Unequal transmitter and receiver distribution in distributed antenna systems
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorsNelson C. Schmidt, Van E. Hanson
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Abstract
Certain features relate to unequal distribution of transmitters and receivers in a distributed antenna system (DAS). Remote units in the DAS can be configured as transmitting remote units, receiving remote units, or remote transceiver units that can transmit and receive wireless signals. In some configurations, the DAS can be configured with a greater number of transmitting remote units than receiving remote units. In other configurations, the DAS can be configured with a greater number of receiving remote units. In some aspects, unequal distribution of transmitters and receivers can be obtained by allocation of transmission frequencies and receiver frequencies in the DAS.
Claims20
A distributed antenna system, comprising:
- a first set of remote units configured for transmitting wireless signals in a coverage area;
- a second set of remote units configured for receiving wireless signals from the coverage area, the first set of remote units being different in number than the second set of remote units;
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- a central unit configured for communicatively coupling to the first set of remote units and the second set of remote units, and for communicatively coupling to a base station.
A distributed antenna system, comprising:
- a central unit configured for communicatively coupling to a first set of remote units and a second set of remote units and for supporting one or more transmission bands and one or more receiving bands;
- the first set of remote units configured to utilize a first subset of the one or more transmission bands;
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- the second set of remote units configured to utilize a second subset of the one or more receiving bands, the first subset of the one or more transmission bands being different in number than the second subset of the one or more receiving bands.
A method, comprising:
- transmitting, by a central unit of a distributed antenna system, downlink signals to a first set of remote units of the distributed antenna system;
- transmitting, by the first set of remote units, the downlink signals to a coverage area;
- receiving, at the central unit, uplink signals transmitted by user equipment devices from a second set of remote units of the distributed antenna system, the first set of remote units being different in number than the second set of remote units.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.