Methods and equipment for reducing power loss in cellular systems
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorsDavid Winkler, Daryl A. Coleman, Andrew E. Beck
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Abstract
A method is provided. The method comprises determining configuration data; wherein the configuration data comprises a resistance of a bypass circuit coupled between a remote radio head and a power cable; using the configuration data, determining the resistance of the power cable coupling a programmable power supply to the remote radio head mounted on a mounting structure, comprising: entering a calibration mode; setting an output voltage of the programmable power supply; measuring an output current of the programmable power supply; storing the output current; and determining the cable resistance; and storing the resistance of the power cable.
Claims17
A system, comprising:
- a programmable power supply configured to generate an output voltage;
- a processing circuit coupled to the programmable power supply and configured to be coupled to a measurement circuit;
- wherein a power cable, having a first conductor and a second conductor, is configured to be coupled between the programmable power supply and at least one radio, where the at least one radio is coupled to the measurement circuit, and where the at least one radio is mounted on a mounting structure;
- wherein the processing circuit is configured to determine the resistance of the power cable in response to at least one signal measured by the measurement circuit;
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- wherein the programmable power supply is configured to have its output voltage adjusted in response to the determined resistance and the current drawn from the programmable power supply by the at least one radio.
An equipment enclosure, comprising:
- an enclosure;
- a programmable power supply, in the enclosure, configured to generate an output voltage;
- a processing circuit, in the enclosure, coupled to the programmable power supply and configured to be coupled to a measurement circuit;
- wherein a power cable, having a first conductor and a second conductor, is configured to be coupled between the programmable power supply and at least one radio, where the at least one radio is coupled to the measurement circuit, and where the at least one radio is mounted on a mounting structure;
- wherein the processing circuit is configured to determine the resistance of the power cable in response to at least one signal measured by the measurement circuit;
- and
- wherein the programmable power supply is configured to have its output voltage adjusted in response to the determined resistance and the current drawn from the programmable power supply by the at least one radio.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.