OEM Software for Virtual DAS Configuration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing distributed antenna systems (DAS) face challenges in accurate design and installation due to the use of third-party software that may violate manufacturer-specific requirements, leading to delays and suboptimal performance, as well as a lack of guidance for configuring manufacturer-specific components.
Innovation Solution
Implementing an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) specific software system that enables designers to create, save, and implement virtual DAS configurations, ensuring compliance with OEM design constraints and guiding users through proper installation and calibration of real DAS equipment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If third-party software is used for DAS design, then design flexibility is improved, but compliance with manufacturer-specific requirements deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary translation layer that converts third-party software designs into manufacturer-specific configurations. This intermediary process ensures compliance with OEM requirements while maintaining the flexibility benefits of third-party design tools, resolving the contradiction between design versatility and manufacturing precision.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a virtual copy of the DAS design that can be simulated and validated before actual implementation. This virtual modeling allows designers to maintain flexibility in the design phase while ensuring that the final manufactured system complies with specific manufacturer requirements through pre-validation.
2Productivity
If virtual DAS design is created without OEM software enforcement, then design speed is improved, but installation accuracy deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary validation and configuration enforcement during the virtual design phase rather than during actual installation. By pre-checking compliance with OEM requirements and generating accurate configuration files in advance, the system maintains fast design speeds while ensuring installation accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms that validate virtual designs against manufacturer-specific requirements and provide corrective guidance. This feedback loop ensures that design speed is not compromised, as issues are identified and resolved during the virtual modeling phase rather than during physical installation.
3Adaptability or versatility
If manual configuration of real DAS equipment is performed, then adaptability to site conditions is improved, but error rate in implementation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables self-service configuration by automatically generating configuration files from validated virtual designs and applying them to physical equipment. This automated self-service process reduces human error while maintaining adaptability, as the system can incorporate site-specific conditions into the virtual design phase and then reliably reproduce the configuration.
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AI summary
Implementing a live wireless communication system configuration from a virtual wireless communication system design using an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) specific software system in a real wireless communication system is disclosed herein. In exemplary aspects disclosed herein, the OEM specific software system enables a designer to create, save, import, modify and/or preconfigure a virtual wireless communication system in a virtual wireless communication system configuration file(s) using OEM specific software tools resident in the real wireless communication system. The OEM specific software tools could include functionality such as the ability to incorporate and enforce OEM design constraints of the real wireless communication system. The configuration file(s) can then be subsequently implemented to modify and/or configure live equipment of a real wireless communication system.