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Method and system for calibrating antenna of distributed base station

A technology of distributed base station and calibration method, applied in the field of wireless communication system, can solve the problems of increasing hardware cost, inconsistent hardware structure of OFDM system, etc., and achieve the effect of good performance

Active Publication Date: 2012-01-11
ZTE CORP
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[0007] For an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM, Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) system, its antenna calibration (AC, Antenna Calibration) needs to use the frequency domain antenna calibration method, so that the BBU and RRU need to participate in the antenna calibration process. Therefore, the above-mentioned time-domain antenna correction method is not applicable in the OFDM system, and the application of the time-domain antenna correction method will also cause inconsistency in the hardware structure of the OFDM system or increase the hardware cost due to channel estimation in the time domain.

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[0070] refer to image 3 , Figure 4 As shown, when the RRU side actively initiates antenna calibration, the distributed base station antenna calibration process of the present invention, the specific process is as follows:

[0071] Step 301: After the RRU is powered on or when it is confirmed that antenna calibration is required, actively send an antenna calibration request message to the BBU;

[0072] Step 302: The BBU receives the antenna calibration request message sent by the RRU, determines that the antenna calibration can be performed according to its current state, and sends an antenna calibration instruction message to the RRU;

[0073] Step 303: After receiving the antenna calibration instruction, the RRU confirms that it can perform antenna calibration, and then returns a success response to the BBU, otherwise, returns a failure response to the BBU;

[0074] Step 304: If the BBU receives a successful response, it initiates antenna calibration and proceeds to step ...

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[0088] Such as Figure 5 , 6 As shown, when the antenna calibration is actively initiated by the RRU side, the antenna calibration process of the present invention, the specific process is as follows:

[0089] Step 501: The BBU needs to perform antenna calibration according to its current state, and then sends an antenna calibration indication message to the RRU;

[0090] When the BBU confirms that its own initialization, delay measurement, or cell establishment is complete, it needs to perform antenna calibration.

[0091] Step 502: After receiving the antenna calibration instruction sent by the BBU, the RRU confirms that it can perform antenna calibration, and if so, returns a success response to the BBU, otherwise, returns a failure response to the BBU;

[0092] Specifically, the RRU can perform antenna calibration only when it completes initialization, power calibration, and delay measurement, and the configuration of the corresponding cell is also completed.

[0093] S...

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Abstract

The invention discloses a method for calibrating an antenna of a distributed base station. The method mainly comprises the following steps that: when a remote radio-frequency unit (RRU) and a base band unit (BBU) are determined to be capable of calibrating the antenna, the BBU indicates starting of calibration and sends a calibration sequence to the RRU; the RRU receives the calibration sequence and returns the received calibration sequence to the BBU; and the BBU obtains a calibration result by using a calibration algorithm according to the calibration sequence which is returned by the RRU. Moreover, the invention also discloses a system for calibrating the antenna of the distributed base station. An antenna calibration flow is realized by interaction of the BBU and the RRU, so the antenna of a frequency domain of an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system can be calibrated. By adoption of the method, the amplitude and phase difference of sub-carriers or sub-carrier groups in the OFDM system can be effectively compensated, and better performance is provided for realizing of a wave beam forming function of the OFDM system.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a wireless communication system based on Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM, Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) technology, in particular to an antenna calibration method and system for a distributed base station. Background technique [0002] The distributed base station equipment consists of a base band unit (BBU, Base Band Unit) and a radio frequency remote unit (RRU, Remote RF Unit). It is a combination of base stations that can be flexibly distributed. The BBU) interface is connected to the BBU. [0003] In order to ensure the correctness and reliability of beamforming, the antenna array must be calibrated to reduce the amplitude and phase errors of each channel of the antenna array. Therefore, the study of antenna correction technology has very important practical significance. [0004] In the smart antenna system, many uncertain factors lead to array errors in the real antenna array manif...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04B7/06H04L1/06H04L1/18H04W24/00
CPCH04B17/0007H04L5/0023H04B17/12
Inventor 叶少强罗亚军
Owner ZTE CORP
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