KR20060095037A - Centralized repeater system for mobile communication network - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a centralized relay system for solving the radio shadow area of a mobile communication network, comprising: a master relay converting a CDMA signal received from a base station into an optical signal and transmitting the optical signal to a plurality of sectors; And a plurality of slave relays located at a corresponding site of the sector and amplifying and transmitting a signal received from the master relay or the base station.

According to the present invention, when a mobile communication base station supports a plurality of sectors, by processing a plurality of sector signals with one master relay, various costs per additional sector can be reduced. have.

In addition, in the case of a slave relay unit installed at a site to which a signal is to be relayed, a different type of repeater has been conventionally installed and operated according to the size of the site or the distance from the base station. By adding a device detection unit to the photoelectric conversion unit and freely installing and removing the device, it is possible to apply to various sites with only one slave relay unit.

Optical repeater, handheld repeater, radio shading area

Description

Centralized Repeater System for Mobile Communication Networks

1A to 1C are schematic diagrams and detailed views of a conventional optical repeater.

2 is a block diagram of a conventional small repeater.

3 is a block diagram of a centralized relay system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a detailed view of the master relay in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a detailed view of a slave relay in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a detailed view of the device detection unit according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols of main parts in drawings>

100: base station 110, 300: master relay

111: distribution unit 113, 121, 403, 501: photoelectric conversion unit

115, 125, 213: control unit 123, 211, 507: amplifying unit

120, 310: slave relay unit 130: sector

200: compensator 210: small repeater

401: Sector distribution unit 405: Main control unit

503: RF connector 505: device detection unit

509: auxiliary control unit 601: signal detection unit

603: signal selector

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a relay system for eliminating shadow areas in a mobile communication network, and more particularly, to a centralized relay system capable of simultaneously supporting a plurality of sector structures and applying to both small and large sites.

The repeater used in the mobile communication network is for the elimination of the radio wave shadow area and the coverage of the base station, and is installed between the base station (BTS) and the terminal to effectively amplify the weak signal in the radio wave shadow area to relay the system. Say.

On the other hand, an optical repeater is used when a site that wants to relay or relay a signal over a long distance is large, and a small repeater is used when a site that wants to repeat a short distance or signal is small.

1A to 1C are configuration diagrams and details of the conventional optical repeater.

1A to 1C, the conventional optical repeater includes a base station 100, a master relay 110, and a slave relay 120.

The master relay 110 is composed of a distribution unit 111, a photoelectric conversion unit 113, a control unit 115, and the like, RF or IF signal received from the base station 100 (hereinafter referred to as 'CDMA signal') ) Is distributed as many as the number of sites to be relayed, and the distributed CDMA signal is converted into an optical signal and transmitted to the slave relay unit through an optical cable.

The slave relay unit 120 is composed of a photoelectric conversion unit 121, the amplifier 123 and the control unit 125, and converts the optical signal received from the master relay 110 to a CDMA signal and amplified it It is a device to send out.

Hereinafter, the operation state of the forward link of the conventional optical repeater will be described.

For convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the base station 100 supports three sectors, and that there are two sites for each sector.

When three sectors of the CDMA signals are received from the base station 100 by the three master relays 110, each master relay 110 receives two CDMA signals received from the distribution unit 111. The signal is distributed as a signal, and the loss generated on the optical line is compensated and transmitted to the photoelectric conversion unit 113.

The photoelectric conversion unit 113 converts the distributed CDMA signal into an optical signal and transmits the optical signal to the slave relay unit 120 located at a site to be relayed through the optical path.

The slave relay unit 120 of the corresponding site converts the optical signal received from the photoelectric conversion unit 121 into a CDMA signal and transmits it to the amplification unit 123, and the amplification unit 123 is an amplification parameter from the control unit 125. The signal is amplified and sent out.

Through the above process, the mobile communication service for two (6 total CDMA signals) sites per sector is enabled.

2 is a block diagram of a conventional small relay system.

The small repeater 210 is mainly used to relay a signal to a short distance or a small site, and amplifies and transmits the CDMA signal received through the compensator 200 to the corresponding site.

Referring to FIG. 2, the conventional small repeater system includes a small repeater 210 configured by a base station 100, a compensator 200, an amplifier 211, a controller 213, and the like.

The compensator 200 is located in the base station 100, and compensates for the CDMA signal loss generated on the RF or UTP cable connecting between the base station 100 and the small repeater 210, and the small repeater 210 Amplification unit 211 is transmitted to.

The amplifying unit 211 amplifies and transmits the transmitted signal by receiving the amplification parameter from the control unit 213.

However, the conventional optical repeater as described above does not support the sector structure, so in order to support multiple sector structures, the number of master relays must be increased by the number of sectors corresponding to the total cost of the repeater. It was an increase factor. That is, the basic costs of the distribution unit 111 and the control unit 115 of the master relay unit 110 are increased. In addition, in order to support multiple sectors, a separate rack for master relays must be installed, which not only increases installation costs but also generates high site rental costs.

In addition, as described above, the optical repeater and the small repeater are responsible for the same function of amplifying and transmitting the CDMA signal received from the base station 100 to the corresponding site. However, in the related art, since the optical repeater and the small repeater are manufactured and operated separately, the repeater manufacturer needs to produce several kinds of repeaters, thus increasing the production cost such as supply and demand for materials and management costs. From the standpoint, there are many kinds of repeaters that have the same function, which requires a lot of manpower and cost to manage each repeater.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a relay system capable of supporting a plurality of sector structures as a solution for solving the above problems.

It is also an object of the present invention to provide a relay system that can operate regardless of the distance from the base station and the size of the site to be relayed.

In the centralized relay system of the present invention for achieving the above object, in the relay system for solving the radio wave shadow area of the mobile communication network, a plurality of sectors by converting the CDMA signal received from the base station into an optical signal Master relay to transmit; And a plurality of slave relays located at a corresponding site of the sector and amplifying and transmitting a signal received from the master relay or the base station.

In this case, the master relay unit includes a plurality of sector distribution units for distributing the corresponding number of sites of a sector to which the CDMA signal received from the base station is to be transmitted and compensating for losses occurring on the optical path; A plurality of photoelectric conversion units converting the CDMA signal distributed from the sector distribution unit into an optical signal and transmitting the optical signal to the slave relay unit of the corresponding site; And a main controller responsible for monitoring and controlling the states of the master relay and the slave relay, and transmitting information of the master relay and the slave relay to the EMS server of the base station.

The slave relay unit may include a photoelectric conversion unit converting an optical signal received from the master relay unit into a CDMA signal; An RF connector for receiving a CDMA signal from the base station; A device detecting unit detecting whether a signal is received from the photoelectric conversion unit and the RF connector, and receiving a signal of a device in which the signal is detected to connect a signal transmission path; An amplifier for amplifying and transmitting the CDMA signal received from the device detector; And an auxiliary controller responsible for monitoring and controlling the status of the slave relay unit and transmitting information of the slave relay unit to the EMS server of the base station through the main control unit.

In this case, the photoelectric conversion unit may be freely installed or removed from the slave relay unit, and the RF connector is connected to the base station by any one cable selected from an RF / UTP / LCX cable. .

The device detector may include: a signal detector configured to monitor a transmission path of a CDMA signal received from the base station and to report the transmission path of the CDMA signal; And a signal selector configured to select a reception direction of the CDMA signal from the transmission path information received from the signal detector and the controller.

The auxiliary control unit may determine whether a signal is detected through the photoelectric conversion unit or whether a signal is detected through the RF connector, and performs an appropriate management function in each case.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, detailed descriptions of well-known functions or configurations will be omitted when it is determined that the detailed descriptions of the known functions or configurations may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention.

3 is a block diagram of a centralized relay system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the centralized relay system of the present invention includes a base station 100, a master relay 300 supporting a plurality of sectors 130, and a sector 130 of the sector 130. It consists of a plurality of slave relays 310 and the like located at the site.

The base station 100 refers to a mobile communication base station in charge of CDMA signal processing, and serves as an EMS (Element Management System) server in terms of control management.

The master relay unit 300 distributes the CDMA signal transmitted from the base station 100 by the number of corresponding sites of the sector 130 to be relayed, and then converts the distributed CDMA signal into an optical signal to convert an optical cable. It transmits to the slave relay unit 310 through.

The slave relay unit 310 is an apparatus for amplifying and transmitting the optical signal received from the master relay unit 300 or the CDMA signal received from the base station 100, the slave relay unit 120 of the conventional optical repeater And can perform the function of the conventional small repeater 210 at the same time.

4 is a detailed view showing the detailed structure of the master relay 300 of the centralized relay system according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the master relay 300 includes a sector distributor 401, a photoelectric converter 403, a main controller 405, and the like.

The sector distribution unit 401 corresponds to the number of sectors supported by the master relay unit 300 and corresponds to a sector to which the CDMA signal received from the base station 100 is to be relayed. It distributes as many as the number of sites of the photoelectric conversion unit 403 and transmits. In addition, by amplifying the loss generated in the optical path during the optical signal transmission to the slave relay unit 310, the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is kept constant even when the optical path is lost. For example, if the base station 100 supports m sectors and there are n sites per sector, the sector distribution unit 401 of the master relay 300 is m. Each sector distribution unit compensates by dividing and amplifying the CDMA signal by 1: n.

The photoelectric conversion unit 403 corresponds to the number n of corresponding sites of the sector to be relayed, and converts the CDMA signal distributed from the sector distribution unit 401 into an optical signal to convert the slave signal into an optical signal. Transmission to the relay unit 310.

The main controller 405 is a device for monitoring and controlling the states of the master relay unit 300 and the slave relay unit 310. The main control unit 405 of the sector distribution unit 401 and the photoelectric conversion unit 403 is provided. Manages the connection state, and transmits the information of the master relay unit 300 and the slave relay unit 310 to the EMS server of the base station 100.

5 is a detailed view showing the detailed structure of the slave relay unit 310 of the centralized relay system according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the slave relay unit 310 includes a photoelectric converter 501, an RF connector 503, a device detector 505, an amplifier 507, an auxiliary controller 509, and the like. .

The photoelectric converter 501 is connected 1: 1 with the photoelectric converter 403 of the master relay 300 to convert the optical signal received from the master relay 300 into a CDMA signal to detect the device. Transfer to the unit 505.

The RF connector 503 is a CDMA from the base station 100 when the signal transmission method between the base station 100 and the slave relay unit 310 is connected by a link used for a short distance such as an RF / UTP / LCX cable, etc. Connector for receiving signals.

The device detecting unit 505 is a device having a multiplexing function. The device detecting unit 505 detects whether a signal is transmitted from the photoelectric conversion unit 501 and the RF connector 503, and receives a signal of a device to which an actual signal is transmitted. The CDMA signal thus detected is transmitted to the amplifier 507.

The amplifier 507 amplifies the CDMA signal transmitted through the device detector 505. The amplifier 507 receives an amplification parameter from the auxiliary controller 509 and amplifies the signal. As the amplifier 507, an amplifier such as a linear power amplifier (LPA), a high power amplifier (HPA), or the like is used.

The auxiliary control unit 509 is a device for monitoring and controlling the state of the slave relay unit 310. The auxiliary control unit 509 uses the main control unit 405 of the master relay unit 300 to display the state and control information of the slave relay unit 310. Through the transmission to the EMS server of the base station 100, and determines whether the signal received by the slave relay unit through the optical path or the RF connector to perform the appropriate management function in each case. That is, when the signal is detected through the photoelectric conversion unit 501, the state of the optical path, the size of the signal, the conversion state, etc. are controlled. When the signal is detected through the RF connector 503, the size of the RF signal and Signals such as cable status are controlled.

6 is a view showing the detailed structure of the device detector 505 of the centralized relay system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6, the device detector 505 includes a signal detector 601, a signal selector 603, and the like.

The signal detection unit 601 monitors whether the CDMA signal received from the base station 100 to the slave relay unit 310 is transmitted through an optical line or a line such as an RF / UTP / LCX cable. The device may be configured to report information on which a signal is detected to the auxiliary controller 509 and the signal selector 603 to facilitate a relay function.

The signal selector 603 receives a signal received through an optical path and a signal received through an RF / UTP / LCX cable through information received from the signal detector 601 and information received from the auxiliary controller 509. It is in charge of switching function.

Meanwhile, the photoelectric conversion unit 501 may be freely installed or removed from the slave relay unit 310, and thus may be configured to be operated in various ways according to a purpose.

Hereinafter, the operating state of the forward link of the centralized relay system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention. The centralized relay system according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention supports a plurality of sector structures as described above, and can simultaneously perform the functions of a conventional optical repeater and a small repeater.

First, the case of performing the function of the optical repeater will be described. In this case, the slave relay unit 310 operates except for the RF connector 503. For convenience of description, the base station supports three sectors, and there are two sites for each sector. Assume that

When the CDMA signal for three sectors is received from the base station 100, the sector distribution unit 401 of the master relay 300 receives two CDMA signals of the corresponding sector. To compensate for the losses incurred during transmission over the optical line.

Through the above process, a total of 6 (3 × 2) signals are generated, and the six CDMA signals thus distributed are converted into optical signals by the photoelectric conversion unit 403 to each site of the corresponding sector 130. It is transmitted to the slave relay unit 310 located through the optical line.

The optical signal transmitted to the slave relay unit 310 of the corresponding site is converted into a CDMA signal by the photoelectric conversion unit 501 of the slave relay unit 310 and transmitted to the device detection unit 505.

The device detector 505 detects the CDMA signal received from the photoelectric converter 501 so that the signal selector 603 of the device detector 505 establishes a signal transmission path with the photoelectric converter 501. Will be connected.

The CDMA signal converted by the photoelectric conversion unit 501 by the connection is transmitted to the amplifying unit 507, and the amplifying unit 507 amplifies the CDMA signal by receiving an amplification parameter from the auxiliary control unit 509. To send.

Through the above process, the mobile communication service for two sites is possible for each sector, and the mobile communication terminal detects the CDMA signal transmitted in this way, and communication is performed.

On the other hand, when the size of the site to be relayed is small and the distance to the base station 100 is close to perform a function of a small repeater, in this case, the slave relay unit 310 except for the photoelectric conversion unit 501 520 and the operation.

The CDMA signal transmitted from the base station 100 through the RF / UTP / LCX cable or the like is received through the RF connector 503 of the slave relay unit 310.

The RF connector 503 transmits the received CDMA signal to the device detector 505, and the device detector 505 transmits the signal received through the RF connector 503 to the signal detector 601. Is detected, and the signal selector 603 connects a transmission path in a direction in which the signal of the RF connector 503 is received.

The selected CDMA signal is transmitted through the amplification process by the amplifier 507.

 On the other hand, while the above has been described with respect to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined not only by the appended claims, but also by those equivalent to the claims.

According to the centralized relay system of the present invention, when a mobile communication base station supports a plurality of sectors, each sector signal is required per additional sector by processing several sector signals into one master relay unit. Save on species costs.

In addition, in the case of a slave relay unit installed at a site to which a signal is to be relayed, a different type of repeater has been conventionally installed and operated according to the size of the site or the distance from the base station. By adding a device detection unit to the photoelectric conversion unit and freely installing and removing the device, it is possible to apply to various sites with only one slave relay unit.

Therefore, the centralized relay system of the present invention can be operated as one system regardless of the distance between the site and the base station to which the signal is to be relayed, the size of the site, and the signal transmission method. This is reduced, and the mobile operator has the advantage of reducing the operating cost of the system and simplify the operation.

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In the relay system for eliminating the radio shadow area of the mobile communication network, A master relay converting the CDMA signal received from the base station into an optical signal and transmitting the optical signal to a plurality of sectors; And Located at the site of the sector (Sector), centralized relay system comprising a plurality of slave relays for amplifying and transmitting a signal received from the master relay or the base station. The method of claim 1, wherein the master relay unit, A plurality of sector distribution units for distributing the corresponding number of sectors of a sector to which the CDMA signal received from the base station is to be transmitted, and compensating for losses occurring on the optical path; A plurality of photoelectric conversion units converting the CDMA signal distributed from the sector distribution unit into an optical signal and transmitting the optical signal to the slave relay unit of the corresponding site; And And a main controller responsible for monitoring and controlling the states of the master relay and the slave relay and transmitting information of the master relay and the slave relay to the EMS server of the base station. The method of claim 1, wherein the slave relay unit, A photoelectric conversion unit converting the optical signal received from the master relay unit into a CDMA signal; An RF connector for receiving a CDMA signal from the base station; A device detecting unit detecting whether a signal is received from the photoelectric conversion unit and the RF connector, and receiving a signal of a device on which the signal is detected to connect a signal transmission path; An amplifier for amplifying and transmitting the CDMA signal received from the device detector; And And an auxiliary control unit which is in charge of monitoring and controlling the state of the slave relay unit and transmitting information of the slave relay unit to the EMS server of the base station through the main control unit. The centralized relay system of claim 3, wherein the photoelectric conversion unit may be freely installed or removed from the slave relay unit. The centralized relay system of claim 3, wherein the RF connector is connected to the base station by any one cable selected from an RF / UTP / LCX cable. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the device detecting unit comprises: A signal detector for monitoring and reporting a transmission path of the CDMA signal received from the base station; And And a signal selector configured to select a reception direction of a CDMA signal from transmission signal information of the signal received from the signal detector and the controller. The method of claim 3, wherein the auxiliary control unit, And determining whether a signal is detected through the photoelectric conversion unit or a signal through the RF connector, and performing a management function appropriate to each case.

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