Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC

Commscope Technologies LLC

Alessandro Sinicco

Calogero Armao

Scott Lynn Michaelis

George Philip Vella-Coleiro

Sammit Patel

XiaoHua Hou

Huan Wang

Andrea Moro

Simone Reverzani

Mario Fricchione

A system for generating calibration data in an active antenna system (AAS) radio includes an array of directional couplers within a multi-channel transmit/receive signal path of the AAS radio, and a combiner network electrically coupled to the array of directional couplers. An array of filters is provided within the multi-channel transmit/receive signal path. The array of filters is electrically coupled to antenna-side terminals of the array of directional couplers. A plurality of pairs of transmitters and receivers are provided, which include a transmitter and a receiver that operate as a reference transmitter and a reference receiver, respectively. A removable routing network is provided, which is electrically coupled to antenna-side terminals of the array of filters, and is configured to feed back factory calibration signals (generated by the AAS radio during factory calibration) to antenna-side terminals of the array of filters. A multi-stage switch network is provided, which is electrically coupled to the reference transmitter, the reference receiver, the combiner network, and a factory calibration port of the routing network.

Systems and methods for generating calibration data in active antenna modules having antenna-side filter arrays therein

Active antennas are provided. An active antenna includes a main processor that is configured to perform processing of packets from an O-RAN interface of the main processor to provide a plurality of data streams. The active antenna also includes a plurality of secondary processors that are configured to process the data streams from the main processor.

Internal functional split in an O-RAN based massive MIMO radio unit and internal communication protocols

Aspects of the present disclosure may improve the accuracy of the known azimuth determination techniques by employing more than two GNSS antennas positioned on a base station antenna. Techniques may use one or more combinations of the GNSS antennas to determine an azimuth of the base station antenna, which serve to improve accuracy of an azimuth determination.

Improving azimuth determination accuracy using multiple GNSS antennas

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Monza, Italy

Alessandro Sinicco