US20050147067A1 - Method and apparatus for multiplexing in a wireless communication infrastructure - Google Patents
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- This invention relates generally to cellular mobile telecommunication systems, and more particularly to a shared network to distribute base station antenna points and the associated base station transceiver hardware.
- a conventional cellular telecommunications system has a fixed number of frequency channel sets distributed among base stations that serve a plurality of cells that are usually arranged in a predetermined reusable pattern. Typical cell areas range from 1 to 300 square miles. The larger cells can cover rural areas and smaller cells cover urban areas. Cell antenna sites utilizing the same channel sets are spaced by a sufficient distance to assure that co-channel interference is held to an acceptably low level.
- a basic cellular network is comprised of mobile units, base stations, and a mobile switching center or mobile telecommunications switching office (MTSO).
- the mobile unit has radio telephone transceiver equipment that communicates over a radio station relays telephone signals between mobile units and an MTSO by way of communication lines.
- the cell site and the MTSO are typically connected by T1 lines, which carry telephone and control signals.
- the MTSO is also connected through paths to a switched telephone network.
- An MTSO can include a switching network for establishing call connections between the public switched telephone network and mobile units located in cell sites and for switching call connections from one cell site to another. Additionally, the MTSO can include control systems for use in switching a call connection from one cell site to another. Various handoff criteria are known in the art, such as using received signal strength to indicate the potential desirability of a handoff. Also included in the MTSO is a central processing unit for processing data received from the cell sites and supervisory signals obtained from the network to control the operation of setting up and taking down call connections.
- a conventional base station includes a radio controller unit that provides the interface between the T1 lines from the MTSO and the base station radio equipment. It also includes one or more transceivers, which perform radio transmit and receive functionality, and are in turn connected to antennas.
- a single transceiver radio often supports one channel or frequency allocation. The focus of this invention lies in placing a network between the transceiver radio and the antenna.
- the radio transmitter signals are then passed to a separate power amplifier for each channel, or the signals may be combined and applied to a single power amplifier.
- the output of the power amplifier is applied through a duplexer to an antenna, to be broadcast into the cellular area serviced by the base station.
- Signals received in an antenna are applied through a duplexer to a filter.
- the filter isolates the entire cellular band signal from adjacent bands and applies it to receivers, one for each channel.
- the base station may optionally include a diversity antenna and corresponding diversity filters and a plurality of diversity receivers, one for each associated main receiver.
- the outputs of diversity receivers are applied to circuits include circuitry for selecting the strongest signal using known techniques.
- densely populated urban areas the capacity of a conventional system is limited by the relatively small number of channels available in each cell.
- the coverage of urban cellular phone systems is limited by blockage, attenuation and shadowing of the RF signals by high rises and other structures. This can also be a problem with respect to suburban office buildings and complexes.
- a cell area can be subdivided and assigned frequencies reused in closer proximities at lower power levels. Subdivision can be accomplished by dividing the geographic territory of a cell, or for example by assigning cells to buildings or floors within a building. While such “microcell” systems are a viable solution to capacity and coverage problems, it can be difficult to find space at a reasonable cost to install conventional base station equipment in each microcell, especially in densely populated urban areas. Furthermore, maintaining a large number of base stations spread throughout a densely populated urban area can be time consuming and uneconomical.
- a generic solution to this problem is to separate some components of the base station from the antenna node, and connect them with a link.
- the smaller footprint antenna node is located at the desired coverage location, while the rest of the base station is placed at a more accessible location.
- the link is generally fiber optic.
- Fiber fed repeaters generally separate the base station at the radio output to the antenna, employing a broadband transparent link which carries the RF uplink and downlink signals across the entire communication band, as distinct from a single channel or frequency allocation (FA).
- the broadband link can be analog or digital, but if digital, the digital signal transparently repeats the entire band, for example, the 12.5 MHz US Cellular A band.
- the link is point-to-point, one radio to one antenna.
- Patents U.S. Pat. No. 5,627,879, U.S. Pat. No. 5,642,405, U.S. Pat. No. 5,644,622, U.S. Pat. No. 5,657,374 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,852,651 form a group which teach the implementation of cellular point-to-point links by employing a digital solution transparent to the communication protocol being employed.
- EP 0 391 597 discloses a simulcast network over optical fiber using analog carriers.
- multiple carriers are combined in the RF domain and then optically transported for simulcast transmission/reception out of a fiber-fed antenna array.
- the optical carrier is analog modulated with the RF signal.
- Dedicated fiber lines are used rather than optically multiplexed signals between remote antennas and the centralized base station, and the signals are not multiplexed between multiple base station radios and multiple antennas.
- a distributed cellular network is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,519,691 in which radios are pooled at a common location and communication links connect the radios to distributed antenna units.
- a multiplexing method is provided for multiple channels on a cable or single optical carrier network, in which frequency division multiplexing in the RF domain is combined with analog signal transmission.
- the network is closely integrated with the base station, with channel allocation and manipulation at both host and remote ends of the network involving base station control. Provision is also made for time division multiplexing in the signal domain.
- This network is closely integrated with the base station architecture.
- the base station radios are placed at a different point than the antennas, and the radio is assumed to be a digital unit which either performs a wideband digitization of the cellular band or filtering and a narrowband channel digitization.
- an optical network transports these digitized signals using a dynamic synchronous protocol.
- circuit paths are dynamically set up between remote antenna nodes and base stations using this protocol.
- a synchronous TDM protocol is used for signal multiplexing.
- U.S. Pat. No. 6,205,133 B1 discloses a digital architecture that is similar to the one disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,761,619.
- the concept of a software radio is used to build a distributed antenna system by modifying the base station architecture.
- the software radio transceivers are remotely located, and convert the RF signals into digital signals, which are transported over a digital link to a central hub station.
- a distributed network architecture in which remote antenna units are connected to a base center holding base station radios is disclosed in EP0368673/WO 90/05432.
- a fiber optic distribution network is used to distribute RF signals between the base stations and the antennas.
- An interconnect switch is used to connect RF signals from different radios onto different optical carriers, and these carriers are combined and distributed by an optical fiber network.
- Analog RF optical modulation transmission is used but issues regarding constructing of a transparent ‘air link’ for carrying RF signals, which is required for cellular transmission, are ignored
- U.S. Pat. No. 5,400,391 describes a similar architecture to that of EP0368673, in which fiber pairs are used to connect distributed antennas to centralized radios, and an interconnection switch is used to flexibly direct signals between antenna nodes and radio transceivers.
- Dedicated fiber lines are used to connect base stations and remote nodes employing analog RF modulation of the optical signals.
- U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,978,117 and 5,678,178 disclose networks used to interconnect the base stations back to their respective MTSOs.
- a distributed network connecting base stations to remote antennas, and its method of use that has a plurality of links with at least a portion providing multiple transmission paths.
- a distributed network connecting base stations to remote antennas, and its method of use that has a plurality of links with at least one link providing multiple transmission paths employing multiple optical wavelength multiplexing.
- a distributed network connecting base stations to remote antennas, and its method of use that has a plurality of links with cellular signals are exchanged over the network are represented digitally.
- a distributed network connecting base stations to remote antennas where at least one base station or antenna location is geographically remote from the network and is connected to the network with a free space link.
- a distributed network connecting base stations to remote antennas that has a plurality of transmission paths that are shared between different cellular operators.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a distributed network that connects base stations to remote antennas, and its method of use, that has a plurality of links with at least a portion providing multiple transmission paths.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a distributed network connecting base stations to remote antennas, and its method of use, that has a plurality of links with at least one link providing multiple transmission paths employing multiple optical wavelength multiplexing.
- Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a distributed network connecting base stations to remote antennas, and its method of use, that has a plurality of links with cellular signals that are exchanged over the network and are represented digitally.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a distributed optical network connecting base stations to remote antennas, and its method of use, that has a plurality of links with at least one link providing multiple transmission paths by employing multiple optical fiber strands.
- a further object of the present invention is to provide a distributed network connecting base stations to remote antennas, and its method of use, where at least one base station or antenna location is geographically remote from the network and is connected to the network with a free space link.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a distributed network, and its methods of use, that connects base stations to remote antennas, and has a plurality of transmission paths that are shared between different cellular operators.
- a network that includes a plurality of antennas optically coupled over the network to a plurality of base stations.
- the base stations are configured to provide cellular transmission.
- a plurality of links couple the plurality of antennas and the plurality of base stations. At least one link of the plurality of links provides multiple transmission paths between at least a portion of the base stations with at least a portion of the antennas.
- a network in another embodiment, includes a plurality of antennas RF coupled over the network to a plurality of base stations.
- the base stations configured to provide cellular transmission.
- a plurality of links couple the plurality of antennas and the plurality of base stations. At least one link of the plurality of links provides multiple transmission paths between at least a portion of the base stations with at least a portion of the antennas.
- a network in another embodiment, includes a plurality of antennas optically coupled over the network to a plurality of base stations.
- the base stations are configured to provide cellular transmission.
- a plurality of links couple the plurality of antennas and the plurality of base stations. At least one link of the plurality of links provides multiple transmission paths between at least a portion of the base stations with at least a portion of the antennas.
- a network in another embodiment, includes a plurality of antennas optically coupled over the network to a plurality of base stations.
- the base stations are configured to provide cellular transmission.
- a plurality of optical fiber links couple the plurality of antennas and the plurality of base stations. At least one link of the plurality of links provides multiple transmission paths over at least two optical wavelengths between at least a portion of the base stations with at least a portion of the antennas.
- a network in another embodiment, includes a plurality of antennas optically coupled over the network to a plurality of base stations.
- the base stations are configured to provide cellular transmission.
- a plurality of free space optical links couple the plurality of antennas and the plurality of base stations. At least one link of the plurality of links provides multiple transmission paths over at least two optical wavelengths between at least a portion of the base stations with at least a portion of the antennas.
- a network in another embodiment, includes a plurality of antennas optically coupled over the network to a plurality of base stations.
- the base stations are configured to provide cellular transmission.
- a plurality of free space links couple the plurality of antennas and the plurality of base stations. At least one link of the plurality of links provides multiple transmission paths between at least a portion of the base stations with at least a portion of the antennas.
- At least one base station or antenna location is geographically remote from the network and is connected to the network with a free space link.
- a method of transmission provides a network with a plurality of links that couple a plurality of antennas with a plurality of base stations. Multiple transmission paths are provided between at least a portion of the base stations with at least a portion of the antennas.
- a method of transmission provides a network with a plurality of optical links that couple a plurality of antennas with a plurality of base stations. Multiple transmission paths are provided between at least a portion of the base stations with at least a portion of the antennas.
- a method of transmission provides a network with a plurality of RF links that couple a plurality of antennas with a plurality of base stations. Multiple transmission paths are provided between at least a portion of the base stations with at least a portion of the antennas.
- a method of transmission provides a network with a plurality of optical links that couple a plurality of antennas with a plurality of base stations. Multiple transmission paths are provided with at least one link of the plurality of links using optical DWDM between at least a portion of the base stations with at least a portion of the antennas.
- a method of transmission provides a network with a plurality of optical links that couple a plurality of antennas with a plurality of base stations. Multiple transmission paths are provided with at least one link of the plurality of links using optical DWDM between at least a portion of the base stations with at least a portion of the antennas.
- the DWDM wavelength carriers carry an analog signal that is representative of an RF signal between the plurality of base stations and the plurality of antennas.
- a method of transmission provides a network with a plurality of links that couple a plurality of antennas with a plurality of base stations. At least one base station or antenna location is geographically remote from the network and is connected to the network with a free space link. Multiple transmission paths are provided between at least a portion of the base stations with at least a portion of the antennas.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of one embodiment of a distributed base station network with a plurality of antennas and base stations that has multiple transmission paths between at least a portion of the base stations with at least a portion of the antennas
- FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a MEMs switch and Add/Drop Multiplexer that can be used with the FIG. 1 network.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a SONET router that can be used with the FIG. 1 network.
- FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an optical multiplex/demultiplexer that can be used with the FIG. 1 network.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a DWDM transmission embodiment of the FIG. 1 network.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a point-to-point TDM topology embodiment of the FIG. 1 network.
- FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of one fiber cable 20 with a plurality of fiber strands which from the multiple transmission paths of the FIG. 1 network.
- FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of a FIG. 1 network that uses free space optical links.
- FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a FIG. 1 network where at least a portion of the links are configured to provide a selectable allocation of capacity to at least some of the base stations.
- FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of a FIG. 1 network that multiple base station 14 sites connected together.
- FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of a FIG. 1 network that includes a control box for at least a portion of the antennas in order to provide routing to selected base stations.
- FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of a FIG. 1 network with amplifiers included in the links.
- FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of a FIG. 1 network that includes a digital transceiver embedded between a base station and the network on a base station side, and a digital transceiver embedded between an antenna and the network at an antenna side.
- FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram of a FIG. 1 network illustrating transmission of down link and up link signals.
- FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram of a hub and spoke embodiment of the FIG. 1 network.
- FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram of a FIG. 1 network with at least two base stations located in a common location and the antennas geographically dispersed.
- FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram of a FIG. 1 network with base stations connected together for different operators and used to extend coverage from each operator to other operators.
- FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram of a FIG. 1 network that directly connects to an MTSO.
- one embodiment of the present invention is a network 10 that includes a plurality of antennas 12 that are optically coupled over network 10 to a plurality of base stations 14 .
- Base stations 14 are configured to provide wireless cellular transmission.
- a plurality of links 16 couple the plurality of antennas 12 and the plurality of base stations 14 .
- At least one link 18 of the plurality of links 16 provides multiple transmission paths between at least a portion of the plurality of base stations 14 with at least a portion of the plurality of antennas 12 .
- the plurality of antennas 12 and base stations 14 are coupled using RF links to form a network 10 .
- the plurality of links 16 can be configured to provide multiple transmission paths by frequency division multiplexing (FDM), time division multiplexing (TDM), and the like.
- Optically coupled networks can be configured to provide multiple transmission paths with wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) and/or multiple fiber strands that comprise a fiber cable. Both of these optical multiplexing techniques allow electrical isolation between different signals, because only the optical fiber and multiplexing components need be shared, not electrical components, optical transmitters, or optical receivers.
- WDM and FDM can both be combined with WDM to increase the number of transmission paths over a link. If the links 16 are RF microwave links, the multiple transmission paths can be different RF frequency channels.
- Optical WDM also allows multiplexing of different signals with very low latency, because no processing or switching operation need be performed, low latency optical directing components can be used exclusively. As illustrated in FIGS. 2, 3 and 4 , optical multiplexing and routing can be performed with low latency passive or switching components including, but not limited to a MEMS switch 18 , Add/Drop Multiplexer 20 , Optical Multiplexer 24 , and the like. Higher latency optical routing components such as a SONET router 22 can be used as well, if the latency budget is acceptable. FDM can also have low latency because RF mixing and combining are low latency operations, no processing or switching need be performed.
- Low latency is a desirable property for the invention, because placing a network between the antenna 12 and current base stations 14 places strict latency limitations on the network 10 , as the network is now part of the conventional “air link” of a cellular system.
- This element of the link has strict latency constraints in modem cellular protocol standards, such as CDMA and GSM.
- modem cellular protocol standards such as CDMA and GSM.
- other base station 14 embodiments can compensate for greater latency in this “air link” portion of the network 10 , as it is a very small fraction of total latency in a wireless call.
- Such base stations permit much more flexible networking technology to be employed.
- All or a portion of the links 16 can use optical FIG. 5 DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing) for transmission.
- At least one link 16 can provide multiple transmission paths employing digital transmissions and DWDM multiplexing between at least a portion of the base stations 14 with at least a portion of the antennas 12 .
- DWDM ring networks also can employ protection mechanisms, which can be important in the implementation of this invention, because if a fiber link breaks, multiple cellular sites will go down. Such protection operates by routing the optical signal in the opposite direction along the ring if there is a break. This routing can be accomplished by switching the direction of transmission around the ring on detection of a break, or by always transmitting optical signals between nodes in both directions, creating two paths for redundancy in case of a fiber break.
- the links 16 can use TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) to create the transmission paths.
- the TDM employs SONET TDM techniques.
- the TDM is specifically employed from one node to another node on the network 10 to carry multiple distinct RF signals in a point-to-point fashion.
- Point-to-point TDM topology has the advantage of simplifying the multiplexing of multiple signals together, as opposed to adding and dropping low bit rate signals onto high bit rate carriers.
- the TDM link can carry multiple sectors of a base station 14 . Further, the TDM link can carry multiple signals from different operators, carry diversity signals and be used to carry backhaul signals.
- All or a portion of the links 16 can employ the SONET protocol, particularly using fixed optical paths.
- the SONET protocol is used to encode the signals, and then they are directed along fixed optical paths in a multiple wavelength optical network 10 .
- a fixed optical path is one that is re-routed infrequently compared to the bit rate of the communication protocol employed over the path. This has the advantage of simplifying routing, since now only wavelengths need be routed.
- more complex SONET routing can be employed, for example, the links 16 can be multiplexed onto a SONET ring. In such a routing scheme, the multiplexing involves routing bits at the carrier bit rate of the ring, rather than routing optical wavelengths.
- Different optical wavelengths in a fixed or switched optical path configuration can also employ other protocols.
- at least a portion of the links 16 employ Fibre Channel, Gigabit Ethernet, TCP, ATM or another transmission protocol.
- at least one optical wavelength carries OA&M signals and in another embodiment, at least one TDM channel carries OA&M signals.
- Full SONET routing can be used over the network 10 .
- low bit rate cellular signals are added and dropped off of higher bit rate SONET links, with flexible signal routing.
- SONET's low latency, TDM functionality, and wide availability for optical networking implementations make it a useful protocol for this application.
- IP routing is used. Routing protocols can be combined with traffic data to route signals as needed to optimize capacity between a group of base stations 14 and remote antenna 12 nodes.
- network 10 can provide optical multiplexing.
- the plurality of links 16 includes a plurality of optical fiber links.
- at least one fiber cable 20 can be included with a plurality of fiber strands 22 which form the multiple transmission paths.
- a 192 count fiber cable could be used for 192 fiber strands, allowing 192 signals to be multiplexed on the cable with no other form of multiplexing.
- multiple cables can be exploited in the same way as multiple strands.
- at least one optical fiber strand 22 transmits at least two optical wavelengths that form multiple transmission paths.
- all of the optical fiber strands 22 transmit more than one optical wavelength.
- the plurality of links 16 is a plurality of free space optical links 24 .
- one or more optical wavelengths are directed through free space.
- Such links are useful to employ in areas where fiber is expensive or unavailable.
- the plurality of links 16 can include both optical fibers and free space optical links 24 .
- At least a portion of the plurality of links can be configured to provide selectable allocation of capacity to at least a portion of the plurality of base stations 14 .
- This can be achieved with a control switching system 25 .
- a control switching system 25 As illustrated in FIG. 9 , such a system functions like a switch, in which the RF traffic from the antennas 12 are directed into it, and then redirected into base station 14 transceivers as needed.
- the switch 25 also takes the downlink channels and distributes them back to the antennas 12 .
- the switch 25 can dynamically allocate the channel capacity of a group of base station transceivers to antennas 12 as needed.
- the capacity redirection switch 25 can be coordinated with the RF channel allocation, in order that the same frequencies are not used adjacent to each other.
- the switch allows the base station transceiver capacity to serve the entire geographic region covered by the antennas 12 .
- a special case of shared base station transceiver capacity is to connect multiple existing base station 14 sites together, in order that the antennas 12 at these sites can be served by the transceiver capacity of all the base stations 14 .
- the statistics of pooling transceiver capacity to cover larger geographic areas allows fewer base stations 14 to be used than if they were individually connected to single antennas.
- populations moving within the larger geographic area are covered by the same transceiver pool, which allows the number of transceivers to be sized with the population, not the geographic coverage area. This reduces the number of base stations 14 required to cover a given geographic area.
- FIG. 10 a special case of shared base station transceiver capacity is to connect multiple existing base station 14 sites together, in order that the antennas 12 at these sites can be served by the transceiver capacity of all the base stations 14 .
- the statistics of pooling transceiver capacity to cover larger geographic areas allows fewer base stations 14 to be used than if they were individually connected to single antennas.
- a control box 27 can be included for each or a portion of the antennas 12 and provide routing to selected base stations 14 .
- the routing by the control boxes 27 can be performed according to a desired schedule. For example, the switch could allocate more channels to highways during commute hours, and more channels to commercial office parks during business hours.
- One or all of the plurality of the links 16 can include a passive optical device 26 . Suitable passive optical devices 26 include but are not limited to OADM's, filters, interleavers, multiplexers, and the like.
- All of only a portion of the plurality of links 16 can include one or more optical amplifiers 28 , FIG. 12 .
- Optical amplifiers 28 are low latency devices that amplify optical signals, overcoming optical losses from fiber and the use of optical components. Such amplifiers 28 are commercially available in configurations that amplify blocks of wavelengths, which makes DWDM optical networking more feasible, especially given the optical losses sustained in wavelength multiplexing.
- the cellular signals exchanged over network 10 can be analog signals or digitized.
- Analog signals generally involve modulating a laser or optical modulator with the cellular RF signal, or a frequency converted version of this signal.
- Such implementations have the advantage of simplicity, and can take advantage of WDM, multiple fiber strands 22 on a given fiber cable 20 , and FDM.
- the channel properties of the link 16 such as noise figure and spur-free dynamic range, directly impact the signal properties.
- DWDM networks experience linear and non-linear crosstalk, causing signal interference between different wavelength carriers. This can create problems with analog RF transmission.
- Digital signals are streams of bits, generated by digitally encoding the analog cellular signal.
- the analog cellular signal is the signal that would normally be transmitted or received by the base station or the remote mobile units. So a PCS CDMA signal could be an “analog cellular signal.” It is not meant to imply that the signal is representative of an analog cellular standard. If the digital representation of the analog cellular signal is transmitted with a sufficient signal-to-noise ratio, it will not be significantly affected by link properties. Furthermore, these digital signals can be digitally protected with various strategies, such as encoding, parity, etc., to further reduce the likelihood of bit errors. By employing digital signals, there is a significant improvement in resistance to crosstalk. Hence DWDM and digital transmission is a powerful combination for exploiting the network 10 to carry the maximum number of cellular signals. Digital signals are furthermore amenable to the use of digital communications equipment and standards, such as routers, IP and SONET.
- the wavelength carriers carry an analog signal representative that is representative of an RF signal between multiple base stations 14 and antennas 12 . Different carriers carry different cellular signals. In another embodiment, the wavelength carriers carry a digital signal that is representative of an RF signal between multiple base stations 14 and antennas 12 . This digitization can be implemented in two preferred embodiments.
- a digital transceiver 30 is embedded between the base station 14 and the network 10 on the base station 14 side, and between the antenna 12 and the network 10 at the antenna 12 side.
- the coupling can be either a direct connection, or through one or more RF components such as an amplifier, attenuator, gain control block, and the like.
- the analog cellular signal which is normally exchanged between these two units, is first converted into a digital signal by the digital transceiver, which is then exchanged over the network 10 . After the digital cellular signal is received at the other end of the network, it is reconstituted by the digital transceiver as an analog cellular signal. This signal can be filtered, amplified, attenuated, and the like before being transmitted to the antenna 12 , or the base station 14 .
- the other embodiment is to integrate the digital component into the base station 14 unit and the antenna 12 unit, and not use a separate digital transceiver. Although this can involve digitizing a wireless channel or frequency band, a more sophisticated implementation is to separate the functionality of the base station 14 unit and the antenna 12 unit at a point where the signal is itself digital. Given that the cellular RF signal is a digitally modulated signal, the voice channel is digitized, and base stations 14 are migrating to a digital transmit/receive architecture, there are several intermediate digital signals that could be exchanged.
- the antenna 12 units when serving as remote units, can provide conventional base station 14 functionality such as baseband coding, channel coding, modulation/demodulation, channel filtering, band filtering and transmission reception and the like.
- each antenna 12 location can be configured to receive a downlink cellular signal as a digital stream input that is representative of a single or multiplicity of wireless channels or a segment of wireless spectrum.
- the antenna 12 reconstructs and transmits the RF signal.
- uplink cellular signals are received off-air at the antenna 12 that are representative of a single or a multiplicity of wireless channels from at least one mobile unit.
- the uplink cellular signal is then converted into a single or plurality of bit streams.
- the bit streams are then transmitted over the network 10 to the base station 14 units.
- the base station 14 units receive this uplink digital signal and process it. Additionally, they transmit a downlink digital signal to the network 10 .
- the analog signals can be frequency down converted before sampling and A/D conversion, and frequency up converted after D/A conversion.
- the digital signal can be serialized before transmission and converted back to a parallel signal after transmission.
- High bit rates including but not limited to those greater than 500 Mbps, can be employed to create high dynamic range links for improved cellular performance.
- the digital transceivers 30 digitize the downlink analog cellular signals that are representative of a wireless spectrum band or channel. Thereafter, the digital transceivers 30 pass the downlink digital cellular signals to the network 10 .
- the digital transceivers 30 receive uplink digital signals representative of a wireless spectrum band or channel from the network, reconstruct the analog cellular signals, and then pass them to the base stations 14 .
- the analog cellular signals received on the antenna 12 from the mobile units are converted into digital signals, and transmitted onto the network 10 .
- the downlink digital signals are received by digital transceivers at the antenna 12 , and then converted back into analog cellular signals representative of a wireless spectrum band or channel, and passed to the antenna 12 .
- network 10 can have different layouts.
- at least a portion of the plurality of the links 16 are fixed optical paths. Such paths involve connecting one or more remote nodes to one or more base nodes and rarely dynamically re-routing this path.
- the optical paths between antennas 12 and base stations 14 can have a one-to-one correspondence, connecting to one antenna 12 node and one base station 14 unit, or alternatively, one or more antennas 12 can be connected to one or more base stations 14 in a non one-to-one embodiment.
- the transmission paths of network 10 can be dynamic-routable optical paths flexibly routed between one or a plurality of base stations 14 and one or a plurality of antennas 12 .
- network 10 can be configured as a hub and spoke network 32 .
- the plurality of base stations 14 are located in a common node 34 and the plurality of antennas 12 are located at different remote nodes, generally denoted as 36 on the network 32 .
- Optical uplink and downlink connections are spokes 38 that connect the common node 34 and the remote nodes 36 .
- Network 32 can also include at least one set of nodes 40 containing the base stations 14 and/or antennas 12 which are connected by one or more links 16 that are laid out on a segment or a ring. Whether on a segment or a ring, in a preferred implementation the uplink and downlink should be transmitted in opposite directions to equalize the latency, which is important in cellular transmission.
- At least two of the base stations 14 are located in a common location and the antennas 12 are geographically dispersed, FIG. 16 .
- Suitable common locations include but are not limited to an environmentally controlled room in a building connected to the network 10 .
- the antennas 12 are placed in areas providing the desired coverage which may have higher real estate costs and/or lower available footprints than the common location, but which can be connected to the network 10 .
- At least one link of the plurality of links 16 can be, shared by at least two operators.
- the operators can be wireless operators, different spectrum bands used by a same cellular operator, different entities. This different operators need not share electrical components when using an optical network.
- Different operators can be multiplexed onto the network using any of the multiplex methods detailed previously.
- the different operators can use different optical fibers strands, or different optical wavelengths on the same fiber strand.
- different operators can employ different wavelengths on free space links.
- the network 10 can be used to connect together existing base station 14 sites for different operators, and used to extend coverage from one operator to all other operators.
- a site built by operator A at site A is connected to a site built by operator B at site B.
- An antenna 12 for A is placed at site B, connected to a base station 14 for operator A at site A, and an antenna 12 for operator B is placed at site A, connected to a base station 14 for operator B at site B.
- the links 16 provide that at least one optical carrier carries at least one backhaul signal from a base station 14 to a switch (such as an MTSO) or a bridge network.
- a switch such as an MTSO
- the links 16 can be configured to provide that at least one RF carrier carries at least one backhaul signal from a base station 14 to one of a switch (such as an MTSO) or a bridge network.
- the network 10 can be an optical network that directly connects to a switch 42 , including but not limited to an MTSO.
- Multiple backhaul signals from several base stations can be integrated into one higher bit rate backhaul signal. This allows the network 10 costs to be shared amongst backhaul signals as well, and allows for high bandwidth backhaul to be performed, which is cheaper per bit.
- the backhaul signals can be digital t-carriers, SONET signals, and the like.
- Non-backhaul RF signals that share the network 10 with the backhaul signal can be represented digitally to minimize the effects of crosstalk with the digital backhaul signal.
- Non-backhaul RF signals can have a large wavelength separation from the backhaul signal in order to minimize the effects of crosstalk with the digital backhaul signal.
- Some antenna 12 or base station 14 locations are difficult to connect to a network, especially an optical fiber network, because no fiber may exist to the site.
- a location can be connected to the network 10 with a free space link, either a free space optical link 16 or microwave link 16 .
- This link 16 can be analog or digital, and if digital can be formatted in a proprietary fashion, or as a T-carrier or SONET link.
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Description
- This application claims the priority of U.S. Provisional Application No.: 60/296,781 filed Jun. 8, 2001 and U.S. Provisional Application No.: 60/313,360 filed Aug. 17, 2001. This application is also a continuation-in-part of Attorney Docket No. 27103-703 and a continuation-in-part of Attorney Docket No. 27103-704 filed on Nov. 5, 2001.
- 1. Field of the Invention
- This invention relates generally to cellular mobile telecommunication systems, and more particularly to a shared network to distribute base station antenna points and the associated base station transceiver hardware.
- 2. Description of Related Art
- A conventional cellular telecommunications system has a fixed number of frequency channel sets distributed among base stations that serve a plurality of cells that are usually arranged in a predetermined reusable pattern. Typical cell areas range from 1 to 300 square miles. The larger cells can cover rural areas and smaller cells cover urban areas. Cell antenna sites utilizing the same channel sets are spaced by a sufficient distance to assure that co-channel interference is held to an acceptably low level.
- A basic cellular network is comprised of mobile units, base stations, and a mobile switching center or mobile telecommunications switching office (MTSO). The mobile unit has radio telephone transceiver equipment that communicates over a radio station relays telephone signals between mobile units and an MTSO by way of communication lines. The cell site and the MTSO are typically connected by T1 lines, which carry telephone and control signals. The MTSO is also connected through paths to a switched telephone network.
- An MTSO can include a switching network for establishing call connections between the public switched telephone network and mobile units located in cell sites and for switching call connections from one cell site to another. Additionally, the MTSO can include control systems for use in switching a call connection from one cell site to another. Various handoff criteria are known in the art, such as using received signal strength to indicate the potential desirability of a handoff. Also included in the MTSO is a central processing unit for processing data received from the cell sites and supervisory signals obtained from the network to control the operation of setting up and taking down call connections.
- A conventional base station includes a radio controller unit that provides the interface between the T1 lines from the MTSO and the base station radio equipment. It also includes one or more transceivers, which perform radio transmit and receive functionality, and are in turn connected to antennas. A single transceiver radio often supports one channel or frequency allocation. The focus of this invention lies in placing a network between the transceiver radio and the antenna. Generally, the radio transmitter signals are then passed to a separate power amplifier for each channel, or the signals may be combined and applied to a single power amplifier. The output of the power amplifier is applied through a duplexer to an antenna, to be broadcast into the cellular area serviced by the base station.
- Signals received in an antenna are applied through a duplexer to a filter. The filter isolates the entire cellular band signal from adjacent bands and applies it to receivers, one for each channel. The base station may optionally include a diversity antenna and corresponding diversity filters and a plurality of diversity receivers, one for each associated main receiver. Where implemented, the outputs of diversity receivers are applied to circuits include circuitry for selecting the strongest signal using known techniques. In densely populated urban areas, the capacity of a conventional system is limited by the relatively small number of channels available in each cell. Moreover, the coverage of urban cellular phone systems is limited by blockage, attenuation and shadowing of the RF signals by high rises and other structures. This can also be a problem with respect to suburban office buildings and complexes.
- To increase capacity and coverage, a cell area can be subdivided and assigned frequencies reused in closer proximities at lower power levels. Subdivision can be accomplished by dividing the geographic territory of a cell, or for example by assigning cells to buildings or floors within a building. While such “microcell” systems are a viable solution to capacity and coverage problems, it can be difficult to find space at a reasonable cost to install conventional base station equipment in each microcell, especially in densely populated urban areas. Furthermore, maintaining a large number of base stations spread throughout a densely populated urban area can be time consuming and uneconomical.
- A generic solution to this problem is to separate some components of the base station from the antenna node, and connect them with a link. The smaller footprint antenna node is located at the desired coverage location, while the rest of the base station is placed at a more accessible location. The link is generally fiber optic. The related art has approached this problem from two distinct positions: single link fiber fed repeaters and distributed base station architectures. Fiber fed repeaters generally separate the base station at the radio output to the antenna, employing a broadband transparent link which carries the RF uplink and downlink signals across the entire communication band, as distinct from a single channel or frequency allocation (FA). The broadband link can be analog or digital, but if digital, the digital signal transparently repeats the entire band, for example, the 12.5 MHz US Cellular A band. The link is point-to-point, one radio to one antenna. Patents U.S. Pat. No. 5,627,879, U.S. Pat. No. 5,642,405, U.S. Pat. No. 5,644,622, U.S. Pat. No. 5,657,374 and U.S. Pat. No. 5,852,651 form a group which teach the implementation of cellular point-to-point links by employing a digital solution transparent to the communication protocol being employed.
- The distributed base station solution, unlike the repeater solution, builds multi-link solutions. EP 0 391 597 discloses a simulcast network over optical fiber using analog carriers. In the network envisioned by this patent, multiple carriers are combined in the RF domain and then optically transported for simulcast transmission/reception out of a fiber-fed antenna array. The optical carrier is analog modulated with the RF signal. Dedicated fiber lines are used rather than optically multiplexed signals between remote antennas and the centralized base station, and the signals are not multiplexed between multiple base station radios and multiple antennas.
- A distributed cellular network is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,519,691 in which radios are pooled at a common location and communication links connect the radios to distributed antenna units. A multiplexing method is provided for multiple channels on a cable or single optical carrier network, in which frequency division multiplexing in the RF domain is combined with analog signal transmission. The network is closely integrated with the base station, with channel allocation and manipulation at both host and remote ends of the network involving base station control. Provision is also made for time division multiplexing in the signal domain.
- Another distributed cellular network is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,761,619. This network is closely integrated with the base station architecture. The base station radios are placed at a different point than the antennas, and the radio is assumed to be a digital unit which either performs a wideband digitization of the cellular band or filtering and a narrowband channel digitization. In this architecture, an optical network transports these digitized signals using a dynamic synchronous protocol. In this protocol, circuit paths are dynamically set up between remote antenna nodes and base stations using this protocol. A synchronous TDM protocol is used for signal multiplexing.
- U.S. Pat. No. 6,205,133 B1 discloses a digital architecture that is similar to the one disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,761,619. In this disclosed architecture, the concept of a software radio is used to build a distributed antenna system by modifying the base station architecture. The software radio transceivers are remotely located, and convert the RF signals into digital signals, which are transported over a digital link to a central hub station.
- A distributed network architecture in which remote antenna units are connected to a base center holding base station radios is disclosed in EP0368673/WO 90/05432. In this architecture, a fiber optic distribution network is used to distribute RF signals between the base stations and the antennas. An interconnect switch is used to connect RF signals from different radios onto different optical carriers, and these carriers are combined and distributed by an optical fiber network. Analog RF optical modulation transmission is used but issues regarding constructing of a transparent ‘air link’ for carrying RF signals, which is required for cellular transmission, are ignored
- U.S. Pat. No. 5,400,391 describes a similar architecture to that of EP0368673, in which fiber pairs are used to connect distributed antennas to centralized radios, and an interconnection switch is used to flexibly direct signals between antenna nodes and radio transceivers. Dedicated fiber lines are used to connect base stations and remote nodes employing analog RF modulation of the optical signals.
- Further, U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,978,117 and 5,678,178 disclose networks used to interconnect the base stations back to their respective MTSOs.
- There is a need for a distributed network connecting base stations to remote antennas, and its method of use, that has a plurality of links with at least a portion providing multiple transmission paths. There is a further need for a distributed network connecting base stations to remote antennas, and its method of use, that has a plurality of links with at least one link providing multiple transmission paths employing multiple optical wavelength multiplexing. There is yet another need for a distributed network connecting base stations to remote antennas, and its method of use, that has a plurality of links with cellular signals are exchanged over the network are represented digitally. Yet there is another need for a distributed network connecting base stations to remote antennas where at least one base station or antenna location is geographically remote from the network and is connected to the network with a free space link. There is yet another need for a distributed network connecting base stations to remote antennas, that has a plurality of transmission paths that are shared between different cellular operators.
- Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a distributed network that connects base stations to remote antennas, and its method of use, that has a plurality of links with at least a portion providing multiple transmission paths.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a distributed network connecting base stations to remote antennas, and its method of use, that has a plurality of links with at least one link providing multiple transmission paths employing multiple optical wavelength multiplexing.
- Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a distributed network connecting base stations to remote antennas, and its method of use, that has a plurality of links with cellular signals that are exchanged over the network and are represented digitally.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a distributed optical network connecting base stations to remote antennas, and its method of use, that has a plurality of links with at least one link providing multiple transmission paths by employing multiple optical fiber strands.
- A further object of the present invention is to provide a distributed network connecting base stations to remote antennas, and its method of use, where at least one base station or antenna location is geographically remote from the network and is connected to the network with a free space link.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a distributed network, and its methods of use, that connects base stations to remote antennas, and has a plurality of transmission paths that are shared between different cellular operators.
- These and other objects of the present invention are achieved in a network that includes a plurality of antennas optically coupled over the network to a plurality of base stations. The base stations are configured to provide cellular transmission. A plurality of links couple the plurality of antennas and the plurality of base stations. At least one link of the plurality of links provides multiple transmission paths between at least a portion of the base stations with at least a portion of the antennas.
- In another embodiment of the present invention, a network includes a plurality of antennas RF coupled over the network to a plurality of base stations. The base stations configured to provide cellular transmission. A plurality of links couple the plurality of antennas and the plurality of base stations. At least one link of the plurality of links provides multiple transmission paths between at least a portion of the base stations with at least a portion of the antennas.
- In another embodiment of the present invention, a network includes a plurality of antennas optically coupled over the network to a plurality of base stations. The base stations are configured to provide cellular transmission. A plurality of links couple the plurality of antennas and the plurality of base stations. At least one link of the plurality of links provides multiple transmission paths between at least a portion of the base stations with at least a portion of the antennas.
- In another embodiment of the present invention, a network includes a plurality of antennas optically coupled over the network to a plurality of base stations. The base stations are configured to provide cellular transmission. A plurality of optical fiber links couple the plurality of antennas and the plurality of base stations. At least one link of the plurality of links provides multiple transmission paths over at least two optical wavelengths between at least a portion of the base stations with at least a portion of the antennas.
- In another embodiment of the present invention, a network includes a plurality of antennas optically coupled over the network to a plurality of base stations. The base stations are configured to provide cellular transmission. A plurality of free space optical links couple the plurality of antennas and the plurality of base stations. At least one link of the plurality of links provides multiple transmission paths over at least two optical wavelengths between at least a portion of the base stations with at least a portion of the antennas.
- In another embodiment of the present invention, a network includes a plurality of antennas optically coupled over the network to a plurality of base stations. The base stations are configured to provide cellular transmission. A plurality of free space links couple the plurality of antennas and the plurality of base stations. At least one link of the plurality of links provides multiple transmission paths between at least a portion of the base stations with at least a portion of the antennas. At least one base station or antenna location is geographically remote from the network and is connected to the network with a free space link.
- In another embodiment of the present invention, a method of transmission provides a network with a plurality of links that couple a plurality of antennas with a plurality of base stations. Multiple transmission paths are provided between at least a portion of the base stations with at least a portion of the antennas.
- In another embodiment of the present invention, a method of transmission provides a network with a plurality of optical links that couple a plurality of antennas with a plurality of base stations. Multiple transmission paths are provided between at least a portion of the base stations with at least a portion of the antennas.
- In another embodiment of the present invention, a method of transmission provides a network with a plurality of RF links that couple a plurality of antennas with a plurality of base stations. Multiple transmission paths are provided between at least a portion of the base stations with at least a portion of the antennas.
- In another embodiment of the present invention, a method of transmission provides a network with a plurality of optical links that couple a plurality of antennas with a plurality of base stations. Multiple transmission paths are provided with at least one link of the plurality of links using optical DWDM between at least a portion of the base stations with at least a portion of the antennas.
- In another embodiment of the present invention, a method of transmission provides a network with a plurality of optical links that couple a plurality of antennas with a plurality of base stations. Multiple transmission paths are provided with at least one link of the plurality of links using optical DWDM between at least a portion of the base stations with at least a portion of the antennas. The DWDM wavelength carriers carry an analog signal that is representative of an RF signal between the plurality of base stations and the plurality of antennas.
- In another embodiment of the present invention, a method of transmission provides a network with a plurality of links that couple a plurality of antennas with a plurality of base stations. At least one base station or antenna location is geographically remote from the network and is connected to the network with a free space link. Multiple transmission paths are provided between at least a portion of the base stations with at least a portion of the antennas.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of one embodiment of a distributed base station network with a plurality of antennas and base stations that has multiple transmission paths between at least a portion of the base stations with at least a portion of the antennas -
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a MEMs switch and Add/Drop Multiplexer that can be used with theFIG. 1 network. -
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a SONET router that can be used with theFIG. 1 network. -
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an optical multiplex/demultiplexer that can be used with theFIG. 1 network. -
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a DWDM transmission embodiment of theFIG. 1 network. -
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a point-to-point TDM topology embodiment of theFIG. 1 network. -
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of onefiber cable 20 with a plurality of fiber strands which from the multiple transmission paths of theFIG. 1 network. -
FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of aFIG. 1 network that uses free space optical links. -
FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of aFIG. 1 network where at least a portion of the links are configured to provide a selectable allocation of capacity to at least some of the base stations. -
FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of aFIG. 1 network thatmultiple base station 14 sites connected together. -
FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of aFIG. 1 network that includes a control box for at least a portion of the antennas in order to provide routing to selected base stations. -
FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of aFIG. 1 network with amplifiers included in the links. -
FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of aFIG. 1 network that includes a digital transceiver embedded between a base station and the network on a base station side, and a digital transceiver embedded between an antenna and the network at an antenna side. -
FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram of aFIG. 1 network illustrating transmission of down link and up link signals. -
FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram of a hub and spoke embodiment of theFIG. 1 network. -
FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram of aFIG. 1 network with at least two base stations located in a common location and the antennas geographically dispersed. -
FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram of aFIG. 1 network with base stations connected together for different operators and used to extend coverage from each operator to other operators. -
FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram of aFIG. 1 network that directly connects to an MTSO. - Referring to
FIG. 1 , one embodiment of the present invention is anetwork 10 that includes a plurality ofantennas 12 that are optically coupled overnetwork 10 to a plurality ofbase stations 14.Base stations 14 are configured to provide wireless cellular transmission. A plurality oflinks 16 couple the plurality ofantennas 12 and the plurality ofbase stations 14. At least onelink 18 of the plurality oflinks 16 provides multiple transmission paths between at least a portion of the plurality ofbase stations 14 with at least a portion of the plurality ofantennas 12. In one embodiment, the plurality ofantennas 12 andbase stations 14 are coupled using RF links to form anetwork 10. By remotely locating theantenna 12 units from the base stations using such anetwork 10, numerous advantages are realized. - The plurality of
links 16 can be configured to provide multiple transmission paths by frequency division multiplexing (FDM), time division multiplexing (TDM), and the like. Optically coupled networks can be configured to provide multiple transmission paths with wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) and/or multiple fiber strands that comprise a fiber cable. Both of these optical multiplexing techniques allow electrical isolation between different signals, because only the optical fiber and multiplexing components need be shared, not electrical components, optical transmitters, or optical receivers. TDM and FDM can both be combined with WDM to increase the number of transmission paths over a link. If thelinks 16 are RF microwave links, the multiple transmission paths can be different RF frequency channels. - Optical WDM also allows multiplexing of different signals with very low latency, because no processing or switching operation need be performed, low latency optical directing components can be used exclusively. As illustrated in
FIGS. 2, 3 and 4, optical multiplexing and routing can be performed with low latency passive or switching components including, but not limited to aMEMS switch 18, Add/Drop Multiplexer 20,Optical Multiplexer 24, and the like. Higher latency optical routing components such as aSONET router 22 can be used as well, if the latency budget is acceptable. FDM can also have low latency because RF mixing and combining are low latency operations, no processing or switching need be performed. Low latency is a desirable property for the invention, because placing a network between theantenna 12 andcurrent base stations 14 places strict latency limitations on thenetwork 10, as the network is now part of the conventional “air link” of a cellular system. This element of the link has strict latency constraints in modem cellular protocol standards, such as CDMA and GSM. However,other base station 14 embodiments can compensate for greater latency in this “air link” portion of thenetwork 10, as it is a very small fraction of total latency in a wireless call. Such base stations permit much more flexible networking technology to be employed. - All or a portion of the
links 16 can use opticalFIG. 5 DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing) for transmission. At least onelink 16 can provide multiple transmission paths employing digital transmissions and DWDM multiplexing between at least a portion of thebase stations 14 with at least a portion of theantennas 12. DWDM ring networks also can employ protection mechanisms, which can be important in the implementation of this invention, because if a fiber link breaks, multiple cellular sites will go down. Such protection operates by routing the optical signal in the opposite direction along the ring if there is a break. This routing can be accomplished by switching the direction of transmission around the ring on detection of a break, or by always transmitting optical signals between nodes in both directions, creating two paths for redundancy in case of a fiber break. - Some or all of the
links 16 can use TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) to create the transmission paths. In one embodiment, the TDM employs SONET TDM techniques. In one embodiment, the TDM is specifically employed from one node to another node on thenetwork 10 to carry multiple distinct RF signals in a point-to-point fashion. In a point-to-point TDM link, several signals are multiplexed together at an originating node, the multiplexed signal is then transported to the terminating node, and then the multiple signals are demultiplexed at the terminating node. Point-to-point TDM topology has the advantage of simplifying the multiplexing of multiple signals together, as opposed to adding and dropping low bit rate signals onto high bit rate carriers. Additionally, as illustrated inFIG. 6 , the TDM link can carry multiple sectors of abase station 14. Further, the TDM link can carry multiple signals from different operators, carry diversity signals and be used to carry backhaul signals. - All or a portion of the
links 16 can employ the SONET protocol, particularly using fixed optical paths. In such an embodiment, the SONET protocol is used to encode the signals, and then they are directed along fixed optical paths in a multiple wavelengthoptical network 10. A fixed optical path is one that is re-routed infrequently compared to the bit rate of the communication protocol employed over the path. This has the advantage of simplifying routing, since now only wavelengths need be routed. In a moreflexible network 10, more complex SONET routing can be employed, for example, thelinks 16 can be multiplexed onto a SONET ring. In such a routing scheme, the multiplexing involves routing bits at the carrier bit rate of the ring, rather than routing optical wavelengths. - Different optical wavelengths in a fixed or switched optical path configuration can also employ other protocols. In one embodiment, at least a portion of the
links 16 employ Fibre Channel, Gigabit Ethernet, TCP, ATM or another transmission protocol. In one embodiment, at least one optical wavelength carries OA&M signals and in another embodiment, at least one TDM channel carries OA&M signals. - Full SONET routing can be used over the
network 10. In such a case, low bit rate cellular signals are added and dropped off of higher bit rate SONET links, with flexible signal routing. SONET's low latency, TDM functionality, and wide availability for optical networking implementations make it a useful protocol for this application. In other embodiments, IP routing is used. Routing protocols can be combined with traffic data to route signals as needed to optimize capacity between a group ofbase stations 14 andremote antenna 12 nodes. - As noted earlier,
network 10 can provide optical multiplexing. In this embodiment, the plurality oflinks 16 includes a plurality of optical fiber links. As illustrated inFIG. 7 , at least onefiber cable 20 can be included with a plurality offiber strands 22 which form the multiple transmission paths. For example, a 192 count fiber cable could be used for 192 fiber strands, allowing 192 signals to be multiplexed on the cable with no other form of multiplexing. Clearly, multiple cables can be exploited in the same way as multiple strands. In another embodiment, at least oneoptical fiber strand 22 transmits at least two optical wavelengths that form multiple transmission paths. Preferably, all of theoptical fiber strands 22 transmit more than one optical wavelength. As an example, 6 strands could carry 0.32 wavelengths each, providing 192 transmission paths. Beyond this, each path could have 4 signals multiplexed onto it employing TDM, providing 4×192=768 transmission paths. - Referring to
FIG. 8 , in other embodiments, the plurality oflinks 16 is a plurality of free spaceoptical links 24. In such links, one or more optical wavelengths are directed through free space. Such links are useful to employ in areas where fiber is expensive or unavailable. The plurality oflinks 16 can include both optical fibers and free spaceoptical links 24. - At least a portion of the plurality of links can be configured to provide selectable allocation of capacity to at least a portion of the plurality of
base stations 14. This can be achieved with acontrol switching system 25. As illustrated inFIG. 9 , such a system functions like a switch, in which the RF traffic from theantennas 12 are directed into it, and then redirected intobase station 14 transceivers as needed. Theswitch 25 also takes the downlink channels and distributes them back to theantennas 12. Theswitch 25 can dynamically allocate the channel capacity of a group of base station transceivers toantennas 12 as needed. Thecapacity redirection switch 25 can be coordinated with the RF channel allocation, in order that the same frequencies are not used adjacent to each other. The switch allows the base station transceiver capacity to serve the entire geographic region covered by theantennas 12. - Referring to
FIG. 10 , a special case of shared base station transceiver capacity is to connect multiple existingbase station 14 sites together, in order that theantennas 12 at these sites can be served by the transceiver capacity of all thebase stations 14. The statistics of pooling transceiver capacity to cover larger geographic areas allowsfewer base stations 14 to be used than if they were individually connected to single antennas. In addition, populations moving within the larger geographic area are covered by the same transceiver pool, which allows the number of transceivers to be sized with the population, not the geographic coverage area. This reduces the number ofbase stations 14 required to cover a given geographic area. In another embodiment shown inFIG. 11 a control box 27 can be included for each or a portion of theantennas 12 and provide routing to selectedbase stations 14. The routing by thecontrol boxes 27 can be performed according to a desired schedule. For example, the switch could allocate more channels to highways during commute hours, and more channels to commercial office parks during business hours. One or all of the plurality of thelinks 16 can include a passiveoptical device 26. Suitable passiveoptical devices 26 include but are not limited to OADM's, filters, interleavers, multiplexers, and the like. - All of only a portion of the plurality of
links 16 can include one or moreoptical amplifiers 28,FIG. 12 .Optical amplifiers 28 are low latency devices that amplify optical signals, overcoming optical losses from fiber and the use of optical components.Such amplifiers 28 are commercially available in configurations that amplify blocks of wavelengths, which makes DWDM optical networking more feasible, especially given the optical losses sustained in wavelength multiplexing. - The cellular signals exchanged over
network 10 can be analog signals or digitized. Analog signals generally involve modulating a laser or optical modulator with the cellular RF signal, or a frequency converted version of this signal. Such implementations have the advantage of simplicity, and can take advantage of WDM,multiple fiber strands 22 on a givenfiber cable 20, and FDM. However, for such transmission, the channel properties of thelink 16, such as noise figure and spur-free dynamic range, directly impact the signal properties. DWDM networks experience linear and non-linear crosstalk, causing signal interference between different wavelength carriers. This can create problems with analog RF transmission. Digital signals are streams of bits, generated by digitally encoding the analog cellular signal. The analog cellular signal is the signal that would normally be transmitted or received by the base station or the remote mobile units. So a PCS CDMA signal could be an “analog cellular signal.” It is not meant to imply that the signal is representative of an analog cellular standard. If the digital representation of the analog cellular signal is transmitted with a sufficient signal-to-noise ratio, it will not be significantly affected by link properties. Furthermore, these digital signals can be digitally protected with various strategies, such as encoding, parity, etc., to further reduce the likelihood of bit errors. By employing digital signals, there is a significant improvement in resistance to crosstalk. Hence DWDM and digital transmission is a powerful combination for exploiting thenetwork 10 to carry the maximum number of cellular signals. Digital signals are furthermore amenable to the use of digital communications equipment and standards, such as routers, IP and SONET. - In one embodiment, the wavelength carriers carry an analog signal representative that is representative of an RF signal between
multiple base stations 14 andantennas 12. Different carriers carry different cellular signals. In another embodiment, the wavelength carriers carry a digital signal that is representative of an RF signal betweenmultiple base stations 14 andantennas 12. This digitization can be implemented in two preferred embodiments. - As illustrated in
FIG. 13 , adigital transceiver 30 is embedded between thebase station 14 and thenetwork 10 on thebase station 14 side, and between theantenna 12 and thenetwork 10 at theantenna 12 side. The coupling can be either a direct connection, or through one or more RF components such as an amplifier, attenuator, gain control block, and the like. The analog cellular signal, which is normally exchanged between these two units, is first converted into a digital signal by the digital transceiver, which is then exchanged over thenetwork 10. After the digital cellular signal is received at the other end of the network, it is reconstituted by the digital transceiver as an analog cellular signal. This signal can be filtered, amplified, attenuated, and the like before being transmitted to theantenna 12, or thebase station 14. - The other embodiment is to integrate the digital component into the
base station 14 unit and theantenna 12 unit, and not use a separate digital transceiver. Although this can involve digitizing a wireless channel or frequency band, a more sophisticated implementation is to separate the functionality of thebase station 14 unit and theantenna 12 unit at a point where the signal is itself digital. Given that the cellular RF signal is a digitally modulated signal, the voice channel is digitized, andbase stations 14 are migrating to a digital transmit/receive architecture, there are several intermediate digital signals that could be exchanged. Theantenna 12 units, when serving as remote units, can provideconventional base station 14 functionality such as baseband coding, channel coding, modulation/demodulation, channel filtering, band filtering and transmission reception and the like. - The general case is that each
antenna 12 location can be configured to receive a downlink cellular signal as a digital stream input that is representative of a single or multiplicity of wireless channels or a segment of wireless spectrum. Theantenna 12 then reconstructs and transmits the RF signal. Additionally, uplink cellular signals are received off-air at theantenna 12 that are representative of a single or a multiplicity of wireless channels from at least one mobile unit. At theantenna 12 node the uplink cellular signal is then converted into a single or plurality of bit streams. The bit streams are then transmitted over thenetwork 10 to thebase station 14 units. Thebase station 14 units receive this uplink digital signal and process it. Additionally, they transmit a downlink digital signal to thenetwork 10. - When digital transceiver units are used to perform D/A and A/D functionality between
antennas 12 andbase stations 14, the analog signals can be frequency down converted before sampling and A/D conversion, and frequency up converted after D/A conversion. The digital signal can be serialized before transmission and converted back to a parallel signal after transmission. High bit rates, including but not limited to those greater than 500 Mbps, can be employed to create high dynamic range links for improved cellular performance. - Referring to
FIG. 14 , when digital transceivers are employed, at the base station, thedigital transceivers 30 digitize the downlink analog cellular signals that are representative of a wireless spectrum band or channel. Thereafter, thedigital transceivers 30 pass the downlink digital cellular signals to thenetwork 10. For the uplink at the base station, thedigital transceivers 30 receive uplink digital signals representative of a wireless spectrum band or channel from the network, reconstruct the analog cellular signals, and then pass them to thebase stations 14. At theantennas 12, for the uplink, the analog cellular signals received on theantenna 12 from the mobile units are converted into digital signals, and transmitted onto thenetwork 10. The downlink digital signals are received by digital transceivers at theantenna 12, and then converted back into analog cellular signals representative of a wireless spectrum band or channel, and passed to theantenna 12. - In various embodiments,
network 10 can have different layouts. In one embodiment, at least a portion of the plurality of thelinks 16 are fixed optical paths. Such paths involve connecting one or more remote nodes to one or more base nodes and rarely dynamically re-routing this path. The optical paths betweenantennas 12 andbase stations 14 can have a one-to-one correspondence, connecting to oneantenna 12 node and onebase station 14 unit, or alternatively, one ormore antennas 12 can be connected to one ormore base stations 14 in a non one-to-one embodiment. In another embodiment, the transmission paths ofnetwork 10 can be dynamic-routable optical paths flexibly routed between one or a plurality ofbase stations 14 and one or a plurality ofantennas 12. - As illustrated in
FIG. 15 ,network 10 can be configured as a hub and spokenetwork 32. In this embodiment, the plurality ofbase stations 14 are located in acommon node 34 and the plurality ofantennas 12 are located at different remote nodes, generally denoted as 36 on thenetwork 32. Optical uplink and downlink connections arespokes 38 that connect thecommon node 34 and theremote nodes 36.Network 32 can also include at least one set of nodes 40 containing thebase stations 14 and/orantennas 12 which are connected by one ormore links 16 that are laid out on a segment or a ring. Whether on a segment or a ring, in a preferred implementation the uplink and downlink should be transmitted in opposite directions to equalize the latency, which is important in cellular transmission. - In one embodiment, at least two of the
base stations 14 are located in a common location and theantennas 12 are geographically dispersed,FIG. 16 . Suitable common locations include but are not limited to an environmentally controlled room in a building connected to thenetwork 10. Theantennas 12 are placed in areas providing the desired coverage which may have higher real estate costs and/or lower available footprints than the common location, but which can be connected to thenetwork 10. - In various embodiments, at least one link of the plurality of
links 16 can be, shared by at least two operators. The operators can be wireless operators, different spectrum bands used by a same cellular operator, different entities. This different operators need not share electrical components when using an optical network. Different operators can be multiplexed onto the network using any of the multiplex methods detailed previously. In a preferred implementation, the different operators can use different optical fibers strands, or different optical wavelengths on the same fiber strand. In another preferred implementation, different operators can employ different wavelengths on free space links. By optically multiplexing multiple operators on thesame network 10, the operators can share the costs of constructing, acquiring and maintaining thenetwork 10 without compromising their electrical isolation requirements. In one embodiment, thenetwork 10 can be used to connect together existingbase station 14 sites for different operators, and used to extend coverage from one operator to all other operators. - For example, as illustrated in
FIG. 17 , a site built by operator A at site A is connected to a site built by operator B at siteB. An antenna 12 for A is placed at site B, connected to abase station 14 for operator A at site A, and anantenna 12 for operator B is placed at site A, connected to abase station 14 for operator B at site B. - In various embodiments, the
links 16 provide that at least one optical carrier carries at least one backhaul signal from abase station 14 to a switch (such as an MTSO) or a bridge network. In an RF network, where thelinks 16 are RF links, thelinks 16 can be configured to provide that at least one RF carrier carries at least one backhaul signal from abase station 14 to one of a switch (such as an MTSO) or a bridge network. - Referring now to
FIG. 18 , thenetwork 10 can be an optical network that directly connects to aswitch 42, including but not limited to an MTSO. Multiple backhaul signals from several base stations can be integrated into one higher bit rate backhaul signal. This allows thenetwork 10 costs to be shared amongst backhaul signals as well, and allows for high bandwidth backhaul to be performed, which is cheaper per bit. The backhaul signals can be digital t-carriers, SONET signals, and the like. Non-backhaul RF signals that share thenetwork 10 with the backhaul signal can be represented digitally to minimize the effects of crosstalk with the digital backhaul signal. Non-backhaul RF signals can have a large wavelength separation from the backhaul signal in order to minimize the effects of crosstalk with the digital backhaul signal. - Some
antenna 12 orbase station 14 locations are difficult to connect to a network, especially an optical fiber network, because no fiber may exist to the site. In an embodiment of the invention, such a location can be connected to thenetwork 10 with a free space link, either a free spaceoptical link 16 ormicrowave link 16. Thislink 16 can be analog or digital, and if digital can be formatted in a proprietary fashion, or as a T-carrier or SONET link. - The foregoing description of preferred embodiments of the invention has been presented for purposes of illustration and description. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed. Obviously, many modifications and variations will be apparent to practitioners skilled in this art. It is intended that the scope of the invention be defined by the following claims and their equivalents.
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