Patent ID: 7917177
Filing Date: 2011-03-29
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. A circuit for gain control in a communication system, the circuit comprising: means for receiving at least one aggregate, upstream communications signal, the at least one aggregate, upstream communications signal comprising a summation of distributed communications signals; means, responsive to the means for receiving the at least one aggregate, upstream communications signal, for detecting a signal level of the at least one aggregate, upstream communication signal; means, responsive to the means for detecting and receiving the at least one aggregate, upstream communications signal, for generating attenuation instructions based on the signal level of the at least one aggregate, upstream communications signal; means, responsive to the means for generating attenuation instructions based on the signal level of the at least one aggregate, upstream communications signal, for attenuating the signal level of the at least one aggregate, upstream communications signal; means for receiving at least one communication signal from at least one antenna port; means, responsive to the means for receiving the at least one communication signal from the at least one antenna port, for detecting a signal level of the at least one communication signal from the at least one antenna port; means, responsive to the means for detecting and receiving the at least one communication signal from the at least one antenna port, for generating attenuation instructions based on the signal level of the at least one communication signal from the at least one antenna port; and means, responsive to the means for generating the attenuation instructions based on the signal level of the at least one communication signal from the at least one antenna port, for attenuating the signal level of the at least one communication signal from the at least one antenna port.