Patent ID: 9008593
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for wireless communication, the method comprising: in a wireless communication device comprising a body and a plurality of remote RF modules within said body of said wireless communication device, generating IF signals from baseband signals in said wireless communication device; amplifying said IF signals with a power amplifier in a final amplification stage prior to conveyance to the remote RF modules via said one or more coaxial lines, the amplified IF signals being analog signals; selecting one or more of said plurality of remote RF modules; communicating the amplified IF signals, via one or more coaxial lines in said body of said wireless communication device, to said one or more of said plurality of remote RF modules within said body of said wireless communication device; directly up-converting the amplified IF signals to RF signals in said one or more of said plurality of remote RF modules; communicating low frequency control signals for said plurality of remote RF modules utilizing said one or more coaxial lines; and transmitting said RF signals via one or more antennas in said one or more of said plurality of remote RF modules.