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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2015
Bae Systems Plc, London, GB;
Christopher Ralph Pescod, Chelmsford, GB;
Shahbaz Nawaz, Chelmsford, GB;
Mark Trevor Newman, Chelmsford, GB;
BAE Systems plc, London, GB;
Abstract
A fiber-radio communication network includes a base station () and wireless access nodes () coupled by fiber optic cables (). The base station () includes a switch module () arranged to switch Ethernet signals on a local area network, and a media converter rack module () comprising media converter units MC1-MC6 arranged to convert between a baseband Ethernet signal carried by the fiber optic cables () and an Ethernet digital signal for the switch. The wireless access node () comprises a media converter module () which converts between a baseband Ethernet signal carried by the fiber optic cables and an Ethernet digital signal; and a wireless access point module () comprising a local modem which converts between the Ethernet digital signal received over the fiber optic cables and a wireless transmission in a 60 GHz range for wireless communication with a client terminal () in the vicinity of the wireless access node ().