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。

公开(公告)号：US12052050B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-30

申请号：US18176334

申请日：2023-02-28

Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLC

Inventor： Philip M. Wala ,  Alfons Dussmann ,  Thomas Kummetz ,  Massimiliano Mini ,  Dean Zavadsky

IPC: H04B1/525 ,  H01Q1/52 ,  H04B1/44 ,  H04B1/48 ,  H04B7/0413 ,  H04B17/12 ,  H04L5/14

CPC classification number: H04B1/525 ,  H01Q1/523 ,  H04B1/44 ,  H04B1/48 ,  H04B7/0413 ,  H04B17/12 ,  H04L5/1461

Abstract: In an embodiment, a remote antenna unit includes a transmitter, a receiver, an antenna, a first interference circuit, and a second interference circuit. The transmitter is configured to generate a transmit signal, and the receiver configured to process a receive signal. The antenna is coupled to the transmitter and the receiver and is configured to radiate a downlink signal in response to the transmit signal and generate the receive signal in response to an uplink signal. The first interference circuit is coupled to the transmitter and the receiver and is configured to receive an analog signal from the transmitter. The second interference circuit coupled to the transmitter and the receiver. The first interference circuit and the second interference circuit are configured to reduce, in the receive signal, interference caused by the transmit signal and/or at least one downlink signal radiated by an antenna.

公开(公告)号：US10855338B2

公开(公告)日：2020-12-01

申请号：US16030642

申请日：2018-07-09

Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLC

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

IPC: H04B7/024 ,  H04B7/26 ,  H03J7/04 ,  H04W16/28 ,  H01Q1/24 ,  H04W24/00 ,  H04W88/08 ,  H04W56/00 ,  H04B1/40

Abstract: A distributed antenna system (DAS) includes: a base station network interface; and a remote antenna unit communicatively coupled to the first base station interface, the remote antenna unit including an antenna. The remote antenna unit configured to: receive a radio frequency band signal from a subscriber unit; convert the radio frequency band signal into a data stream; and communicate the data stream with the first base station network interface. The first base station network interface is configured to: convert the data stream or a signal derived from the data stream into a communication signal, wherein a mater reference clock is distributed between various components of the DAS to keep the various components of the DAS locked to a single clock; and communicate the communication signal and the master reference clock to an external device, the external device configured to lock its clock to the master reference clock.

公开(公告)号：USRE48157E1

公开(公告)日：2020-08-11

申请号：US15423757

申请日：2017-02-03

Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLC

Inventor： Jeffrey J. Cannon ,  Dean Zavadsky ,  Philip M. Wala

IPC: H04J3/00 ,  H04L27/00 ,  H04L27/144 ,  H04L27/233 ,  H04W88/08

Abstract: Systems and methods for improved digital RF transport in a DAS are provided. In one embodiment, a transceiver comprises: a receive path circuit including an RF reception interface coupled to an ADC, the ADC receiving a down-converted analog RF spectrum from the RF reception interface and producing a digitized RF spectrum at an input sampling rate; a logic device receiving the digitized RF spectrum and producing a first set of baseband data samples at a first sampling rate, corresponding to a first spectral region of the analog RF spectrum and a second set of baseband data samples at a second sampling rate, corresponding to a second spectral region of the analog RF spectrum. The logic device maps the first set and second sets of baseband data samples to a respective first set and second set of timeslots of a serial data stream transport frame.

公开(公告)号：US20180323831A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-08

申请号：US16030642

申请日：2018-07-09

Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLC

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

IPC: H04B7/024 ,  H04W88/08 ,  H04W16/28 ,  H03J7/04 ,  H04W24/00 ,  H01Q1/24 ,  H04B7/26 ,  H04B1/40 ,  H04W56/00

CPC classification number: H04B7/024 ,  H01Q1/246 ,  H03J7/04 ,  H04B1/40 ,  H04B7/26 ,  H04W16/28 ,  H04W24/00 ,  H04W56/00 ,  H04W88/08

Abstract: A distributed antenna system (DAS) includes: a base station network interface; and a remote antenna unit communicatively coupled to the first base station interface, the remote antenna unit including an antenna. The remote antenna unit configured to: receive a radio frequency band signal from a subscriber unit; convert the radio frequency band signal into a data stream; and communicate the data stream with the first base station network interface. The first base station network interface is configured to: convert the data stream or a signal derived from the data stream into a communication signal, wherein a mater reference clock is distributed between various components of the DAS to keep the various components of the DAS locked to a single clock; and communicate the communication signal and the master reference clock to an external device, the external device configured to lock its clock to the master reference clock.

公开(公告)号：US10090902B2

公开(公告)日：2018-10-02

申请号：US15483706

申请日：2017-04-10

Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLC

Inventor： Philip M. Wala

IPC: H04B7/06 ,  H04B17/382 ,  H04W88/08

Abstract: One embodiment is directed towards a distributed antenna system (DAS). The DAS includes a host unit a plurality of remote units communicatively coupled to the host unit. The plurality of remote units are configured to implement a common arrangement of resource blocks for uplink transport signals. The host unit is configured to instruct a subset of the plurality of remote units to send a digital sample stream over a monitor path of their respective uplink transport signals. One or more simulcast modules are configured to sum the monitor paths from the respective uplink transport signals to generate a summed digital sample stream, the one or more simulcast modules configured to send the summed digital sample stream to the host unit. The host unit is configured to provide a signal based on the summed digital sample stream to one or more signal analysis modules.

公开(公告)号：US10020850B2

公开(公告)日：2018-07-10

申请号：US14187115

申请日：2014-02-21

Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLC

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

IPC: H04B1/06 ,  H04B7/00 ,  H04B15/00 ,  H04M1/00 ,  G01R31/08 ,  G06F11/00 ,  G08C15/00 ,  H04J1/16 ,  H04J3/14 ,  H04L1/00 ,  H04L12/26 ,  H04W4/00 ,  H04B7/02 ,  H04L1/02 ,  H04L7/00 ,  H04B7/024 ,  H04B7/26 ,  H04W24/00 ,  H03J7/04 ,  H04W16/28 ,  H04W88/08 ,  H01Q1/24 ,  H04W56/00 ,  H04B1/40

CPC classification number: H04B7/024 ,  H01Q1/246 ,  H03J7/04 ,  H04B1/40 ,  H04B7/26 ,  H04W16/28 ,  H04W24/00 ,  H04W56/00 ,  H04W88/08

Abstract: A distributed antenna system (DAS) includes: first base station network interface unit that receives first downlink signals from first external device and converts them into first downlink data stream; second base station network interface unit that receives second downlink signals from second external device and them into second downlink data stream; first remote antenna unit communicatively coupled to first base station network interface unit that receives at least one of first downlink data stream and first downlink signal derived from first downlink data stream. First remote antenna unit has first radio frequency converter configured to convert at least one of first downlink data stream and first downlink signal derived from first downlink data stream into first radio frequency band signal and first radio frequency antenna that transmits first radio frequency band signal to first subscriber unit. DAS is configured to transmit a master reference clock to the first external device.

公开(公告)号：US09621246B2

公开(公告)日：2017-04-11

申请号：US14932525

申请日：2015-11-04

Applicant: CommScope Technologies LLC

Inventor： Philip M. Wala

IPC: H04B7/06 ,  H04B7/02 ,  H04W24/06 ,  H04W88/08 ,  H04B7/024

CPC classification number: H04B7/0613 ,  H04B7/024 ,  H04B7/0608 ,  H04B7/0684 ,  H04B7/0691 ,  H04B7/0697 ,  H04B17/17 ,  H04B17/382 ,  H04W24/06 ,  H04W88/085

Abstract: One embodiment is directed towards a distributed antenna system (DAS). The DAS includes a host unit a plurality of remote units communicatively coupled to the host unit. The plurality of remote units are configured to implement a common arrangement of resource blocks for uplink transport signals. The host unit is configured to instruct a subset of the plurality of remote units to send a digital sample stream over a monitor path of their respective uplink transport signals. One or more simulcast modules are configured to sum the monitor paths from the respective uplink transport signals to generate a summed digital sample stream, the one or more simulcast modules configured to send the summed digital sample stream to the host unit. The host unit is configured to provide a signal based on the summed digital sample stream to one or more signal analysis modules.

公开(公告)号：US09504039B2

公开(公告)日：2016-11-22

申请号：US14851391

申请日：2015-09-11

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

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：US20160234832A1

公开(公告)日：2016-08-11

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: H04W72/04 ,  H04B1/04

CPC classification number: H04W72/0413 ,  H04B1/0475 ,  H04B1/40 ,  H04W88/085

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.

Abstract translation: 用于将来自下游设备的上行链路下行信号与上游设备接口的信号接口单元包括：至少一个上行接口，被配置为将主上行链路上行信号和至少一个仿真分集上行链路上行信号传送到上游设备; 下游接口，被配置为从下游设备接收上行链路下行信号; 其中所述信号接口单元被配置为将所述上行链路下行信号转换成所述主上行链路上行信号; 其中所述信号接口单元还被配置为从所述主上行链路上行链路上行信号和所述上行链路下行信号中的至少一个生成所述至少一个仿真分集上行链路上行信号。