# US 2021/0345330 A1 · Remotely reconfigurable distributed antenna system and methods > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0345330 A1 - Document ID: US20210345330A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/322,503 - Filed: 2021-05-17 - Published: 2021-11-04 - Earliest claimed: 2010-09-14 - Assignees: Dali Wireless, Inc. - Applicants: Dali Wireless, Inc. - Inventors: Paul LEMSON; Shawn Patrick STAPLETON; Sasa TRAJKOVIC; Albert S. LEE - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210345330A1 ## CPC - H04W 72/0453: Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA - H03F 1/3247: {using feedback acting on predistortion circuits (H03F1/3264 takes precedence)} - H03F 3/24: of transmitter output stages - H04B 10/2575: Radio-over-fibre, e.g. radio frequency signal modulated onto an optical carrier - H04B 10/25753: {Distribution optical network, e.g. between a base station and a plurality of remote units} - H04L 5/0032: {Distributed allocation, i.e. involving a plurality of allocating devices, each making partial allocation} - H04L 5/0048: {Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091)} - H04L 25/02: Details {; arrangements for supplying electrical power along data transmission lines (systems for transmitting signals via power distribution lines H04B3/54)} - H04L 45/56: {Routing software} - H04L 47/125: by balancing the load, e.g. traffic engineering - H04Q 11/0067: {Provisions for optical access or distribution networks, e.g. Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network (GE-PON), ATM-based Passive Optical Network (A-PON), PON-Ring} - H04W 24/02: Arrangements for optimising operational condition - H04W 40/02: Communication route or path selection, e.g. power-based or shortest path routing - H04W 72/52: based on load - H04W 88/085: {Access point devices with remote components} - H03F 2200/204: A hybrid coupler being used at the output of an amplifier circuit - H03F 2201/3224: Predistortion being done for compensating memory effects - H03F 2201/3233: Adaptive predistortion using lookup table, e.g. memory, RAM, ROM, LUT, to generate the predistortion - H04Q 2011/0081: {Fault tolerance; Redundancy; Recovery; Reconfigurability} - H04Q 2213/1301: Optical transmission, optical switches - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H03F: AMPLIFIERS - H04B: TRANSMISSION - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04Q: SELECTING (switches, relays, selectors H01H; wireless communication networks H04W) ## Abstract The present disclosure is a novel utility of a software defined radio (SDR) based Distributed Antenna System (DAS) that is field reconfigurable and support multi-modulation schemes (modulation-independent), multi-carriers, multi-frequency bands and multi-channels. The present disclosure enables a high degree of flexibility to manage, control, enhance, facilitate the usage and performance of a distributed wireless network such as flexible simulcast, automatic traffic load-balancing, network and radio resource optimization, network calibration, autonomous/assisted commissioning, carrier pooling, automatic frequency selection, frequency carrier placement, traffic monitoring, traffic tagging, pilot beacon, etc. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A radio access network comprising: a plurality of radio points that wirelessly transmit to and receive signals from a plurality of wireless subscriber devices; and a baseband controller coupled to a network, wherein the baseband controller assigns a plurality of radio resources to the plurality wireless subscriber devices, and the plurality of radio resources are used to wirelessly transmit and receive signals between the plurality of radio points and the plurality of wireless subscriber devices, wherein the baseband controller communicates with the plurality of radio points through the network, the network comprising a plurality of switches and a plurality of connections between the plurality of switches, the baseband controller and the plurality of radio points for passage of data, and wherein the baseband controller obtains data capacity information for different portions of the network and configures one or more communication cells in the different portions of the network based on the data capacity information in response to changes in data capacity needs, wherein the one or more communication cells are configured by changing a number of the plurality of radio points assigned to the one or more communication cells. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The radio access network of claim 1, wherein the network comprises an Ethernet network and the network switch comprising an Ethernet switch. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The radio access network of claim 1, wherein the data is cellular traffic data. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The radio access network of claim 1, wherein the data is internet protocol (IP) traffic data. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The radio access network of claim 1, the data capacity information is determined based on one or more parameters associated with the plurality of radio points. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The radio access network of claim 1, wherein at least two of the plurality of radio points are connected in a daisy chain manner to relay communications between at least a subset of the plurality of radio points. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The radio access network of claim 1, wherein the plurality of radio resources comprises one or more of radio frequency (RF) carriers, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) codes, or Time-Division Multiple Access (TDMA) time slots. ### Claim 8 A method comprising: assigning a plurality of radio resources to the plurality wireless subscriber devices, wherein a plurality of radio resources are used to wirelessly transmit and receive signals between a plurality of radio points and the plurality of wireless subscriber devices; communicating with the plurality of radio points through a network, the network comprising a plurality of switches and a plurality of connections between the plurality of switches and the plurality of radio points for passage of data, and obtaining data capacity information for different portions of the network; and configuring one or more communication cells in the different portions of the network based on the data capacity information in response to changes in data capacity needs, wherein the one or more communication cells are configured by changing a number of the plurality of radio points assigned to the one or more communication cells. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the network comprises an Ethernet network and the network switch comprising an Ethernet switch. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the data is cellular traffic data. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the data is internet protocol (IP) traffic data. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, the data capacity information is determined based on one or more parameters associated with the plurality of radio points. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein at least two of the plurality of radio points are connected in a daisy chain manner to relay communications between at least a subset of the plurality of radio points. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of radio resources comprises one or more of radio frequency (RF) carriers, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) codes, or Time-Division Multiple Access (TDMA) time slots. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to: assign a plurality of radio resources to the plurality wireless subscriber devices, wherein a plurality of radio resources are used to wirelessly transmit and receive signals between a plurality of radio points and the plurality of wireless subscriber devices; communicate with the plurality of radio points through a network, the network comprising a plurality of switches and a plurality of connections between the plurality of switches and the plurality of radio points for passage of data, and obtain data capacity information for different portions of the network; and configure one or more communication cells in the different portions of the network based on the data capacity information in response to changes in data capacity needs, wherein the one or more communication cells are configured by changing a number of the plurality of radio points assigned to the one or more communication cells. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the network comprises an Ethernet network and the network switch comprising an Ethernet switch. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the data is cellular traffic data. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the data is internet protocol (IP) traffic data. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, the data capacity information is determined based on one or more parameters associated with the plurality of radio points. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the plurality of radio resources comprises one or more of radio frequency (RF) carriers, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) codes, or Time-Division Multiple Access (TDMA) time slots.