公开(公告)号：US20210083726A1

公开(公告)日：2021-03-18

申请号：US17107531

申请日：2020-11-30

Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLC

Inventor： Philip M. Wala ,  Dean Zavadsky ,  Jody Forland ,  Jeffrey J. Cannon ,  John M. Hedin

IPC: H04B7/024 ,  H04B7/26 ,  H04W24/00 ,  H03J7/04 ,  H04W16/28 ,  H04W88/08 ,  H01Q1/24

Abstract: A network interface for use within a distributed antenna system, the network interface including circuitry configured to: receive a downlink digital communication signal from an external device external to the distributed antenna system, wherein a reference clock is embedded in the downlink digital communication signal; generate a master reference clock for the distributed antenna system using the reference clock embedded in the downlink digital communication signal; convert the downlink digital communication signal into a downlink signal; communicate the downlink signal toward a remote antenna unit within the distributed antenna system; and wherein the distributed antenna system is configured to distribute the master reference clock to various components of the distributed antenna system to keep the various components of the distributed antenna system locked to a single clock, wherein the various components of the distributed antenna system include the remote antenna unit.

公开(公告)号：US10334572B2

公开(公告)日：2019-06-25

申请号：US15016592

申请日：2016-02-05

Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLC

Inventor： Thomas G. Hebert ,  Jeffrey J. Cannon ,  Dean Zavadsky ,  Philip M. Wala ,  Jody Forland

IPC: H04B1/04 ,  H04B1/40 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W88/08

Abstract: A signal interface unit for interfacing uplink downstream signals from a downstream device with an upstream device includes at least one upstream interface configured to communicate a primary uplink upstream signal and at least one emulated-diversity uplink upstream signal to an upstream device; a downstream interface configured to receive an uplink downstream signal from a downstream device; wherein the signal interface unit is configured to convert the uplink downstream signal into the primary uplink upstream signal; wherein the signal interface unit is further configured to generate the at least one emulated-diversity uplink upstream signal from at least one of the primary uplink upstream signal and the uplink downstream signal.

公开(公告)号：US20180375581A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-27

申请号：US16116515

申请日：2018-08-29

Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLC

Inventor： Larry G. Fischer ,  Jody Forland

IPC: H04B10/2575 ,  H04W72/04

Abstract: Digital distributed antenna systems and methods for advanced cellular communication protocols are provided. In one embodiment, a digital distributed antenna system comprises: a host unit; a plurality of remote antenna units each communicatively coupled to the host unit, wherein a first digitized RF signal comprising a plurality of data streams is communicated between the host unit and a first remote antenna unit of the plurality of remote antenna units; and a signal conditioning and control module that converts an original version of at least a first data stream to baseband data, wherein the signal conditioning and control module replaces the original version of the first data stream in the first digitized RF signal with a modified version of the first data stream by modifying data derived from the baseband data.

公开(公告)号：US20170126289A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-04

申请号：US15357617

申请日：2016-11-21

Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLC

Inventor： Larry G. Fischer ,  Philip M. Wala ,  Dean Zavadsky ,  Lance K. Uyehara ,  Jody Forland

IPC: H04B7/04 ,  H04W72/04

CPC classification number: H04B7/04 ,  H04B7/0413 ,  H04H20/79 ,  H04J3/00 ,  H04N21/2385 ,  H04W72/0453 ,  H04W88/085

Abstract: A distributed base station radio system includes first channelized to broadband conversion unit that receives first downlink channelized data for first radio frequency band from first channelized radio frequency source; and first universal remote radio head communicatively coupled to first channelized to broadband conversion unit. First channelized to broadband conversion unit converts first downlink channelized data into a first downlink broadband signal. First channelized to broadband conversion unit communicates the first downlink broadband signal to first universal remote radio head. First universal remote radio head receives first downlink broadband signal. First universal remote radio head frequency converts the first downlink broadband signal into first downlink radio frequency signals in first radio frequency band. First universal remote radio head is further configured to transmit first downlink radio frequency signals in first radio frequency band to first subscriber unit.

公开(公告)号：US10567044B2

公开(公告)日：2020-02-18

申请号：US16188256

申请日：2018-11-12

Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLC

Inventor： Larry G. Fischer ,  Philip M. Wala ,  Dean Zavadsky ,  Lance K. Uyehara ,  Jody Forland

IPC: H04B7/04 ,  H04J3/00 ,  H04N21/2385 ,  H04H20/79 ,  H04W88/08 ,  H04B7/0413 ,  H04W72/04

Abstract: A distributed base station radio system includes a first radio head configured to: communicate first analog radio frequency signals in a first radio frequency band with a first subscriber unit; convert between the first analog radio frequency signals in the first radio frequency band and a first digital broadband signal through at least one of frequency conversion and analog to digital conversion; a first broadband to channelized conversion unit communicatively coupled to the first radio head and configured to communicate the first digital broadband signal with the first broadband to channelized conversion unit; wherein the first broadband to channelized conversion unit is further configured to: communicate the first digital broadband signal; convert between the first digital broadband signal and first digital channelized data for the first radio frequency band; and communicate the first digital channelized data for the first radio frequency band with a first channelized radio frequency interface.

公开(公告)号：US10128918B2

公开(公告)日：2018-11-13

申请号：US15357617

申请日：2016-11-21

Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLC

Inventor： Larry G. Fischer ,  Philip M. Wala ,  Dean Zavadsky ,  Lance K. Uyehara ,  Jody Forland

IPC: H04J3/00 ,  H04W88/08 ,  H04H20/79 ,  H04N21/2385 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04B7/04 ,  H04B7/0413

Abstract: A distributed base station radio system includes first channelized to broadband conversion unit that receives first downlink channelized data for first radio frequency band from first channelized radio frequency source; and first universal remote radio head communicatively coupled to first channelized to broadband conversion unit. First channelized to broadband conversion unit converts first downlink channelized data into a first downlink broadband signal. First channelized to broadband conversion unit communicates the first downlink broadband signal to first universal remote radio head. First universal remote radio head receives first downlink broadband signal. First universal remote radio head frequency converts the first downlink broadband signal into first downlink radio frequency signals in first radio frequency band. First universal remote radio head is further configured to transmit first downlink radio frequency signals in first radio frequency band to first subscriber unit.

公开(公告)号：US10075243B2

公开(公告)日：2018-09-11

申请号：US15642016

申请日：2017-07-05

Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLC

Inventor： Larry G. Fischer ,  Jody Forland

IPC: H04B10/00 ,  H04B10/2575 ,  H04W72/04 ,  H04W88/08

CPC classification number: H04B10/25752 ,  H04B7/2606 ,  H04W72/0413 ,  H04W72/042 ,  H04W88/085

Abstract: Digital distributed antenna systems and methods for advanced cellular communication protocols are provided. In one embodiment, a digital distributed antenna system comprises: a host unit; a plurality of remote antenna units each communicatively coupled to the host unit, wherein a downlink digitized RF signal is transported from the host unit to at least one of the plurality of remote antenna units, and wherein the at least one of the remote antenna units is configured to generate an analog RF signal from the downlink digitized RF signal; and a signal conditioning and control module that extracts from a first digitized RF signal at least one data stream and converts the at least one data stream to baseband data.

公开(公告)号：US20160373232A1

公开(公告)日：2016-12-22

申请号：US15256216

申请日：2016-09-02

Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLC

Inventor： Dean Zavadsky ,  Jody Forland ,  Larry G. Fischer ,  Philip M. Wala

IPC: H04L5/00 ,  H04W72/12

CPC classification number: H04L5/0085 ,  H04J3/04 ,  H04J3/16 ,  H04W72/12

Abstract: A serial link interface unit includes serialized data stream interfaces configured to receive a serialized data stream having a data rate and set of timeslots; an aggregate serialized data stream interface configured to communicate an aggregate serialized data stream having aggregate data rate and plurality of aggregate timeslot sets each coming sequentially in time, wherein a second aggregate timeslot set comes after a first aggregate timeslot set; and wherein the serial link interface unit interleaves data from the different serialized data streams received at the plurality of first interfaces by mapping data from a first timeslot from each different serialized data stream to the first aggregate timeslot set in the aggregate serialized data stream and mapping data from a second timeslot from each different serialized data stream to the second aggregate timeslot set in the aggregate serialized data stream.

Abstract translation: 串行链路接口单元包括被配置为接收具有数据速率和时隙集合的串行数据流的串行数据流接口; 聚合序列化数据流接口，被配置为传送具有聚合数据速率和多个聚合时隙集合的聚合序列化数据流，每个聚合时隙集合在时间上顺序地进行，其中第二聚合时隙集合在第一聚合时隙集合之后; 并且其中所述串行链路接口单元通过将来自每个不同序列化数据流的第一时隙的数据映射到所述聚合序列化数据流中设置的所述第一聚合时隙并映射数据，从而在所述多个第一接口处接收的不同序列化数据流中的数据进行交织 从第二时隙从每个不同的序列化数据流到在聚合序列化数据流中设置的第二聚合时隙。