Autonomous proximity-based standby mode switching remote antenna unit
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1. A Broadband wireless mobile communication system for a high speed mobile transportation corridor comprising:
- a base station;
a distributed antenna radio over fiber system connected to the base station and including remote antenna units distributed along the corridor;
wherein at least one of the remote antenna units is an autonomous sensing remote antenna unit structured so as toggle between standby and active modes in response to locally sensed presence of one or both of a mobile transceiver and a vehicle along the corridor and wherein the autonomous sensing remote antenna unit includes lasers and photodetectors which are unpowered in the standby mode and powered in the active mode.
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Abstract
A broadband wireless mobile communication system for high a speed mobile transportation corridor and methods for operating such a system are disclosed, including a base station and remote antenna units distributed along the corridor and sectors of the respective base station communicating with the base station via radio over fiber. An autonomous sensing remote antenna unit structured is used as one or more of the remote antenna units, which toggles between standby and active modes in response to locally sensed presence of one or both of a mobile transceiver and a vehicle along the corridor.
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1. A Broadband wireless mobile communication system for a high speed mobile transportation corridor comprising:
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a base station; a distributed antenna radio over fiber system connected to the base station and including remote antenna units distributed along the corridor; wherein at least one of the remote antenna units is an autonomous sensing remote antenna unit structured so as toggle between standby and active modes in response to locally sensed presence of one or both of a mobile transceiver and a vehicle along the corridor and wherein the autonomous sensing remote antenna unit includes lasers and photodetectors which are unpowered in the standby mode and powered in the active mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of operating a broadband wireless mobile communication system for high a speed mobile transportation corridor comprising:
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providing a base station; providing a distributed antenna system connected to the base station and including remote antenna units distributed along the corridor; sensing, at the respective remote antenna units, the presence and/or absence of one or both of a mobile wireless transceiver and a vehicle along the corridor within the operating area of the respective remote antenna unit; and toggling the remote antenna units between standby and active modes in response to a locally sensed presence of one or both of a mobile transceiver and a vehicle along the corridor, the remote antenna units including lasers and photodetectors which are unpowered in the standby mode and powered in the active mode. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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