Method and apparatus to maintain network coverage when using a transport media to communicate with a remote antenna
US7493129B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 12, 2003 |
| Grant date | Feb 17, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 1, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W88/085
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a cellular communications system having a centralized radio processing portion (a base station hotel) in communication with a plurality of remote air interface radio portions (or radio heads) over a transport medium, the centralized radio processing portion compensates for a fixed delay associated with the transport medium coupling the centralized radio processing portion and one of the remote air interface radio portions when evaluating a time period corresponding to a variable delay between transmission by a mobile in communication with the one of air interface radio portions and receipt of the transmission by the centralized radio processing portion. The variable delay may relate to time out periods or time slot synchronization.
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