公开(公告)号：US08599815B2

公开(公告)日：2013-12-03

申请号：US12830651

申请日：2010-07-06

申请人： Peter Deane ,  Abdelgader Legnain ,  Neil McGowan ,  Marthinus Da Silveira

发明人： Peter Deane ,  Abdelgader Legnain ,  Neil McGowan ,  Marthinus Da Silveira

IPC分类号： H04H20/67 ,  H04B7/216

CPC分类号： H04B1/40 ,  H04B1/18

摘要： A method and apparatus for processing multiple signals at a common frequency combined into a single radio frequency cable and subsequently recovering the signals without significant losses, distortion, or cross-talk. The method and apparatus includes processing multiple signals at a common frequency fed through a single radio frequency (RF) cable with or without one or more amplifiers and utilized for either forward or reverse link transmissions. The invention enables a single power amplifier to amplify multiple RF signals that occupy a common frequency channel and after amplification splitting these signals into amplified copies of the originals. The amplified signals may be sent to different antenna ports to illuminate different base station sectors if required. The signal splitting function is performed at the antenna masthead such that this method reduces the number of feeder cables running up the antenna tower by a factor of N, where N is the number of common frequency signals (e.g., the number of sectors) amplified by the single power amplifier. This invention enables a single power amplifier to simultaneously provide all the radio frequency signals necessary to feed a general N input phased array antenna system and form multiple antenna beams uniquely for several individual users simultaneously.

摘要翻译： 一种用于以合并到单个射频电缆中的共同频率处理多个信号并且随后恢复信号而没有显着损失，失真或串扰的方法和装置。 该方法和装置包括在具有或不具有一个或多个放大器的单个射频（RF）电缆馈送的公共频率处理多个信号，并用于正向或反向链路传输。 本发明使得单个功率放大器可以放大占用公共频率信道的多个RF信号，并且在将这些信号分解成原稿的放大副本之后。 如果需要，放大的信号可以被发送到不同的天线端口以照亮不同的基站扇区。 信号分离功能在天线标头上进行，使得该方法将以天线塔运行的馈电电缆的数量减少N倍，其中N是通过频率信号放大的共频率信号（例如，扇区数） 单功率放大器。 本发明使得单个功率放大器能够同时提供馈送一般N输入相控阵天线系统所必需的所有射频信号，同时为多个个体用户同时形成多个天线波束。

公开(公告)号：US07782827B2

公开(公告)日：2010-08-24

申请号：US10642649

申请日：2003-08-19

申请人： Peter Deane ,  Abdelgader Legnain ,  Neil McGowan ,  Marthinus Da Silveira

发明人： Peter Deane ,  Abdelgader Legnain ,  Neil McGowan ,  Marthinus Da Silveira

IPC分类号： H04H20/67 ,  H04B7/216

CPC分类号： H04B1/40 ,  H04B1/18

摘要： A method and apparatus for processing multiple signals at a common frequency combined into a single radio frequency cable and subsequently recovering the signals without significant losses, distortion, or cross-talk. The method and apparatus includes processing multiple signals at a common frequency fed through a single radio frequency (RF) cable with or without one or more amplifiers and utilized for either forward or reverse link transmissions. The invention enables a single power amplifier to amplify multiple RF signals that occupy a common frequency channel and after amplification splitting these signals into amplified copies of the originals. The amplified signals may be sent to different antenna ports to illuminate different base station sectors if required. The signal splitting function is performed at the antenna masthead such that this method reduces the number of feeder cables running up the antenna tower by a factor of N, where N is the number of common frequency signals (e.g., the number of sectors) amplified by the single power amplifier. This invention enables a single power amplifier to simultaneously provide all the radio frequency signals necessary to feed a general N input phased array antenna system and form multiple antenna beams uniquely for several individual users simultaneously.

摘要翻译： 一种用于以合并到单个射频电缆中的共同频率处理多个信号并且随后恢复信号而没有显着损失，失真或串扰的方法和装置。 该方法和装置包括在具有或不具有一个或多个放大器的单个射频（RF）电缆馈送的公共频率处理多个信号，并用于正向或反向链路传输。 本发明使得单个功率放大器可以放大占用公共频率信道的多个RF信号，并且在将这些信号分解成原稿的放大副本之后。 如果需要，放大的信号可以被发送到不同的天线端口以照亮不同的基站扇区。 信号分离功能在天线标头上进行，使得该方法将以天线塔运行的馈电电缆的数量减少N倍，其中N是通过频率信号放大的共频率信号（例如，扇区数） 单功率放大器。 本发明使得单个功率放大器能够同时提供馈送一般N输入相控阵天线系统所必需的所有射频信号，同时为多个个体用户同时形成多个天线波束。

公开(公告)号：US07457641B1

公开(公告)日：2008-11-25

申请号：US11286415

申请日：2005-11-25

申请人： Abdelgader Legnain ,  Peter Deane ,  Neil McGowan

发明人： Abdelgader Legnain ,  Peter Deane ,  Neil McGowan

IPC分类号： H04Q7/20

CPC分类号： H04W72/1231 ,  H04W16/28

摘要： A method and apparatus for transmitting wireless data to users which increases the wireless capacity for data transmissions within a sector served by a base station is disclosed. Accordingly, the sector is subdivided into a plurality of beams, typically by means of beam forming antennas, and the user data to be transmitted is time division multiplexed by scheduling the data into timeslots for transmission via the beams. Capacity is thus increased by decreasing network interference and/or transmitting data to more than one user at the same time by means of the multiple beams, and time division multiplexing the data. Preferably multiple users can be scheduled on multiple beams simultaneously in order to increase capacity. Preferably the same user can be allocated more than one beam if the radio conditions warrant. Such a system is optimized for data and carries out the following steps: a. Evaluating the reverse link wireless conditions for each user; b. responsive to step a, generating information defining the beam or beams to be utilized by each user; c. generating a Scheduler Metric (SM) for every user; d. scheduling each of the n beams based on the SM and said information for each user; and e. transmitting data scheduled in step d on said n beams.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种用于向用户发送无线数据的方法和装置，其增加了由基站服务的扇区内的数据传输的无线容量。 因此，通常通过波束形成天线将该扇区细分为多个波束，并且通过将该数据调度到用于经由波束传输的时隙中，待传输的用户数据被时分多路复用。 因此通过减少网络干扰和/或通过多个波束同时向多个用户发送数据并且对数据进行时分复用来增加容量。 优选地，多个用户可以同时在多个波束上进行调度，以便增加容量。 如果无线电条件允许，则优选地，相同的用户可以被分配多于一个波束。 这样的系统针对数据进行了优化，并执行以下步骤：a。 评估每个用户的反向链路无线条件; b。 响应于步骤a，产生定义要由每个用户使用的波束或波束的信息; C。 为每个用户生成调度表度量（SM）; d。 基于SM和每个用户的所述信息调度n个光束中的每一个; 和e。 在所述n个波束上发送在步骤d中调度的数据。

公开(公告)号：US07424039B2

公开(公告)日：2008-09-09

申请号：US10642686

申请日：2003-08-19

申请人： Peter Deane ,  Abdelgader Legnain ,  Marthinus Da Silveira ,  Neil McGowan

发明人： Peter Deane ,  Abdelgader Legnain ,  Marthinus Da Silveira ,  Neil McGowan

IPC分类号： H04J3/04

CPC分类号： H04J13/0003 ,  H01Q1/246 ,  H01Q3/26

摘要： A method and apparatus for processing multiple signals at a common frequency fed through a single radio frequency (RF) cable with or without one or more amplifiers and utilized for either forward or reverse link transmissions. The invention enables a single power amplifier to amplify multiple RF signals that occupy a common frequency channel and after amplification splitting these signals into amplified copies of the originals. The amplified signals may be sent to different antenna ports to illuminate different base station sectors if required. The signal splitting function is performed at the antenna masthead such that this method reduces the number of feeder cables running up the antenna tower by a factor of N, where N is the number of common frequency signals (e.g., the number of sectors) amplified by the single power amplifier. This invention enables a single power amplifier to simultaneously provide all the radio frequency signals necessary to feed a general N input phased array antenna system and form multiple antenna beams uniquely for several individual users simultaneously.

摘要翻译： 一种用于在具有或不具有一个或多个放大器的单个射频（RF）电缆馈送的公共频率处理多个信号并用于正向或反向链路传输的方法和装置。 本发明使得单个功率放大器可以放大占用公共频率信道的多个RF信号，并且在将这些信号分解成原稿的放大副本之后。 如果需要，放大的信号可以被发送到不同的天线端口以照亮不同的基站扇区。 信号分离功能在天线标头上进行，使得该方法将以天线塔运行的馈电电缆的数量减少N倍，其中N是通过频率信号放大的共频率信号（例如，扇区数） 单功率放大器。 本发明使得单个功率放大器能够同时提供馈送一般N输入相控阵天线系统所必需的所有射频信号，同时为多个个体用户同时形成多个天线波束。

公开(公告)号：US08913513B2

公开(公告)日：2014-12-16

申请号：US13126411

申请日：2010-09-24

申请人： Neil McGowan ,  Peter Deane

发明人： Neil McGowan ,  Peter Deane

IPC分类号： H04L12/26 ,  H04B7/00 ,  H01Q1/52 ,  H01Q3/26

CPC分类号： H01Q1/523 ,  H01Q3/2617

摘要： Methods and devices for removing cross coupling effects between elements of an antenna array (110) are provided. Cross coupling coefficients between all pairs of antenna elements of the antenna array are predetermined to minimize a total power in theoretical null points calculated without considering the cross element effects. A transceiver (100) includes a multiplexing block (105) configured to receive data signals to be transmitted via the antenna elements and to output to at least one of the antenna elements, a sum signal including (i) a data signal, which data signal is designated for the at least one antenna element, and (ii) a linear combination of data signals designated for other antenna elements of the antenna array, each of the data signals in the linear combination being weighted by a respective cross coupling coefficient between the at least one antenna element and an antenna element emitting the each of the data signals.

摘要翻译： 提供了用于去除天线阵列（110）的元件之间的交叉耦合效应的方法和装置。 预先确定天线阵列的所有天线元件对之间的交叉耦合系数以最小化在不考虑交叉元素效应的情况下计算的理论空点的总功率。 收发器（100）包括多路复用块（105），被配置为接收要通过天线元件传输的数据信号并将至少一个天线元件输出到和信号，该和信号包括（i）数据信号，哪个数据信号 被指定用于至少一个天线元件，以及（ii）被指定用于天线阵列的其他天线元件的数据信号的线性组合，线性组合中的每个数据信号由相应的交叉耦合系数 至少一个天线元件和发射每个数据信号的天线元件。

公开(公告)号：US08504109B2

公开(公告)日：2013-08-06

申请号：US09733059

申请日：2000-12-11

申请人： Neil McGowan ,  Peter Deane

发明人： Neil McGowan ,  Peter Deane

IPC分类号： H04M1/00

CPC分类号： H04W16/28 ,  H01Q1/246 ,  H01Q3/26 ,  H01Q3/40

摘要： Antenna systems are used for transmitting common overhead channels (pilot, sync, and paging channels) over a whole sector while transmitting and receiving unique traffic channels on individual beams in the sector. Each beam in the sector is transmitted at a frequency offset from other beams in the sector. The offset frequency is chosen such that the effect of cancellation of the pilot channel caused by the summing of signals from multiple beams is minimized. Alternative, each beam in the sector can have a time dependent phase offset relative to each other to minimize the effect of cancellation of the pilot channel caused by the summing of signals from multiple beams. System capacity is substantially increased since the number of traffic carrying beams per sector is increased without using more pilot channel PN offsets. Beams are fixed and the same antennas are used for the overhead channels as the traffic channels, obviating the need for complex algorithms and calibration procedures.

公开(公告)号：US20120076019A1

公开(公告)日：2012-03-29

申请号：US13126411

申请日：2010-09-24

申请人： Neil McGowan ,  Peter Deane

发明人： Neil McGowan ,  Peter Deane

IPC分类号： H04L12/26

CPC分类号： H01Q1/523 ,  H01Q3/2617

摘要： Methods and devices for removing cross coupling effects between elements of an antenna array (110) are provided. Cross coupling coefficients between all pairs of antenna elements of the antenna array are predetermined to minimize a total power in theoretical null points calculated without considering the cross element effects. A transceiver (100) includes a multiplexing block (105) configured to receive data signals to be transmitted via the antenna elements and to output to at least one of the antenna elements, a sum signal including (i) a data signal, which data signal is designated for the at least one antenna element, and (ii) a linear combination of data signals designated for other antenna elements of the antenna array, each of the data signals in the linear combination being weighted by a respective cross coupling coefficient between the at least one antenna element and an antenna element emitting the each of the data signals.

摘要翻译： 提供了用于去除天线阵列（110）的元件之间的交叉耦合效应的方法和装置。 预先确定天线阵列的所有天线元件对之间的交叉耦合系数以最小化在不考虑交叉元素效应的情况下计算的理论空点的总功率。 收发器（100）包括多路复用块（105），被配置为接收要通过天线元件传输的数据信号并将至少一个天线元件输出到和信号，该和信号包括（i）数据信号，哪个数据信号 被指定用于至少一个天线元件，以及（ii）被指定用于天线阵列的其他天线元件的数据信号的线性组合，线性组合中的每个数据信号由相应的交叉耦合系数 至少一个天线元件和发射每个数据信号的天线元件。

公开(公告)号：US08588334B2

公开(公告)日：2013-11-19

申请号：US13188904

申请日：2011-07-22

申请人： Neil McGowan ,  Marthuinus Willem Da Silveira

发明人： Neil McGowan ,  Marthuinus Willem Da Silveira

IPC分类号： H04L27/00

CPC分类号： H01Q1/246 ,  H01Q21/08 ,  H01Q21/26

摘要： A wireless communication system that includes a robust transmitter array. The robust transmitter array includes an antenna array system with at least one column, at least one antenna element, and at least one polarization, a plurality of transmitter devices to transmit analog voice/data signals through the antenna array system, and a signal processor. The signal processor modifies two or more input signals in the event of a transmitter device failure such that substantially similar amounts of each of the two or more input signals are output from the transmitter system to the antenna array system, and wherein substantially less transmitted signal power is lost than in the case wherein the signal processor does not modify the two or more input signals in the event of a transmitter failure.

摘要翻译： 一种包括鲁棒发射机阵列的无线通信系统。 鲁棒的发射机阵列包括具有至少一列，至少一个天线元件和至少一个极化的天线阵列系统，用于通过天线阵列系统传输模拟语音/数据信号的多个发射机设备，以及信号处理器。 在发射机设备故障的情况下，信号处理器修改两个或更多个输入信号，使得两个或多个输入信号中的每一个的基本相似的量从发射机系统输出到天线阵列系统，并且其中基本上较少的发射信号功率 在信号处理器在发射机故障的情况下不修改两个或更多个输入信号的情况下丢失。

公开(公告)号：US08483338B2

公开(公告)日：2013-07-09

申请号：US13587406

申请日：2012-08-16

申请人： John P. Panicker ,  Gary D. Boudreau ,  Neil McGowan ,  Vish Nandlall

发明人： John P. Panicker ,  Gary D. Boudreau ,  Neil McGowan ,  Vish Nandlall

IPC分类号： H03D1/04

CPC分类号： H04L25/0236 ,  H04L1/0001 ,  H04L1/004 ,  H04L1/0618 ,  H04L5/0007 ,  H04L5/0051 ,  H04L5/0053 ,  H04L5/006 ,  H04L25/0206 ,  H04L25/0244 ,  H04L25/025 ,  H04L27/0008 ,  H04L27/2657

摘要： A method and system for wireless communication channel estimation. A frequency offset hypothesis is determined. An interchannel interference (“ICI”) matrix based on the frequency offset hypothesis is generated. Pilot channel estimates based on the ICI matrix are obtained. A correlation error of the pilot channel estimates to the frequency offset hypothesis is calculated. The correlation error is compared with a predetermined correlation error value. The frequency offset hypothesis is updated and the aforementioned steps are iteratively repeated if the correlation error is greater than the predetermined correlation error value. The pilot channel estimates are used to estimate the wireless communication channel.

摘要翻译： 一种用于无线通信信道估计的方法和系统。 确定频率偏移假设。 产生基于频率偏移假设的信道间干扰（“ICI”）矩阵。 获得基于ICI矩阵的导频信道估计。 计算导频信道估计与频率偏移假设的相关误差。 将相关误差与预定的相关误差值进行比较。 更新频率偏移假设，并且如果相关误差大于预定的相关误差值，则迭代地重复上述步骤。 导频信道估计用于估计无线通信信道。

公开(公告)号：US08478325B2

公开(公告)日：2013-07-02

申请号：US13125625

申请日：2010-09-15

申请人： Neil McGowan ,  Marthinus Willem Da Silveira ,  Peter Zahariev Rashev

发明人： Neil McGowan ,  Marthinus Willem Da Silveira ,  Peter Zahariev Rashev

IPC分类号： H04B7/00

CPC分类号： H04L27/2623

摘要： Peak power reduction in transmit chains of radiocommunication devices is performed using a low sample rate. Filtering and, optionally, interpolation of a signal being processed for peak power reduction can be performed only in an error signal path or in both an error signal path and a primary signal path.

摘要翻译： 无线电通信设备的发射链中的峰值功率降低使用低采样率进行。 只能在误差信号路径中或在误差信号路径和主信号路径两者中进行正在处理的用于峰值功率降低的信号的滤波和可选的内插。