Method and apparatus for detecting connection line order of electrical tilting antenna

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10680328-B2
Application number	US-201615738737-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 29, 2016
Priority date	Jun 29, 2015
Publication date	Jun 9, 2020
Grant date	Jun 9, 2020

Abstract

A method for automatically detecting connection line order of electrical tilt antennas, includes: adjusting, by an electrical adjustment unit, electric down-tilts of electrical tilt antennas corresponding to the electrical adjustment unit, and collecting, by antenna portals, pre-determined parameters of reflected signals corresponding to n electric down-tilts; calculating statistical characteristic parameters of the pre-determined parameters according to the values of the pre-determined parameters of the reflected signals corresponding to n electric down-tilts and a pre-determined mathematical statistics algorithm, the statistical characteristic parameters being used to represent the discrete degree of the pre-determined parameters; and if the value of the statistical characteristic parameter is greater than a pre-determined threshold, the connection line order between the electrical tilt antennas and a base station being determined to be correct.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for automatically detecting the connection line order of electrical tilt antennas, apply to a base station system, wherein the base station system comprises a base station, a base station network administration center, and electrical tilt antennas which comprise an electrical adjustment unit and antenna portals, and the method comprises:
adjusting, by the electrical adjustment unit, electric down-tilts of electrical tilt antennas corresponding to the electrical adjustment unit, and collecting, by the antenna portals, pre-determined parameters of reflected signals corresponding to n electric down-tilts, wherein n is an integer greater than 2;
calculating, by the base station network administration center, statistical characteristic parameters of the pre-determined parameters according to the values of the pre-determined parameters of the reflected signals corresponding to n electric down-tilts and a pre-determined mathematical statistics algorithm, the statistical characteristic parameters being used to represent the discrete degree of the pre-determined parameters; and
in response to determining that a value of the statistical characteristic parameter is greater than a pre-determined threshold, determining, by the base station network administration center, that the connection line order between the electrical tilt antennas and the base station is correct.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
before the method applies, the base station being configured as a downlink simulation load mode.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the pre-determined parameters comprise a standing wave ratio or a reverse receiving power.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the pre-determined threshold is determined according to the correct connection line order between the electrical tilt antennas and the base station.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the pre-determined mathematical statistical algorithm comprises a variance algorithm;
the statistical characteristic parameters include variance; and
calculating, by the base station network administration center, the statistical characteristic parameters of the pre-determined parameter according to the values of the pre-determined parameters of the reflected signals corresponding to n electric down-tilts and a pre-determined mathematical statistics algorithm comprises:
calculating, by the base station network administration center, a variance of the pre-determined parameters according to the value of the pre-determined parameters of reflected signals corresponding to n electric down-tilts and the variance algorithm.

6. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein computer program instructions, when executed by a processor causes the processor to perform a method according to claim 1 .

7. An apparatus for automatically detecting the connection line order of electrical tilt antennas, apply to a base station system, wherein the base station system comprises a base station, a base station network administration center, and electrical tilt antennas which comprise an electrical adjustment unit and antenna portals, and the apparatus comprise a processor and the following units executed by the processor:
acquisition unit, configured to use the electrical adjustment unit to adjust electric down-tilts of electrical tilt antennas corresponding to an electrical adjustment unit, and operate the antenna portals to collect pre-determined parameters of reflected signals corresponding to n electric down-tilts, wherein n is an integer greater than 2;
computing unit, configured to use the base station network administration center to calculate statistical characteristic parameters of the pre-determined parameters according to the values of the pre-determined parameters of the reflected signals corresponding to n electric down-tilts and a pre-determined mathematical statistics algorithm, the statistical characteristic parameters being used to represent the discrete degree of the pre-determined parameters;
determining unit, configured to use the base station network administration center to determine that connection line order between the electrical tilt antennas and base station is correct in response to determining that a value of the statistical characteristic parameter is greater than a pre-determined threshold.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7 , further comprising:
configuration units, configured to use the base station network administration center to configure the base station as a downlink simulation load mode.

9. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the pre-determined parameters comprise a standing wave ratio or a reverse receiving power.

10. The apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the pre-determined threshold is determined according to the correct connection line order between the electrical tilt antennas and the base station.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the pre-determined mathematical statistical algorithm comprises a variance algorithm;
the statistical characteristic parameters include variance; and
the computing units, configured to use the base station network administration center to calculate a variance of the pre-determined parameters according to the value of the pre-determined parameters of the reflected signal corresponding to n electric down-tilts and the variance algorithm.

12. A device, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory configured to store instructions executable by the processor;
wherein the processor is configured to:
operate an electrical adjustment unit of electrical tilt antennas in a base station system to adjust electric down-tilts of electrical tilt antennas corresponding to the electrical adjustment unit, and operate antenna portals of the electrical tilt antennas to collect pre-determined parameters of reflected signals corresponding to n electric down-tilts, wherein n is an integer greater than 2;
calculate statistical characteristic parameters of the pre-determined parameters according to the values of the pre-determined parameters of the reflected signals corresponding to n electric down-tilts and a pre-determined mathematical statistics algorithm, the statistical characteristic parameters being used to represent the discrete degree of the pre-determined parameters; and
determine that connection line order between the electrical tilt antennas and base station is correct in response to determining that a value of the statistical characteristic parameter is greater than a pre-determined threshold.

13. The device according to claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
before the method applies, configure the base station being configured as a downlink simulation load mode.

14. The device according to claim 12 , wherein the pre-determined parameters comprise a standing wave ratio or a reverse receiving power.

15. The device according to claim 12 , wherein the pre-determined threshold is determined according to the correct connection line order between the electrical tilt antennas and the base station.

16. The device according to claim 15 , wherein the pre-determined mathematical statistical algorithm comprises a variance algorithm;
the statistical characteristic parameters include variance; and
the processor is configured to calculate the statistical characteristic parameters of the pre-determined parameter according to the values of the pre-determined parameters of the reflected signals corresponding to n electric down-tilts and a pre-determined mathematical statistics algorith

Assignees

• Zte Corp

Inventors

• Wang Boming
• Guo Rong
• Guo Tiansheng
• Chen Yonghong
• Lei Baoguo

Classifications

• H04W64/003 Primary

  locating network equipment · CPC title

• H04B1/707

  using direct sequence modulation · CPC title

• H01Q3/34 Primary

  by electrical means (active lenses or reflecting arrays H01Q3/46) · CPC title