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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1996
Arun Naidu, Raleigh, NC (US);
Steven Morelen, Cary, NC (US);
Ericsson Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC (US);
Abstract
A system and method are provided for controlling the gain of signals transported over transmission media in a distributed antenna network. The system includes a plurality of remote antenna units where each remote antenna unit includes a signal level comparator for comparing the level of the signals received by the respective antenna unit with a predetermined reference level, and a gain controller for reducing the gain of the remote antenna unit when the signal level comparator determines that the level of the received signal exceeds said predetermined reference level. The system may accommodate TDMA systems when a gain controller is used that is fast enough to respond within the time slots of the received signals. As a result, the signal levels output from the remote antenna units are prevented from exceeding a maximum signal level.