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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017

Filed:

Jun. 10, 2016
Applicant:

Corning Optical Communications Llc, Hickory, NC (US);

Inventors:

Igor Berlin, Potomac, MD (US);

Dragan Pikula, Horseheads, NY (US);

Michael Sauer, Corning, NY (US);

Gerald B. Schmidt, Painted Post, NY (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/00 (2013.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04B 7/155 (2006.01); H04B 10/2575 (2013.01); H04B 17/10 (2015.01); H04B 17/40 (2015.01); H04W 64/00 (2009.01); H04J 14/00 (2006.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 56/004 (2013.01); H04B 7/155 (2013.01); H04B 10/25753 (2013.01); H04B 10/25758 (2013.01); H04B 10/25759 (2013.01); H04B 17/104 (2015.01); H04B 17/40 (2015.01); H04W 56/0055 (2013.01); H04W 56/0065 (2013.01); H04W 64/006 (2013.01); H04W 88/085 (2013.01);
Abstract

Components, systems, and methods for determining propagation delay of communications in distributed antenna systems are disclosed. The propagation delay of communications signals distributed in the distributed antenna systems is determined. If desired, the propagation delay(s) can be determined on a per remote antenna unit basis for the distributed antenna systems. The propagation delay(s) can provided by the distributed antenna systems to a network or other system to be taken into consideration for communications services or operations that are based on communications signal delay. As another non-limiting example, propagation delay can be determined and controlled for each remote antenna unit to uniquely distinguish the remote antenna units. In this manner, the location of a client device communicating with a remote antenna unit can be determined within the communication range of the remote antenna unit.


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