Smart Hybrid Combiner
AssigneeExtenet Systems, Inc.
InventorChristopher S. Meyer
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Abstract
Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a smart combiner that includes a radio frequency (RF) power coupler having a first input, a second input, a first output, and a second output. The smart combiner further includes a first RF power detector coupled between the first input and the first output, and a second RF power detector coupled between the second input and the second output. The first RF power detector may be configured to monitor a power level of a signal at the first input, and the second RF power detector may be configured to monitor a power level of a signal at the second input. Further, the first RF power detector and the second RF power detector may be further configured to transmit a signal to an external computing device based on the monitored power levels.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a radio frequency (RF) power coupler having a first input, a second input, a first output, and a second output;
- a first RF power detector coupled between the first input and the first output, the first RF power detector being configured to monitor a power level of a signal at the first input;
- and
- a second RF power detector coupled between the second input and the second output, the second RF power detector being configured to monitor a power level of a signal at the second input,
- wherein the first RF power detector and the second RF power detector are further configured to transmit a signal to an external computing device based on the monitored power levels.
At a radio frequency (RF) power coupler that includes a first input coupled to a first RF power detector, a second input coupled to a second RF power detector, and a processing unit coupled to the first RF power detector and the second RF power detector, a method comprising:
- the first RF power detector detecting a power level of a signal at the first input;
- the RF second power detector detecting a power level of a signal at the second input;
- the processing unit receiving indications of the detected power levels from the first RF power detector and the second RF power detector;
- based on the received indications of the detected power levels, the processing unit determining that an alarm condition is satisfied;
- and
- in response to the determining, the processing unit transmitting an alarm signal to an external device.
A distributed antenna system (DAS) comprising:
- a plurality of antenna arrangements distributed throughout a network;
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- for each given antenna arrangement of the plurality of antenna arrangements, a radio frequency (RF) power coupler coupled to the given antenna arrangement, the RF power coupler comprising:
- an input and an output, wherein at least one of the input and the output is coupled to the given antenna arrangement;
- and
- an RF power detector coupled between the input and the output, the RF power detector being configured to monitor a power level of a signal at input, and
- wherein the RF power detector is further configured to transmit a signal to a network operations center (NOC) based on the monitored power level.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.