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Kafe 바로가기국가/구분 | United States(US) Patent 등록 |
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출원번호 | US-0947187 (2015-11-20) |
등록번호 | US-9602209 (2017-03-21) |
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인용정보 | 피인용 횟수 : 2 인용 특허 : 462 |
Extremely High Frequency (EHF) distributed antenna systems and related components and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a base unit for distributing EHF modulated data signals to a RAU(s) is provided. The base unit includes a downlink data source input configured to receive downlink electric
Extremely High Frequency (EHF) distributed antenna systems and related components and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a base unit for distributing EHF modulated data signals to a RAU(s) is provided. The base unit includes a downlink data source input configured to receive downlink electrical data signal(s) from a data source. The base unit also includes an E-O converter configured to convert downlink electrical data signal(s) into downlink optical data signal(s). The base unit also includes an oscillator configured to generate an electrical carrier signal at a center frequency in the EHF band. The base unit also includes a modulator configured to combine the downlink optical data signal(s) with the electrical carrier signal to form downlink modulated optical signal(s) comprising a downlink optical data signal(s) modulated at the center frequency of the electrical carrier signal. The modulator is further configured to send the downlink modulated optical signal to the RAU(s).
1. A system for distributing extremely high frequency (EHF) modulated data signals to a plurality of remote antenna units (RAUs) deployed in a building infrastructure, the system comprising: a downlink data source input configured to receive a downlink electrical data signal from a data source, the
1. A system for distributing extremely high frequency (EHF) modulated data signals to a plurality of remote antenna units (RAUs) deployed in a building infrastructure, the system comprising: a downlink data source input configured to receive a downlink electrical data signal from a data source, the downlink electrical data signal including at least one high definition video signal;an electrical-to-optical (E-O) converter configured to convert the downlink electrical data signal into a downlink optical data signal;an oscillator configured to generate an electrical carrier signal at a center frequency in an EHF band between 30 and 300 GHz;a modulator configured to combine the downlink optical data signal with the electrical carrier signal to form a downlink modulated optical signal comprising the downlink optical data signal modulated at the center frequency of the electrical carrier signal; anda plurality of RAUs distributed in a building infrastructure, at least one RAU being optically coupled to the E-O converter and comprising: an optical to electrical (O-E) converter configured to receive the downlink modulated optical signal from the modulator and convert the downlink modulated optical signal into a downlink modulated electrical signal; andone or more antennas configured to transmit the downlink modulated electrical signal as an electromagnetic signal to a wireless client, and to receive Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) uplink electromagnetic signals from a wireless client. 2. The system of claim 1, wherein at least one RAU is optically coupled to the E-O converter by at least one optical fiber, the center frequency is approximately 60 GHz, and a channel width associated with the downlink modulated optical signal is approximately 7 GHz. 3. The system of claim 1, further comprising at least one of a subcarrier multiplexing switch and an N×1 switch configured to multiplex from 1 to N data sources. 4. A system for distributing extremely high frequency (EHF) modulated data signals to a plurality of remote antenna units (RAUs) deployed in a building infrastructure, the system comprising: a downlink data source input configured to receive downlink electrical data signals from a plurality of data sources, the downlink electrical data signals including at least one high definition video signal;a switch configured to multiplex the downlink electrical data signals;an electrical-to-optical (E-O) converter configured to convert at least one of the downlink electrical data signals into at least one downlink optical data signal;an oscillator configured to generate an electrical carrier signal at a center frequency in an EHF band between 30 and 300 GHz;a modulator configured to combine the at least one downlink optical data signal with the electrical carrier signal to form at least one downlink modulated optical signal comprising the at least one downlink optical data signal modulated at the center frequency of the electrical carrier signal; anda plurality of RAUs distributed in a building infrastructure, at least one RAU being optically coupled to the E-O converter and comprising: an optical to electrical (O-E) converter configured to receive the at least one downlink modulated optical signal from the modulator and convert the at least one downlink modulated optical signal into at least one downlink modulated electrical signal; andone or more antennas configured to transmit the at least one downlink modulated electrical signal as an electromagnetic signal to a wireless client, and to receive uplink electromagnetic signals at frequencies between 15 and 30 GHz from a wireless client. 5. The system of claim 4, wherein at least one RAU is optically coupled to the E-O converter by at least one optical fiber, the center frequency is approximately 60 GHz, and a channel width associated with the at least one downlink modulated optical signal is approximately 7 GHz. 6. The system of claim 4, wherein the uplink electromagnetic signals at frequencies substantially lower than 30 GHz are lower than 15 GHz. 7. A method for distributing extremely high frequency (EHF) modulated data signals via a plurality of remote antenna units (RAUs) deployed in a building infrastructure, the method comprising: receiving a downlink electrical data signal from a downlink data source, wherein receiving the downlink electrical data signal from the downlink data source comprises receiving at least one high definition video signal;converting the downlink electrical data signal into a downlink optical data signal;combining the downlink optical data signal with an electrical carrier signal operating in an EHF band between 30 and 300 GHz to form a downlink modulated optical signal comprising the downlink optical data signal modulated at a center frequency of the electrical carrier signal; andsending the downlink modulated optical signal to at least one RAU of the plurality of RAUs; and, at the at least one RAU: converting the downlink modulated optical signal into a downlink modulated electromagnetic signal;transmitting the downlink modulated electromagnetic signal to a wireless client within a building infrastructure; andreceiving Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) uplink electromagnetic signals from a wireless client within the building infrastructure. 8. The method of claim 7, wherein receiving a downlink electrical data signal from a downlink data source comprises receiving multiple downlink electrical data signals, the method further comprising multiplexing the downlink electrical data signals. 9. A system for distributing extremely high frequency (EHF) modulated data signals to a plurality of remote antenna units (RAUs) deployed in a building infrastructure, the system comprising: a downlink data source input configured to receive a downlink electrical data signal from a data source, the downlink electrical data signal including at least one video signal;an electrical-to-optical (E-O) converter configured to convert the downlink electrical data signal into a downlink optical data signal;an oscillator configured to generate an electrical carrier signal at a center frequency in an EHF band between 30 and 300 GHz;a modulator configured to combine the downlink optical data signal with the electrical carrier signal to form a downlink modulated optical signal comprising the downlink optical data signal modulated at the center frequency of the electrical carrier signal; anda plurality of RAUs distributed in a building infrastructure, at least one RAU being optically coupled to the E-O converter by at least one optical fiber cable, the at least one RAU comprising: an optical to electrical (O-E) converter configured to receive the downlink modulated optical signal from the modulator and convert the downlink modulated optical signal into a downlink modulated electrical signal; andat least one antenna configured to transmit the downlink modulated electrical signal as an electromagnetic signal to a wireless client, and to receive uplink electromagnetic signals from a wireless client at a frequency lower than 15 GHz. 10. The system of claim 9, wherein the uplink electromagnetic signals include Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) signals. 11. The system of claim 10, further comprising a plurality of high definition (HD) video sources, and at least one of a subcarrier multiplexing switch and an N×1 switch configured to multiplex the HD video sources. 12. A system for distributing extremely high frequency (EHF) signals to a plurality of remote antenna units (RAUs) deployed in a building infrastructure, the system comprising: a plurality of high definition (HD) video sources;a downlink data source input configured to receive a downlink electrical data signal from the HD video sources;an electrical-to-optical (E-O) converter configured to convert the downlink electrical data signal into a downlink optical data signal;an oscillator configured to generate an electrical carrier signal at a center frequency in an EHF band between 30 and 300 GHz;a modulator configured to combine the downlink optical data signal with the electrical carrier signal to form a downlink modulated optical signal comprising the downlink optical data signal modulated at the center frequency of the electrical carrier signal; anda plurality of RAUs distributed in a building infrastructure, at least one RAU being optically coupled to the E-O converter by at least one optical fiber, the at least one RAU comprising: an optical to electrical (O-E) converter configured to receive the downlink modulated optical signal from the modulator and convert the downlink modulated optical signal into a downlink modulated electrical signal; andat least one antenna configured to transmit the downlink modulated electrical signal as an electromagnetic signal to a wireless client, and to receive uplink electromagnetic signals from a wireless client at a frequency substantially lower than the EHF band.
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