate with the plurality of remote radio units, wherein the plurality of remote radio units are each configured to packetize uplink signals for transmission to the at least one digital access unit, and the at least one digital access unit is configured to packetize downlink signals for transmission to the plurality of remote radio units, wherein the packetized signals correspond to a plurality of carriers, and each of the plurality of remote radio units is configured to receive or transmit a respective subset of the plurality of carriers, wherein during a first time period, each of the plurality of remote radio units is configured to receive or transmit the respective subset of the plurality of carriers, wherein during a second time period, at least one remote radio unit of the plurality of remote radio units is reconfigured to increase or decrease the number of carriers in a first subset of the plurality of carriers, and the at least one remote radio unit is configured to receive or transmit the first subset of the plurality of carriers according to the reconfiguration. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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