REMOTE RADIO HEADS HAVING WIRELESS JUMPER CONNECTIONS AND RELATED EQUIPMENT, SYSTEMS AND METHODS
First Claim
1. A trunk cable assembly for a cellular base station, comprising:
- a trunk cable that includes a conductive power cable and a fiber optic data cable;
a trunk cable termination that is directly attached to the trunk cable, the trunk cable termination including;
an enclosure;
a wireless power unit that is electrically connected to the conductive power cable;
an optical-to-electrical converter that is coupled to an optical fiber of the fiber optic data cable; and
a wireless transceiver that is coupled to an output of the optical-to-electrical converter,wherein the wireless power unit, the optical-to-electrical converter and the wireless transceiver are at least partly within the enclosure.
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Abstract
Methods of operating a cellular radio are provided in which a first power supply signal is transmitted from a power supply to a wireless power unit at least in part over a power cable. A second power supply signal is wirelessly transmitted from the wireless power unit to the cellular radio to power the cellular radio. Data is transmitted from a baseband unit that is associated with the cellular radio to a wireless transceiver at least in part over a data cable. This data is wirelessly transmitted from the wireless transceiver to the cellular radio. The data is then transmitted through an antenna that is coupled to the cellular radio.
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15 Claims
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1. A trunk cable assembly for a cellular base station, comprising:
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a trunk cable that includes a conductive power cable and a fiber optic data cable; a trunk cable termination that is directly attached to the trunk cable, the trunk cable termination including; an enclosure; a wireless power unit that is electrically connected to the conductive power cable; an optical-to-electrical converter that is coupled to an optical fiber of the fiber optic data cable; and a wireless transceiver that is coupled to an output of the optical-to-electrical converter, wherein the wireless power unit, the optical-to-electrical converter and the wireless transceiver are at least partly within the enclosure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A trunk cable assembly, comprising:
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a trunk cable that includes a conductive power cable; a trunk cable termination that is connected to the trunk cable and that is part of the trunk cable assembly, the trunk cable termination including; a first enclosure; a plurality of flexible extensions extending from the first enclosure, each flexible extension comprising a cable segment having a respective second enclosure, each second enclosure including a wireless power unit. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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