Street Lamp Base Station Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
The deployment of base stations for newer mobile radio networks, such as 5G, requires a large number of smaller cells, leading to increased installation costs and challenges in finding suitable locations, as traditional methods are not sufficient to achieve adequate data transmission rates and are costly due to the need for complex carrier systems.
Innovation Solution
Integrating a base station, including antennas and switching technology, into a street light infrastructure, which leverages the existing electrical supply and provides a suitable height and all-round coverage for base station antennas, using equipment sets that are designed to fit seamlessly with the street light geometry and are retrofittable, ensuring efficient power use and minimal visual disruption.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If base stations are installed using traditional carrier systems, then reliable mobile radio coverage is achieved, but installation costs increase significantly and suitable locations become scarce
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the base station equipment with the street light structure, merging two separate functions (lighting and mobile radio coverage) into a single integrated system. The base station components are housed within the street light's existing structure, eliminating the need for separate carrier systems while maintaining coverage reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The street light structure is designed to serve multiple functions: providing illumination and housing base station equipment for mobile radio coverage. This multi-functional approach allows existing street lights to be utilized as carrier structures, reducing the need for dedicated base station installations.
2Productivity
If more base stations are deployed to achieve higher data transmission rates, then data transmission performance improves, but installation costs and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
Street lights are utilized as multi-functional structures that provide both illumination and mobile radio coverage. By housing base station equipment within existing street light structures, the patent enables cost-effective deployment of multiple base stations without proportionally increasing installation complexity.
3Area of stationary object
If base station antennas are installed at greater heights, then coverage area increases, but structural requirements and installation costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes existing street light structures, which are already designed to support lighting equipment at appropriate heights. By housing base station antennas within these existing structures, the patent achieves sufficient coverage area without incurring additional structural costs or complexity.
4Device complexity
If base stations are integrated into street lights, then installation costs decrease and deployment becomes easier, but aesthetic appearance may be affected
Solution Approach 1:
The base station equipment is nested within the existing street light structure, utilizing the hollow interior space of the light housing. This nesting approach allows the base station to be integrated without adding external structures that would affect the aesthetic appearance, while still providing all necessary functions.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This solution provides a cost-effective and efficient method to deploy 5G base stations by utilizing existing street lights, offering comprehensive coverage and reducing installation costs while maintaining aesthetic and functional integrity, as well as ensuring compliance with safety distances and field strength regulations.
Implementation Method 1
the outer wall is transparent to electromagnetic radiation. This allows the base station to cover all spatial angles around the street light.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a street light comprising: a lamppost, a lamp head comprising a lamp element of the street light, a base station of a mobile network, and an equipment set which is installed on the lamppost and/or on the lamp head, wherein the equipment set comprises an equipment compartment in which at least one antenna of the base station is arranged.