Method and apparatus to maintain network coverage when using a transport media to communicate with a remote antenna
US7809385B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 13, 2009 |
| Grant date | Oct 5, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 13, 2029 |
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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