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Cellular communications system with centralized base stations and distributed antenna units
Assignee: Commscope Connectivity LLC
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Filing: 1995-03-23
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Granted: 1997-08-12
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Expires: 2015-03-23
Abstract
Abstract A method of communicating a plurality of two-way inbound/outbound cellular telephone transmissions between a base station and a physically remote cell using a set of channels. At the base station, a plurality of outbound telephone transmissions, received from a network, are analog modulated onto respective ones of RF analog outbound channel carriers. The modulated analog channel carriers are combined to form a single RF analog outbound signal representing all of the outbound telephone transmissions in the set of channels. The analog outbound combined signal is subsequently digitized into a single stream of outbound digital samples and transmitted to the remote cell. At the remote cell, the stream of digital samples is converted back to the RF analog outbound combined signal and broadcasted directly to mobile units in the cell. Further, the remote cell receives a plurality of simultaneous inbound telephone transmissions from the mobile units as an RF analog inbound combined signal. The analog inbound combined signal is digitized into a single stream of inbound digital samples and transmitted to the base station. At the base station, the stream of inbound digital samples is converted into a single RF analog inbound signal, the inbound telephone transmissions are recovered from the single RF analog inbound signal, and delivered to the network.
Inventors
- 👤 David S. Russell
- 👤 Larry G. Fischer
- 👤 Philip M. Wala
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 22:31
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W88/00; H04W88/08; H04W88/085; H04W16/00; H04W16/24; H04W36/00; H04W36/16; H04W36/18
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 19
Claim 1
Independent Claim
327 words
A method of communicating a plurality of two-way, inbound/outbound, cellular telephone transmissions between a base station and a physically remote cell using a set of channels, comprising the steps of: at the base station receiving a plurality of outbound telephone transmissions from a network; generating a separate RF analog outbound channel carrier for each channel in the set; analog modulating the outbound telephone transmissions onto respective ones of the RF analog outbound channel carriers so as to produce a set of individual RF analog outbound modulated channel carriers; combining the set of modulated analog channel carriers into a single RF analog outbound combined signal representing all of the outbound telephone transmissions in the set of channels; digitizing the analog outbound combined signal as a single entity into a single stream of outbound digital samples; transmitting the stream of outbound digital samples to the remote cell; at the remote cell receiving the stream of outbound digital samples from the base station; converting the single stream of outbound digital samples as a single entity into the RF analog outbound combined signal representing all of the outbound telephone transmissions in the set of channels; broadcasting the analog outbound combined signal directly to mobile units in the cell; receiving a plurality of simultaneous inbound telephone transmissions from the mobile units in the cell as an RF analog inbound combined signal representing all of the inbound telephone transmissions in the set of channels; digitizing the analog inbound combined signal as a single entity into a single stream of inbound digital samples; transmitting the single stream of inbound digital samples from the remote cell to the base station; at the base station converting the single stream of inbound digital samples into a single RF analog inbound signal representing all of the inbound telephone transmissions in the set of channels;, recovering each of the plurality of inbound telephone transmissions from the single RF analog inbound signal; delivering the inbound telephone transmissions to the network.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
327 words
A method of communicating a plurality of two-way, inbound/outbound, cellular telephone transmissions between a base station and a physically remote cell using a set of channels, comprising the steps of: at the base station receiving a plurality of outbound telephone transmissions from a network; generating a separate RF analog outbound channel carrier for each channel in the set; analog modulating the outbound telephone transmissions onto respective ones of the RF analog outbound channel carriers so as to produce a set of individual RF analog outbound modulated channel carriers; combining the set of modulated analog channel carriers into a single RF analog outbound combined signal representing all of the outbound telephone transmissions in the set of channels; digitizing the analog outbound combined signal as a single entity into a single stream of outbound digital samples; transmitting the stream of outbound digital samples to the remote cell; at the remote cell receiving the stream of outbound digital samples from the base station; converting the single stream of outbound digital samples as a single entity into the RF analog outbound combined signal representing all of the outbound telephone transmissions in the set of channels; broadcasting the analog outbound combined signal directly to mobile units in the cell; receiving a plurality of simultaneous inbound telephone transmissions from the mobile units in the cell as an RF analog inbound combined signal representing all of the inbound telephone transmissions in the set of channels; digitizing the analog inbound combined signal as a single entity into a single stream of inbound digital samples; transmitting the single stream of inbound digital samples from the remote cell to the base station; at the base station converting the single stream of inbound digital samples into a single RF analog inbound signal representing all of the inbound telephone transmissions in the set of channels;, recovering each of the plurality of inbound telephone transmissions from the single RF analog inbound signal; delivering the inbound telephone transmissions to the network.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
39 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein the step of transmitting the single stream of outbound digital samples to the remote cell comprises modulating the outbound digital stream onto an optical source and transmitting it via an optical fiber.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
43 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the step of transmitting the single stream of inbound digital samples from the remote cell to the base station comprises modulating the inbound digital stream onto an optical source and transmitting it via an optical fiber.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
45 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the step of transmitting the single stream of outbound digital samples to the remote cell comprises interfacing the outbound digital stream to a public switched network, and transmitting it via the public switched network to the remote cell.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method according to claim 4, wherein the step of transmitting the single stream of outbound digital samples to the remote cell includes carrying it on a T1 line.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method according to claim 4, wherein the step of transmitting the single stream of outbound digital samples to the remote cell includes carrying it on a SONET line.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
45 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein the step of transmitting the single stream of inbound digital samples to the base station comprises interfacing the inbound digital stream to a public switched network, and transmitting it via the public switched network to the base station.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method according to claim 4, wherein the step of transmitting the single stream of outbound digital samples to the remote cell includes carrying it on a T1 line.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
A method according to claim 4, wherein the step of transmitting the single stream of outbound digital samples to the remote cell includes carrying it on a SONET line.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
230 words
A method of communicating a plurality of two-way, inbound/outbound, cellular telephone transmissions at a centrally located base station using a set of channels, comprising the steps of: receiving a plurality of outbound telephone transmissions from a network; generating a separate RF analog outbound channel carrier for each channel in the set; analog modulating the outbound telephone transmissions onto respective ones of the RF analog outbound channel carriers so as to produce a set of individual RF analog outbound modulated channel carriers; combining the set of modulated analog channel carriers into a single RF analog outbound combined signal representing all of the outbound telephone transmissions in the set of channels; digitizing the analog outbound combined signal as a single entity into a single stream of outbound digital samples; transmitting the single stream of outbound digital samples from the base station to a cell located remotely from the base station for broadcast to a plurality of mobile units; receiving from the remote cell a single stream of inbound digital samples representing a plurality of inbound telephone transmissions from the mobile units; converting the single stream of inbound digital samples into a single RF analog inbound signal representing all of the inbound telephone transmissions in the set of channels; recovering each of the plurality of inbound telephone transmissions from the single RF analog inbound signal; delivering the inbound telephone transmissions to the network.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
230 words
A method of communicating a plurality of two-way, inbound/outbound, cellular telephone transmissions at a centrally located base station using a set of channels, comprising the steps of: receiving a plurality of outbound telephone transmissions from a network; generating a separate RF analog outbound channel carrier for each channel in the set; analog modulating the outbound telephone transmissions onto respective ones of the RF analog outbound channel carriers so as to produce a set of individual RF analog outbound modulated channel carriers; combining the set of modulated analog channel carriers into a single RF analog outbound combined signal representing all of the outbound telephone transmissions in the set of channels; digitizing the analog outbound combined signal as a single entity into a single stream of outbound digital samples; transmitting the single stream of outbound digital samples from the base station to a cell located remotely from the base station for broadcast to a plurality of mobile units; receiving from the remote cell a single stream of inbound digital samples representing a plurality of inbound telephone transmissions from the mobile units; converting the single stream of inbound digital samples into a single RF analog inbound signal representing all of the inbound telephone transmissions in the set of channels; recovering each of the plurality of inbound telephone transmissions from the single RF analog inbound signal; delivering the inbound telephone transmissions to the network.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
26 words
A method according to claim 10, wherein the step of digitizing the analog outbound combined signal includes grouping predetermined sequences of the digital samples into frames.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
25 words
A method according to claim 11, wherein the step of digitizing the analog outbound combined signal further includes multiplexing further digital samples into the frames.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method according to claim 12, wherein the further digital samples represent control signals directed to the remote unit.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
165 words
A method of communicating a plurality of two-way, inbound/outbound, cellular telephone transmissions at a remotely located cell using a set of channels, comprising the steps of: receiving simultaneous inbound telephone transmissions from a plurality of mobile units in the cell as an RF analog inbound combined signal representing all of the inbound telephone transmissions in the set of channels; digitizing the analog inbound combined signal as a single entity into a single stream of inbound digital samples; transmitting the single stream of inbound digital samples to a centrally located base station; receiving from the base station a stream of digitized samples representing a single RF analog outbound combined signal containing all of the outbound telephone transmissions in the set of channels; convening the single stream of outbound digital samples as a single entity into the RF analog outbound combined signal containing all of the outbound telephone transmissions in the set of channels; broadcasting the analog outbound combined signal directly to mobile units in the cell.
Claim 17
Independent Claim
165 words
A method of communicating a plurality of two-way, inbound/outbound, cellular telephone transmissions at a remotely located cell using a set of channels, comprising the steps of: receiving simultaneous inbound telephone transmissions from a plurality of mobile units in the cell as an RF analog inbound combined signal representing all of the inbound telephone transmissions in the set of channels; digitizing the analog inbound combined signal as a single entity into a single stream of inbound digital samples; transmitting the single stream of inbound digital samples to a centrally located base station; receiving from the base station a stream of digitized samples representing a single RF analog outbound combined signal containing all of the outbound telephone transmissions in the set of channels; convening the single stream of outbound digital samples as a single entity into the RF analog outbound combined signal containing all of the outbound telephone transmissions in the set of channels; broadcasting the analog outbound combined signal directly to mobile units in the cell.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
93 words
A method according to claim 14, wherein the step of receiving simultaneous inbound telephone transmissions from a plurality of mobile units in the cell occurs at a primary antenna site within the cell, and comprising the further steps of: receiving the simultaneous inbound telephone transmissions from the plurality of mobile units as a diversity RF analog inbound combined signal representing all of the inbound telephone transmissions in the set of channels at a diversity antenna site within the cell; transmitting a representation of the diversity combined signal to the centrally located base station.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
88 words
A method according to claim 15, wherein the diversity combined signal is an RF analog inbound combined signal representing all of the inbound telephone transmissions in the set of channels, and wherein the step of transmitting a representation of the diversity combined signal to the centrally located base station comprises the steps of: digitizing the diversity analog inbound combined signal as a single entity into a single stream of inbound diversity digital samples; transmitting the single stream of inbound diversity digital samples to the centrally located base station.
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