Integrated cell site sector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10218046-B2
Application number	US-201715648842-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 13, 2017
Priority date	Jul 25, 2016
Publication date	Feb 26, 2019
Grant date	Feb 26, 2019

Abstract

A cell site sector includes: a mounting frame; an RF antenna mounted to one side of the mounting frame; and at least one (RRU mounted to a second, opposed side of the mounting frame and operationally connected with the antenna. The RRU and the RF antenna have horizontal width and depth dimensions, the width dimension being greater than the depth dimension, wherein the width dimension of the RRU is generally parallel with the width dimension of the RF antenna.

First claim

That which is claimed is:

1. A cell site sector, comprising:
a mounting frame;
a radio frequency (RF) antenna mounted to one side of the mounting frame;
at least one remote radio unit (RRU) mounted to a second, opposed side of the mounting frame and operationally connected with the antenna;
wherein the RRU and the RF antenna have horizontal width and depth dimensions, the width dimension being greater than the depth dimension, and wherein the width dimension of the RRU is generally parallel with the width dimension of the RF antenna;
wherein the mounting frame further comprises a backplane and a subfloor attached to the backplane to form a sealed cavity, and wherein the antenna is mounted to the subfloor and the RRU is mounted to the backplane.

2. The cell site sector defined in claim 1 , further comprising RF conditioning components mounted to the subfloor.

3. The cell site sector defined in claim 1 , further comprising a fiber/power distribution unit mounted to the backplane.

4. The cell site sector defined in claim 3 , wherein the fiber/power distribution unit includes at least one of: a voltage regulator; a power redundancy circuit; and an overvoltage protection unit.

5. The cell site sector defined in claim 1 , further comprising a cover panel that overlies the backplane and the RRU, the cover panel including perforations for permitting air flow between the cover panel and the backplane.

6. The cell site sector defined in claim 5 , further comprising one or more baffles mounted between the cover panel and the backplane for selectively directing air flow.

7. The cell site sector defined in claim 1 , wherein a surface of the antenna is covered with a reflective layer.

8. The cell site sector defined in claim 1 , further comprising a battery module mounted to the backplane.

9. The cell site sector defined in claim 8 , further comprising an AC-DC convertor module mounted to the backplane adjacent the battery module.

Assignees

• Commscope Technologies Llc

Inventors

• Hendrix Walter Mark
• Paulus Michael
• Colapietro Julian R
• Burnett Jr William Howard
• Mccabe James P

Classifications

• H04W88/085

  Access point devices with remote components · CPC title

• H04Q1/09

  Frames or mounting racks not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• H01Q1/246

  specially adapted for base stations · CPC title

• H04Q1/15

  Backplane arrangements · CPC title

• H04Q1/118

  heat or sun protection · CPC title