# US 12,015,194 B2 · Modular monopole for wireless communications > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,015,194 B2 - Document ID: US12015194B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/884,621 - Filed: 2022-08-10 - Published: 2022-12-01 - Granted: 2024-06-18 - Earliest claimed: 2017-03-06 - Assignees: CommScope Technologies LLC - Applicants: CommScope Technologies LLC - Inventors: Walter Mark Hendrix; Julian R. Colapietro; James E. Noel; Michael J. Paulus - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12015194B2 ## CPC - H01Q 1/246: {specially adapted for base stations} - H01Q 1/02: Arrangements for de-icing; Arrangements for drying-out {; Arrangements for cooling; Arrangements for preventing corrosion} - H01Q 1/1242: {Rigid masts specially adapted for supporting an aerial} - H01Q 1/44: using equipment having another main function to serve additionally as an antenna {, e.g. means for giving an antenna an aesthetic aspect}(H01Q1/27 - H01Q1/34 take precedence) - H01Q 21/0025: {Modular arrays} - H04B 1/036: Cooling arrangements - E04H 12/003: {Access covers or locks therefor} - H01Q 9/32: Vertical arrangement of element (H01Q9/40 takes precedence) - H01Q 21/28: Combinations of substantially independent non-interacting antenna units or systems {(multiple beam H01Q25/00)} - H04W 88/085: {Access point devices with remote components} - H01Q: ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS (radiators or antennas for microwave heating H05B6/72) - H04B: TRANSMISSION - E04H: BUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL (foundations E02D) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A modular monopole for wireless communications includes: an antenna module having a floor, a ceiling and a side wall that form an antenna compartment, wherein at least one antenna resides within the antenna compartment; a radio module having a floor, a ceiling and a side wall that form a radio compartment, wherein at least one remote radio unit (RRU) resides within the radio compartment; and a base. The base, the radio module, and the antenna module are arranged in vertically stacked relationship, with the base below the radio module and the antenna module above the radio module. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A modular monopole for wireless communications, comprising: an antenna module having a floor, a ceiling and a side wall that form an antenna compartment, wherein at least one antenna resides within the antenna compartment; a radio module having a floor, a ceiling and a side wall that form a radio compartment, wherein at least one remote radio unit (RRU) resides within the radio compartment, and wherein the radio module includes: an intake section in the side wall; an exit section in the side wall, the exit section being above the intake section and located on a side of the side wall opposite the intake section; and at least one baffle positioned within the radio compartment that directs air that enters the radio module through the intake section to exit the radio module through the exit section; and a base; wherein the base, the radio module, and the antenna module are arranged in vertically stacked relationship, with the base below the radio module and the antenna module above the radio module, and wherein the at least one RRU is first and second RRUs, the second RRU being positioned above the first RRU, the radio module further including: a second intake section in the side wall of the radio module; a second exit section in the side wall of the radio module, the second exit section being above the second intake section; and at least one second baffle positioned within the radio compartment that directs air that enters the second radio module through the second intake section to exit the second radio module through the second exit section. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The modular monopole defined in claim 1, wherein the first and second intake sections are located on a side of the side wall opposite the first and second exit sections. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The modular monopole defined in claim 1, wherein the side wall of the radio module includes a door, and wherein the first and second intake sections are located in the door. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The modular monopole defined in claim 1, further comprising a distribution module having a distribution compartment, wherein at least one cable distribution unit resides within the distribution compartment, the at least one cable distribution unit including a power distribution unit and a fiber distribution unit. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The modular monopole defined in claim 4, wherein the cable distribution unit is configured to receive power conductors and optical fibers from a trunk cable. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The modular monopole defined in claim 4, wherein the distribution module is located between the base and the radio module. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The modular monopole defined in claim 4, wherein the distribution module is located in the base. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The modular monopole defined in claim 1, wherein each of the antenna module, the radio module, and the base is cylindrical and has a diameter, and wherein each of the diameters of the antenna module, the radio module and the base is substantially identical. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The modular monopole defined in claim 1, wherein the at least one antenna is a plurality of antennas.