Controlling transmitter gain in a wireless telecommunication s system

摘要

A central terminal (10) in a wireless telecommunications system (1) includes an analog card (206) that combines inputs from a plurality of modem units (204) for a plurality of downlink communication paths. The analog card (206) generates a composite transmit signal (214) that is provided to a radio frequency card (208). The radio frequency card (208) prepares the composite transmit signal (214) for radio frequency transmission from the central terminal (10). A power amplifier (218) in a combining shelf (201) amplifies the composite transmit signal (214) to a desired transmitting level. A detector (240) measures a power output of the power amplifier (218). The power output measurement determined by the detector (240) is collected by a combiner monitor (222) and delivered to a shelf controller (210) of the modem shelf (200). The shelf controller (210) provides the power output measurement to the analog card (206). The analog card (206) compares the power output measurement to power estimates of the inputs from the modem units (204). The analog card (206) generates an adjustment signal (242) to control the power output from the power amplifier (218) by adjusting a gain of the radio frequency card in accordance with the comparison.