Interfacing 2G and 3G cellular radio communication systems to a packet-based eCPRI/RoE/O-RAN compliant front haul interface
AssigneeMavenir Systems, Inc.
InventorsAtanu Guchhait, Prashant Kapoor, Charles Santhosam Lourdu Raja, Nibedita Nandan
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Abstract
There is provided, an open radio access network distributed unit (O-DU) having an electronic module that performs an FS-8 Radio Access Technology (RAT) functionality such as frequency hopping, downlink (DL) carrier aggregation, uplink (UL) channelization, power control, and fast automatic gain control (AGC).
Claims13
An open radio access network distributed unit (O-DU) comprising an electronic module that performs an FS-8 Radio Access Technology (RAT) functionality selected from the group consisting of:
- frequency hopping;
- downlink (DL) carrier aggregation;
- uplink (UL) channelization;
- power control;
- and
- fast automatic gain control (AGC);
- wherein the O-DU is adapted to provide,
- a joint UL component carrier channelizer;
- frequency hopping for 2G FS-8 RAT;
- power control and AGC for FS-8 RAT;
- sample rate conversation over an O-RAN compliant fronthaul carried IQ.
An open radio access network distributed unit (O-DU) comprising an electronic module that performs an FS-8 Radio Access Technology (RAT) functionality selected from the group consisting of:
- frequency hopping;
- downlink (DL) carrier aggregation;
- uplink (UL) channelization;
- power control;
- and
- fast automatic gain control (AGC);
- and
- a numerically controlled oscillator and a gain multiplication block for DL frequency hopping for 2G FS-8 RAT, wherein the O-DU is adapted to provide;
- a joint component carrier channelizer;
- frequency hopping for 2G FS-8 RAT;
- power control and AGC for FS-8 RAT;
- and
- sample rate conversions over an O-RAN compliant fronthaul carried IQ data.
An open radio access network distributed unit (O-DU) comprising an electronic module that performs an FS-8 Radio Access Technology (RAT) functionality selected from the group consisting of:
- frequency hopping;
- downlink (DL) carrier aggregation;
- uplink (UL) channelization;
- power control;
- and
- fast automatic gain control (AGC);
- wherein the O-DU is adapted to use different radio frequency (RF) frequencies for each of a plurality of antennas to split a 2G bandwidth across said plurality of antennas in multiples of long-term evolution (LTE) equivalent bandwidths.
An open radio access network distributed unit (O-DU) comprising an electronic module that performs an FS-8 Radio Access Technology (RAT) functionality selected from the group consisting of:
- frequency hopping;
- downlink (DL) carrier aggregation;
- uplink (UL) channelization;
- power control;
- and
- fast automatic gain control (AGC);
- and
- a numerically controlled oscillator and a gain multiplication block for DL frequency hopping for 2G FS-8 RAT, wherein the O-DU is adapted to use different radio frequency (RF) frequencies for each of a plurality of antennas to split a 2G bandwidth across said plurality of antennas in multiples of long-term evolution (LTE) equivalent bandwidths.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.