Patent ID: 8385305

Claim:
A hybrid band intelligent backhaul radio comprising: a first radio, wherein the first radio is configured to operate in a first frequency band utilizing first radio parameters to provide a first communications link; a second radio, wherein the second radio is configured to operate in a second frequency band utilizing second radio parameters to provide a second communications link, said second frequency band being different from said first frequency band; and a controller in communication with the first radio and the second radio, the controller to control functions associated with the first and second radio parameters and the first and second communication links, wherein performance metrics of the first communications link is enhanced utilizing said second communications link, wherein said first radio is a conventional cellular back haul radio, and wherein said second radio is an intelligent backhaul radio, the intelligent backhaul radio comprising: one or more demodulator cores, wherein each demodulator core demodulates one or more receive symbol streams to produce a respective receive data interface stream, a plurality of receive radio frequency (RF) chains to convert from a plurality of receive RF signals to a plurality of respective receive chain output signals; a frequency selective receive path channel multiplexer, interposed between the one or more demodulator cores and the plurality of receive RF chains, to produce the one or more receive symbol streams provided to the one or more demodulator cores from the plurality of receive chain output signals; one or more modulator cores, wherein each modulator core modulates a respective transmit data interface stream to produce one or more transmit symbol streams; a plurality of transmit RF chains to convert from a plurality of transmit chain input signals to a plurality of respective transmit RF signals; a transmit path channel multiplexer, interposed between the one or more modulator cores and the plurality of transmit RF chains, to produce the plurality of transmit chain input signals provided to the plurality of transmit RF chains from the one or more transmit symbol streams; an antenna array comprising: a plurality of directive gain antenna elements; a plurality of RF connections to couple at least certain of the plurality of directive gain antenna elements to the plurality of receive RF chains; and a plurality of RF connections to couple at least certain of the plurality of directive gain antenna elements to the plurality of transmit RF chains.