METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANTENNA CALIBRATION

摘要

Method and apparatus for antenna calibration have been disclosed. A radio unit (510) is provided. The radio unit (510) may comprise: a plurality of transmit/receive (TX/RX) paths; a plurality of radio frequency (RF) ports (512) connected with the plurality of TX/RX paths; and a coupling unit (516), coupled with the plurality of TX/RX paths and configured to inject an uplink (UL) calibration signal (550) into at least one of the plurality of TX/RX paths and extract a downlink (DL) calibration signal (540) from at least one of the plurality of TX/RX paths. A normal TX/RX path may be reused both for antenna calibration and antenna supervision. Thus, a low cost hardware solution for antenna calibration is provided. An AIR base station (500) comprising such radio unit (510) is also provided.