Patent ID: 8081923

Claim:
A processing system for normalizing simulcast antenna nodes of a distributed antenna system (DAS) within a DAS simulcast sector, the processing system comprising: a processor communicatively connected to a distributed antenna system in which each given simulcast antenna node of a plurality of simulcast antenna nodes has a respective fiber delay corresponding to a propagation delay on a respective, distinct communication fiber connecting the given simulcast antenna node to a base station hotel (BSH); a memory communicatively connected to the processor and adapted to store a computer program that when executed by the processor causes the system to carry out functions comprising: selecting a reference simulcast antenna node within the DAS simulcast sector from among the plurality of simulcast antenna nodes; calculating a respective radio frequency (RF) delay for each simulcast antenna node of the plurality of simulcast antenna nodes; calculating a respective fiber delay difference of between the respective fiber delay of each simulcast antenna node and the respective fiber delay of the reference simulcast antenna node; computing a respective differential delay for each simulcast antenna node by adding the respective RF delay and the respective fiber delay difference corresponding to each simulcast antenna node; and calculate the calculating a respective total delay for each simulcast antenna node by adding the result of the fourth respective differential delay to the respective fiber delay of each simulcast antenna node.