Wireless communication network using frequency conversion of MIMO signals

US9686007B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Andrew Wireless Systems GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Oliver Braz · Monheim, DE
• Alfons Dussmann · Gansheim, DE
• Luigi Tarlazzi · Bagnacavallo, IT
• Thomas Haustein · Potsdam, DE
• Thomas WIRTH · Berlin, DE
• Dennis Wieruch · Berlin, DE
• Friedrich Jondral · Karlsruhe, DE
• Holger Jakel · Karlsruhe, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 6, 2012
• Grant date: Jun 20, 2017
• Expiry date: Dec 6, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04B7/2606
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Communication network (100) for wireless communication, comprising a base station (1, 16, 26), a wireless terminal (3, 15, 18, 25, 37) and at least one repeater (5, 10, 20, 28, 33) which is connected between the base station (1, 16, 26) and the wireless terminal (3, 15, 18, 25, 37), the base station (1, 16, 26) being configured for transmitting and receiving a communication signal on multiple information channels, the terminal (3, 15, 18, 25, 37) being configured for transmitting and receiving a communication signal on multiple information channels, and the repeater (5, 10, 20, 28, 33) being configured for receiving, passing through and retransmitting communication signals on multiple information channels, and contains a converting device (101, 103, 106, 110, 118) for frequency conversion of at least one information channel passed through, a test receiver (6, 12, 22, 34, 38) being additionally comprised which is configured for determining unused frequency ranges for wireless communication, the test receiver (6, 12, 22, 34, 38) being connected to the converting device (101, 103, 106, 110, 118) of the repeater (5, 10, 20, 28, 33), the converting device (101, 103, 106, 110, 118) being…