Systems and methods for transporting digital RF signals

    公开(公告)号:US10432437B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-10-01

    申请号:US16167315

    申请日:2018-10-22

    Abstract: A communication device for use within a communication system, the device comprising: re-sampling circuitry configured to output re-sampled digital downlink signals by re-sampling digital downlink signals at resample rates based on at least one factor, the re-sampled digital downlink signals having a smaller bandwidth than the digital downlink signals; and framing circuitry configured to multiplex the re-sampled digital downlink signals and to generate a first frame that includes the re-sampled digital downlink signals as framed data for transport to one or more remotely located communication devices of the communication system, wherein the one or more remotely located communication devices of the communication system are configured to transmit radio frequency signals using at least one antenna, wherein the transmitted radio frequency signals are derived from the framed data of the first frame received from the communication device.

    Extracting sub-bands from signals in a frequency domain

    公开(公告)号:US10326630B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-18

    申请号:US15804849

    申请日:2017-11-06

    Abstract: A unit includes circuitry configured to: receive a downlink signal; sub-divide the downlink signal into a sub-divided downlink signal having downlink signal components in a time domain, each downlink signal component corresponding to a respective sub-band; determine that at least one downlink signal component corresponds to at least one sub-band having data to be transmitted via a distributed antenna system; generate a transformed downlink signal representing the downlink signal in a frequency domain by performing a frequency transform on the downlink signal; determine that the at least one sub-band of the transformed downlink signal includes the data to be transmitted; extract the at least one sub-band from the transformed downlink signal at least in part by providing data for at least one portion of the transformed downlink signal in the frequency domain that corresponds to the at least one sub-band to the at least one remote antenna unit.

    Antenna structure for distributed antenna system

    公开(公告)号:US10249955B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-02

    申请号:US15885440

    申请日:2018-01-31

    Abstract: One embodiment discloses an antenna structure. An antenna structure comprises: a ground plane; a transmit balanced to unbalanced (BALUN) circuit comprising a first transmit connector coupled to a combined transmit port, and a second transmit connector coupled to the combined transit port; a receive BALUN circuit comprising a first receive connector coupled to a combined receive port, and a second receive connector coupled to the combined receive port; a transmit antenna element comprising a first transmit antenna sub-element coupled to the first transmit connector and a second transmit antenna sub-element coupled to the second transmit connector; a receive antenna element independent from the transmit antenna element and comprising a first receive antenna sub-element coupled to the first receive connector and a second receive antenna sub-element coupled to the second receive connector, wherein the transmit antenna element and the receive antenna element are orthogonally-polarized with respect to each other.

    SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSPORTING DIGITAL RF SIGNALS

    公开(公告)号:US20190058618A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-21

    申请号:US16167315

    申请日:2018-10-22

    CPC classification number: H04L27/0002 H04B7/04 H04L25/05 H04L27/28 H04W88/085

    Abstract: A communication device for use within a communication system, the device comprising: re-sampling circuitry configured to output re-sampled digital downlink signals by re-sampling digital downlink signals at resample rates based on at least one factor, the re-sampled digital downlink signals having a smaller bandwidth than the digital downlink signals; and framing circuitry configured to multiplex the re-sampled digital downlink signals and to generate a first frame that includes the re-sampled digital downlink signals as framed data for transport to one or more remotely located communication devices of the communication system, wherein the one or more remotely located communication devices of the communication system are configured to transmit radio frequency signals using at least one antenna, wherein the transmitted radio frequency signals are derived from the framed data of the first frame received from the communication device.

    WIDEBAND REMOTE UNIT FOR DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20180048397A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-02-15

    申请号:US15631798

    申请日:2017-06-23

    CPC classification number: H04B15/02 H04B1/525 H04W88/085

    Abstract: Certain aspects involve a wideband remote unit. The wideband remote unit can include one or more antennas and an analog-to-digital converter (“ADC”). The antenna can receive wideband signals. The wideband signals can include an uplink RF signal and a leaked downlink RF signal. The uplink RF signal can have an uplink signal power at or near a noise level. The leaked downlink RF signal can have a downlink signal power greater than the uplink signal power. The ADC can convert the received wideband signals to digital RF signals representing the uplink signal and the downlink signal. The wideband remote unit can transmit the digital RF signals to a unit of a DAS that is in communication with a base station.

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