Radio base station

• US 6,751,479 B1
• Filed: 12/14/2000
• Issued: 06/15/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Knight, Clifford Lee
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Lee
• Application Number:
  US09/738,057
• Time in Patent Office: 1,279 Days
• Field of Search: 455/561, 455/90.3, 455/347, 455/66.1, 361/694, 361/695, 361/696, 361/697, 165/104.33, 165/121, 165/122, 165/159, 165/244
• US Class Current: 455/560
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/036 Cooling arrangements

Abstract

A radio base station having a cabinet and a fan. The cabinet houses wireless communication equipment, and the fan cools the wireless communication equipment. The radio base station also includes at least one vent substantially perpendicular to air flow through the fan. This substantially perpendicularly arranged vent reduces atmospheric/ocean breezes from entering the radio base station and overheating the wireless communication equipment. The radio base station may also include at least one louvered vent having an open position and a closed position, the open position flowing air to or from the fan, and the closed position reducing the flow of air to or from the fan. The wireless communication equipment transmits frequencies between 806-960 MHz, between 1710-1885 MHz, or between 2500-2690 MHz.

Claims

1. A radio base station, comprising:

a cabinet housing wireless communication equipment;

a fan cooling the wireless communication equipment; and

a vent substantially perpendicular to air flow through the fan, the vent including an array of hinged louvers, each of the hinged louvers being hinged to open or close based on a direction of air flow through the fan.

2. A radio base station according to claim 1, wherein the radio base station includes more than one vent substantially perpendicular to air flow through the fan.

3. A radio base station according to claim 1, wherein each of the hinged louvers is hinged to open for flowing air to or from the fan in one direction, and is hinged to close for reducing the flow of air to or from the fan when air flows in an opposite direction.

4. A radio base station according to claim 1, further including a hood containing the vent.

5. A radio base station according to claim 1, wherein the fan is a component of a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning system.

6. A radio base station according to claim 1, wherein the wireless communication equipment transmits frequencies between 806-960 MHz.

7. A radio base station according to claim 1, wherein the wireless communication equipment transmits frequencies between 1710-1855 MHz.

8. A radio base station according to claim 1, wherein the wireless communication equipment transmits frequencies between 2500-2690 MHz.

9. A radio base station according to claim 1, wherein the wireless communication equipment transmits frequencies between 2.4 GHz-2.5 GHz.

10. A radio base station, comprising:

a cabinet housing wireless communication equipment;

a fan cooling the wireless communication equipment; and

at least one louvered vent, wherein the vent includes an array of hinged louvers, each of the louvers is hinged to open for allowing air flow in one direction in the fan, and each of the louvers is hinged to close for preventing atmospheric and ocean breezes from free spinning the fan, when air flows in an opposite direction in the fan.

11. A radio base station according to claim 10, wherein the fan is a component of a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning system.

12. A radio base station according to claim 10, wherein the wireless communication equipment transmits frequencies between 806-960 MHz.

13. A radio base station according to claim 10, wherein the wireless communication equipment transmits frequencies between 1710-1855 MHz.

14. A radio base station according to claim 10, wherein the wireless communication equipment transmits frequencies between 2500-2690 MHz.

15. A radio base station according to claim 10, wherein the wireless communication equipment transmits frequencies between 2.4 GHz-2.5 GHz.

16. A radio base station, comprising:

a cabinet housing wireless communication equipment;

a fan cooling the wireless communication equipment; and

a hood having a vent substantially perpendicular to air flow through the fan, the vent including an array of hinged louvers, each of the hinged louvers being hinged to open or close based on a direction of air flow through the fan.

17. A radio base station according to claim 16, wherein the hood includes more than one vent substantially perpendicular to air flow through the fan.

18. A radio base station according to claim 16, wherein the wireless communication equipment transmits frequencies selected from the group consisting of 806-960 MHz, 1710-1855 MHz, 2500-2690 MHz, and 2.4-2.5 GHz.

19. A radio base station according to claim 16, wherein each of the hinged louvers is hinged to open for flowing air to or form the fan in one direction, and is hinged to close for reducing the flow of air to or from the fan when air flows in the fan in an opposite direction.