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- harmonizing we mean a running process of smart weighted aggregation of noise and signal resources which aims to achieve an optimal signal to noise ratio in varying traffic and interference conditions.
- Noise and in particular noise after it has been aggregated from the various DAS zones is the major factor limiting the DAS data traffic capabilities.
- DAS networks have traditionally aggregated noise simply by its summation function, and noise was treated as a given limiting problem and best practices operation have been adapted to accommodate this limiting factor.
- Thermal noise is the first contributing element to the aggregated noise of a DAS network, as it appears in all the distributed antennas of the network and then amplified and summated from all of the antennas selected to distribute the same cellular sector.
- Pre-amplification attenuation although compensated by the cellular networks power control function, will cause mobiles served under the subjected antenna to increase their emitted power, resulting inevitably in excessive interference in the DAS network.
- this noise rise affects not only the subject antenna, but also causes a noise rise in any antennas in the transmission range of the mobile.
- the pre-amplification mobile uplink signal attenuation is a major limiting factor in passive DAS networks, since all the distribution is done passively (RF power combiner, dividers, coupler and coaxial cable) and all the passive elements are contributing to the pre-amplification attenuation.
- active DAS unlike passive DAS
- the pre-amplification attenuation is confined to the passive elements between the antenna and the remote radio unit.
- the antenna is part of the remote unit and therefore these elements are negligible.
- each receiving chain has its own noise Fig, this actively generated noise is mostly affected by the DAS RRU front end passive elements and low noise amplifier (LNA). Additional elements in the DAS RRU receiver may have a dramatic contribution to the receiver noise Fig, an example for such element in an IF (down and up convert) active DAS networks are the converting local oscillator noise.
- LNA low noise amplifier
- Laser noise is a major excessive noise contributor to DAS networks utilizing analog fiber optic transportation, the limiting factors affecting the laser noise contribution is its dynamic range and its stability.
- Noise rising failure is the biggest noise contributing source due to the scale of active DAS networks and the rising number of active elements. Unfortunately, it is inevitable to avoid a statistical failure over time. In most cases a confined failure is manageable but the fact that DAS networks are eventually an aggregation network a single point of failure may affect an entire cluster or in server cases that entire DAS network
- External radiation noise External radiation noise—External sources are becoming the significant limiting factor. These noise sources are the most challenging since the origins are not part of the DAS network, and their behavior and characteristic cannot be anticipated or controlled.
- the external radiation noise sources may be wideband or narrowband, constant or sporadic that may affect the entire DAS network spectrum or a specific band or channel.
- the external radiation noise sources may be a local phenomenon affecting only one antenna, or a spread phenomenon affecting a whole cluster of antennas.
- There are infinite sources for external radiation noise common examples are industrial equipment such as generators and heavy equipment's, unauthorized communication equipment, cell jammers, oscillating BDA, light fixtures, LED stadium screens and many more ongoing threats.
- the present invention is directed to systems and methods for reducing noise levels by harmonization in a DCC-DAS using smart weighted aggregation of noise and signal resources to achieve an optimal signal to noise ratio in varying traffic and interference conditions.
- FIG. 1 depicts a function block diagram of a DCC-DAS according to an exemplary embodiment of an optional platform for the invention.
- FIG. 2A shows as an example the cell resources in the US PCS frequency band.
- FIG. 2B shows a representation of the data flow in the digital link/cable between the MSDH and the RRU.
- FIG. 2C shows how an RRU may filter each incoming signal using a specific digital filter matched to the technology and the bandwidth of each cell resource.
- FIG. 3 shows a representation of the data flow in the digital link/cable (1-N) between the RRU and the cell resource packet organizer.
- FIG. 4A depicts cell resource allocation in a prior art DAS network
- FIG. 4B depicts an optimum noise driven distributed network according to the present invention.
- FIG. 4C depicts a femto-cell enhanced optimum noise drive distributed network according to the present invention.
- FIG. 5 depicts a flowchart showing pre-aggregation adjustment to the cell resource power in order to achieve minimum aggregate noise.
- FIG. 6 depicts a flowchart showing pre-aggregation traffic corresponding to the cell resource power in order to achieve minimum aggregate noise.
- FIG. 7 depicts RRR reallocation of cell resources in order to achieve an optimum signal to noise ratio per sector.
- FIG. 8 depicts a representation showing the separation of the total received energy from the desired signal by spreading code decoding.
- FIG. 9 depicts a representation showing the separation of the total received energy from the desired signal by synchronized guard time noise measurement.
- FIG. 10 depicts a representation showing the separation of the total received energy from the desired signal by free transmission frequency guard noise measurement.
- FIG. 11 depicts prior art DAS wideband noise power measurement.
- FIG. 12 depicts prior art DAS band specific noise power measurement.
- FIG. 13 depicts cell resource noise power measurement according to the present invention.
- FIG. 14 depicts DAS distributed different technologies in the DCS frequency band requiring different noise aggregation for optimal performance.
- An exemplary DCCDAS Architecture (PCT/US2013/054143) is provided as platform in which the harmonizing noise aggregation and noise management algorithms may be implemented.
- PCT/US2013/054143 An exemplary DCCDAS Architecture
- One skilled in the art should recognize that the invented algorithms may also be implemented in other DAS architectures.
- FIG. 1 depicts a function block diagram of DCC-DAS 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of an optional platform for the invention.
- DCC-DAS 100 integrates multiple resources of capacity, such as Cellular 2G/3G/4G resources, public safety resources, small cell, and broadband resources into one integrated operational system that is able to centrally manage its capacity resources and distribute them accordingly.
- BTS farm 102 is the main resource of capacity of DCC-DAS 100 .
- BTS farm 102 comprises various BTS's covering multiple technologies.
- Digital Fiber interface BTS's 104 , 106 , and 108 have digital baseband fiber interface (For example CPRI data) outputs whereas Radio Interface BTS's 110 , 112 , 114 and radio interface small cell 118 have Radio RF outputs.
- DCC-DAS 100 can be used by DCC-DAS 100 for offloading capacity purposes. They can be installed either in BTS farm 102 , like small cell 118 , or in remote zones, like small cells 120 , 122 , and 124 and WIFI access points 126 , 128 , and 129 . MSDH 130 manages all the capacity resources of DCC-DAS 100 . DCC-DAS 100 can be leveraged to manage auxiliary resources like off-air repeaters (Off air repeater receives the signal from remote BTS 188 ) or FM Radios 132 , public safety BTS 134 , and BTS emulator 136 for location finding purposes.
- off air repeaters receives the signal from remote BTS 188
- FM Radios 132 public safety BTS 134
- BTS emulator 136 for location finding purposes.
- DCC-DAS 100 can be used to direct the signal from jammer 138 to specific zones in which cellular calls are prohibited. As depicted in FIG. 1 , DCC-DAS 100 is modular and can be connected to slave MSDH 191 and/or slave DCC-DAS 140 which covers other zones not serviced by DCC-DAS 100 .
- Each BTS in BTS farm 102 is connected to an MTDI.
- Digital fiber interfaced BTS's 104 , 106 , and 108 are connected to digital MTDI 142 ;
- RF BTS's 110 and 112 are connected to RF MTDI 144 ;
- RF BTS 114 and Small Cell 118 are connected to RF MTDI 146 .
- RF MTDIs 144 and 146 may passively combine the incoming RF signals from the various RF BTS's ( 110 , 112 , 114 , and, 118 ) and adjust the level of the RF signals to the working level required by MTDI digital processor ( 320 in FIG. 3 ) which is part of each MTDI.
- Each MTDI can handle multiple BTS's. However if the number of BTS's in BTS farm 102 is greater than the maximum that can be handled by a single MTDI, then a number of additional MTDI's may be deployed as depicted in FIG. 1 .
- Each BTS may also have MIMO links. The MIMO link connections and the way DCC-DAS 100 deals with MIMO links is shown separately in FIG. 13 .
- FIG. 1 depicts multiple RRUs 152 , 156 , 160 , 162 which are connected to MSDH 130 .
- Each RRU with its own antenna system covers a specific zone.
- DCC-DAS 100 serves as IP backhaul for various devices such as Wi-Fi Access Points 128 and 129 or small cells 120 and 122 .They can be directly connected to MSDH 130 like Wi-Fi access point (AP) 126 and Small cell 120 or through the RRUs like small cell 122 and Wi-Fi AP 129 .
- MSDH 130 like Wi-Fi access point (AP) 126 and Small cell 120 or through the RRUs like small cell 122 and Wi-Fi AP 129 .
- the IP backhaul data aforementioned is routed to MSDH 130 who splits the IP backhaul data from the digitized cellular data and sends the IP data to the Internet gateway 192 or VPN gateway 153 from which it is routed to the internet or to private lines 190 and 191 , thus connecting those Wi-Fi APs or small cells with the external world or the operators network.
- DAS controller 150 manages and controls the DCC-DAS 100 .
- DAS controller 140 stores the various configurations of the DAS and various parameters such as routing configurations 182 (which is part of DAS controller 150 ) and Infrastructure constraints database 189 which is also part of DAS controller 150 .
- DAS controller 150 interfaces with MSDH 130 through management gateway 199 .
- the human machine interface 154 which enables the DAS operator to control and manage the system is also interfaced with the MSDH 130 through management gateway 199 .
- DAS controller 150 is able to connect to an external operator NMS (Network Management System), send alarm data, or accept control data from the NMS.
- This NMS can be a conventional NMS or part of a Cloud computing network that supports multiple BTS's.
- the management gateway 199 can directly interface with the operators' mobile telephone switching office (MTSO) 183 , 184 for various control and management functions which will be explained later or it can interface with the operator cloud computing network
- MTSO mobile telephone switching office
- each MTDI converts each incoming RF signal to an IF signal and then digitizes the IF signals and passes them through a digital filter bank.
- the MTDI may filter each incoming signal using a specific digital filter matched to the technology and the bandwidth of each BTS cell resource as shown in FIG. 2A .
- a cell resource is defined as a contiguous piece of spectrum that the operator of the DCC-DAS wishes to distribute, for example, consisting of one or more wireless signals of the same wireless cellular technology type. However, this is just an example.
- a cell resource can also be any contiguous piece of spectrum in the frequency bands of the DCC-DAS that the operator wishes to digitize and distribute via the DCC-DAS RRUs.
- a 1 and A 2 are VerizonTM cell resources in the PCS band; B 1 , B 2 , and B 3 are AT&TTM cell resources in the PCS band; and C 1 , C 2 , and C 3 are SprintTM cell resources in the PCS band.
- the MTDI then converts the digital filtered signals to a digital stream of data samples (e.g. I/Q data samples) which are routed to MSDH 130 .
- MTDI 142 performs the reverse operation.
- MTDI 142 receives the stream of digitized RF data packets coming from the various RRUs through MSDH 130 and distributes them throughout BTS farm 142 , 144 , 146 and 148 .
- the RRU's have their own digital filter bank accordingly.
- Each MTDI band module may serve one sector and the output of the MTDI will be routed by MSDH 130 to one or more RRUs each hone serving his own zone. If additional zones need to be covered, or more capacity is required in one or more zones, then a new sector may be used to cover the additional zones in the building, or to provide more capacity to existing zones by dividing the area covered by DCC-DAS into new zones, each one covered by a dedicated sector.
- a second MTDI (MTDI 146 in FIG. 1 ) may be connected to an additional BTS 114 and small cell 118 for example. The output of the second MTDI 146 will be connected to MSDH 130 . This second MTDI output will be another cell resource vector consisting of all the cell resources in the second sector.
- DCC-DAS 100 can now support up to n different sectors. Each sector will be routed to one or more zones in the area covered by DCC-DAS 100
- the communication between the DCC-DAS elements can be based on any suitable digital protocol, such as CPRI/OBSAI serial protocols or any other serial data protocol.
- MSDH 130 also embeds an Ethernet layer with the serial data stream of digitized cell resource data samples in order to transmit control data and serve as the IP backhaul of the offload devices such as small cells, Wi-Fi access points, or any other offload device.
- the various offload devices may be connected to the RRUs (e.g., Wi-Fi AP 129 is connected to RRU 156 by Ethernet connection in FIG. 1 ) and from there through the RRU CPRI link to the MSDH 130 or directly to the Ethernet switch 612 associated with the MSDH (e.g., Wi-Fi AP 128 in FIG. 1 ).
- MSDH 130 may connect to slave MSDH 191 ( FIG. 1 )—through one of the suitable digital protocols, thus enabling a modular growth of the system.
- slave MSDH's which control additional multiple RRUs can be cascaded using this methodology, enabling the system to cover huge campuses and residential areas.
- this architecture enables modular growth by cascading MSDH elements, each one of them serving multiple remote RRUs.
- FIG. 2B shows a conceptual representation of the data flow in the digital link/cable 210 between the MSDH 130 and the RRU 156 . It clearly shows the cell resource data ( 203 ), C 1 , A 1 , C 2 , B 1 , A 2 which are components of the digital link's between the two modules. It also shows the Ethernet backhaul data packets 205 for the small Cell 122 and Wi-Fi AP 129 marked as A B C A etc., as well as Ethernet packets ( 201 ) for management and internet ( 200 ) purposes.
- each MTDI performs the reverse operation.
- the MTDI receives a digital stream of digitized RF data samples representing the cellular uplink cell resources coming from the Remote Radio Units (RRUs) through MSDH 130 . It combines signals destined for the same BTS input and converts them to uplink signals that are sent to the relevant s BTS.
- RRUs Remote Radio Units
- each MTDI may have the same structure of cell resources and digital filters associated with them which is a mirror image of the Downlink cell resources and digital filters just shifted in frequency to the uplink channels of each BTS All this as depicted in FIG. 2C .
- MTDI modules there are, for example, three functionally different MTDI modules: digital MTDIs that connect to BTS's through a digital interface such as digital fiber; RF MTDIs that interface using analogue RF signals with RF BTS's; and auxiliary BTS's that interface with auxiliary equipment. But the structure of cell resources and digital filters associated with them prevails in all the three MTDI modules: digital MTDIs that connect to BTS's through a digital interface such as digital fiber; RF MTDIs that interface using analogue RF signals with RF BTS's; and auxiliary BTS's that interface with auxiliary equipment. But the structure of cell resources and digital filters associated with them prevails in all the three MTDI modules
- MSDH 130 is the central hub of DCC-DAS 100 .
- MSDH 130 receives the digital streams of cell resource data from the MTDI's and routes them to the various RRUs as directed by DAS controller 150 .
- MSDH 130 performs the reverse operation.
- MSDH 130 receives data from the RRUs and directs it to the relevant MTDI which is then sent to the relevant BTS.
- the uplink signals from the RRUs are summed together in order to create a single combined uplink signal for that cell resource which is then sent to the MTDI.
- the MSDH 130 also handles Ethernet data which is used as the IP backhaul of the small cells ( 120 , 122 , and 124 ) and Wi-Fi APs ( 126 , 128 , and 129 ) and routes the data to Internet gateway 192 or VPN gateway 153 .
- Each RRU 156 , 158 , 160 , and 162 is basically a multiple band, multiple technology digital repeater which receives a digital stream of cell resource data (digitized signals) from the MSDH 130 , converts the data from IF signals to RF signals, and transmits the RF signals to one or more zones in the downlink direction.
- a zone is a geographical area covered by a single RRU output. Since an RRU may be connected to one or more antennas, a zone may be the area covered by one or more antennas which are all connected to the RRU. In the uplink direction, the RRU performs the reverse operation.
- the RRU receives RF signals, converts them to IF signals, digitizes the IF signal, passes the digitized IF signal through a digital filter bank consisting of the array of uplink cell resources and digital filters associated with them, and sends the resulting signal to MSDH 130 .
- the use of digital filtered cell resources allows the amount of data flowing through DCC-DAS 100 to be reduced, thus enabling more capacity in the cables. This is due to the fact that only the output of digital filtered cell resources is converted to serial data and not the whole spectral bandwidth of each specific band. The saving in the data quantity becomes significant, particularly when only one or two operators are involved and their assigned frequencies are just part of the whole spectral width of the frequency band. Formatting of the digital data for transmission through DCC-DAS 100 may also include an additional compression stage to even further reduce the data flowing in the CPRI links. Furthermore, any conventional analog or digital DAS performs aggregation of noise and signals coming from all the RRUs which are serving the same sector of all BTSs in the same frequency band.
- the proposed algorithm teaches about performing the aggregation only on all identical cell resources (i.e. same central frequency same digital filter).serving the same BTS and the same sector.
- a legacy DAS will aggregate all the noise, interferences and cellular signals data, of all the BTSs of across the whole PCS frequency band in all the RRUs serving the same sector.
- the proposed algorithm will aggregate only all-digital filters C 3 data in all the RRUs serving the same sector and then carry on and perform separate aggregation for C 2 in all the RRUs then A 2 in all the RRUs etc.
- the European and America cellular operators will be deploying new technologies in legacy bands.
- the 900 MHZ GSM band in Europe is being reallocated to allow multiple technologies in this band so that now it becomes 900 MHZ covering GSM/LTE/WCDMA.
- the same is happening to other bands worldwide.
- the DCC-DAS architecture enables the user to easily reallocate or re-farm the spectrum in each band according to the various technologies deployed in this band. All he has to do is reconfigure the filter bank and select specific digital filter characteristics with specific transfer functions desired for each digital filter to accommodate to the new technologies cell resources. Such reconfiguration can be done via management interface 154 which may be accessed locally or from a remote location though the internet or off-air through RF modems
- BTS farm 102 it is easy to add additional BTS's to BTS farm 102 . All a user must do is connect the new BTS to the system and allocate specific filters in digital filter bank 318 to the new cell resources associated with the new BTS. If the BTS contains two or more technologies or non-contiguous cell resources, then two or more digital filters should be allocated in the digital filter bank, with each one of the digital filters allocated to one cell resource
- DCC-DAS controller 150 together with the database routing module 182 and control and management interface 154 , store and control the various configurations of DCC-DAS 100 .
- Data base 189 also stores all the cell resources measurements as well as interferences measurements performed in each digital filter ( FIGS. 2C and 2A ) during the commissioning of the DCCDAS.
- FIG. 3 depicts an exemplary embodiment of harmonizing noise aggregation functional block diagram.
- each RRU 156 (1-N) converts each incoming received RF signal to an IF signal and then digitizes the IF signals and passes them through a digital filter bank.
- the RRU may filter each incoming signal using a specific digital filter matched to the technology and the bandwidth of each cell resource as shown in FIG. 2C .
- a cell resource is defined as a contiguous piece of spectrum that the operator of the DCC-DAS wishes to distribute, for example, consisting of one or more wireless signals of the same wireless cellular technology type. However, this is just an example.
- a cell resource can also be any contiguous piece of spectrum in the frequency bands of the DCC-DAS that the operator wishes to digitize and distribute via the DCC-DAS.
- FIG. 2A shows as an example the cell resources in the US PCS frequency band.
- a 1 and A 2 are VerizonTM cell resources in the PCS band;
- B 1 , B 2 , and B 3 are AT&TTM cell resources in the PCS band;
- C 1 , C 2 , and C 3 are SprintTM cell resources in the PCS band.
- the RRU then converts the digital filtered signals to a digital stream of data samples (e.g. I/Q data samples) which are routed to MSDH 130 .
- FIG. 3 shows a conceptual representation of the data flow in the digital link/cable 310 (1-N) between the RRU 156 and the cell resource packet organizer 320 (Exemplary implementation is depicted in FIG. 2B and may be implemented within the MSDH 130 ). It clearly shows the cell resource data c, 1 , 1 ; a, 1 , 1 ; c, 2 , 1 ; which are components of the digital link's between the two modules.
- the X, Y, Z cell resources indexes are representation of:
- the cell resource packet leaving the cell resource aggregator 340 - 343 no longer has the cell resources RRU origin (Z) since it may consist of multiple aggregated RRU cell resources.
- the cell resource packet organizer 321 is responsible for the re-serializing of the cell resource packet.
- the quest for the optimal capacity transport DAS network begins with the built-in ability to measure, analyze and understanding noise and noise rise in the network. Since noise rise phenomenon can originate from either an internal or external source, the network needs to be able to identify its origin, analyze and automatically respond.
- prior art DAS networks did not measure or monitor noise.
- the monitoring function was not part of the DAS network and was performed by the relevant base stations only after an aggregation from the entire DAS sector antennas.
- DAS noise measurement analyzing and monitoring requires a new way of thinking, noise in the uplink has to be monitored by the DAS controller and also no longer a single point of testing (post aggregation) but rather the network will measure and analyze the noise in every step of its journey from the antenna to the base stations in the head end room (as depicted in FIG. 3 ).
- Noise measurement is not trivial, DAS networks and in particular multi host DAS networks are complex, they carry different technologies and different frequencies.
- the common goal in noise measurement is to separate desired uplink mobile user signal from the total received energy. The separation can be accomplished by disabling any uplink desired signals during the system commissioning phase when noise measurements are performed. This can be achieved by disabling any downlink signal or having the BTSs work in a zero traffic mode during the commissioning phase.
- Real time undisruptive noise separation and management may be accomplished by a full decoding of the desired signal as implemented in the base station or in a simplified manner like separating the desired uplink signal by performing correlation with for example the spreading code of the WCDMA signal.
- such procedures can also include partial decoding, time based noise measurements, in TDD guard time as an example ( FIG. 9 ) frequency based noise measurements, in GSM the un allocated intervals between carriers as an example ( FIG. 12 ).
- Noise monitoring can further be assisted not only by the instantaneous noise measurement, but by a sequence of noise measurements can contain additional essential information such as noise trends and over time behavior. Noise behavior is determined by multiple factors, the most essential are the sources.
- the noise generated by interferences unlike internal white noise often varies in amplitude and quite often will not be constant over the frequency bands.
- the proposed algorithm for noise management performs the noise and interference measurements separately for one or more or all of the cell resources digital filters and only across the bandwidth of each of the digital filters which are being aggregated ( FIG. 13 ).
- Wideband or per band measurements as performed in prior art DAS eliminate the ability to perform any noise measurement and optimization per each cell resources manage the noise in the DAS network.
- the noise is localized, affecting specific antennas in specific frequencies.
- the ability to measure the noise separately for each zone (remote radio head) and for each cell resource (contiguous piece of spectrum) enables a better noise harmonizing aggregation which leads to better DAS network performance ( FIG. 14 ).
- harmonizing we mean a running process of smart weighted aggregation of noise and signal resources which aims to achieve an optimal signal to noise ratio in varying traffic and interference conditions.
- Prior art DAS network was designed under the assumption that the predominant noise origin is the thermal noise, and therefore in order to achieve optimal noise performance, the gain from the antenna to the point of aggregation (pre-aggregation gain) of all aggregate antennas needs to be equal.
- the equalization performed in the prior art DAS networks was typically done by manual or automated procedure that adjusted the down link gain in order to achieve the desired transmitted power, following a procedure to correspondingly adjust the uplink pre-aggregation.
- This prior are DAS open loop gain setting and equalization procedures suffer from all the problems of an open loop process, It is sensitive to gain variations caused for example by incorrect calibration, temperature or hardware failure.
- This prior are DAS open loop gain setting and equalization procedures cannot detect nor readjust the gain when there are interferences.
- Pre-aggregation noise harmonization is a critical step in the quest for achieving optimal performance in DAS networks.
- Distributed antenna system aggregates all the antennas serving a sector into a common port connected to the distributed base station sector port.
- the proposed algorithm takes advantage of its multipoint cell resources noise measurement, thus harmonizing the noises prior to the aggregation by individual cell resources gain adjustment. Since the aggregation process in the DAS network may be centralized but can also be distributed, noise harmonizing is required in all aggregation junctions.
- the noise harmonizing process is an ongoing process that constantly monitors the uplink noise and performs adjustments accordingly.
- Noise harmonization process is an optimization process, which may consist of the following layers:
- Layer 1 which may be divided into two sub-layers:
- Layer 2 The proposed algorithm enables a more advanced process in which the pre aggregation gains of lower uplink traffic, or no uplink traffic, digital filtered cell resources are proportionally reduced. This pre-aggregation per cell resource weighted gain adjustment enables the reduction of the contribution of lower traffic or no traffic uplink digital filtered cell resources noise to the post aggregate noise.
- Layer 3 The proposed algorithm enables furthermore an advanced process in which unlike in prior art DAS networks where predesigned for a predetermined sector allocation (sectorization). For example in FIG. 4A all the floors (1 to 16) where all evenly distributed. This structure of distribution resulted in evenly noise aggregation, resulting in reduced capacity to new technologies such as LTE that suffer heavily from low signal to noise ratio.
- the new advanced process proposed algorithm enables for the first time a dynamic noise aggregation process, taking in consideration the desired signal to noise ratio per cell resource. This new aggregation functionality is demonstrated in FIG. 4B where all technologies are no longer aggregating the same number of antenna (RRU) resulting in the same noise levels.
- FIGS. 4A and 4B depict the scenario before the sector densification
- FIG. 4B depicts the scenario after sector densification, in which the number of aggregated RRUs was reduced from 16 to 4 resulting in a 6 dB signal to noise improvement
- LTE FC 5 in FIG. 4C small-cell enhancement
- the “full cell resource sector” dedication eliminates any noise aggregation contribution for to this specific floor, resulting in this case in a dramatic improvement of the signal to noise ratio by a factor of 12 dB (reducing the number of aggregated RRUs from 16 to 1 floor).
- Step 1 Block 501 in FIG. 5 —Receiving a radio frequency band from an antenna.
- the antenna is part of the remote unit.
- Step 2 Block 502 in FIG. 5 —Low noise amplification of the received radio frequency band. Low noise amplification is required to optimize the noise Fig. of the uplink receiver and to raise the power level of the received signal
- Step 3 Block 503 in FIG. 5 —Measuring the amplified receiver radio frequency band total power. Measuring the total amplified receive radio frequency band power, is important in order to avoid receiver saturation. Total band power may also assist for fast adjustment reaction to noise or interference rising
- Step 4 Block 504 in FIG. 5 —Generating one or more digital filters (digital filter bank) and passing and filtering the digitized cell resources in the amplified receiver radio frequency band by the digital filter bank digital filtering contiguous pieces of spectrum.
- Noise behavior is determined by multiple factors, the most essential are the sources. The noise often varies in amplitude and typically will not be constant over frequency.
- these new noise measurement step is always performed on a desired filtered contiguous pieces of spectrum and performed separately on each cell resource ( FIG. 13 ).
- Wideband or band specific measurement eliminates the ability to selectively manage the noise in the DAS network.
- Step 5 Block 505 in FIG. 5 —Measuring the amplified cell resource power and the relative noise power element in the output of each digital filter.
- Step 6 Block 506 in FIG. 5 —Determining a per cell resources pre-aggregation targeted noise level.
- the pre-aggregation targeted noise level is determined by the desired post aggregation noise level to be delivered to the base station sector port and the number of aggregated cell resources (for example number of aggregated RRU associated to the specific sector).
- Step 7 Block 507 in FIG. 5 —Pre aggregation adjustments to the cell resource power, in order to achieve a predetermined targeted noise power value.
- Noise harmonization process is an equalization process, constantly adjusting the cell resources noise to an equal pre-aggregation level.
- the equalization enables a more advanced process in which the noise is adjusted not purely on noise level but also considering per branch noise Fig. and passive and active nonlinearity. Considering also external radiation noise may in severe cases protect a whole distributed sector.
- the noise harmonizing process may be an ongoing process, noise cell resources varies and over time it is subjected to its source and receiving channel.
- the proposed algorithm network ongoing noise harmonizing process automatically compensates the relevant noise variations.
- Step 8 Block 508 in FIG. 5 —Aggregating the corresponding power adjustment cell resource in order to achieve a minimum aggregate noise.
- the corresponding power adjustment aggregating takes advantage of its multipoint selective noise measurement, thus harmonizing the noises prior to the aggregation by individual cell resources gain adjustment. Since the aggregation process in the DAS network may be centralized but can also be distributed, noise harmonizing is required in all aggregation junctions. Cell resources noise harmonizing aggregating process enables the protection of the distributed base station sector by eliminating the noise contribution of the specific faulty cell resources
- Step 9 Block 509 in FIG. 5 —Measuring the aggregated cell resource power and noise level for validation. By the end of this step all the noise levels of each digital filtered cell resource in each band from each antenna (RRU) in the DAS network are validated recorded and stored.
- Goals 2 Noise level measurements and per cell resource pre-aggregation adjustment when the noise management is performed by separating the total received energy from the desired signal under traffic conditions.
- the algorithm achieves optimal aggregated noise by applying traffic related unequal weighted pre-aggregation gain factors to each digital filter cell resource
- This algorithm is depicted in FIG. 6 and and may consist of the following steps:
- Step 1 Block 601 in FIG. 6 —Receiving all the uplink mobile signals in a radio frequency band from an antenna (Similar to Step 1—Block 501 in FIG. 5 ).
- Step 2 Block 602 in FIG. 6 —Low noise amplification of all the signals in received in the radio frequency band (Similar to Step 2—Block 502 in FIG. 5 ).
- Step 3 Block 603 in FIG. 6 —Measurement the amplified receiver radio frequency band total power. (Similar to Step 3—Block 503 in FIG. 5 ).
- Step 4 Block 604 in FIG. 6 —Generating one or more digital filters (digital filter bank) and passing and filtering the digitized cell resources in the amplified receiver radio frequency band by the digital filter bank digital filtering contiguous pieces of spectrum (Similar to Step 5—Block 504 in FIG. 5 ).
- Step 5 Block 605 in FIG. 6 —Measurement the amplified cell resource power (desired and noise) and relative noise power element (similar to Step 5—Block 505 in FIG. 5 ).
- Step 6 Step 6—Block 606 in FIG. 6 —Measuring the desired uplink composite signal power within the total signal in the digital filtered cell resource. Desired uplink signal power measurement is not trivial, DAS networks and in particular multi host DAS networks are complex, they carry different technologies and different frequencies. In general the common goal in desired uplink signal power measurement is to separate the total received energy from the desired signal. The separation can be accomplished by:
- Step 7 Block 607 in FIG. 6 —According to the desired signal power (traffic estimation) determining per antenna (or per RRU in case of multiple antenna per RRU) per cell resource the targeted noise power value.
- the pre-aggregation noise level per cell resource is determined by the number of aggregated cell resources (for example number of aggregated RRUs associated to the specific sector)and the cell resource desired signal power (traffic estimation) and the desired post aggregation noise level to be delivered to the base station sector port.
- Step 8 Block 608 in FIG. 6 —Pre aggregation adjustment to the cell resource power in order to achieve a predetermined targeted noise power value.
- the harmonization enables a more advanced process in which the noise is adjusted not purely on noise level but also considering the signal level (up-link traffic) per antenna (or per RRU in case of multiple antenna per RRU) Setting the pre-aggregation desired noise power value for a lower desired signal power (traffic estimation) to a lower noise power value reduces its contribution to the resulting aggregated noise.
- Step 9 Block 609 in FIG. 6 —Aggregating the corresponding power adjustment cell resource in order to achieve a minimum aggregate noise (similar to Step 5—Block 505 in FIG. 5 ) and furthermore weighted aggregate adjustment per cell resource per RRU corresponding to per cell resource per branch traffic estimation enables a more advanced process in which the noise is adjusted not purely on noise level but also considering the signal level (up-link traffic) per branch. Corresponding the gain adjustment process to the signal and noise level, rather than only the noise enables the network to achieve better aggregated noise. Lower populated cell resource branches proportional gain reduction, enables the reduction of the contributed noise to the aggregate noise.
- Step 10 Block 610 in FIG. 6 —Measuring the aggregated cell resource power and noise level for validation (similar to Step 8—Block 508 in FIG. 5 ).
- Goals 3 Noise level measurements per antenna (RRU) and per cell resource, and re allocation of sectors in order to achieve optimum signal to noise ratio per sector.
- the algorithm achieves optimum signal to noise ratio by cell resource reallocation, the redistribution of the cell resource enables optimum signal to noise ratio by reducing the number of aggregated antennas for a sector distributed in a high uplink traffic location.
- This algorithm is depicted in FIG. 6 and and may consist of the following steps:
- Step 1 Block 701 in FIG. 6 —Receiving all the uplink mobile signals in a radio frequency band from an antenna (Similar to Step 1 Why is it step 5 all the time—Block 501 in FIG. 5 ).
- Step 2 Block 702 in FIG. 6 —Low noise amplification of all the signals in received in the radio frequency band (Similar to Step 2—Block 502 in FIG. 5 ).
- Step 3 Block 703 in FIG. 7 —Measuring the amplified receiver radio frequency band total composite power. (Similar to Step 3—Block 503 in FIG. 5 ).
- Step 4 Block 704 in FIG. 7 —Generating one or more digitized cell resources in the amplified receiver radio frequency band by digital filtering contiguous pieces of spectrum. (Similar to Step 4—Block 504 in FIG. 5 ).
- Step 5 Block 705 in FIG. 7 —Measurement the amplified cell resource power (desired and noise) and relative noise power element (similar to Step 5—Block 505 in FIG. 5 ).
- Step 6 Step 6—Block 706 in FIG. 6 —Measuring the desired uplink signal power within the total (desired+noise and interference) signal in the cell resource digital filter (similar to Step 6—Block 606 in FIG. 6 ).
- the level of the measured desired signal in each cell resource is a proper estimation of the uplink traffic or capacity in that RRU
- Step 7 Block 707 in FIG. 6 —Block 607 in FIG. 6 —According to the desired signal power (traffic estimation) determining per antenna (or per RRU in case of multiple antenna per RRU) per cell resource the targeted noise power value (similar to Step 7—Block 607 in FIG. 6 ).
- Step 8 Block 708 in FIG. 6 —Re-allocation of cell resource to the desired RRU in order to achieve a predetermined Calculated “desired level of the traffic estimators”.
- the traffic estimators of the various cell resources after the aggregating process For a given allocation and routing of cell resources, compare the traffic estimators of the various cell resources after the aggregating process. Calculate the “desired level of the traffic estimators” and perform now a traffic estimator equalization process (The “desired value of the traffic estimator” can be for example an average value or mean value or any other statistical value). By this traffic estimator equalization process we mean, re-allocating cell resources to one or more RRUs so that now the various cell resources traffic estimators are equalized and aiming to be as close as possible to the calculated “desired level of the traffic estimators”.
- the end result for example can be that a zone (Zone is an area covered by an RRU) covered by some cell resources increases while the zone covered by other cell resources decreases.
- Another alternative for example is to reallocate new cell resources (For example, add small cells) to those zones in which there is high traffic estimators.
- Step 9 Block 709 in FIG. 6 —Aggregating reallocated cell resources based on the equalization process performed in the previous step.
- Step 10 Block 710 in FIG. 6 —Measuring the aggregated cell resource power and noise level for validation (similar to Step 8—Block 508 in FIG. 5 ).
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to systems and methods for reducing noise levels by harmonization in a DCC-DAS using smart weighted aggregation of noise and signal resources to achieve an optimal signal to noise ratio in varying traffic and interference conditions.
Description
- The purpose of this application is to describe an algorithm and method that may leverage the unique features and capabilities of a DCCDAS (Digital Capacity Centric DAS) invented and described in International Application No. PCT/US2013/054143, filed Aug. 8, 2013, which is incorporated by reference in its entirety, in order to perform harmonizing noise aggregation and management in distributed antenna system.
- By harmonizing we mean a running process of smart weighted aggregation of noise and signal resources which aims to achieve an optimal signal to noise ratio in varying traffic and interference conditions.
- Noise and in particular noise after it has been aggregated from the various DAS zones is the major factor limiting the DAS data traffic capabilities. As cellular networks evolve, the requirements for the DAS receivers dynamic range and signal to noise ratio is becoming more demanding from the networks that are feeding them. DAS networks have traditionally aggregated noise simply by its summation function, and noise was treated as a given limiting problem and best practices operation have been adapted to accommodate this limiting factor.
- In order to better understand noise and noise behavior in DAS network, one must first acknowledge and understand its sources:
- Thermal noise is the first contributing element to the aggregated noise of a DAS network, as it appears in all the distributed antennas of the network and then amplified and summated from all of the antennas selected to distribute the same cellular sector.
- Pre-amplification attenuation, although compensated by the cellular networks power control function, will cause mobiles served under the subjected antenna to increase their emitted power, resulting inevitably in excessive interference in the DAS network. Unfortunately, this noise rise affects not only the subject antenna, but also causes a noise rise in any antennas in the transmission range of the mobile.
- The pre-amplification mobile uplink signal attenuation is a major limiting factor in passive DAS networks, since all the distribution is done passively (RF power combiner, dividers, coupler and coaxial cable) and all the passive elements are contributing to the pre-amplification attenuation. In active DAS (unlike passive DAS), the pre-amplification attenuation is confined to the passive elements between the antenna and the remote radio unit. In some implementations of DAS networks, the antenna is part of the remote unit and therefore these elements are negligible. In others, there is a short low loss coaxial cable connecting the antenna to the remote radio head.
- Noise Fig, in any active DAS network, each receiving chain has its own noise Fig, this actively generated noise is mostly affected by the DAS RRU front end passive elements and low noise amplifier (LNA). Additional elements in the DAS RRU receiver may have a dramatic contribution to the receiver noise Fig, an example for such element in an IF (down and up convert) active DAS networks are the converting local oscillator noise.
- Laser noise is a major excessive noise contributor to DAS networks utilizing analog fiber optic transportation, the limiting factors affecting the laser noise contribution is its dynamic range and its stability.
- Passive and active nonlinearity, this is a common cause for noise rise typically occur in a multi host DAS networks. A DAS network occupied with multiple cellular networks, multiple frequency bands and multiple technologies is most likely to be affected from this phenomenon. The cause for the noise rise due to nonlinearity can be internal to the DAS network, for examples from the final power amplifier if there is insufficient isolation between the down-link end up-link frequencies. Examples for additional passive nonlinearity are the use of insulation PIM rated antenna or failure in a coaxial connector.
- In addition to the above noise contributing sources there are two major noise sources which are becoming the biggest obstacle in the quest of reaching the optimal high capacity DAS network. These two are the most challenging since they cannot be pre-planned or anticipate;
- Noise rising failure is the biggest noise contributing source due to the scale of active DAS networks and the rising number of active elements. Unfortunately, it is inevitable to avoid a statistical failure over time. In most cases a confined failure is manageable but the fact that DAS networks are eventually an aggregation network a single point of failure may affect an entire cluster or in server cases that entire DAS network
- External radiation noise—External sources are becoming the significant limiting factor. These noise sources are the most challenging since the origins are not part of the DAS network, and their behavior and characteristic cannot be anticipated or controlled. The external radiation noise sources may be wideband or narrowband, constant or sporadic that may affect the entire DAS network spectrum or a specific band or channel. The external radiation noise sources may be a local phenomenon affecting only one antenna, or a spread phenomenon affecting a whole cluster of antennas. There are infinite sources for external radiation noise; common examples are industrial equipment such as generators and heavy equipment's, unauthorized communication equipment, cell jammers, oscillating BDA, light fixtures, LED stadium screens and many more ongoing threats.
- The present invention is directed to systems and methods for reducing noise levels by harmonization in a DCC-DAS using smart weighted aggregation of noise and signal resources to achieve an optimal signal to noise ratio in varying traffic and interference conditions.
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FIG. 1 depicts a function block diagram of a DCC-DAS according to an exemplary embodiment of an optional platform for the invention. -
FIG. 2A shows as an example the cell resources in the US PCS frequency band. -
FIG. 2B shows a representation of the data flow in the digital link/cable between the MSDH and the RRU. -
FIG. 2C shows how an RRU may filter each incoming signal using a specific digital filter matched to the technology and the bandwidth of each cell resource. -
FIG. 3 shows a representation of the data flow in the digital link/cable (1-N) between the RRU and the cell resource packet organizer. -
FIG. 4A depicts cell resource allocation in a prior art DAS network -
FIG. 4B depicts an optimum noise driven distributed network according to the present invention. -
FIG. 4C depicts a femto-cell enhanced optimum noise drive distributed network according to the present invention. -
FIG. 5 depicts a flowchart showing pre-aggregation adjustment to the cell resource power in order to achieve minimum aggregate noise. -
FIG. 6 depicts a flowchart showing pre-aggregation traffic corresponding to the cell resource power in order to achieve minimum aggregate noise. -
FIG. 7 depicts RRR reallocation of cell resources in order to achieve an optimum signal to noise ratio per sector. -
FIG. 8 depicts a representation showing the separation of the total received energy from the desired signal by spreading code decoding. -
FIG. 9 depicts a representation showing the separation of the total received energy from the desired signal by synchronized guard time noise measurement. -
FIG. 10 depicts a representation showing the separation of the total received energy from the desired signal by free transmission frequency guard noise measurement. -
FIG. 11 depicts prior art DAS wideband noise power measurement. -
FIG. 12 depicts prior art DAS band specific noise power measurement. -
FIG. 13 depicts cell resource noise power measurement according to the present invention. -
FIG. 14 depicts DAS distributed different technologies in the DCS frequency band requiring different noise aggregation for optimal performance. - The following detailed description is of the best mode or modes of the invention presently contemplated. Such description is not intended to be understood in a limiting sense, but to be an example of the invention presented solely for illustration thereof, and by reference to which in connection with the following description and the accompanying drawings one skilled in the art may be advised of the advantages and construction of the invention. In the various views of the drawings, like reference characters designate like or similar parts
- An exemplary DCCDAS Architecture (PCT/US2013/054143) is provided as platform in which the harmonizing noise aggregation and noise management algorithms may be implemented. One skilled in the art should recognize that the invented algorithms may also be implemented in other DAS architectures.
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FIG. 1 depicts a function block diagram of DCC-DAS 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of an optional platform for the invention. DCC-DAS 100 integrates multiple resources of capacity, such as Cellular 2G/3G/4G resources, public safety resources, small cell, and broadband resources into one integrated operational system that is able to centrally manage its capacity resources and distribute them accordingly. -
BTS farm 102 is the main resource of capacity of DCC-DAS 100.BTS farm 102 comprises various BTS's covering multiple technologies. Digital Fiber interface BTS's 104, 106, and 108 have digital baseband fiber interface (For example CPRI data) outputs whereas Radio Interface BTS's 110, 112, 114 and radio interfacesmall cell 118 have Radio RF outputs. - Other capacity resources, like
small cells Fi access points DAS 100 for offloading capacity purposes. They can be installed either inBTS farm 102, likesmall cell 118, or in remote zones, likesmall cells WIFI access points MSDH 130 manages all the capacity resources of DCC-DAS 100. DCC-DAS 100 can be leveraged to manage auxiliary resources like off-air repeaters (Off air repeater receives the signal from remote BTS 188) orFM Radios 132,public safety BTS 134, and BTS emulator 136 for location finding purposes. - DCC-
DAS 100 can be used to direct the signal fromjammer 138 to specific zones in which cellular calls are prohibited. As depicted inFIG. 1 , DCC-DAS 100 is modular and can be connected toslave MSDH 191 and/or slave DCC-DAS 140 which covers other zones not serviced by DCC-DAS 100. - Each BTS in
BTS farm 102 is connected to an MTDI. As shown, Digital fiber interfaced BTS's 104, 106, and 108 are connected todigital MTDI 142; RF BTS's 110 and 112 are connected toRF MTDI 144; andRF BTS 114 andSmall Cell 118 are connected toRF MTDI 146.RF MTDIs FIG. 3 ) which is part of each MTDI. Each MTDI can handle multiple BTS's. However if the number of BTS's inBTS farm 102 is greater than the maximum that can be handled by a single MTDI, then a number of additional MTDI's may be deployed as depicted inFIG. 1 . Each BTS may also have MIMO links. The MIMO link connections and the way DCC-DAS 100 deals with MIMO links is shown separately inFIG. 13 . -
FIG. 1 depictsmultiple RRUs MSDH 130. Each RRU with its own antenna system covers a specific zone. - DCC-
DAS 100 serves as IP backhaul for various devices such as Wi-Fi Access Points 128 and 129 orsmall cells 120 and 122.They can be directly connected toMSDH 130 like Wi-Fi access point (AP) 126 andSmall cell 120 or through the RRUs likesmall cell 122 and Wi-Fi AP 129. - The IP backhaul data aforementioned is routed to
MSDH 130 who splits the IP backhaul data from the digitized cellular data and sends the IP data to theInternet gateway 192 orVPN gateway 153 from which it is routed to the internet or toprivate lines -
DAS controller 150 manages and controls the DCC-DAS 100.DAS controller 140 stores the various configurations of the DAS and various parameters such as routing configurations 182 (which is part of DAS controller 150) andInfrastructure constraints database 189 which is also part ofDAS controller 150.DAS controller 150 interfaces withMSDH 130 throughmanagement gateway 199. Thehuman machine interface 154 which enables the DAS operator to control and manage the system is also interfaced with theMSDH 130 throughmanagement gateway 199.DAS controller 150 is able to connect to an external operator NMS (Network Management System), send alarm data, or accept control data from the NMS. This NMS can be a conventional NMS or part of a Cloud computing network that supports multiple BTS's. Themanagement gateway 199 can directly interface with the operators' mobile telephone switching office (MTSO) 183, 184 for various control and management functions which will be explained later or it can interface with the operator cloud computing network - In the downlink direction, each MTDI converts each incoming RF signal to an IF signal and then digitizes the IF signals and passes them through a digital filter bank. The MTDI may filter each incoming signal using a specific digital filter matched to the technology and the bandwidth of each BTS cell resource as shown in
FIG. 2A . A cell resource is defined as a contiguous piece of spectrum that the operator of the DCC-DAS wishes to distribute, for example, consisting of one or more wireless signals of the same wireless cellular technology type. However, this is just an example. A cell resource can also be any contiguous piece of spectrum in the frequency bands of the DCC-DAS that the operator wishes to digitize and distribute via the DCC-DAS RRUs.FIG. 2A shows as an example the cell resources in the US PCS frequency band. A1 and A2 are Verizon™ cell resources in the PCS band; B1, B2, and B3 are AT&T™ cell resources in the PCS band; and C1, C2, and C3 are Sprint™ cell resources in the PCS band. The MTDI then converts the digital filtered signals to a digital stream of data samples (e.g. I/Q data samples) which are routed toMSDH 130. - In the uplink direction,
MTDI 142 performs the reverse operation.MTDI 142 receives the stream of digitized RF data packets coming from the various RRUs throughMSDH 130 and distributes them throughoutBTS farm - Returning to the Downlink Each MTDI band module may serve one sector and the output of the MTDI will be routed by
MSDH 130 to one or more RRUs each hone serving his own zone. If additional zones need to be covered, or more capacity is required in one or more zones, then a new sector may be used to cover the additional zones in the building, or to provide more capacity to existing zones by dividing the area covered by DCC-DAS into new zones, each one covered by a dedicated sector. In this case, a second MTDI (MTDI 146 inFIG. 1 ) may be connected to anadditional BTS 114 andsmall cell 118 for example. The output of thesecond MTDI 146 will be connected toMSDH 130. This second MTDI output will be another cell resource vector consisting of all the cell resources in the second sector. DCC-DAS 100 can now support up to n different sectors. Each sector will be routed to one or more zones in the area covered by DCC-DAS 100 - The communication between the DCC-DAS elements can be based on any suitable digital protocol, such as CPRI/OBSAI serial protocols or any other serial data protocol.
MSDH 130 also embeds an Ethernet layer with the serial data stream of digitized cell resource data samples in order to transmit control data and serve as the IP backhaul of the offload devices such as small cells, Wi-Fi access points, or any other offload device. The various offload devices may be connected to the RRUs (e.g., Wi-Fi AP 129 is connected toRRU 156 by Ethernet connection inFIG. 1 ) and from there through the RRU CPRI link to theMSDH 130 or directly to the Ethernet switch 612 associated with the MSDH (e.g., Wi-Fi AP 128 inFIG. 1 ). -
MSDH 130 may connect to slave MSDH 191 (FIG. 1 )—through one of the suitable digital protocols, thus enabling a modular growth of the system. Several slave MSDH's which control additional multiple RRUs can be cascaded using this methodology, enabling the system to cover huge campuses and residential areas. Thus, this architecture enables modular growth by cascading MSDH elements, each one of them serving multiple remote RRUs. -
FIG. 2B shows a conceptual representation of the data flow in the digital link/cable 210 between theMSDH 130 and theRRU 156. It clearly shows the cell resource data (203), C1, A1, C2, B1, A2 which are components of the digital link's between the two modules. It also shows the Ethernet backhaul data packets 205 for thesmall Cell 122 and Wi-Fi AP 129 marked as A B C A etc., as well as Ethernet packets (201) for management and internet (200) purposes. - In the uplink direction, each MTDI performs the reverse operation. The MTDI receives a digital stream of digitized RF data samples representing the cellular uplink cell resources coming from the Remote Radio Units (RRUs) through
MSDH 130. It combines signals destined for the same BTS input and converts them to uplink signals that are sent to the relevant s BTS. In the uplink each MTDI may have the same structure of cell resources and digital filters associated with them which is a mirror image of the Downlink cell resources and digital filters just shifted in frequency to the uplink channels of each BTS All this as depicted inFIG. 2C . - There are, for example, three functionally different MTDI modules: digital MTDIs that connect to BTS's through a digital interface such as digital fiber; RF MTDIs that interface using analogue RF signals with RF BTS's; and auxiliary BTS's that interface with auxiliary equipment. But the structure of cell resources and digital filters associated with them prevails in all the three MTDI modules
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MSDH 130 is the central hub of DCC-DAS 100.MSDH 130 receives the digital streams of cell resource data from the MTDI's and routes them to the various RRUs as directed byDAS controller 150. In the uplink direction,MSDH 130 performs the reverse operation.MSDH 130 receives data from the RRUs and directs it to the relevant MTDI which is then sent to the relevant BTS. Where the same cell resource is allocated to more than one RRU, the uplink signals from the RRUs are summed together in order to create a single combined uplink signal for that cell resource which is then sent to the MTDI. - As aforementioned, the
MSDH 130 also handles Ethernet data which is used as the IP backhaul of the small cells (120, 122, and 124) and Wi-Fi APs (126, 128, and 129) and routes the data toInternet gateway 192 orVPN gateway 153. - Each
RRU MSDH 130, converts the data from IF signals to RF signals, and transmits the RF signals to one or more zones in the downlink direction. A zone is a geographical area covered by a single RRU output. Since an RRU may be connected to one or more antennas, a zone may be the area covered by one or more antennas which are all connected to the RRU. In the uplink direction, the RRU performs the reverse operation. The RRU receives RF signals, converts them to IF signals, digitizes the IF signal, passes the digitized IF signal through a digital filter bank consisting of the array of uplink cell resources and digital filters associated with them, and sends the resulting signal toMSDH 130. - The use of digital filtered cell resources allows the amount of data flowing through DCC-
DAS 100 to be reduced, thus enabling more capacity in the cables. This is due to the fact that only the output of digital filtered cell resources is converted to serial data and not the whole spectral bandwidth of each specific band. The saving in the data quantity becomes significant, particularly when only one or two operators are involved and their assigned frequencies are just part of the whole spectral width of the frequency band. Formatting of the digital data for transmission through DCC-DAS 100 may also include an additional compression stage to even further reduce the data flowing in the CPRI links. Furthermore, any conventional analog or digital DAS performs aggregation of noise and signals coming from all the RRUs which are serving the same sector of all BTSs in the same frequency band. Thus noise as well as interferences generated across the whole frequency band and cellular signals are all aggregated. The proposed algorithm teaches about performing the aggregation only on all identical cell resources (i.e. same central frequency same digital filter).serving the same BTS and the same sector. Thus inFIG. 2C for example a legacy DAS will aggregate all the noise, interferences and cellular signals data, of all the BTSs of across the whole PCS frequency band in all the RRUs serving the same sector. The proposed algorithm will aggregate only all-digital filters C3 data in all the RRUs serving the same sector and then carry on and perform separate aggregation for C2 in all the RRUs then A2 in all the RRUs etc. - The Signal to noise is now much better and signal to interferences ratio is much better.
- In the near future, the European and America cellular operators will be deploying new technologies in legacy bands. For example, the 900 MHZ GSM band in Europe is being reallocated to allow multiple technologies in this band so that now it becomes 900 MHZ covering GSM/LTE/WCDMA. The same is happening to other bands worldwide. The DCC-DAS architecture enables the user to easily reallocate or re-farm the spectrum in each band according to the various technologies deployed in this band. All he has to do is reconfigure the filter bank and select specific digital filter characteristics with specific transfer functions desired for each digital filter to accommodate to the new technologies cell resources. Such reconfiguration can be done via
management interface 154 which may be accessed locally or from a remote location though the internet or off-air through RF modems - Further, it is easy to add additional BTS's to
BTS farm 102. All a user must do is connect the new BTS to the system and allocate specific filters in digital filter bank 318 to the new cell resources associated with the new BTS. If the BTS contains two or more technologies or non-contiguous cell resources, then two or more digital filters should be allocated in the digital filter bank, with each one of the digital filters allocated to one cell resource - DCC-
DAS controller 150, together with thedatabase routing module 182 and control andmanagement interface 154, store and control the various configurations of DCC-DAS 100.Data base 189 also stores all the cell resources measurements as well as interferences measurements performed in each digital filter (FIGS. 2C and 2A ) during the commissioning of the DCCDAS. -
FIG. 3 depicts an exemplary embodiment of harmonizing noise aggregation functional block diagram. In the Uplink direction, each RRU 156 (1-N) converts each incoming received RF signal to an IF signal and then digitizes the IF signals and passes them through a digital filter bank. The RRU may filter each incoming signal using a specific digital filter matched to the technology and the bandwidth of each cell resource as shown inFIG. 2C . A cell resource is defined as a contiguous piece of spectrum that the operator of the DCC-DAS wishes to distribute, for example, consisting of one or more wireless signals of the same wireless cellular technology type. However, this is just an example. A cell resource can also be any contiguous piece of spectrum in the frequency bands of the DCC-DAS that the operator wishes to digitize and distribute via the DCC-DAS.FIG. 2A shows as an example the cell resources in the US PCS frequency band. A1 and A2 are Verizon™ cell resources in the PCS band; B1, B2, and B3 are AT&T™ cell resources in the PCS band; and C1, C2, and C3 are Sprint™ cell resources in the PCS band. The RRU then converts the digital filtered signals to a digital stream of data samples (e.g. I/Q data samples) which are routed toMSDH 130. -
FIG. 3 shows a conceptual representation of the data flow in the digital link/cable 310 (1-N) between theRRU 156 and the cell resource packet organizer 320 (Exemplary implementation is depicted inFIG. 2B and may be implemented within the MSDH 130). It clearly shows the cell resource data c,1,1; a,1,1; c,2,1; which are components of the digital link's between the two modules. In this exemplary embodiment the X, Y, Z cell resources indexes are representation of: -
- X is the cell resources operator ID (“a” is Verizon™, “b” is AT&T™ and “c” is Sprint™)
- Y is the cell resources number ID per operator.
- Z is the cell resources RRU origin.
- The cell
resource packet organizer 320 is responsible for the de-serializing of the cell resource packet and feeding thecell resource aggregator 340 341 342 343. Cell resource aggregators 340-343 are responsible for a specific cell resource aggregation; they receive from the cellresource packet organizer 320 the selected cell resource associated with a specific sector and aggregate them thru a summation function 350-353. The Automatic Noise Level Control (ANLC 331 c . . . . -33Nb)) modules are responsible for the adjustment of the cell resources noise coming from the various RRUs 156 (1-N) which are serving the same sector to a targeted pre-aggregation noise level. The targeted pre-aggregation noise level is determined by the targeted post aggregation noise level to be delivered to the base station sector port and the number of aggregated cell resources (for example number of aggregated RRU associated to the specific sector). Uplink noise may be adjusted not purely on thermal noise level but also on the total noise (thermal and interference) and signal level per-one or more cell resource. Performing corresponding gain adjustment process on the sum of signal and noise level in each digital filtered cell resource rather than just only on the thermal noise of each digital filtered cell resource enables theDAS controller 150 to achieve lower aggregated noise levels, better signal to noise levels and improved uplink capacity performance (For example assigning a relative less gain to a cell resource in which there is an interference or excessive external noise). - The cell resource packet leaving the cell resource aggregator 340-343 no longer has the cell resources RRU origin (Z) since it may consist of multiple aggregated RRU cell resources. The cell
resource packet organizer 321 is responsible for the re-serializing of the cell resource packet. - The quest for the optimal capacity transport DAS network begins with the built-in ability to measure, analyze and understanding noise and noise rise in the network. Since noise rise phenomenon can originate from either an internal or external source, the network needs to be able to identify its origin, analyze and automatically respond.
- Commonly, prior art DAS networks did not measure or monitor noise. The monitoring function was not part of the DAS network and was performed by the relevant base stations only after an aggregation from the entire DAS sector antennas. Monitoring the aggregated noise (and particularly when performed outside the DAS by the BTS) rather than the pre-aggregation noise (as depicted in
FIG. 3 ) limits the networks ability to handle the noise source; this very limited monitoring capability cannot be the base for optimal capacity transport for DAS network. - DAS noise measurement analyzing and monitoring requires a new way of thinking, noise in the uplink has to be monitored by the DAS controller and also no longer a single point of testing (post aggregation) but rather the network will measure and analyze the noise in every step of its journey from the antenna to the base stations in the head end room (as depicted in
FIG. 3 ). - Monitoring the noise pre-aggregation brings to light new information following new methods for handling the noise in an effective manner enabling essentially a lower noise level and better signal to noise ratio in the distributed base stations resulting in better performance DAS network and higher capacity and throughput.
- Noise measurement is not trivial, DAS networks and in particular multi host DAS networks are complex, they carry different technologies and different frequencies. In general the common goal in noise measurement is to separate desired uplink mobile user signal from the total received energy. The separation can be accomplished by disabling any uplink desired signals during the system commissioning phase when noise measurements are performed. This can be achieved by disabling any downlink signal or having the BTSs work in a zero traffic mode during the commissioning phase.
- When the DAS becomes operational the operators may be reluctant to disable mobile up link traffic. Thus Real time undisruptive noise separation and management may be accomplished by a full decoding of the desired signal as implemented in the base station or in a simplified manner like separating the desired uplink signal by performing correlation with for example the spreading code of the WCDMA signal. (As shown in
FIG. 7 for WCDMA signals); such procedures can also include partial decoding, time based noise measurements, in TDD guard time as an example (FIG. 9 ) frequency based noise measurements, in GSM the un allocated intervals between carriers as an example (FIG. 12 ). Noise monitoring can further be assisted not only by the instantaneous noise measurement, but by a sequence of noise measurements can contain additional essential information such as noise trends and over time behavior. Noise behavior is determined by multiple factors, the most essential are the sources. The noise generated by interferences unlike internal white noise often varies in amplitude and quite often will not be constant over the frequency bands. - Unlike the prior art DAS networks which may measure wideband noise power (for example all the noise between 1700 MHz and 2500 MHz:
FIG. 11 ) or per band (for example all the DCS noise between 1700 MHz and 1800 MHz and separately all the UMTS noise between 1900 MHz and 2000 MHzFIG. 12 ), the proposed algorithm for noise management performs the noise and interference measurements separately for one or more or all of the cell resources digital filters and only across the bandwidth of each of the digital filters which are being aggregated (FIG. 13 ). Wideband or per band measurements as performed in prior art DAS eliminate the ability to perform any noise measurement and optimization per each cell resources manage the noise in the DAS network. - In many cases the noise is localized, affecting specific antennas in specific frequencies. The ability to measure the noise separately for each zone (remote radio head) and for each cell resource (contiguous piece of spectrum) enables a better noise harmonizing aggregation which leads to better DAS network performance (
FIG. 14 ). - By harmonizing we mean a running process of smart weighted aggregation of noise and signal resources which aims to achieve an optimal signal to noise ratio in varying traffic and interference conditions.
- Prior art DAS network was designed under the assumption that the predominant noise origin is the thermal noise, and therefore in order to achieve optimal noise performance, the gain from the antenna to the point of aggregation (pre-aggregation gain) of all aggregate antennas needs to be equal. The equalization performed in the prior art DAS networks (for example in an optical master units or central HUBS) was typically done by manual or automated procedure that adjusted the down link gain in order to achieve the desired transmitted power, following a procedure to correspondingly adjust the uplink pre-aggregation. This prior are DAS open loop gain setting and equalization procedures suffer from all the problems of an open loop process, It is sensitive to gain variations caused for example by incorrect calibration, temperature or hardware failure. This prior are DAS open loop gain setting and equalization procedures cannot detect nor readjust the gain when there are interferences.
- Pre-aggregation noise harmonization is a critical step in the quest for achieving optimal performance in DAS networks. Distributed antenna system aggregates all the antennas serving a sector into a common port connected to the distributed base station sector port. The proposed algorithm takes advantage of its multipoint cell resources noise measurement, thus harmonizing the noises prior to the aggregation by individual cell resources gain adjustment. Since the aggregation process in the DAS network may be centralized but can also be distributed, noise harmonizing is required in all aggregation junctions. The noise harmonizing process is an ongoing process that constantly monitors the uplink noise and performs adjustments accordingly.
- Noise harmonization process is an optimization process, which may consist of the following layers:
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- 1.1. Adjust the uplink cell resources noise coming from the various antennas and RRUs which are serving the same sector to an equal pre-aggregation noise level, the noise and interference may be measured by disabling any downlink signal or having the BTSs work in a zero traffic mode during the commissioning phase. The pre-aggregation targeted noise level is determined by the number of aggregated cell resources (for example number of aggregated RRUs associated to the specific sector) and the targeted post aggregation noise level to be delivered to the base station sector port. Uplink gain may be adjusted not purely on thermal noise level but also on the total noise which may be thermal and interference.
- 1.2. Adjust the uplink cell resources noise coming from the various antennas and RRUs which are serving the same sector to an equal pre-aggregation noise level. This is layer is performed when the network is operational. The noise and interference may be measured by various techniques aimed to separate and distinguish the noise and interference from the desired uplink signal. The pre-aggregation targeted noise level is determined by the number of aggregated cell resources (for example number of aggregated RRUs associated with the specific sector) and the targeted post aggregation noise level to be delivered to the base station sector port. Uplink gain may be adjusted not purely on thermal noise level but also on the total noise which may be thermal and interference. Performing corresponding gain adjustment process on each digital filtered cell resource rather than just only on the thermal noise of each digital filtered cell resource enables the
DAS controller 150 to achieve lower aggregated noise levels, better signal to noise levels and improved uplink capacity performance.- Noise rising failure caused by one or more malfunctioning RRUs and or interferences from external sources penetrating the DAS through one or more of the RRU antennas may in severe cases affect a whole BTS sector performance. Thus aggregation of a plurality of antennas and plurality of RRUs without noise harmonization process is one of the major common critical failure in Prior art DAS network.
- The proposed algorithm for harmonization process enables the protection of the distributed base station sector by measuring separately the noise contribution of each cell resource in each RRU and performing a harmonization process on all these per cell resources digital filters noise sources.
- Layer 2: The proposed algorithm enables a more advanced process in which the pre aggregation gains of lower uplink traffic, or no uplink traffic, digital filtered cell resources are proportionally reduced. This pre-aggregation per cell resource weighted gain adjustment enables the reduction of the contribution of lower traffic or no traffic uplink digital filtered cell resources noise to the post aggregate noise.
- Layer 3: The proposed algorithm enables furthermore an advanced process in which unlike in prior art DAS networks where predesigned for a predetermined sector allocation (sectorization). For example in
FIG. 4A all the floors (1 to 16) where all evenly distributed. This structure of distribution resulted in evenly noise aggregation, resulting in reduced capacity to new technologies such as LTE that suffer heavily from low signal to noise ratio. The new advanced process proposed algorithm enables for the first time a dynamic noise aggregation process, taking in consideration the desired signal to noise ratio per cell resource. This new aggregation functionality is demonstrated inFIG. 4B where all technologies are no longer aggregating the same number of antenna (RRU) resulting in the same noise levels. Higher demanding signal to noise ratio technologies such as LTE, where sector densification over the same DAS resulting in a dramatic improvement of the signal to noise ratio (An example is depictedFIGS. 4A and 4B . WhereFIG. 4A depict the scenario before the sector densification, andFIG. 4B depicts the scenario after sector densification, in which the number of aggregated RRUs was reduced from 16 to 4 resulting in a 6 dB signal to noise improvement). The farther more advanced process proposed algorithm which deals separately with each cell resources support small-cell enhancement (LTE FC 5 inFIG. 4C ) which enables for example the dedication of a “full BTS sector cell resource” to a specific floor (second). The “full cell resource sector” dedication eliminates any noise aggregation contribution for to this specific floor, resulting in this case in a dramatic improvement of the signal to noise ratio by a factor of 12 dB (reducing the number of aggregated RRUs from 16 to 1 floor). -
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- 1. The algorithm for harmonizing noise aggregation and management in Distributed Antenna System may focus on achieving the following goals: Noise aggregation algorithm designated to achieve minimum aggregated noise by equalizing pre-aggregation noise levels
- 2. Noise aggregation algorithm designated to achieve optimal aggregate noise in traffic conditions by allocating unequal weighted pre-aggregation gain adjustment.
- 3. Noise aggregation algorithm designated to achieve optimum signal to noise ratio by cell resource re-allocation, the redistribution of the cell resource enable optimum signal to noise ratio by reducing the number of aggregated antennas for a sector distributed in a high uplink traffic location.
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Goals 1, Noise level measurements and per cell resource pre-aggregation gain adjustment when the noise management is performed by disabling the uplink mobile signal or separating the uplink mobile signal from the total noise in the one or more digital filtered cell resource of one or more RRUs corresponding to the same cell resource in the BTS same sector and adjusting the gain of all these cell resource digital filtered cell resource to the same minimal pre-aggregation level. Thus the pre-aggregation algorithm achieves minimum aggregated noise by equalizing pre-aggregation noise and setting them to a minimal level - This algorithm is depicted in
FIG. 5 and and may consist of the following steps: -
Step 1—Block 501 inFIG. 5 —Receiving a radio frequency band from an antenna. In some implementations of DAS networks the antenna is part of the remote unit. In others, there is a low loss in the coaxial cables and other combining elements connecting the one or more antenna to the remote radio head. -
Step 2—Block 502 inFIG. 5 —Low noise amplification of the received radio frequency band. Low noise amplification is required to optimize the noise Fig. of the uplink receiver and to raise the power level of the received signal -
Step 3—Block 503 inFIG. 5 —Measuring the amplified receiver radio frequency band total power. Measuring the total amplified receive radio frequency band power, is important in order to avoid receiver saturation. Total band power may also assist for fast adjustment reaction to noise or interference rising -
Step 4—Block 504 inFIG. 5 —Generating one or more digital filters (digital filter bank) and passing and filtering the digitized cell resources in the amplified receiver radio frequency band by the digital filter bank digital filtering contiguous pieces of spectrum. Noise behavior is determined by multiple factors, the most essential are the sources. The noise often varies in amplitude and typically will not be constant over frequency. Unlike the wideband noise power measurement (FIG. 11 ) or band specific (FIG. 12 ) measurement in prior art DAS networks, these new noise measurement step is always performed on a desired filtered contiguous pieces of spectrum and performed separately on each cell resource (FIG. 13 ). Wideband or band specific measurement eliminates the ability to selectively manage the noise in the DAS network. - frequencies. The ability to measure the noise separately for antenna (remote radio head up to the antenna) and for each cell resource (contiguous piece of spectrum) enables better noise harmonizing aggregation which will lead to better DAS network performance.
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Step 5—Block 505 inFIG. 5 —Measuring the amplified cell resource power and the relative noise power element in the output of each digital filter. - Noise measurement is not trivial, DAS networks and in particular multi host DAS networks are complex, they carry different technologies and different frequencies. In general the common goal in noise measurement is to separate the total received energy from the desired signal. The separation can be accomplished by:
- a. The noise and interference may be measured by disabling any downlink signal or having the BTSs work in a zero traffic mode during the commissioning phase.
- b. A full decoding of the desired signal as implemented in the base station or in a simplified manner like separating the desired uplink signal by performing correlation with for example the spreading code of the WCDMA signal. (As shown in
FIG. 8 for WCDMA signals); such procedures can also include partial decoding, time based noise measurements, in TDD guard time as an example (FIG. 9 ) frequency based noise measurements, in setting uplink digital filters in non-operational or the un-allocated frequency intervals between carriers as in the GSM example (FIG. 10 ).
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Step 6—Block 506 inFIG. 5 —Determining a per cell resources pre-aggregation targeted noise level. The pre-aggregation targeted noise level is determined by the desired post aggregation noise level to be delivered to the base station sector port and the number of aggregated cell resources (for example number of aggregated RRU associated to the specific sector). -
Step 7—Block 507 inFIG. 5 —Pre aggregation adjustments to the cell resource power, in order to achieve a predetermined targeted noise power value. - Noise harmonization process is an equalization process, constantly adjusting the cell resources noise to an equal pre-aggregation level. The equalization enables a more advanced process in which the noise is adjusted not purely on noise level but also considering per branch noise Fig. and passive and active nonlinearity. Considering also external radiation noise may in severe cases protect a whole distributed sector. The noise harmonizing process may be an ongoing process, noise cell resources varies and over time it is subjected to its source and receiving channel. The proposed algorithm network ongoing noise harmonizing process automatically compensates the relevant noise variations.
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Step 8—Block 508 inFIG. 5 —Aggregating the corresponding power adjustment cell resource in order to achieve a minimum aggregate noise. The corresponding power adjustment aggregating takes advantage of its multipoint selective noise measurement, thus harmonizing the noises prior to the aggregation by individual cell resources gain adjustment. Since the aggregation process in the DAS network may be centralized but can also be distributed, noise harmonizing is required in all aggregation junctions. Cell resources noise harmonizing aggregating process enables the protection of the distributed base station sector by eliminating the noise contribution of the specific faulty cell resources -
Step 9—Block 509 inFIG. 5 —Measuring the aggregated cell resource power and noise level for validation. By the end of this step all the noise levels of each digital filtered cell resource in each band from each antenna (RRU) in the DAS network are validated recorded and stored. -
Goals 2, Noise level measurements and per cell resource pre-aggregation adjustment when the noise management is performed by separating the total received energy from the desired signal under traffic conditions. The algorithm achieves optimal aggregated noise by applying traffic related unequal weighted pre-aggregation gain factors to each digital filter cell resource - This algorithm is depicted in
FIG. 6 and and may consist of the following steps: -
Step 1—Block 601 inFIG. 6 —Receiving all the uplink mobile signals in a radio frequency band from an antenna (Similar to Step 1—Block 501 inFIG. 5 ). -
Step 2—Block 602 inFIG. 6 —Low noise amplification of all the signals in received in the radio frequency band (Similar to Step 2—Block 502 inFIG. 5 ). -
Step 3—Block 603 inFIG. 6 —Measurement the amplified receiver radio frequency band total power. (Similar to Step 3—Block 503 inFIG. 5 ). -
Step 4—Block 604 inFIG. 6 —Generating one or more digital filters (digital filter bank) and passing and filtering the digitized cell resources in the amplified receiver radio frequency band by the digital filter bank digital filtering contiguous pieces of spectrum (Similar to Step 5—Block 504 inFIG. 5 ). -
Step 5—Block 605 inFIG. 6 —Measurement the amplified cell resource power (desired and noise) and relative noise power element (similar toStep 5—Block 505 inFIG. 5 ). -
Step 6—Block 606 inFIG. 6 —Measuring the desired uplink composite signal power within the total signal in the digital filtered cell resource. Desired uplink signal power measurement is not trivial, DAS networks and in particular multi host DAS networks are complex, they carry different technologies and different frequencies. In general the common goal in desired uplink signal power measurement is to separate the total received energy from the desired signal. The separation can be accomplished by: -
- a. The noise and interference may be measured by disabling any downlink signal or having the BTSs work in a zero traffic mode during the commissioning phase.
- b. A full decoding of the desired signal as implemented in the base station or in a simplified manner like separating the desired uplink signal by performing correlation with for example the spreading code of the WCDMA signal. (As shown in
FIG. 8 for WCDMA signals); such procedures can also include partial decoding, time based noise measurements, in TDD guard time as an example (FIG. 9 ) frequency based noise measurements, in setting uplink digital filters in non-operational or the un-allocated frequency intervals between carriers as in the GSM example (FIG. 10 ).
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Step 7—Block 607 inFIG. 6 —According to the desired signal power (traffic estimation) determining per antenna (or per RRU in case of multiple antenna per RRU) per cell resource the targeted noise power value. The pre-aggregation noise level per cell resource is determined by the number of aggregated cell resources (for example number of aggregated RRUs associated to the specific sector)and the cell resource desired signal power (traffic estimation) and the desired post aggregation noise level to be delivered to the base station sector port. -
Step 8—Block 608 inFIG. 6 —Pre aggregation adjustment to the cell resource power in order to achieve a predetermined targeted noise power value. The harmonization enables a more advanced process in which the noise is adjusted not purely on noise level but also considering the signal level (up-link traffic) per antenna (or per RRU in case of multiple antenna per RRU) Setting the pre-aggregation desired noise power value for a lower desired signal power (traffic estimation) to a lower noise power value reduces its contribution to the resulting aggregated noise. -
Step 9—Block 609 inFIG. 6 —Aggregating the corresponding power adjustment cell resource in order to achieve a minimum aggregate noise (similar toStep 5—Block 505 inFIG. 5 ) and furthermore weighted aggregate adjustment per cell resource per RRU corresponding to per cell resource per branch traffic estimation enables a more advanced process in which the noise is adjusted not purely on noise level but also considering the signal level (up-link traffic) per branch. Corresponding the gain adjustment process to the signal and noise level, rather than only the noise enables the network to achieve better aggregated noise. Lower populated cell resource branches proportional gain reduction, enables the reduction of the contributed noise to the aggregate noise. -
Step 10—Block 610 inFIG. 6 —Measuring the aggregated cell resource power and noise level for validation (similar toStep 8—Block 508 inFIG. 5 ). -
Goals 3, Noise level measurements per antenna (RRU) and per cell resource, and re allocation of sectors in order to achieve optimum signal to noise ratio per sector. The algorithm achieves optimum signal to noise ratio by cell resource reallocation, the redistribution of the cell resource enables optimum signal to noise ratio by reducing the number of aggregated antennas for a sector distributed in a high uplink traffic location. - This algorithm is depicted in
FIG. 6 and and may consist of the following steps: -
Step 1—Block 701 inFIG. 6 —Receiving all the uplink mobile signals in a radio frequency band from an antenna (Similar to Step 1 Why is itstep 5 all the time—Block 501 inFIG. 5 ). -
Step 2—Block 702 inFIG. 6 —Low noise amplification of all the signals in received in the radio frequency band (Similar to Step 2—Block 502 inFIG. 5 ). -
Step 3—Block 703 inFIG. 7 —Measuring the amplified receiver radio frequency band total composite power. (Similar to Step 3—Block 503 inFIG. 5 ). -
Step 4—Block 704 inFIG. 7 —Generating one or more digitized cell resources in the amplified receiver radio frequency band by digital filtering contiguous pieces of spectrum. (Similar to Step 4—Block 504 inFIG. 5 ). -
Step 5—Block 705 inFIG. 7 —Measurement the amplified cell resource power (desired and noise) and relative noise power element (similar toStep 5—Block 505 inFIG. 5 ). -
Step 6—Block 706 inFIG. 6 —Measuring the desired uplink signal power within the total (desired+noise and interference) signal in the cell resource digital filter (similar toStep 6—Block 606 inFIG. 6 ). The level of the measured desired signal in each cell resource is a proper estimation of the uplink traffic or capacity in that RRU -
Step 7—Block 707 inFIG. 6 —Block 607 inFIG. 6 —According to the desired signal power (traffic estimation) determining per antenna (or per RRU in case of multiple antenna per RRU) per cell resource the targeted noise power value (similar toStep 7—Block 607 inFIG. 6 ). -
Step 8—Block 708 inFIG. 6 —Re-allocation of cell resource to the desired RRU in order to achieve a predetermined Calculated “desired level of the traffic estimators”. - For a given allocation and routing of cell resources, compare the traffic estimators of the various cell resources after the aggregating process. Calculate the “desired level of the traffic estimators” and perform now a traffic estimator equalization process (The “desired value of the traffic estimator” can be for example an average value or mean value or any other statistical value). By this traffic estimator equalization process we mean, re-allocating cell resources to one or more RRUs so that now the various cell resources traffic estimators are equalized and aiming to be as close as possible to the calculated “desired level of the traffic estimators”.
- The end result for example can be that a zone (Zone is an area covered by an RRU) covered by some cell resources increases while the zone covered by other cell resources decreases.
- Another alternative for example is to reallocate new cell resources (For example, add small cells) to those zones in which there is high traffic estimators.
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Step 9—Block 709 inFIG. 6 —Aggregating reallocated cell resources based on the equalization process performed in the previous step. -
Step 10—Block 710 inFIG. 6 —Measuring the aggregated cell resource power and noise level for validation (similar toStep 8—Block 508 inFIG. 5 ).
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1. A digital routing hub coupled to a plurality of base transceiver stations (BTS's) and plurality of remote radio units (RRUs), the digital routing hub comprising:
a digital noise level control module,
wherein the noise level control module:
receives a plurality of individual uplink cell resource data samples from the plurality of RRUs;
allocates an individual weighted pre-aggregation gain to one or more of the plurality of uplink cell resource data samples; and
aggregates one or more of the plurality of individual uplink cell resource data samples into a combined uplink cell resource data sample; and
transmits the combined uplink cell resource data sample to an assigned BTS.
wherein a cell resource comprises a band of contiguous frequencies within a frequency spectrum that an operator manages.
2. The digital routing hub according to claim 1 , wherein the individual weighted pre-aggregation gain is set to equalize all noise levels belonging to a same cell resource coming from the plurality of RRUs prior to aggregation in the plurality of individual uplink cell resource data samples.
3. The digital routing hub according to claim 2 , wherein the individual weighted pre-aggregation gain is set according to a targeted noise level determined by a total number of the plurality of individual uplink cell resource data units that are aggregated into the combined uplink cell resource data sample.
4. The digital routing hub according to claim 2 , further comprising;
a thermal noise measurement module for measuring thermal noise in each of the plurality of individual uplink cell resource data samples,
wherein an individual weighted pre-aggregation gain is set per each cell resource in each RRU based upon the measured thermal noise in that cell resource.
5. The digital routing hub according to claim 2 , further comprising;
an interference measurement module for measuring interference levels in each of the plurality of individual uplink cell resource data samples in each of the plurality of RRU,
wherein the individual weighted pre-aggregation gain is set per one or more cell resources belonging to one or more RRUs based upon the measured interference levels measured in the one or more of the individual uplink cell resources
6. The digital routing hub according to claim 1 , further comprising;
an uplink traffic measurement module for measuring a level of uplink traffic in each cell resource in each RRU;
wherein the individual weighted pre-aggregation gain per each cell resources is set differently based upon the measured uplink traffic.
7. The digital routing hub according to claim 1 , further comprising;
a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) measurement module for measuring the SNR in each of the plurality of individual uplink cell resource data samples,
wherein the individual weighted pre-aggregation gain is set to equalize the SNR in each of the plurality of individual uplink cell resource data samples.
8. The digital routing hub according to claim 1 , further comprising;
a cell resource traffic estimator allocated per one or more cell resources,
wherein the individual weighted pre-aggregation gain is set to a certain level so that it reduces the contribution of lower traffic or no traffic uplink digital filtered cell resources noise to a post aggregation noise.
9. The digital routing hub according to claim 7 , wherein the noise level control module allocates additional sectors to a portion of a building to decrease a number of cell resources being aggregated per each sector thus improving the SNR in each of the plurality of individual uplink cell resource data samples.
10. The digital routing hub according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an interference measurement module for measuring interference levels in each of the plurality of individual uplink cell resource data samples,
wherein the noise level control module sets the individual weighted pre-aggregation gain to a level that eliminates an interference in order to prevent the interference from being aggregated.
11. The digital routing hub according to claim 1 , wherein the noise level control module allocates a full BTS sector cell resource to only a specific RRU in order to eliminate any noise aggregation and to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of the full BTS sector cell resource.
12. The digital routing hub according to claim 1 , wherein the digital routing hub is coupled to at least one other digital routing hub.
13. The digital routing hub according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a timing reference jitter cleaner to generate an internal timing reference for the digital routing hub to ensure that all transfer is synchronous across all data links and avoid a need for retiming where data is interchanged between the digital routing hub and other devices.
14. The digital routing hub according to claim 1 , further comprising:
at least one Ethernet port on one or more of the plurality of remote radio units (RRUs) coupled to the digital routing hub,
wherein the Ethernet port serves as an IP Backhaul link for one or more IP devices coupled to the one or more RRUs, and
wherein backhaul data on the IP Backhaul link is connected through a corresponding Ethernet port on the digital routing hub to enable integration of the digital routing hub with any of the one or more IP devices.
15. A digital distributed antenna system (DAS) for coupling to output ports of a plurality of base transceiver stations (BTS's) comprising:
a plurality of remote radio units (RRUs) in communication with mobile devices;
a central digital hub for routing and processing digitized RF signals, wherein the central digital hub is coupled to the RRUs and to the BTS's;
at least one uplink digital filter bank comprising a plurality of uplink digital filters, such digital filter bank in the plurality of the RRUs; and
at least one downlink digital filter bank comprising a plurality of downlink digital filters,
each of the plurality of downlink digital filters being matched to a unique cell resource, a cell resource comprising a band of contiguous frequencies within a frequency spectrum owned by an operator, and each cell resource including at least one or more downlink signals being received from one or more of the BTS's,
and each of the plurality of uplink digital filters being matched to a unique cell resource, each cell resource including at least one or more signals being received from one or more mobile devices in an uplink direction,
wherein in uplink direction, a noise aggregation process is performed on two or more RRUs for each cell resource of an two or more RRUs and not across a whole frequency band of the two or more RRUs.
16. A method for harmonizing noise aggregation for a digital DAS coupled to a plurality of base transceiver stations (BTS's) and plurality of remote radio units (RRUs) antenna, the method comprising:
receiving, at a noise level control module, a plurality of individual uplink cell resource data samples from the plurality of RRUs;
allocating an individual weighted pre-aggregation gain to one or more of the plurality of individual uplink cell resource data samples; and
aggregating the one or more of the plurality of individual uplink cell resource data samples into a combined uplink cell resource data sample; and
transmitting the combined uplink cell resource data sample to an assigned BTS.
wherein a cell resource comprises a band of contiguous frequencies within a frequency spectrum that an operator manages.
17. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the individual weighted pre-aggregation gain is set to equalize all the noise levels belonging to a same cell resource coming from the plurality of RRUs prior to aggregation in the plurality of individual uplink cell resource data samples.
18. The method according to claim 17 , wherein the individual weighted pre-aggregation gain is set according to a targeted noise level determined by a total number of the plurality of individual uplink cell resource data units that are aggregated into the combined uplink cell resource data sample.
19. The method according to claim 17 , wherein the individual weighted pre-aggregation gain is set for one or more cell resource in one or more RRUs based upon a measured thermal noise in that individual cell resource.
20. The method according to claim 17 , wherein the individual weighted pre-aggregation gain is set for one or more cell resources belonging to one or more RRUs based upon a measured interference level measured in the one or more of the individual uplink cell resources
21. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the individual weighted pre-aggregation gain for one or more cell resources is set differently based upon a measured uplink traffic cell resource belonging to one or more RRUs;
22. The method for harmonizing noise aggregation according to claim 16 , wherein the individual weighted pre-aggregation gain is set to equalize a SNR in one or more of the plurality of individual uplink cell resource data samples.
23. The method for harmonizing noise aggregation according to claim 16 , wherein the individual weighted pre-aggregation gain is set to a certain level so that it reduces one or more of the contribution of lower traffic or no traffic uplink digital filtered cell resources noise to a post aggregation noise.
24. The method for harmonizing noise aggregation according to claim 22 ,
wherein the noise level control module allocates additional sectors to a portion of a building to decrease a number of cell resources being aggregated per each sector thus improving the SNR in each of the plurality of individual uplink cell resource data samples.
25. The method for harmonizing noise aggregation according to claim 16 , wherein the noise level control module sets the individual weighted pre-aggregation gain to a level that eliminates an interference in order to prevent the interference from being aggregated.
26. The method for harmonizing noise aggregation according to claim 16 , wherein the noise level control module allocates a full BTS sector cell resource to only a specific RRU in order to eliminate any noise aggregation and to improve the signal-to-noise ratio of the full BTS sector cell resource.
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