Summary of the invention
In view of this, main purpose of the present invention is to provide a kind of device and method that a plurality of transceivers of smart antenna are carried out online detection, to reach whether normal purpose of the online transmission-receiving function of judging each transceiver.
For achieving the above object, technical scheme of the present invention specifically is achieved in that
A kind of device that a plurality of transceivers of smart antenna are carried out online detection comprises: coupler, detecting unit, judging unit;
Detection for the transceiver transmit status:
Described a plurality of transceiver sends default test signal to described coupler;
The described default test signal that described coupler will be received from described a plurality of transceivers is coupled as coupled signal, and is sent to described detecting unit;
The described coupled signal that described detecting unit will be received from described coupler is sent to described judging unit;
Described judging unit determine to be received from described detecting unit described coupled signal, and described default test signal between difference, and in described difference during smaller or equal to default first difference threshold, the transmit status of judging respective transceivers is normal, during greater than default first difference threshold, judge that the transmit status of respective transceivers is undesired in described difference;
Detection for the transceiver accepting state:
Described detecting unit sends described default test signal to described coupler;
The described default test signal that described coupler will be received from described detecting unit is coupled as coupled signal, and is sent to described a plurality of transceiver;
The described coupled signal that described a plurality of transceiver will be received from described coupler is sent to described judging unit;
Described judging unit determines to be received from described coupled signal, and the difference of described detecting unit between the default test signal that described coupler sends of described a plurality of transceivers, and in described difference during smaller or equal to default first difference threshold, the accepting state of judging respective transceivers is normal, during greater than default first difference threshold, judge that the accepting state of respective transceivers is undesired in described difference.
Said apparatus can also comprise: timing unit;
Detection for the transceiver transmit status:
When described timing unit arrived in the moment of the measurement transmit status that sets in advance, trigger described a plurality of transceiver and send described default test signal, and trigger the coupled signal of described detecting unit reception from described coupler to described coupler;
Detection for the transceiver accepting state:
When described timing unit arrived in the moment of the measurement accepting state that sets in advance, trigger described detecting unit and send described default test signal, and trigger the coupled signal of described a plurality of transceiver reception from described coupler to described coupler.
Preferably, described timing unit can be defined as the moment of described measurement transmit status and/or the moment of described measurement accepting state with protection interval GP time slot.
Preferably, this device can also comprise: diverter switch;
Detection for the transceiver transmit status:
Described diverter switch triggers in described a plurality of transceiver one as described detecting unit, and the described coupled signal that is received from described coupler is sent to described judging unit;
Detection for the transceiver accepting state:
Described diverter switch triggers in described a plurality of transceiver one as described detecting unit, sends described default test signal to described coupler.
Preferably, for the detection of transceiver transmit status:
The described coupled signal that described judging unit will be received from described detecting unit is converted to the digital signal in the numeric field, and calculate the difference of the intensity of the intensity of described digital signal and described default test signal, with the absolute value of described difference as the described described coupled signal that is received from detecting unit, and described default test signal between difference;
Detection for the transceiver accepting state:
The described coupled signal that described judging unit will be received from described a plurality of transceivers is converted to the digital signal in the numeric field, and calculate the difference of the intensity of the intensity of described digital signal and described default test signal, with the absolute value of described difference as the described described coupled signal that is received from a plurality of transceivers, and described default test signal between difference.
Described judging unit can be after the transmit status of judging transceiver or accepting state be undesired, the size of second difference threshold that also is used for more described difference and presets, and during smaller or equal to described second difference threshold, judge that the link gain of respective transceivers is undesired in described difference.
A kind of a plurality of transceivers to smart antenna carry out on-line detection method,
Set in advance detecting unit, and coupling device is set, between each transceiver and detecting unit, form coupling circuit by described coupling device in the antenna opening of smart antenna with transmission-receiving function;
This method also comprises to the detection of transceiver transmit status with to the detection of transceiver accepting state;
Detection for the transceiver transmit status:
Described each transceiver sends default test signal to described coupler, described coupler is coupled as coupled signal with described default test signal and is sent to described detecting unit, described detecting unit receives described coupled signal and is sent to described judging unit, described judging unit determine to be received from described detecting unit described coupled signal, and described default test signal between difference, if described difference is smaller or equal to the first default difference threshold, the transmit status of judging respective transceivers is normal, otherwise, judge that the transmit status of respective transceivers is undesired;
Detection for the transceiver accepting state:
Described detecting unit sends described default test signal to described coupler, described coupler is coupled as coupled signal with described default test signal and is sent to described a plurality of transceiver, described a plurality of transceiver receives described coupled signal and is sent to described judging unit, described judging unit determines to be received from the described coupled signal of described a plurality of transceivers, and the difference of described detecting unit between the default test signal that described coupler sends, if described difference is smaller or equal to the first default difference threshold, the accepting state of judging respective transceivers is normal, otherwise, judge that the accepting state of respective transceivers is undesired.
As seen from the above technical solution, the device and method that a plurality of transceivers of smart antenna is carried out online detection provided by the invention, the detecting unit that has transmission-receiving function by setting, and be used to judge whether normal judging unit of the transmit status of transceiver and/or accepting state, and coupling device is set in the antenna opening of smart antenna, make and to form coupling circuit by described coupling device between each transceiver and the detecting unit, so, just can between each transceiver and detecting unit, transmit default test signal by described coupling circuit, and by described judging unit according to default test signal before the transmission of described coupling circuit and the difference between the coupled signal after described coupling circuit transmits, and first difference threshold that sets in advance judges whether the operating state of respective transceivers is normal, thereby reaches whether normal purpose of the online transmission-receiving function of judging each transceiver.
And, the present invention utilizes TD SDMA to insert the characteristics of (TD-SCDMA) system's time division duplex and transmit-receive cofrequency, in on-line measuring device of the present invention, timing unit is set, by described timing unit when the moment of default measurement transmit status arrives, trigger described a plurality of transceiver and send default test signal to coupler, and when the moment of the measurement accepting state that sets in advance arrives, trigger described detecting unit and send default test signal, thereby the operate as normal of system and detection of the present invention can be carried out to time division multiplexing to coupler.Preferably; described timing unit can be defined as the moment of described measurement transmit status and/or the moment of described measurement accepting state with protection interval (GP) time slot; that is: carry out detection of the present invention at the GP time slot; thereby under the prerequisite that does not influence system's operate as normal, realize the online detection of the present invention to the intelligent antenna message transceiving machine.
In addition, in order to reduce system cost as far as possible, the present invention also provides and has adopted an implementation as described detecting unit in the existing transceiver in the smart antenna, this scheme only need increase a diverter switch, this diverter switch in different time trigger transceivers is as described detecting unit, execution sends the operation of presetting test signal or receiving coupled signal from coupler to coupler, or trigger this transceiver as general transceiver, carry out common transmitting-receiving operation, thereby, reached the beneficial effect that reduces system cost by time division multiplexing to this transceiver.
Embodiment
For making purpose of the present invention, technical scheme and advantage clearer, below with reference to the accompanying drawing embodiment that develops simultaneously, the present invention is described in further detail.
Main thought of the present invention is the detecting unit that has transmission-receiving function by setting, and be used to judge whether normal judging unit of the transmit status of transceiver and/or accepting state, and coupling device is set in the antenna opening of smart antenna, make and to form coupling circuit by described coupling device between each transceiver and the detecting unit, so, just can be by the default test signal of described coupling circuit transmitted test signal between each transceiver and detecting unit, and by described judging unit according to default test signal before described coupling circuit transmission and the difference between the coupled signal after described coupling circuit transmits, and first difference threshold that sets in advance judges whether the operating state of respective transceivers is normal.
The principle of device schematic diagram of Fig. 2 (a)~(b) a plurality of transceivers of smart antenna are carried out online detection for the present invention, in Fig. 2 (a) and Fig. 2 (b), include: originally in the antenna system be used to send, a plurality of transceivers of received signal (transceiver 0~N), and the present invention increases newly: coupler, detecting unit and judging unit.Wherein:
Fig. 2 (a) shows the detection for the transceiver transmit status:
Described a plurality of transceiver sends default test signal to described coupler;
The described default test signal that described coupler will be received from described a plurality of transceivers is coupled as coupled signal, and is sent to described detecting unit;
The described coupled signal that described detecting unit will be received from described coupler is sent to described judging unit;
Described judging unit determine to be received from described detecting unit described coupled signal, and described default test signal between difference, and in described difference during smaller or equal to default first difference threshold, the transmit status of judging respective transceivers is normal, during greater than default first difference threshold, judge that the transmit status of respective transceivers is undesired in described difference;
Fig. 2 (b) shows the detection for the transceiver accepting state:
Described detecting unit sends described default test signal to described coupler;
The described default test signal that described coupler will be received from described detecting unit is coupled as coupled signal, and is sent to described a plurality of transceiver;
The described coupled signal that described a plurality of transceiver will be received from described coupler is sent to described judging unit;
Described judging unit determine to be received from described a plurality of transceivers described coupled signal, and described default test signal between difference, and in described difference during smaller or equal to default first difference threshold, the accepting state of judging respective transceivers is normal, during greater than default first difference threshold, judge that the accepting state of respective transceivers is undesired in described difference.
According to prior art, the signal that sends in the transceiver is actually the radiofrequency signal of the analog domain that is converted to by the digital signal that comes from numeric field, therefore, judging unit of the present invention need be transformed into identical territory with default test signal with described coupled signal when the difference of determining between coupled signal and the default test signal.Preferably,
Detection for the transceiver transmit status:
The described coupled signal that described judging unit will be received from described detecting unit is converted to the digital signal in the numeric field, and calculate the difference of the intensity of the intensity of described digital signal and described default test signal, with the absolute value of described difference as the described described coupled signal that is received from detecting unit, and described default test signal between difference;
Detection for the transceiver accepting state:
The described coupled signal that described judging unit will be received from described a plurality of transceivers is converted to the digital signal in the numeric field, and calculate the difference of the intensity of the intensity of described digital signal and described default test signal, with the absolute value of described difference as the described described coupled signal that is received from a plurality of transceivers, and described default test signal between difference.
May further include in the device shown in Figure 2: timing unit;
Detection for the transceiver transmit status:
When described timing unit arrived in the moment of the measurement transmit status that sets in advance, trigger described a plurality of transceiver and send described default test signal, and trigger the coupled signal of described detecting unit reception from described coupler to described coupler;
Detection for the transceiver accepting state:
When described timing unit arrived in the moment of the measurement accepting state that sets in advance, trigger described detecting unit and send described default test signal, and trigger the coupled signal of described detecting unit reception from described coupler to described coupler.
So, except that described measurement transmit status and the moment and measure other times moment of accepting state, system can operate as normal.
In conjunction with the characteristics of TD-SCDMA system time division duplex and transmit-receive cofrequency, shown in timing unit can protection at interval (GP) time slot be defined as the moment of described measurement transmit status and/or the moment of measuring accepting state.Because the GP time slot is the protection interval between uplink and downlink timeslot, will there be transfer of data at the GP time slot, so, just can under the prerequisite that does not influence the original operate as normal of system, realize the online detection of the present invention to the intelligent antenna message transceiving machine.
The detecting unit with transmission-receiving function that the present invention is set can have following two kinds of situations:
1), can directly adopt in the smart antenna one in the existing transceiver as described detecting unit for the consideration of cost.
In this case, need to increase the state that corresponding logical circuit is controlled this detecting unit.For example: can be provided with one and be used for diverter switch that this detecting unit is switched between detected state and operating state;
Detection for the transceiver transmit status:
Described diverter switch triggers in all transceivers one as described detecting unit, and the described coupled signal that is received from described coupler is sent to described judging unit;
Detection for the transceiver accepting state:
Described diverter switch triggers in all transceivers one as described detecting unit, sends described default test signal to described coupler;
Except that above-mentioned two kinds of situations, described diverter switch triggers this transceiver and carries out common transmission-receiving function as general transceiver, and at this moment, this transceiver is worked normally as the general transceiver in the smart antenna.
2) for the clear and definite consideration of the division of labor, can in system, additionally increase by one and be exclusively used in the transceiver that carries out detection of the present invention.
Because in the practical application, the reason of transceiver working state abnormal has multiple, for example, might be that certain transceiver damages, cause the default test signal of this transceiver transmission or the coupled signal of reception to detect less than tangible peak value; The link gain that also might be certain transceiver has problem, causes the coupled signal of default test signal that this transceiver sends or reception little more a lot of than the intensity of the default test signal of numeric field.At the multiple situation that may occur in the practical application, can on the basis of technique scheme, second difference threshold, the 3rd difference threshold etc. be set, so that the various situations that may occur are carried out corresponding judgment.For example, at the problem of link gain:
Described judging unit is after the transmit status of judging certain transceiver or accepting state are undesired, can also be used for more described default test signal and the difference between the coupled signal after the coupling circuit transmission and the size of described second difference threshold before the coupling circuit transmission, and in described difference smaller or equal to described second difference threshold, judge that the link gain of respective transceivers is undesired.
In actual applications, can cause the reason of transceiver working state abnormal that corresponding thresholding is set at other, described reason is judged with reference to above-mentioned example.
As previously mentioned, the detecting unit with transmission-receiving function of setting of the present invention can be in the existing transceiver in the smart antenna, also can be that extra of increasing is exclusively used in the transceiver that carries out detection of the present invention.Below by two embodiment, described two kinds of situations are described respectively.
Easy for describing, in the following embodiments, the transceiver in the smart antenna is called the work transceiver.
Embodiment one:
Present embodiment is an example with one six antenna TD-SCDMA system, illustrates how to adopt to be exclusively used in the detecting unit realization the present invention who detects.
Fig. 3 is in the embodiment of the invention one being applied to on-line measuring device the composition structural representation of TD-SCDMA system.Referring to Fig. 3, this system comprises: the detecting unit of 6 work transceivers (that is: transceiver 0~5) as shown in the figure and 1 special use constitutes coupling circuit by the antenna coupling disc between the detecting unit of this 1 special use and 6 work transceivers.The operation principle of this system is:
When system was in normal operating conditions, this special-purpose detecting unit was in holding state, does not send or receive any signal;
When the moment of the transmit status of measuring transceiver arrives (for example :) at the GP time slot, that is: when system is in each transceiver transmit status of detection, the default test signal that sends from numeric field is converted to radiofrequency signal through each transceiver and sends to antenna opening, described radiofrequency signal enters this special-purpose detecting unit through coupling disc, this special-purpose detecting unit sends to judging unit with the radiofrequency signal that receives, judging unit is transformed into numeric field with described radiofrequency signal, obtain the intensity that each transceiver sends default test signal, and whether judge the transmit status of respective transceivers by the amplitude size that sends signal normal;
When the moment of the accepting state of measuring transceiver arrives, that is: when system is in each transceiver accepting state of detection, testing process is identical with the process that detects transmit status, uniquely different be: send default test signal by transceiver, 6 work transceivers will be preset test signal and receive and send to judging unit, be transformed into numeric field by judging unit and calculate and judge.
Fig. 4 shows in the embodiment of the invention one result schematic diagram that the transmit status to the work transceiver detects.Transmit status for each transceiver detects, and in fact is exactly that tested transceiver sends default test signal, and detecting unit receives the test signal through overcoupling, gives judging unit and calculates.By allowing each transceiver send different default test signals, can make judging unit that the peak point that the coupled signal of each transceiver calculates is appeared at the different position of cycle tests, and can not interfere with each other each other, so just can measure the transmit status of a plurality of branch roads simultaneously.Referring to Fig. 4, it is the simultaneously-measured result of calculation of each transceiver, and the X-axis among the figure is represented the position of cycle tests, and Y-axis is represented the amplitude difference between the intensity of the intensity of the coupled signal that detecting unit receives and original preset test signal.Among Fig. 4, the X-axis coordinate is 2,6,10,14,18 and 22 the stain original strength of transmitted signals of corresponding transceiver 0~5 shown in Figure 3 respectively, the amplitude of the signal that the Y-axis coordinate representation detecting unit of corresponding stain receives and the amplitude difference between the original strength of transmitted signals, as seen from Figure 4, the amplitude difference of each work transceiver correspondence all is no more than ± 1dB, can judge that thus the transmit status of 6 work transceivers is all normal.
Fig. 5 shows in the embodiment of the invention one another result schematic diagram that the transmit status to the work transceiver detects.Referring to Fig. 5, the X-axis among the figure is represented the position of cycle tests, and Y-axis is represented the amplitude difference between the intensity of the intensity of the coupled signal that detecting unit receives and original preset test signal.Among Fig. 5, the X-axis coordinate is 2,6,10,14,18 and 22 the stain original strength of transmitted signals of corresponding transceiver 0~5 shown in Figure 3 respectively, the amplitude of the signal that the Y-axis coordinate representation detecting unit of corresponding stain receives and the amplitude difference between the original strength of transmitted signals.As can be seen from Figure 5: the signal amplitude difference of work transceiver 1 is-8.063, than the amplitude of original transmission signal little about 8dB, the link gain that this transmission transceiver is described has problem, and the point of work transceiver 3 correspondences be can't see tangible peak value, illustrates that this transceiver may damage.
Embodiment two:
Present embodiment is an example with one six antenna TD-SCDMA system still, illustrates how to adopt existing transceiver realization the present invention in the smart antenna.
Fig. 6 is in the embodiment of the invention two being applied to on-line measuring device the composition structural representation of TD-SCDMA system.Referring to Fig. 6, this system comprises 6 work transceivers.Because the TD-SCDMA system is TDD system and transmit-receive cofrequency, therefore, can use any one work transceiver, as: work transceiver 0, replace the dedicated test unit among the embodiment one, when detecting, use as detecting unit.In the present embodiment, use coupling disc in the smart antenna as coupling circuit, and by the diverter switch switching of transceiver 0 as operate as normal transceiver and detecting unit of finishing the work.The operation principle of this system is:
When system was in normal operating conditions, work transceiver 0 was connected to by diverter switch on the antenna opening of coupling disc, and this moment, six transceivers were operating state;
When the moment of the transmit status of measuring transceiver arrives (for example :) at the GP time slot, that is: when system is in each transceiver transmit status of detection, to the work reception sender of transceiver 0 of diverter switch switches to the coupling aperture of coupling disc, the receiving branch of transceiver 0 of working this moment becomes detecting unit, each transceiver feeds back by detecting unit in the default test signal that the GP time slot sends, and carry out corresponding conversion at numeric field by judging unit, finish the state that sends transceiver is judged;
When the moment of the accepting state of measuring transceiver arrives, that is: when system is in each transceiver accepting state of detection, diverter switch switches to the coupling aperture of coupling disc at will the work transmitting branch of transceiver 0 of GP time slot, the transmitting branch of transceiver 0 of working this moment becomes detecting unit, and in the default test signal of GP time slot transmission, the receiving branch of each transceiver then feeds back test data at the GP time slot, and carries out corresponding conversion at numeric field, finishes the state of receiving branch is judged.
The detection of accepting state is that detecting unit sends, receiving branch receives, and the receiving branch in 6 transceivers can carry out simultaneously; The detection of transmit status is that the transmitting branch of transceiver sends, and detecting unit receives, and can send different data by each transmitting branch here, and the characteristic of utilizing sign indicating number to divide is once finished the detection to 6 transceivers.
As seen from the above technical solution, the device and method that a plurality of transceivers of smart antenna is carried out online detection provided by the invention, the detecting unit that has transmission-receiving function by setting, and be used to judge whether normal judging unit of the transmit status of transceiver and/or accepting state, and coupling device is set in the antenna opening of smart antenna, make and to form coupling circuit by described coupling device between each transceiver and the detecting unit, so, just can between each transceiver and detecting unit, transmit default test signal by described coupling circuit, and by described judging unit according to default test signal before the transmission of described coupling circuit and the difference between the coupled signal after described coupling circuit transmits, and first difference threshold that sets in advance judges whether the operating state of respective transceivers is normal, thereby reaches whether normal purpose of the online transmission-receiving function of judging each transceiver.
And, the present invention utilizes the characteristics of TD-SCDMA system time division duplex and transmit-receive cofrequency, in on-line measuring device of the present invention, timing unit is set, by described timing unit when the moment of default measurement transmit status arrives, trigger described a plurality of transceiver and send default test signal to coupler, and when the moment of the measurement accepting state that sets in advance arrives, trigger described detecting unit and send default test signal, thereby the operate as normal of system and detection of the present invention can be carried out to time division multiplexing to coupler.Preferably, described timing unit can be defined as the GP time slot moment of described measurement transmit status and/or the moment of described measurement accepting state, that is: carry out the present invention at the GP time slot and carry out described detection, thereby under the prerequisite that does not influence system's operate as normal, realize the online detection of the present invention to the intelligent antenna message transceiving machine.
In addition, in order to reduce system cost as far as possible, the present invention also provides and has adopted an implementation as described detecting unit in the existing transceiver in the smart antenna, this scheme only need increase a diverter switch, this diverter switch in different time trigger transceivers is as described detecting unit, execution sends the operation of presetting test signal or receiving coupled signal from coupler to coupler, or trigger this transceiver as general transceiver, carry out common transmitting-receiving operation, thereby, reached the beneficial effect that reduces system cost by time division multiplexing to this transceiver.
The above is preferred embodiment of the present invention only, is not to be used to limit protection scope of the present invention.All any modifications of being done within the spirit and principles in the present invention, be equal to replacement, improvement etc., all should be included within protection scope of the present invention.