Small cell base stations having drone-mounted radio units and related systems and methods
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorBryan K. Kennedy
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Abstract
A base station system includes a central hub having a baseband controller and a backhaul connection to an external network and a plurality of remote units that are connected to the central hub by respective wired power and cabling connections, each remote unit including an associated drone unit that has an aerial drone and a radio unit mounted thereon. The radio units are operated under control of the baseband controller to form a super cell that appears as a single base station to the external network
Claims24
A base station system, comprising:
- a central hub having a baseband controller and a backhaul connection to an external network;
- a plurality of remote units that are connected to the central hub by respective wired power and cabling connections, each remote unit including an associated drone unit that has an aerial drone and a radio unit mounted thereon;
- wherein the radio units are operated under control of the baseband controller to form a super cell that appears as a single base station to the external network.
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A method of operating a small cell base station, the method comprising:
- receiving a radio frequency (“RF”) communication from a user at a radio unit that is part of a drone unit that includes an aerial drone having the radio unit mounted thereon;
- transmitting data contained in the received RF communication from the radio unit to a remote unit over a tether cord;
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- transmitting the data contained in the received RF communication from the remote unit to a central hub over a power-over-fiber system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.