Base station antennas with integrated sensors
AssigneeOutdoor Wireless Networks LLC
InventorBjörn Lindmark
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Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a base station antenna assembly. The base station antenna assembly includes a base station antenna including an external housing having a plurality of connectors extending outwardly therefrom and one or more integrated sensors residing inside of the external housing of the base station antenna. Each of the integrated sensors are coupled to a respective connector of the plurality of connectors via one or more cables, the one or more cables being routed inside of the external housing of the base station antenna.
Claims24
A base station antenna assembly, the base station antenna assembly comprising:
- a base station antenna comprising an external housing having a plurality of connectors extending outwardly therefrom;
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- one or more integrated sensors residing inside of the external housing of the base station antenna,
- wherein each of the integrated sensors are coupled to a respective connector of the plurality of connectors via one or more cables, the one or more cables being routed inside of the external housing of the base station antenna.
A base station antenna assembly, the base station antenna assembly comprising:
- a base station antenna comprising an external housing;
- an active antenna module comprising a multi-input-multi-output (mMIMO) beamforming antenna array;
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- one or more integrated sensors residing inside of the external housing of the base station antenna, wherein at least one of the integrated sensors is an imaging device.
A base station antenna assembly, the base station antenna assembly comprising:
- a passive/active antenna system, the passive/active antenna system comprising:
- a passive base station antenna comprising an external housing;
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- an active antenna module comprising a multi-input-multi-output (mMIMO) beamforming antenna array;
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- one or more integrated sensors residing inside of the external housing of the passive base station antenna, wherein at least one of the integrated sensors is an imaging device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.