Repeater and signal attenuation method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9954629-B2
Application number	US-201615395240-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 30, 2016
Priority date	Dec 31, 2015
Publication date	Apr 24, 2018
Grant date	Apr 24, 2018

Abstract

A repeater including an analog attenuator configured to attenuate an analog signal in response to a first control signal; an analog to digital converter (ADC) configured to convert the attenuated analog signal into a digital signal; a digital attenuator configured to attenuate the digital signal in response to a second control signal; and an attenuation controller configured to calculate average power and peak power of the attenuated digital signal, determine an attenuation value for each value of the calculated average power and peak power, and generate at least one of the first and second control signals based on the determined attenuation values.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A repeater comprising:
an analog attenuator configured to attenuate an analog signal in response to a first control signal;
an analog to digital converter (ADC) configured to convert the attenuated analog signal into a digital signal;
a digital attenuator configured to attenuate the digital signal in response to a second control signal; and
an attenuation controller configured to calculate average power and peak power of the attenuated digital signal, determine a first attenuation value for the calculated average power and a second attenuation value for the calculated peak power, compare magnitudes of the first attenuation value and the second attenuation value, and generate at least one of the first and second control signals according to a larger value between the first attenuation value and the second attenuation value.

2. The repeater of claim 1 , wherein
the attenuation controller is configured to calculate the average power of the attenuated digital signal by a root means square (RMS) value.

3. The repeater of claim 1 , wherein
the attenuation controller is configured to calculate the peak power of the attenuated digital signal in at least one of a time domain and a frequency domain.

4. The repeater of claim 1 , wherein
the attenuation controller is configured to compare each of the average power and the peak power with at least one corresponding threshold value, and determine the first attenuation value and the second attenuation value for each of the average power and the peak power according to a result of comparing the magnitudes.

5. The repeater of claim 1 , wherein
the attenuation controller is configured to compare magnitudes of the determined first and second attenuation values and generate at least one of the first and second control signals according to the first attenuation value for the average power if the determined first and second attenuation values are substantially equal in magnitude.

6. The repeater of claim 1 , wherein
the attenuation controller comprises:
an average power calculator configured to calculate the average power of the attenuated digital signal;
a first peak power calculator configured to calculate peak power in a time domain of the attenuated digital signal;
a second peak power calculator configured to calculate peak power in a frequency domain of the attenuated digital signal;
a first comparator configured to compare a value of the calculated average power with at least one of first threshold values to output a first comparison signal;
a second comparator configured to compare a value of the calculated peak power in the time domain with at least one of second threshold values to output a second comparison signal;
a third comparator configured to compare a value of the calculated peak power in the frequency domain with at least one of third threshold values to output a third comparison signal; and
a control signal generator configured to determine the first, a third and a fourth attenuation values, each respectively corresponding to the first to third comparison signals, and generate the first and second control signals based on the first, third and fourth attenuation values, wherein the second attenuation value corresponds to one of the third and fourth attenuation values.

7. The repeater of claim 1 , wherein
an attenuation range of the analog attenuator is greater than that of the digital attenuator.

8. A repeater comprising:
an analog attenuator configured to attenuate an analog signal in response to a first control signal;
an analog to digital converter (ADC) configured to convert the attenuated analog signal into a digital signal;
a digital attenuator configured to attenuate the digital signal in response to a second control signal; and
an attenuation controller configured to calculate power of the attenuated digital signal in a time domain and a frequency domain, determine an attenuation value for each value of the power calculated in the time domain and the frequency domain, and generate at least one of the first and second control signals based on the determined attenuation values.

9. The repeater of claim 8 , wherein
the attenuation controller is configured to calculate the power of the attenuated digital signal in the time domain by a root means square (RMS) value and a peak value.

10. The repeater of claim 8 , wherein
the attenuation controller is configured to calculate the power of the attenuated digital signal in the frequency domain by a peak value.

11. A method of attenuating signals of a repeater, the method comprising:
attenuating an analog signal in response to a first control signal;
converting the attenuated analog signal into a digital signal;
attenuating the digital signal in response to a second control signal;
calculating average power and peak power of the attenuated digital signal;
determining a first attenuation value for the calculated average power and a second attenuation value for the calculated peak power;
comparing magnitudes of the first attenuation value and the second attenuation value; and
generating at least one of the first and second control signals according to a larger value between the first attenuation value and the second attenuation value.

Assignees

• Solid Inc

Inventors

• KWON Nagwon
• Kim Hyunchae

Classifications

• H04B17/40 Primary

  of relay systems · CPC title

• H04B7/155 Primary

  Ground-based stations (H04B7/204 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04W52/246

  where the output power of a terminal is based on a path parameter calculated in said terminal · CPC title

• H04W52/46

  in multi-hop networks, e.g. wireless relay networks · CPC title

• H04B17/309

  Measuring or estimating channel quality parameters · CPC title