Multiple Application Modules for Wireless Distribution Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current wireless distribution systems, such as distributed antenna systems, lack the capability to efficiently support multiple non-mobile user equipment applications and services beyond personal mobile user equipment, limiting their versatility and functionality in providing network-centric applications.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating multiple application modules (MAMs) and multiple application units (MAUs) into the wireless distribution system, which enable the execution of various applications and services by receiving and processing downlink and uplink communications signals, determining service requests, and communicating application-level information to perform requested services, thereby expanding the system's capabilities to include non-personal, network-centric applications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If wireless distribution systems use traditional distributed antenna systems, then coverage distribution is achieved, but the capability to support multiple non-mobile user equipment applications is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements multiple application modules (MAMs) and multiple application units (MAUs) that enable the wireless distribution system to perform multiple functions beyond traditional coverage distribution. These modules allow the system to support various non-mobile user equipment applications including video surveillance, access control, and other network-centric services, transforming the system from a single-function coverage device to a multi-functional platform
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple application modules are incorporated into the wireless distribution system, then the system can provide various network services, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the wireless distribution system into distinct functional segments: traditional distributed antenna units for coverage distribution, and separate multiple application modules/units for specific applications. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently while working together as an integrated system, managing complexity through modular architecture
3Adaptability or versatility
If the wireless distribution system is designed for personal mobile user equipment only, then the system design is simple, but the functionality for non-personal applications is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces multiple application units as intermediary components that bridge between the traditional wireless distribution infrastructure and new non-mobile applications. These MAUs act as mediators that translate and adapt signals and data for various applications including video surveillance and access control, enabling service expansion while maintaining the reliability of the core distribution system
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AI summary
Multiple application devices (such as multiple application modules (MAMs) and multiple application units (MAUs) for receiving of signals in wireless distribution systems (WDSs), including but not limited to distributed antenna systems (DASs), and providing a variety of network services are disclosed. The multiple application devices are wireless telecommunication circuitry associated with wireless distribution components in a WDS. By associating multiple application devices into components of a WDS, network services and applications within the WDS can be provided. A multiple application device includes a multiple applications processor and is configured to: receive at least one of downlink and uplink signals; determine that a request has been received in one of the downlink and uplink for a service from another device; execute, via the at least one multiple applications processor, an application layer application corresponding to the requested service; and communicate application level information sufficient to perform the requested service.