Modular Remote Radio Unit for Rapid Wireless Deployment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional wireless transmission systems are complex and costly to install due to their split configuration, requiring extensive cabling and specialized labor for high-power electrical connections, and are difficult to move or reposition without significant effort and resources.
Innovation Solution
A modular remote radio unit assembly with a frame assembly, integrated electrical components, and a single power input, allowing for rapid deployment and wireless data transfer without the need for extensive cabling or high-power electrical connections, using a boom truck for transportation and a standard electrical outlet for power.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a conventional split transmission system is used with outdoor mast assembly and indoor electrical components, then wireless communication capability is achieved, but installation complexity and cost increase due to extensive cabling requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the outdoor mast assembly with electrical components and antenna into a single integrated modular unit. This merging eliminates the need for separate indoor electrical components and extensive cabling between indoor and outdoor locations, directly reducing installation complexity while maintaining wireless communication capability
Solution Approach 2:
The modular assembly serves multiple functions simultaneously: it provides structural support for the antenna, houses electrical components for signal processing, and integrates power distribution and data cabling. This multi-functionality consolidates what were previously separate systems into one unit, reducing overall installation complexity
2Reliability
If a conventional transmission system with mast assembly is used, then antenna alignment and wireless communication efficiency are improved, but installation time and labor requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The electrical components, cabling, and antenna mounting structures are pre-assembled and integrated into the modular unit during manufacturing. This preliminary action allows the entire assembly to be installed as a single unit, dramatically reducing on-site installation time and labor requirements while maintaining the precise antenna alignment needed for efficient wireless communication
3Reliability
If extensive cabling is used to connect electrical components to antenna, then wireless data transfer capability is achieved, but installation cost and time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The modular assembly integrates electrical components and antenna in close proximity within the same structural unit. This merging eliminates the need for extensive cabling that would be required to connect separately located indoor electrical components to outdoor antenna, significantly reducing both installation time and material costs while maintaining full data transfer capability
4Power
If conventional transmission system is used, then high-power electrical connections are achieved for adequate power supply, but system complexity and installation difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The modular assembly consolidates high-power electrical connections, power distribution systems, and antenna feed lines into a single integrated unit. This merging simplifies the overall system architecture by eliminating the need for separate high-power electrical infrastructure at indoor locations and reducing the complexity of power distribution across multiple locations
Data Source
AI summary
A method for providing wireless telecommunications. The method includes providing a modular remote radio unit (RRU) capable of wirelessly transmitting data, placing the modular RRU on a boom truck with a boom arm, transporting the remote radio unit to a deployment location, setting the modular RRU on a structure at the deployment location by lifting the modular RRU off the boom truck with the boom arm, electrically coupling a power input of the modular RRU to a power source to power the modular RRU, and transmitting and receiving wireless data with the modular RRU unit after the power input is coupled to the power source.