Cooperative components in a wireless feeder network
    3.
    发明授权
    Cooperative components in a wireless feeder network 有权
    无线馈线网络中的协作组件

    公开(公告)号:US09560676B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-01-31

    申请号:US13783023

    申请日:2013-03-01

    摘要: A wireless feeder network comprises feeder base stations coupled to the communications network and feeder terminals coupled to associated access base stations of the access network. A group of wireless network components form elements of a feeder cluster and the elements of the feeder cluster are connected by an additional communications resource configured to be operated in parallel with the wireless resource of the wireless feeder network. Both a primary and secondary element of the feeder cluster seek to decode at least one resource block allocated to the primary element for reception of data. Information derived from the secondary decoded data is transmitted from the secondary element to the primary element via the additional communications resource. The primary element then performs a revised decoding process additionally using the information received from said secondary element to improve its own decode probability.

    摘要翻译: 无线馈线网络包括耦合到通信网络的馈线基站和耦合到接入网络的相关联的接入基站的馈线终端。 一组无线网络组件形成馈线集群的元件,并且馈线集群的元件通过被配置为与无线馈线网络的无线资源并行操作的附加通信资源连接。 馈线集群的主要和次要组件都寻求对分配给主要元件的至少一个资源块进行解码以接收数据。 从辅助解码数据导出的信息经由附加通信资源从次要元件发送到主要元件。 然后,主要元件另外使用从所述次要元件接收的信息来执行修改的解码处理,以改善其自身的解码概率。

    Managing External Interference in a Wireless Network
    4.
    发明申请
    Managing External Interference in a Wireless Network 审中-公开
    管理无线网络中的外部干扰

    公开(公告)号:US20160381590A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-29

    申请号:US15187602

    申请日:2016-06-20

    IPC分类号: H04W24/10 H04L12/26 H04L12/24

    摘要: A method and apparatus configures a wireless network comprising a plurality of nodes to mitigate effects of an external interference source. A subset of the nodes simultaneously participate in an external interference sampling process in which each node of the subset samples signals received by an antenna array of that node. A measurement report, comprising a signal source angle and a received signal strength, is received from a node. A location of the external interference source is estimated using the measurement report. The external interference source is then characterised using the estimated location of the external interference source and the received signal strength to calculate for the external interference source at least one of: a source power; a beam width; an antenna bearing; and a front-to-back transmission ratio. The nodes are configured to mitigate effects of the external interference source in dependence on a result of the characterising step.

    摘要翻译: 方法和装置配置包括多个节点的无线网络以减轻外部干扰源的影响。 节点的子集同时参与外部干扰采样过程,其中该子集的每个节点采样由该节点的天线阵列接收的信号。 从节点接收包括信号源角度和接收信号强度的测量报告。 使用测量报告估算外部干扰源的位置。 然后使用外部干扰源的估计位置和接收信号强度来表征外部干扰源,以便为外部干扰源计算源功率中的至少一个; 梁宽度 天线轴承; 和前后传动比。 这些节点被配置为根据特征步骤的结果来减轻外部干扰源的影响。

    Rotatable Antenna Apparatus
    6.
    发明申请
    Rotatable Antenna Apparatus 审中-公开
    可旋转天线装置

    公开(公告)号:US20160380350A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-29

    申请号:US15186955

    申请日:2016-06-20

    摘要: A rotatable antenna apparatus has a fixed unit for attachment of the apparatus to an external structure, and a rotatable unit mounted on the fixed unit for rotation relative to the fixed unit. The rotatable unit comprises both an antenna assembly and processing circuitry coupled to the antenna assembly for performing signal processing operations. The apparatus further includes a thermally conductive shaft connected to the rotatable unit and located for rotation within the fixed unit, and a thermally conductive coupling structure to conduct heat from one or more heat generating components of the processing circuitry into the thermally conductive shaft. A heat sink within the fixed unit is thermally coupled to the thermally conductive shaft to draw heat away from the thermally conductive shaft. This provides an efficient mechanism for removing heat from the rotatable unit, whilst still allowing the rotatable unit to be sealed against external environmental conditions.

    摘要翻译: 可旋转天线装置具有用于将装置附接到外部结构的固定单元和安装在固定单元上以相对于固定单元旋转的可旋转单元。 可旋转单元包括耦合到天线组件的天线组件和处理电路,用于执行信号处理操作。 该装置还包括连接到可旋转单元并且定位成用于在固定单元内旋转的导热轴,以及导热耦合结构,以将热量从处理电路的一个或多个发热部件传导到导热轴中。 固定单元内的散热器热耦合到导热轴以将热量从导热轴上吸走。 这提供了用于从可旋转单元去除热量的有效机构,同时仍允许可旋转单元被密封以抵抗外部环境条件。

    Scanning in a wireless network
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10476724B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-12

    申请号:US16026257

    申请日:2018-07-03

    摘要: There is provided a node for operating in a wireless network, including: coarse-granularity scanning circuitry that performs a coarse-granularity scanning process to detect one or more donor nodes of the wireless network according to a first metric. Connection circuitry forms a connection to a selected donor node in the one or more donor nodes. The connection is broken as a consequence of the coarse-granularity scanning process being performed. Fine granularity scanning circuitry performs a fine granularity scanning process to determine a configuration in which a quality of the connection is improved according to a second metric. The connection is maintained during the fine granularity scanning process.

    Managing external interference in a wireless network

    公开(公告)号:US10257733B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-09

    申请号:US15187602

    申请日:2016-06-20

    摘要: A method and apparatus configures a wireless network comprising a plurality of nodes to mitigate effects of an external interference source. A subset of the nodes simultaneously participate in an external interference sampling process in which each node of the subset samples signals received by an antenna array of that node. A measurement report, comprising a signal source angle and a received signal strength, is received from a node. A location of the external interference source is estimated using the measurement report. The external interference source is then characterized using the estimated location of the external interference source and the received signal strength to calculate for the external interference source at least one of: a source power; a beam width; an antenna bearing; and a front-to-back transmission ratio. The nodes are configured to mitigate effects of the external interference source in dependence on a result of the characterizing step.