Patent ID: 8116821
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. An active antenna including at least one sector and a plurality of radiofrequency sub-modules operating synchronously for radiofrequency transmission and reception of high power output signals, each radiofrequency sub-module including a radiating antenna element, low power amplifiers for uplink and downlink, up/down conversion, digital to analogue conversion and filters adapted to process a certain part of the high power output signal, the active antenna comprising: a first set of n modules (Mi), i=1, 2, . . . , n, and a second set of m modules (M′j), j=1, 2, . . . , m, both sets of modules (Mi, M′j) using a same hardware platform and each set of modules (Mi, M′j) integrating radiofrequency sub-modules; a digital platform comprising: at least an Ethernet connection to the core network; a power supply connection; at least two optical ports for connection in chain with sectors of a pair of active antennas; and an IP address assigned thereto.