KR20090132345A - Method and system for observing reverse signal transmission path of optical repeater - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A reverse signal transmission path monitoring system of a optical repeater and a method thereof are provided to monitor a defect caused from a reverse signal transmission path. CONSTITUTION: A low noise amplifier(102) amplifies a global band reverse transmission signal which is coupled by a RF coupler. A detector(103) detects a noise level of the global band reverse transmission signal of the low noise amplifier. A MCU(Micro Controller Unit)(104) compares the noise level detected through the detector with high and low limit critical values. The MCU determines whether a reverse gain of a reverse signal transmission path is a normal state or an abnormal state. An alarm generator(105) generates an alarm signal according to a control of a controller when the reverse gain of the reverse signal transmission path is the abnormal state.

Description

System and method for monitoring reverse signal transmission path of optical repeater {Method And System For Observing Reverse Signal Transmission Path Of Optical Repeater}

The present invention relates to a method for monitoring a reverse signal transmission path of an optical repeater. More particularly, the present invention relates to a reverse direction of an optical repeater which is used for monitoring a reverse signal transmission path of an optical repeater by detecting a full-band noise level at the end of the reverse signal transmission path. The present invention relates to a signal transmission path monitoring system and a method thereof.

In general, repeaters used in communication systems are used to extend coverage of base stations or to improve the quality of communication services in high-traffic areas where radio environment is degraded due to natural or artificial obstacles. (Or a terminal) relays a signal between.

The repeater is divided into RF repeater and optical repeater according to the method of communicating with the base station. Of these, the optical repeater converts a radio frequency (RF) signal transmitted from the base station into an optical signal. It is an optoelectronic device that communicates by converting and transmitting through an optical cable and converting the transmitted optical signal back to a radio frequency signal and transmitting it to a service area.

The optical relay system is divided into a forward channel in which a signal is directed from a base station to a remote of a service area according to a signal transmission direction, and a reverse channel in which a signal is directed from a remote of a service area to a base station.

Referring to the reverse signal transmission path of the optical repeater, first, when a signal is generated from a user terminal, the generated signal is received at a remote of a corresponding service area. The remote receiving the signal is amplified to an appropriate gain and converted into an optical signal, and the converted optical signal is transmitted to a master installed in the base station through the optical cable. The optical signal received by the master is converted into an electrical signal through the optical module, and the converted electrical signal is output to the base station after a signal processing process is performed through a radio frequency module (RFM).

In the conventional optical repeater, a reverse signal is input only when a call of a user terminal in a service area is received, and reverse signal transmission is performed to amplify the input signal and transmit the signal to a base station. In the reverse signal transmission, the reverse signal transmission path preferably has a constant reverse gain. However, depending on the environment of the optical relay system, the reverse gain may not be kept constant and may increase or decrease several to several tens of decibels (dB). do.

If the reverse gain of the optical repeater decreases and the optical repeater does not operate normally, or the oscillation signal generated from the external repeater is introduced into the optical repeater system, the call quality of the subscriber station in the mobile station cell is reduced or the service is not available. Problem occurs.

However, in the present optical repeater, even if a problem such as the reverse gain of the optical repeater is deteriorated, there is no monitoring method, so it is impossible to check whether the optical repeater is operating normally, and on the reverse signal transmission path of the optical repeater Due to the problem that occurs, even if the call quality of the user terminal in the service area is lowered or out of service, there is a problem that is not known at all.

That is, in the conventional case, only the complaints of the subscribers could check the poor quality of the call or the service unavailability, and if there is no subscriber's complaints, there is a problem that the optical repeater is not normally operated.

Therefore, in order to operate the optical repeater normally, the operating state of the reverse signal transmission path of the optical repeater is monitored in real time, and when the reverse gain is out of a certain range, an alarm indicating that a problem has occurred in the reverse signal transmission path of the optical repeater. It was necessary to be able to take a quick action, such as to generate a, but in the case of a conventional optical repeater was not prepared for this situation.

The present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems, and when the reverse gain of the reverse signal transmission path of the optical repeater is out of a certain range, the noise level of the reverse transmission signal in the full band even without a call by the user terminal It is an object of the present invention to provide a reverse signal transmission path monitoring system and a monitoring method of an optical repeater capable of detecting whether or not a problem occurs in the reverse signal transmission path by detecting a.

The reverse signal transmission path monitoring method of the present invention for solving the above problems is a reverse transmission signal extraction step of extracting the full-band reverse transmission signal at the end of the reverse signal transmission path of the optical repeater toward the base station from the user terminal; A noise level detecting step of detecting a noise level of the full band reverse transmission signal extracted in the reverse transmission signal extracting step; And comparing the noise level detected in the noise level detection step with a preset threshold to determine whether the reverse gain of the reverse signal transmission path is in a normal state or a bad state.

In this case, the reverse transmission signal extracting step may include a signal coupling step of coupling a full-band reverse transmission signal at the last end of the reverse signal transmission path from the user terminal to the base station; And a coupling signal amplifying step of amplifying the full band reverse transmission signal coupled in the signal coupling step.

The noise level detecting step may include: a noise level measuring step of measuring a noise level of a full band reverse transmission signal extracted in the reverse transmission signal extracting step; And a noise level reporting step of reporting the noise level measured in the noise level measuring step to the controller.

The comparison judging step may include: a lower limit comparison step of comparing the noise level detected in the noise level detection step with a lower limit threshold value and determining whether the reverse gain of the reverse signal transmission path is in a degraded bad state; It is preferable to include an upper limit comparison step of determining whether the external oscillation signal is a bad state introduced into the optical relay system by comparing the noise level detected in the noise level detection step with the upper limit threshold.

In addition, if it is determined that the reverse gain of the reverse signal transmission path is in a bad state in the lower limit comparison step, a low-gain alarm indicating that the reverse gain is degraded is generated, and in the upper limit comparison step, an external oscillation signal is introduced into the optical relay system. If it is determined that the defective state is imported, preferably comprises an alarm generating step of generating an oscillation alarm indicating that the external oscillation signal has entered.

According to another aspect of the present invention for solving the above problems, the reverse signal transmission path monitoring system of the optical repeater of the present invention is a full-band reverse transmission signal at the end of the reverse signal transmission path of the optical repeater from the user terminal to the base station side An RF coupler for coupling the; A low noise amplifier for amplifying the full band reverse transmission signal coupled by the RF coupler; A detector for detecting a noise level of a full-band reverse transmission signal amplified by the low noise amplifier; A controller for comparing the noise level detected by the detector with an upper and lower threshold to determine whether the reverse gain of the reverse signal transmission path is normal or bad; And an alarm generator for generating an alarm under the control of the controller when the reverse gain of the reverse signal transmission path is determined to be in a bad state.

According to the present invention, it is possible to check the noise level of the reverse signal transmission path in real time by constantly supervising the reverse signal transmission path of the optical repeater, so that the state of the reverse signal transmission path of the current optical repeater can be checked without interrupting the service of the optical repeater. There is an advantage to that.

In addition, if there is a problem in the reverse signal transmission path of the optical repeater, there is an advantage that the problem can be solved through on-site verification without the subscriber's complaint. There is an advantage to improve.

In addition, since it detects the noise level of the backward transmission signal of the entire band and not the specific band, it is used to monitor the reverse signal transmission path of the optical repeater. Therefore, when the call is caught, the reverse power is momentarily increased and disappeared and the external oscillation signal is transferred. Therefore, it is possible to distinguish a case where the high power is continuously maintained, which has the advantage of monitoring whether the external oscillation signal is introduced into the optical relay system.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the technical idea of the present invention. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described herein but may be embodied in other forms. Rather, the embodiments introduced herein are provided so that the disclosed contents may be thorough and complete, and the technical spirit of the present invention may be sufficiently delivered to those skilled in the art.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a system for monitoring a reverse signal transmission path of an optical repeater according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, a monitoring system for a reverse signal transmission path of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

First, a reverse signal transmission path will be described. A signal generated from a user terminal (not shown) is received at a remote (Remote) 106 of a corresponding service area, and the received signal is converted into an optical signal and then the optical cable 107. It is transmitted to the master (Master) installed on the base station side through. The transmitted optical signal is converted into an electrical signal through the optical module 109, and the converted signal is processed by the RF module 100 and then output to the base station.

The present invention is composed of a system for monitoring the reverse signal transmission path by detecting the output signal noise level at the final stage of the reverse signal transmission path, that is, the output of the RF module 100 as described above.

Such a reverse signal transmission path monitoring system according to the present invention includes an RF coupler (Coupler) 101, a low noise amplifier (102), a detector (Detector, 103), a controller (Micro Controller Unit; MCU) 104, and an alarm. It is configured to include a generator 105.

The RF coupler 101 is provided at the last end of the reverse signaling path, and couples the reverse transmitted signal transmitted to the base station without affecting the main signal transmitted from the RF module 100 to the base station 108. Play a role.

The low noise amplifier 102 receives an uplink transmission signal coupled by the RF coupler 101 and amplifies the uplink transmission signal to a level capable of measuring a noise level.

The detector 103 measures the noise level of the backward transmission signal amplified by the low noise amplifier 102 and reports the measured noise level to the controller 104.

The controller 104 determines whether a problem has occurred in the reverse signal transmission path by comparing the noise level of the reverse transmission signal measured and reported by the detector 103 with the upper and lower threshold values. .

When a problem occurs in the reverse signal transmission path, the alarm generator 105 generates an alarm under the control of the controller 104.

As described above, the reverse signal transmission path monitoring system of the optical repeater is used for all signals regardless of whether the transmission signal is CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access), or wireless broadband (Wireless Broadband Internet). Application is possible.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for monitoring a reverse signal transmission path of an optical repeater according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, the reverse signal transmission path monitoring method of the optical repeater of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

The reverse signal transmission path monitoring method of the optical repeater of the present invention includes a reverse transmission signal extraction step (S10); A noise level detecting step (S20); Comparing the determination step (S30, S40) is made.

The reverse transmission signal extracting step S10 includes a signal coupling step S11 and a coupling signal amplifying step S12.

The noise level detecting step S20 includes a noise level measuring step S21 and a noise level reporting step S22.

The comparison determination step (S30, S40) comprises a lower limit comparison step (S30) and an upper limit comparison step (S40).

That is, in the reverse signal transmission path monitoring method of the present invention, a coupler (Coupler) and a power detection circuit are added to the end of the reverse signal transmission path of the optical repeater to extract the reverse transmission signal corresponding to the full band (S10), Measuring the noise level of the extracted reverse transmission signal (S21) and reporting the measured noise level to the controller (S22) after comparing with the initial threshold value to determine whether the normal state or bad (S30) to report to the operator It features.

In more detail, in the reverse signal transmission path monitoring method of the present invention, a first step of extracting the backward transmission signal at the end of the reverse signal transmission path in real time (S10). At this time, it is also possible to extract the reverse transmission signal every predetermined time period.

That is, the full-band reverse transmission signal at the final stage of the optical relay system is coupled to the RF coupler 101 without affecting the main signal transmitted from the RF module 100 to the base station 108 (S11). The ring reverse transmission signal is amplified by the low noise amplifier 102 to a level capable of measuring a noise level (S12).

If oscillation occurs in an RF repeater, optical repeater or micro repeater, it may affect the repeaters around the same frequency band. That is, the oscillation signal generated in the surrounding repeaters may be introduced into the service band of the optical relay system. In this case, if only the noise level of a specific band is measured, the external oscillation signal may not be detected.However, if the noise level of all band is detected, the call of the terminal is caught and the reverse power momentarily increases and disappears. Since the external oscillation signal is input and the high power is continuously maintained, the external oscillation can be monitored. For this reason, the method of monitoring the signal transmission path of the optical repeater of the present invention does not extract the backward transmission signal of a specific band, but extracts the backward transmission signal of the entire band to determine whether an external oscillation signal is introduced into the optical relay system. Will be able to monitor.

When the coupled reverse transmission signal is amplified, the noise level of the amplified reverse transmission signal is measured by the detector 103 (S21). When the noise level is measured, the measured noise level is reported to the controller 104. The step is performed (S22).

The controller 104 compares the measured and reported noise level with a preset threshold to determine whether the reverse gain of the reverse signal transmission path is a normal state or a bad state (S30, S40). That is, the lower limit comparison step (S30) of comparing the noise level detected in the noise level detection step with a predetermined lower limit threshold value and determining whether or not the reverse gain of the reverse signal transmission path is in a bad state, and in the noise level detection step, An upper limit comparison step is performed to compare the detected noise level with a predetermined upper limit threshold to determine whether the external oscillation signal is in a bad state introduced into the optical relay system (S40).

If it is determined that the detected noise level is greater than the lower limit threshold (S31) and the noise level is determined to be greater than the lower limit threshold, an upper limit comparison step (S40) is performed.

If it is determined that the detected noise level is lower than the lower limit threshold by comparing the detected noise level with the lower limit threshold (S31), determining whether the noise level has fallen below the lower limit threshold for a predetermined number of times or more (S32). Will be performed. At this time, if it is determined that the noise level is lower than the lower limit threshold value for a predetermined number of times or more, a low-gain alarm is generated (S50) to inform the operator that the reverse gain is degraded. If it is determined that the noise level does not reach the lower limit threshold for more than a predetermined number of times, the upper limit comparison step S40 is performed.

In the upper limit comparing step (S40), if the detected noise level is compared with the lower limit threshold (S31) and it is determined that the noise level is smaller than the upper limit threshold value, the alarm signal is displayed in a normal state without generating an alarm, thereby transmitting a reverse signal to the operator. The path is notified that there is no error (S70).

If it is determined that the detected noise level is greater than the upper limit threshold by comparing the detected noise level with the upper limit threshold (S41), determining whether the noise level exceeds the upper limit threshold more than a predetermined number of times (S42). Will be performed. At this time, when it is determined that the noise level exceeds the upper limit threshold for a predetermined number of times or more, an oscillation alarm is generated (S60) to inform the operator that an external oscillation signal has entered the optical relay system. If it is determined that the noise level does not exceed the upper limit threshold for more than a predetermined number of times, the operator is notified that there is no abnormality in the reverse signal transmission path by displaying the normal state without generating an alarm (S70).

3 (a) shows a reverse output signal of a reverse signal transmission path that is normally operated. When a call of the terminal is made, the strength of the reverse output signal corresponding to the corresponding channel is shown as B.

If the reverse gain of the reverse signal transmission path is deteriorated, as shown in FIG. 3 (b), the noise level A of the reverse output signal becomes smaller than the lower limit threshold, thereby causing a problem in the reverse signal transmission path. You will be able to identify the appearance.

For simple problems such as simple gain drop, the operator can solve the problem by adjusting the gain in the upper direction and clear the alarm generated by the alarm CLEAR. Therefore, it is possible to take immediate action before the subscriber's complaint.

In FIG. 2, the step S32 is performed to determine whether the noise level has fallen below the predetermined threshold number of times or more, but the noise level is lower than the lower threshold threshold (S31). If it is determined that the value is smaller than the value, the step of generating a low-gain alarm (S50) is performed without performing the step (S32) of determining whether or not the noise level has reached the lower limit threshold more than a predetermined number of times. It is possible.

Similarly, when it is determined that the noise level is greater than the upper limit threshold by comparing the noise level with the upper limit threshold (S41), the method determines whether the noise level exceeds the upper limit threshold more than a predetermined number of times (S42). It is also possible to perform the step (S60) for generating the oscillation alarm immediately without.

In addition, although the lower limit comparison step S30 is performed before performing the upper limit comparison step S40 in FIG. 2, the upper limit comparison step S40 may be performed before the lower limit comparison step S30.

In addition, the embodiment of the present invention has been described as performing the lower limit comparison step (S30) and the upper limit comparison step (S40), but is not limited thereto, and it is also possible to perform only the upper limit comparison step or only the lower limit comparison step. In addition, by monitoring the abnormality of the reverse signal transmission path by simultaneously performing the upper and lower limit comparison by determining whether the noise level of the transmission signal at the end of the reverse signal transmission path is within a predetermined threshold range. It is possible.

1 is a block diagram showing a reverse signaling path monitoring system of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a flow chart (Flow Chart) for explaining a reverse signal transmission path monitoring method of the present invention.

3 shows, by way of example, a coupled full-band reversed output signal.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

100: RF module 101: RF coupler 102: low noise amplifier

103 detector 104 controller 105 alarm generator

106: remote 107: optical cable 108: base station

109: optical module

Claims (6)

A reverse transmission signal extracting step of extracting a full-band reverse transmission signal at the last end of the reverse signal transmission path of the optical repeater from the user terminal to the base station; A noise level detecting step of detecting a noise level of the full band reverse transmission signal extracted in the reverse transmission signal extracting step; And comparing and comparing the noise level detected in the noise level detection step with a predetermined threshold value to determine whether the reverse gain of the reverse signal transmission path is in a normal state or a bad state. Reverse signaling path monitoring method. The method of claim 1, wherein the reverse transmission signal extracting step A signal coupling step of coupling a full band reverse transmission signal at the last end of the reverse signaling path from the user terminal to the base station; And a coupling signal amplifying step of amplifying the full band reverse transmission signal coupled in the signal coupling step. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting of the noise level A noise level measuring step of measuring a noise level of the full band reverse transmission signal extracted in the reverse transmission signal extracting step; And a noise level reporting step of reporting the noise level measured in the noise level measuring step to a controller. The method of claim 1, wherein the comparison determination step A lower limit comparison step of comparing the noise level detected in the noise level detection step with a lower limit threshold to determine whether the reverse gain of the reverse signal transmission path is in a degraded bad state; And an upper limit comparison step of comparing the noise level detected in the noise level detection step with an upper limit threshold to determine whether an external oscillation signal is a defective state introduced into the optical relay system. Signal transmission path monitoring method. The method of claim 4, wherein the reverse signaling path monitoring method If it is determined that the reverse gain of the reverse signal transmission path is in a degraded bad state in the lower limit comparison step, a low gain alarm is generated to indicate that the reverse gain is in a degraded bad state, and in the upper limit comparison step, the external oscillation signal is an optical relay system. And an alarm generating step of generating an oscillation alarm informing that the external oscillation signal has been input when it is determined that the internal oscillation signal has been introduced into the reverse signal transmission path of the optical repeater. An RF coupler for coupling the full-band reverse transmission signal at the last end of the reverse signal transmission path of the optical repeater from the user terminal to the base station; A low noise amplifier for amplifying the full band reverse transmission signal coupled by the RF coupler; A detector for detecting a noise level of a full-band reverse transmission signal amplified by the low noise amplifier; A controller for comparing the noise level detected by the detector with an upper and lower threshold to determine whether the reverse gain of the reverse signal transmission path is normal or bad; And an alarm generator for generating an alarm under the control of the controller when the reverse gain of the reverse signal transmission path is determined to be in a bad state.

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