Power cabling connections for remote radio heads and related methods
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorJohn C. Chamberlain
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Abstract
Power cabling connections for supplying power from a power supply to a plurality of remote radio heads include a trunk power cable having a trunk power supply conductor and a trunk return conductor that are enclosed within a cable jacket and electrically insulated from each other; and a plurality of remotely-controlled switches that are interposed between the trunk power cable and the respective remote radio heads that are configured to selectively electrically connect the trunk power supply conductor and the trunk return conductor to a respective one of the radio heads.
Claims20
A power cabling connection for supplying power from a power supply to a plurality of remote radio heads, comprising:
- a trunk power cable having a trunk power supply conductor and a trunk return conductor that are enclosed within a cable jacket and electrically insulated from each other;
- a plurality of remotely-controlled switches interposed between the trunk power cable and the respective remote radio heads that are configured to selectively electrically connect the trunk power supply conductor and the trunk return conductor to a respective one of the radio heads.
A method of delivering power, the method comprising:
- delivering a power supply signal to a plurality of co-located remote radio heads using a composite trunk power cable that includes a single trunk power supply conductor and a single trunk return conductor and a plurality of jumper cables that electrically connect the single trunk power supply conductor and the single trunk return conductor to the respective remote radio heads;
- controlling a switch that is interposed on the electrical path between the trunk power supply and return conductors of the composite trunk power cable and a first of the remote radio heads to interrupt delivery of the power supply signal to the first of the remote radio heads.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.