Antenna status remote monitoring system and module
AssigneeFirecom, Inc.
InventorsPatrick ADAMO, John LIGUORI
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Abstract
An antenna monitoring module electrically coupled to an antenna, the antenna monitoring module including an embedded element in the antenna, test antenna configured to send and receive radio frequency (RF) test signals to and from the antenna, an input blocking module disposed at an input of the antenna monitoring module to facilitate receipt of a master test signal by the antenna monitoring module, an addressable mixed signal processor that determines an integrity of a connection to the antenna and a performance of the antenna based on measurements associated with the RF test signals and the master test signal.
Claims21
An antenna monitoring module electrically coupled to an antenna, the antenna monitoring module comprising:
- an embedded element in the antenna;
- a test antenna configured to send and receive radio frequency (RF) test signals to and from the antenna;
- an input blocking module disposed at an input of the antenna monitoring module to facilitate receipt of a master test signal by the antenna monitoring module;
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- an addressable mixed signal processor that determines an integrity of a connection to the antenna and a performance of the antenna based on measurements associated with the RF test signals and the master test signal.
A distributed antenna network comprising:
- a plurality of antennas;
- a global transmitter and receiver;
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- an antenna monitoring module associated with each of the plurality of antennas, the antenna monitoring module electrically coupled to the global transmitter and receiver via a calibrated splitter and including an element embedded in the antenna, a test antenna configured to send and receive radio frequency (RF) test signals to and from the antenna, an input blocking module disposed at an input of the antenna monitoring module to facilitate receipt of a master test signal from the global transmitter by the antenna monitoring module, and an addressable mixed signal processor that determines an integrity of a connection to the antenna and a performance of the antenna based on the RF test signals and the master test signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.