CN218275074U

CN218275074U - Customer premises equipment

Info

Publication number: CN218275074U
Application number: CN202222827930.7U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 圣旭; 赵程
Original assignee: ZTE Corp
Current assignee: ZTE Corp
Priority date: 2022-10-26
Filing date: 2022-10-26
Publication date: 2023-01-10
Anticipated expiration: 2032-10-26

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a customer premises equipment, which includes a body structure, the body structure includes: the antenna comprises a plurality of bearing units, a plurality of antenna units and a plurality of antenna units, wherein each bearing unit is provided with at least one antenna; the antenna is a directional antenna; a system circuit board electrically connected to each of the antennas; the driving units are in one-to-one correspondence with the bearing units and are used for driving the corresponding bearing units to independently move so as to change the orientation of the antenna arranged on the bearing units.

Description

Customer premises equipment

Technical Field

The disclosure relates to the technical field of customer premises equipment, in particular to customer premises equipment.

Background

The Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) is a signal receiving device, and is mainly used for communication with a base station at a place where a signal is weak.

CPEs of the fifth generation mobile communication technology (5G) typically include two 5G directional antennas, namely a quasi-6 GHz (Sub-6 GHz) antenna and a millimeter wave antenna. The existing CPE may not enable the two antennas to reach the optimal use state at the same time, and has poor environmental adaptability, so that the situation of losing signals is easy to occur.

Disclosure of Invention

The present disclosure provides a CPE.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a CPE, which includes a body structure, where the body structure includes:

the antenna comprises a plurality of bearing units, a plurality of antenna units and a plurality of antenna units, wherein each bearing unit is provided with at least one antenna; the antenna is a directional antenna;

a system circuit board electrically connected to each of the antennas;

the driving units are in one-to-one correspondence with the bearing units and are used for driving the corresponding bearing units to independently move so as to change the orientation of the antenna arranged on the bearing units.

In some embodiments, the carrying unit comprises a first carrying unit and a second carrying unit;

the driving unit comprises a first driving unit corresponding to the first bearing unit and a second driving unit corresponding to the second bearing unit.

In some embodiments, the bearing unit is a plate, the bearing unit has a bearing surface and a back surface opposite to each other, the antenna is disposed on the bearing surface, and the driving unit is configured to drive the bearing unit to rotate around an axis perpendicular to the bearing surface;

the back surface of the first bearing unit is opposite to the back surface of the second bearing unit and is arranged at intervals, and a middle space is formed between the back surface of the first bearing unit and the back surface of the second bearing unit at intervals;

the first driving unit and the second driving unit are arranged in the middle space;

the first driving unit is provided with a first rotating output shaft, and the tail end of the first rotating output shaft is connected with the back surface of the first bearing unit;

the second driving unit is provided with a second rotating output shaft, and the tail end of the second rotating output shaft is connected with the back of the second bearing unit.

In some embodiments, the system circuit board is disposed on the back surface of the first carrier unit and electrically connected to the antenna on the second carrier unit through a lead.

In some embodiments, the antennas include a quasi 6GHz Sub-6GHz antenna and a millimeter wave antenna; one of the Sub-6GHz antenna and the millimeter wave antenna is arranged on the first bearing unit, and the other one is arranged on the second bearing unit.

In some embodiments, the antenna further comprises a fourth generation mobile communication technology 4G antenna;

the 4G antenna is arranged on the first bearing unit or the second bearing unit.

In some embodiments, the CPE of embodiments of the present disclosure further comprises:

the connecting structure is detachably connected with the main body structure and is used for connecting the main body structure to a target object.

In some embodiments, the body structure further comprises:

a housing unit enclosing at least one of the system wiring board, the driving unit, the antenna.

In some embodiments, the bearing unit is a plate, the bearing unit has a bearing surface and a back surface opposite to each other, the antenna is disposed on the bearing surface, and the driving unit is configured to drive the bearing unit to rotate around an axis perpendicular to the bearing surface.

In some embodiments, the body structure further comprises:

a control unit for controlling the drive unit.

The CPE of the embodiment of the disclosure is provided with a plurality of bearing units which respectively bear different antennas (directional antennas), and the different bearing units are respectively controlled by different driving units, so that the movement of each bearing unit is mutually independent, and the orientation of different antennas can be adjusted independently, so that each antenna can be adjusted to the optimal orientation respectively, the optimal signal is received, the signal quality is ensured, the environment adaptability is improved, and the signal loss is avoided.

Drawings

In the drawings of embodiments of the disclosure:

fig. 1 is a block diagram of a CPE according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 2 is a block diagram of a CPE according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional structural diagram of another CPE provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

wherein the meaning of the reference signs is:

01. a body structure; 02. a connecting structure; 1. a bearing unit; 11. a first bearing unit; 12. a second bearing unit; 2. an antenna; 21. sub-6GHz antenna; 22. a millimeter wave antenna; 23. a 4G antenna; 28. a heat sink; 29. an antenna mount; 3. a system circuit board; 31. a lead wire; 4. a drive unit; 41. a first drive unit; 42. a second driving unit; 5. a housing unit; 51. an upper housing; 52. a middle shell; 53. a lower housing; 6. a control unit; 71. a main body support; 72. and (4) a fixing device.

Detailed Description

In order to make those skilled in the art better understand the technical solution of the present disclosure, the client front-end device provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure is described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The present disclosure will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the illustrated embodiments may be embodied in different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth below. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the disclosure to those skilled in the art.

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the disclosed embodiments and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the disclosure and together with the detailed description serve to explain the disclosure and not to limit the disclosure. The above and other features and advantages will become more apparent to those skilled in the art by describing in detail embodiments with reference to the attached drawings.

The present disclosure may be described with reference to plan views and/or cross-sectional views by way of idealized schematic representations of the present disclosure. Accordingly, the example illustrations may be modified in accordance with manufacturing techniques and/or tolerances.

Embodiments of the present disclosure and features of embodiments may be combined with each other without conflict.

The terminology used in the present disclosure is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the disclosure. As used in this disclosure, the term "and/or" includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items. As used in this disclosure, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. The terms "comprises," "comprising," "includes," "including," "comprises," "including," "comprising," "including," "involving," and/or "including," when used in this disclosure, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof.

Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used in this disclosure have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art. It will be further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and the present disclosure, and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein.

The present disclosure is not limited to the embodiments shown in the drawings, but includes modifications of configurations formed based on a manufacturing process. Thus, the regions illustrated in the figures have schematic properties, and the shapes of the regions shown in the figures illustrate specific shapes of regions of elements, but are not intended to be limiting.

Antennas used in CPE for communication with a base station are mainly classified into two types, a directional antenna and an omni-directional antenna. The omnidirectional antenna has no direction requirement, can receive signals in all directions, and has short transmission distance and high cost compared with a directional antenna. The directional antenna has high gain and long transmission distance, but can realize better signal receiving effect only by correctly orienting the antenna, and the signal quality is sharply attenuated if the orientation of the antenna is incorrect.

The outdoor CPE application scene signal is weak and far from the base station, so a directional antenna is generally adopted, for example, the 5G CPE generally includes two 5G directional antennas, i.e., a quasi Sub-6GHz antenna and a millimeter wave antenna, which are respectively used for receiving a Sub-6GHz signal and a millimeter wave signal.

In some related art, the Sub-6GHz antenna and the millimeter wave antenna are relatively fixed in position (e.g., both are disposed on a platform), so that the orientations are always the same regardless of the adjustment.

However, the Sub-6GHz signal and the millimeter wave signal have different wavelengths and thus different characteristics such as different penetration into an object and reflection capability, which may result in the following cases:

(1) Two signals transmitted from the same base station in the same direction may have an angular deviation between the two signals received by the CPE due to the interference caused by the obstruction.

(2) In some cases, the interference effect of the shielding object may be different, which may cause the best signal source of the two signals received by the CPE to be the best millimeter wave signal of a different base station, such as the a base station, but the shielding causes the performance of the Sub-6GHz signal to be degraded, which is the best Sub-6GHz signal of the B base station, and thus the angle of the best two signals received by the CPE is also different.

Therefore, when one of the Sub-6GHz antenna and the millimeter wave antenna of the CPE in the related art is in the optimal orientation and can receive the optimal signal, the other antenna is often in the incorrect orientation and cannot receive the optimal signal, so that the existing CPE may not simultaneously enable the two antennas to reach the optimal use state, has poor environmental adaptability and is prone to signal loss.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a CPE.

The Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure is configured to receive data from a base station, which may specifically be an outdoor CPE, and may further specifically be a 5G CPE.

Referring to fig. 1 to 3, a CPE of an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a body structure 01, the body structure 01 including:

the antenna comprises a plurality of bearing units 1, wherein each bearing unit 1 is provided with at least one antenna 2; the antenna 2 is a directional antenna;

a system circuit board 3 electrically connected to each antenna 2;

and the driving units 4 are in one-to-one correspondence with the bearing units 1, and each driving unit 4 is used for driving the corresponding bearing unit 1 to move independently so as to change the orientation of the antenna 2 arranged on the bearing unit 1.

Referring to fig. 1, a main structure 01 is a part of the CPE according to the embodiment of the present disclosure, which plays a role in receiving and processing a base station signal.

The main structure 01 includes a plurality of antennas 2 for receiving signals of a base station, each antenna 2 is a directional antenna capable of well receiving signals in a specific direction, and is not an omnidirectional antenna capable of receiving signals in all directions, so that the orientation of the antenna 2 needs to be matched with the direction of an optimal signal to well implement a task of receiving signals.

Each antenna 2 is also connected to a system circuit board 3 (PCB), and the system circuit board 3 is a "CPE system main board", that is, a main board for controlling the whole CPE system (including processing and controlling signals of each antenna 2).

The antennas 2 are respectively arranged on the bearing units 1, so that the antenna 2 arranged on one bearing unit 1 can move together with the bearing unit 1.

The main body structure 01 further includes driving units 4 corresponding to the carrying units 1 one to one, that is, each driving unit 4 corresponds to only one carrying unit 1, and each carrying unit 1 also corresponds to only one driving unit 4. Each driving unit 4 can independently drive the corresponding bearing unit 1 to move, namely, the movement of each bearing unit 1 is not influenced by other bearing units 1; the movement of the carrying unit 1, i.e. the movement of the antenna 2 thereon, can change the orientation of the antenna 2, so that the orientations of the antennas 2 on different carrying units 1 can be independently adjusted.

The CPE of the embodiment of the present disclosure is provided with a plurality of bearing units 1, which respectively bear different antennas 2 (directional antennas), and the different bearing units 1 are respectively controlled by different driving units 4, so that the motions of the bearing units 1 are independent from each other, and the orientations of the different antennas 2 can also be independently adjusted, so that the antennas 2 can be respectively adjusted to the optimal orientations, the optimal signals are received, the signal quality is ensured, the environment adaptability is improved, and the loss of the signals is avoided.

In some embodiments, the supporting unit 1 is a plate, the supporting unit 1 has a supporting surface and a back surface opposite to each other, the antenna 2 is disposed on the supporting surface, and the driving unit 4 is configured to drive the supporting unit 1 to rotate around an axis perpendicular to the supporting surface.

Referring to fig. 3, the supporting unit 1 may be a plate (e.g., a rotating platform), so that the plate has a supporting surface and a back surface opposite to each other, and the antenna 2 can be disposed on the supporting surface; the driving unit 4 drives the corresponding "plate" of the carrying unit 1 to rotate around an axis perpendicular to the carrying surface, so as to change the orientation of the antenna 2 thereon.

It should be understood that the orientation of the antenna 2 on the carrying unit 1 is not perpendicular to the carrying surface (otherwise rotation about an axis perpendicular to the carrying surface would not change the orientation of the antenna 2), for example, the orientation of the antenna 2 on the carrying unit 1 may be parallel to the carrying surface.

The driving unit 4 may be a motor having a shaft (a rotation output shaft) capable of outputting a rotational motion, and the rotation output shaft is vertically connected to one side of the "plate", so that the rotation output shaft rotates to drive the "plate" of the bearing unit 1 to rotate.

According to the structure of the bearing unit 1, the driving unit 4 can adjust the antenna 2 in any direction as long as the driving unit 4 can drive the bearing unit 1 to rotate completely for "one turn (0-360 °), so that the driving unit 4 can be used for driving the bearing unit 1 to rotate back and forth" within the process range of 0-360 °, rather than driving the bearing unit 1 to rotate for "multiple turns" in a single direction.

It should be understood that other structures related to the antenna 2, such as an antenna bracket 29 for supporting the antenna 2, a heat sink 28 for dissipating heat, etc., may be disposed on the carrying surface of the plate-shaped carrying unit 1, and will not be described in detail herein.

It should be understood that the carrying unit 1 may be in other forms, and the driving unit 4 may drive the carrying unit 1 to move in other ways, as long as the carrying unit 1 and the driving unit 4 are matched to ensure that the driving unit 4 can change the orientation of the antenna 2 on the carrying unit 1.

In some embodiments, the carrying unit 1 includes a first carrying unit 11, a second carrying unit 12;

the driving unit 4 includes a first driving unit 41 corresponding to the first carrying unit 11, and a second driving unit 42 corresponding to the second carrying unit 12.

Referring to fig. 2 and fig. 3, as a mode of the embodiment of the present disclosure, in the CPE of the embodiment of the present disclosure, specifically, there may be two bearing units 1, namely a first bearing unit 11 and a second bearing unit 12, and correspondingly there are two driving units 4, namely a first driving unit 41 and a second driving unit 42, and of course, the CPE further includes at least two antennas 2.

In some embodiments, the antenna 2 includes a Sub-6GHz antenna 21 and a millimeter wave antenna 22; one of the Sub-6GHz antenna 21 and the millimeter wave antenna 22 is provided on the first carrier unit 11, and the other is provided on the second carrier unit 12.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, when there are two carrier units 1 and 5G antennas, one of the carrier units 1 (the first carrier unit 11 is taken as an example in the figure) may be provided with a Sub-6GHz antenna 21 (one of the 5G antennas), and the other carrier unit 1 (the second carrier unit 12 is taken as an example in the figure) may be provided with a millimeter wave antenna 22 (the other of the 5G antennas).

That is, two kinds of 5G antennas can be respectively disposed on two carrying units 1, because the requirement of the 5G antennas on the accuracy of the signal direction is usually higher, and the 5G antennas need to be respectively adjusted, and therefore, they should be located on different carrying units 1.

In some embodiments, the antenna 2 further comprises a 4G antenna 23;

the 4G antenna 23 is disposed on the first carrying unit 11 or the second carrying unit 12.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, the CPE of the embodiment of the disclosure may further include a 4G antenna 23, and the 4G antenna 23 may be disposed on the same carrier unit 1 (the first carrier unit 11 is taken as an example in the figure) as one of the Sub-6GHz antenna 21 and the millimeter wave antenna 22.

This is because the requirement of the 4G antenna 23 on the accuracy of the signal direction is usually relatively low, so that it does not need to adjust the orientation separately, but can move together with other 5G antennas, which reduces the number of the bearing unit 1 and the driving unit 4 and simplifies the product structure.

It should be understood that the specific number of the above bearing units 1 (driving units 4), the specific number and type of the antennas 2, and the like are all exemplary, and the CPE of the embodiment of the present disclosure is not limited to the above case.

For example, other types of antennas 2, such as a sixth generation mobile communication technology (6G) antenna, are also included in the CPE; alternatively, three or more carrying units 1 (and driving units 4) may be included in the CPE, so that the 4G antenna 23 may be independently disposed on one carrying unit 1, and the like.

In some embodiments, the supporting unit 1 is plate-shaped, the supporting unit 1 has a supporting surface and a back surface opposite to each other, the antenna 2 is disposed on the supporting surface, and the driving unit 4 is used for driving the supporting unit 1 to rotate around an axis perpendicular to the supporting surface;

the back surface of the first bearing unit 11 is opposite to the back surface of the second bearing unit 12 and is arranged at intervals, and a middle space is formed between the back surface of the first bearing unit 11 and the back surface of the second bearing unit 12 at intervals;

the first driving unit 41 and the second driving unit 42 are arranged in the middle space;

the first driving unit 41 has a first rotating output shaft, and the end of the first rotating output shaft is connected with the back of the first bearing unit 11;

the second driving unit 42 has a second rotation output shaft, and the end of the second rotation output shaft is connected to the back surface of the second carrier unit 12.

Referring to fig. 3, as a manner of the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the first bearing unit 11 and the second bearing unit 12 are in the form of the above plate (e.g., in the form of a rotating platform), the "plates" of the first bearing unit 11 and the second bearing unit 12 may be oppositely and oppositely disposed at intervals, that is, the bearing surfaces of the first bearing unit 11 and the second bearing unit 12 are away from each other (one facing the other), the back surfaces are opposite, and a space (middle space) is formed between the opposite back surfaces.

Thus, referring to fig. 3, the corresponding first driving unit 41 and the second driving unit 42 (e.g. in the form of motors) can be disposed in the middle space (i.e. between the two "plates" of the first carrying unit 11 and the second carrying unit 12), and the rotation output shafts of the two can be respectively connected to the back of the corresponding carrying unit 1 to drive the corresponding "plates" to rotate. Therefore, the CPE is compact and standard in overall structure and convenient to carry, install and the like.

For example, referring to fig. 3, end surfaces of the first and

second drive units

41, 42 remote from the respective rotation output shafts may be directly connected to each other, thereby forming an integrated structure.

It should be understood that the specific arrangement of the first driving unit 41 and the second driving unit 42 is not limited thereto, and they may be connected to each other laterally or fixed on the same bracket.

In some embodiments, the system circuit board 3 is disposed on the back of the first carrier unit 11 and electrically connected to the antenna 2 on the second carrier unit 12 through the lead 31.

As a way of the embodiment of the present disclosure, referring to fig. 3, the system wiring board 3 may be connected to the back surface of one of the carrier units 1 (taking the first carrier unit 11 as an example, since the first carrier unit 11 and the second carrier unit 12 are opposite, it is also feasible to select the second carrier unit 12 here), and electrically connected to the antenna 2 on the other carrier unit 1 (taking the second carrier unit 12 as an example) through the lead 31.

Because the antennas 2 on different bearing units 1 can move relatively independently, no matter where the system circuit board 3 is arranged, the relative position between the system circuit board and at least one antenna 2 is variable, and correspondingly, the system circuit board and the at least one antenna cannot be fixedly and electrically connected; therefore, the system circuit board 3 can be disposed on the back surface of one of the carrier units 1, so that it can be directly and fixedly connected to the antenna 2 on the carrier unit 1, and only needs to be connected to the antenna 2 on the other carrier unit 1 through the movable lead 31, thereby simplifying the connection structure.

As before, since the carrier unit 1 is simply rotated "back and forth" within a certain range, the length of the lead 31 is sufficient to ensure that the movement within the range is present.

and the connecting structure 02 is detachably connected with the main body structure 01 and is used for connecting the main body structure 01 to a target object.

Since an actual CPE product (e.g., an outdoor CPE) is generally disposed on a target object such as a signal rod, referring to fig. 2 and 3, the CPE according to the embodiment of the present disclosure may further include a connecting structure 02 for fixing the main body structure 01 on the target object.

The specific form of the connection structure 02 is various. For example, referring to fig. 3, the connecting structure 02 may include a main body bracket 71 and a fixing device 72, one end of the main body bracket 71 can be connected to a target object such as a signal rod, and the other end can be connected to the main body structure 01 through the fixing device 72, thereby also corresponding to fixing the main body structure 01 to the target object.

In some embodiments, the body structure 01 further comprises:

a housing unit 5, wherein the housing unit 5 surrounds at least one of the system circuit board 3, the driving unit 4 and the antenna 2.

Referring to fig. 3, in order to protect the system wiring board 3, the driving unit 4, the antenna 2, and other devices, a housing unit 5 may be further included in the main body structure 01, and the housing unit 5 may "cover" other devices.

The specific form of the housing unit 5 is various. For example, referring to fig. 3, the housing unit 5 includes an upper housing 51 covering the structure of the antenna 2 and the like on the mounting surface of the first mounting unit 11, a lower housing 53 covering the structure of the antenna 2 and the like on the mounting surface of the second mounting unit 12, a middle housing 52 covering the structure of the system circuit board 3, the driving unit 4 and the like in the middle space, and the like.

In some embodiments, the body structure 01 further comprises: a control unit 6 for controlling the drive unit 4.

Referring to fig. 2 and 3, as a mode of the embodiment of the present disclosure, the main body structure 01 further includes a control unit 6 for controlling the driving unit 4.

For example, referring to fig. 3, the control unit 6 may be a driving assembly control board provided at the back of the above second carrying unit 12.

Therefore, a predetermined control mode can be written in the control unit 6, so that the control unit 6 controls the driving unit 4 according to the signal strength condition received by the antenna 2 to change the orientation of the antenna 2.

It should be understood that, referring to fig. 2, the control unit 6 may also be electrically connected to the system wiring board 3.

For example, the control unit 6 may periodically control each of the driving units 4.

For example, every predetermined time, the system circuit board 3 may respectively control each driving unit 4 to drive the corresponding carrying unit 1 to rotate within a range of 0 ° to 360 ° through the control unit 6, record the signal strength of the antenna 2 on the carrying unit 1 when the antenna 2 rotates to each position, select the position of the carrying unit 1 with the strongest signal strength as the optimal orientation of the antenna 2, and further control the driving unit 4 to drive the carrying unit 1 to rotate to the position until the next predetermined time comes.

Therefore, the antenna 2 of the CPE can be automatically adjusted according to the change of the signal strength, and the state correction is performed periodically, so that the CPE always automatically maintains the best communication state, and the maintenance cost is reduced (for example, compared with a mode of manually adjusting the orientation of the antenna, the CPE according to the embodiment of the present disclosure does not need manual intervention any more as long as the CPE is installed), so that the user experience is better.

If the time for adjusting the plurality of carrying units 1 is the same, the control unit 6 may not control each driving unit 4 to drive the carrying units 1 synchronously; when the adjustment is needed, each driving unit 4 is controlled to drive the bearing unit 1 to adjust in turn, so as to ensure that when one bearing unit 1 is adjusted, the antennas 2 on the bearing units 1 corresponding to other driving units 4 can still receive signals normally, that is, it is ensured that part of the antennas 2 can always work normally, and the CPE is always in a normal working state, and cannot work temporarily due to the adjustment.

It should be understood that the specific way of operation of the control unit 6 is not limited thereto.

For another example, the control unit 6 may not operate periodically, but trigger the adjustment process when the signal strength received by a certain antenna 2 is found to be reduced to a certain degree, or perform the adjustment according to the instruction of the user.

For another example, the control unit 6 may not control the driving unit 4 to rotate in the full range of 0 ° to 360 ° each time, but may control the driving unit 4 to rotate in a small range of the current angle and search for a direction with a better signal, that is, only "fine tuning" the orientation of the antenna 2.

Example 1:

the specific structure and operation of a CPE according to embodiments of the present disclosure may be as follows.

Referring to fig. 3, the CPE of the embodiments of the present disclosure may be a 5G outdoor CPE that includes an upper drive assembly (first drive unit 41) and a corresponding upper rotary platform (first carrier unit 11), and a lower drive assembly (second drive unit 42) and a corresponding lower rotary platform (second carrier unit 12).

Wherein, the upper rotary platform is provided with a Sub-6GHz antenna module (one of 5G antennas 2) and a 4G antenna module (4G antenna 23), and the lower rotary platform is provided with a millimeter wave antenna module (the other of 5G antennas 2).

Each antenna module is controlled by a CPE system mainboard (system circuit board 3), and the CPE system mainboard can also control each driving component (driving unit 4) through a driving component control panel (control unit 6).

When the outdoor CPE is used, a main body (a main body structure 01) of the outdoor CPE is fixedly arranged on the signal rod through a main body support 71 and a fixing device 72 (a connecting structure 02), then a power supply is connected, and the outdoor CPE enters a working state.

When entering the working state for the first time, the main board of the CPE system starts an adjustment program: the CPE system mainboard controls the upper rotary platform and the lower rotary platform through the drive component control board and the drive component, so that the upper rotary platform and the lower rotary platform rotate 360 degrees from an initial angle (defined as 0 degree) at the same time, and the CPE system mainboard continuously communicates with surrounding base stations through the millimeter wave antenna module and the Sub-6GHz antenna module in the rotating process to obtain and record signal strength values of all positions in a 360-degree range; then the upper rotary platform and the lower rotary platform are controlled to rotate in the opposite direction to 0 degree, and the signal intensity values of all positions in the range of 360 degrees are recorded again; after repeated times, the main board of the CPE system can respectively analyze the angle of the optimal signal of the upper rotating platform and the angle of the optimal signal of the lower rotating platform, the upper rotating platform is controlled to rotate to the position of the corresponding optimal angle and the locking position through the control board of the driving assembly, the lower rotating platform is controlled to rotate to the position of the corresponding optimal angle and the locking position through the lower driving assembly, and at the moment, the outdoor CPE firstly reaches the optimal use state and starts to work.

In the later use process, the angle adjustment can be carried out again every time a user-defined maintenance period or a system default maintenance period comes.

For example, if the upper and lower rotation platforms reach the maintenance period at the same time, the CPE system motherboard will start an intermediate adjustment procedure: the CPE system mainboard temporarily controls the upper rotary platform to be fixed, so that the Sub-6GHz antenna module (certainly a 4G antenna module) on the CPE system mainboard can work normally; meanwhile, the CPE system main board drives the lower rotating platform to move under the control of the lower driving component control panel, so that the lower rotating platform rotates within a range of 360 degrees (the lower rotating platform rotates within an initial range of 0-360 degrees and does not represent that the lower rotating platform rotates 360 degrees in a one-way mode from the current position because the position of the lower rotating platform may not be the initial 0-degree position), and the CPE system main board continuously communicates with surrounding base stations through the millimeter wave antenna modules on the lower rotating platform in the rotating process to acquire and record signal strength values of all positions within the range of 360 degrees; after repeated times, the CPE system main board analyzes the updated optimal signal angle of the lower rotary platform, and the lower rotary platform is rotated to the optimal angle position and locked by the lower drive assembly controlled by the drive assembly control board; then, the CPE system main board controls the lower rotating platform to be fixed differently, so that the millimeter wave antenna module on the lower rotating platform works normally, the orientation of the Sub-6GHz antenna module on the upper rotating platform is adjusted in the same way, the updated optimal signal angle is determined, and the upper driving component is controlled by the driving component control board to rotate the upper rotating platform to the optimal angle position and lock the position; thus, both rotating platforms of the outdoor CPE are adjusted to re-achieve the optimal use state.

Therefore, the outdoor CPE of the embodiment of the disclosure adjusts the two rotary platforms in a time-sharing manner, so that when one rotary platform is adjusted, the antenna module on the other rotary platform can still normally work, namely, the outdoor CPE can be always in a working state, and signal interruption during adjustment is avoided.

It should be appreciated that if the maintenance cycles for the two rotating platforms are not the same, each rotating platform may be adjusted individually at the time of its maintenance cycle, while the other rotating platform is kept stationary to keep the antenna thereon operating normally.

In the later use process, the outdoor CPE can also compare the signal strength value of the base station with the previous value (or a preset threshold value and the like) at any time, if the signal strength value lasts for a certain time, the outdoor CPE can perform early warning feedback, and a user can initiate the angle adjustment of the corresponding rotary platform according to the feedback data, or the CPE system main board can automatically initiate the angle adjustment process of the corresponding rotary platform, which is not described in detail herein.

The present disclosure has disclosed example embodiments and, although specific terms are employed, they are used and should be interpreted in a generic and descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation. In some instances, features, characteristics and/or elements described in connection with a particular embodiment may be used alone or in combination with features, characteristics and/or elements described in connection with other embodiments, unless expressly stated otherwise, as would be apparent to one skilled in the art. Accordingly, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the scope of the disclosure as set forth in the appended claims.

Claims

1. A customer premises equipment, CPE, comprising a body structure, the body structure comprising:

a system circuit board electrically connected to each of the antennas;

the driving units are in one-to-one correspondence with the bearing units, and each driving unit is used for driving the corresponding bearing unit to independently move so as to change the orientation of the antenna arranged on the bearing unit.

2. The CPE according to claim 1, wherein,

the bearing unit comprises a first bearing unit and a second bearing unit;

3. The CPE according to claim 2, wherein,

the bearing unit is plate-shaped, the bearing unit is provided with a bearing surface and a back surface which are opposite, the antenna is arranged on the bearing surface, and the driving unit is used for driving the bearing unit to rotate around a shaft which is vertical to the bearing surface;

4. The CPE according to claim 3, wherein,

the system circuit board is arranged on the back of the first bearing unit and is electrically connected with the antenna on the second bearing unit through a lead.

5. The CPE according to claim 2, wherein,

the antennas comprise a quasi-6 GHz Sub-6GHz antenna and a millimeter wave antenna; one of the Sub-6GHz antenna and the millimeter wave antenna is arranged on the first bearing unit, and the other one is arranged on the second bearing unit.

6. The CPE according to claim 5, wherein,

the antenna also comprises a fourth generation mobile communication technology 4G antenna;

7. The CPE of claim 1, further comprising:

8. The CPE of claim 1, wherein the body structure further comprises:

9. The CPE according to claim 1, wherein,

the antenna comprises a bearing unit, a driving unit and a driving unit, wherein the bearing unit is plate-shaped and provided with a bearing surface and a back surface which are opposite to each other, the antenna is arranged on the bearing surface, and the driving unit is used for driving the bearing unit to rotate around a shaft which is vertical to the bearing surface.

10. The CPE of claim 1, wherein the body structure further comprises:

a control unit for controlling the drive unit.