Geographically-distributed electronically-steered array antenna system for ground-based uplink communications

Abstract

Systems, methods, and devices for configuring a wireless telecommunication system are provided. An example method includes converting, at each teleport, one first digital signal of multiple first digital signals into a corresponding first analog signal of multiple first analog signals, each of the multiple first analog signals having a corresponding phase shift, and transmitting, by each teleport, the corresponding first analog signal. A remote processing node, at a location that is remote from each teleport, is configured to determine a corresponding delay in a second digital signal of multiple second digital signals from the corresponding phase shift, the multiple second digital signals corresponding to multiple second analog signals received by each teleport, the corresponding delay being determined based on coherently combining multiple third analog signals, and each of the multiple third analog signals being generated by converting a corresponding second digital signal of the multiple second digital signals.