Split architecture remote radio

摘要

A wireless communication system, which includes at least one base station module configured to implement a media access controller and a physical layer, and includes at least one remote radio head module configured to prepare an analog signal or a digital data signal for transmission and receipt over a link in accordance with dedicated interface specifications, and also includes at least one outdoor signal conversion module configured to perform a high rate digital-to-analog conversion and a high rate analog-to-digital conversion in accordance with the dedicated interface specifications, and further includes at least two millimeter wave antenna assemblies, where each antenna assembly is configured to transmit and receive the analog signal over a wireless link in accordance with the dedicated interface specifications.

主权项

1. A wireless communication system, comprising:
a base station configured to communicate with a remote radio head over a wireless link, in accordance with common public radio interface (CPRI) specifications; at least one outdoor signal conversion module configured to perform a high rate digital-to-analog conversion of a digital data signal to form an analog signal suitable for transmission over the wireless link in accordance with the CPRI specifications, and perform a high rate analog-to-digital conversion of the analog signal, in accordance with the CPRI specifications, to form a recovered digital data signal; a millimeter wave antenna assembly configured to facilitate communication of the analog signal over the wireless link in accordance with the CPRI specifications; a serial/deserializer module configured to convert the digital data signal between serial data and parallel interfaces in varying directions to produce a digital data stream; and a standardized framer module configured to receive the digital data stream and to frame the digital data stream with management data in accordance with a high-level clock signal, to form a plurality of standardized digital bits in accordance with the CPRI specifications.