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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2021
Commscope Technologies Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Thomas Kummetz, Kissing, DE;
Tyler J Hanson, Plymouth, MN (US);
Ahmed H. Hmimy, Richardson, TX (US);
CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
One embodiment is directed to a universal digital card (UDC) for use in a node of a distributed antenna system (DAS). The UDC is configured to convert data between an external interface format used to communicate on an external communication link and a fronthaul interface format natively used in the DAS. The UDC is configured to be selectively used either as: a donor card to communicatively couple the node to one or more base station entities via the external digital interface or a distribution card to communicatively couple the node to one or more non-DAS nodes, hubs, switches, or remote radio heads or one or more other DAS nodes access points. Other embodiments are disclosed.