Transmission of multiprotocol data in a distributed antenna system
US8649388B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 2, 2010 |
| Grant date | Feb 11, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 1, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W92/14
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a distributed antenna system (DAS) and a local area network (LAN), a common communication infrastructure distributes data from radio-based and Internet-based sources. A radio equipment (RE) of the DAS interfaces to a LAN segment. For the downlink, a gateway maps radio signal data from a radio equipment controller (REC) and data packets from a switch to mixed-data frames using a radio data interface protocol for transmission in the DAS. At the RE, the signal data and data packets are retrieved from the mixed-data frames and provided to the air interface and LAN segment, respectively. For the uplink from the RE, the radio signal data from the air interface and the data packets from the LAN segment are mapped to mixed-data frames and transmitted to the gateway. The gateway retrieves the signal samples and data packets from the mixed-data frames for transfer to the REC and switch, respectively.
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