Signal extracting arrangement
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorJouni Kauhanen
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Abstract
A base station in a mobile communication network, includes at least one transmission line for transmitting a radio frequency signal. Each transmission line includes a coupling hole. A two-port coupled line includes one or more coupling holes. Each transmission line and the coupled line are couplable to form a coupling by setting the coupling hole of the transmission line against the coupling hole of the two-port coupled line. The coupling enables a signal sample of the radio frequency signal to propagate from the transmission line to the two-port coupled line.
Claims26
A base station in a mobile communication network, comprising:
- at least one transmission line for transmitting a radio frequency signal, said at least one transmission line comprising a coupling hole;
- and
- a coupled line including one or more coupling holes,
- wherein said at least one transmission line and the coupled line are operatively coupled to form a coupling by setting the coupling hole of the at least one transmission line against the coupling hole of the coupled line, and wherein the coupling enables a signal sample of the radio frequency signal to propagate from the at least one transmission line to the coupled line.
A method of taking a signal sample from a radio frequency signal, comprising:
- transmitting a radio frequency signal;
- through at least one transmission line including a coupling hole, and a coupled line including one or more coupling holes;
- forming a coupling by setting the coupling hole of the at least one transmission line against the coupling hole of the coupled line;
- extracting a signal sample of the radio frequency signal by propagating the signal from the at least one transmission line to the coupled line through the coupling.
A base station in a mobile communication network, comprising:
- transmitting means for transmitting a radio frequency signal through at least one transmission line including a coupling hole, and a coupled line including one or more coupling holes;
- forming means for forming a coupling by setting the coupling hole of the at least one transmission line against the coupling hole of the coupled line;
- propagating means for propagating a signal sample of the radio frequency signal from the at least one transmission line to the coupled line through the coupling;
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- extracting means for extracting a signal sample by extracting the signal at the coupling of the transmission line and the coupled line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.