High efficiency, remotely reconfigurable remote radio head unit system and method for wireless communications
First Claim
1. A method performed by a system including a radio frequency input path, a baseband input path, and an optical input path, the method comprising:
- receiving an input signal from the radio frequency input path, the baseband input path, or the optical input path;
providing the input signal to a digital processor;
receiving, at each of a plurality of power amplifiers, the input signal from the digital processor;
amplifying, at each of the plurality of power amplifiers, the input signal to produce an output that includes an amplified representation of the received input signal;
providing a plurality of feedback paths connected to the output of each of the plurality of power amplifiers, wherein each feedback path in the plurality of feedback paths provides a feedback signal;
selecting a feedback path from the plurality of feedback paths having a feedback signal associated with a power amplifier of the plurality of power amplifiers for connection to digital processor;
determining, by the digital processor, a calibration to apply to the power amplifier based on the feedback signal; and
calibrating the power amplifier.
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Abstract
A remote radio head unit (RRU) system is disclosed. The present invention is based on the method of adaptive digital predistortion to linearize a power amplifier inside the RRU. The power amplifier characteristics such as variation of linearity and asymmetric distortion of the amplifier output signal are monitored by a wideband feedback path and controlled by the adaptation algorithm in a digital module. Therefore, embodiments of the present invention can compensate for the nonlinearities as well as memory effects of the power amplifier systems and also improve performance, in terms of power added efficiency, adjacent channel leakage ratio and peak-to-average power ratio. The present disclosure enables a power amplifier system to be field reconfigurable and support multi-modulation schemes (modulation agnostic), multi-carriers, multi-frequency bands and multi-channels. Consequentially, the remote radio head system is particularly suitable for wireless transmission systems, such as base-stations, repeaters, and indoor signal coverage systems.
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21 Claims
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1. A method performed by a system including a radio frequency input path, a baseband input path, and an optical input path, the method comprising:
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receiving an input signal from the radio frequency input path, the baseband input path, or the optical input path; providing the input signal to a digital processor; receiving, at each of a plurality of power amplifiers, the input signal from the digital processor; amplifying, at each of the plurality of power amplifiers, the input signal to produce an output that includes an amplified representation of the received input signal; providing a plurality of feedback paths connected to the output of each of the plurality of power amplifiers, wherein each feedback path in the plurality of feedback paths provides a feedback signal; selecting a feedback path from the plurality of feedback paths having a feedback signal associated with a power amplifier of the plurality of power amplifiers for connection to digital processor; determining, by the digital processor, a calibration to apply to the power amplifier based on the feedback signal; and calibrating the power amplifier. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A multiple-channel remote radio head unit for wireless communications comprising:
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a radio frequency input path; a baseband input path; an optical input path; a digital processor configured to receive an input signal from the radio frequency input path, the baseband input path, or the optical input path; a plurality of power amplifiers, each receiving the input signal and each providing as an output an amplified representation of the received input signal, wherein the input signal is received from the digital processor; a plurality of feedback paths connected to an output of each of the plurality of power amplifiers, wherein each feedback path in the plurality of feedback paths provides a feedback signal; the digital processor for processing signals, wherein the digital processor is connected to the plurality of power amplifiers; and a feedback switch for selecting one of the feedback signals associated with a power amplifier of the plurality of power amplifiers for connection to the digital processor to calibrate the power amplifier. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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