Patents Assigned to ADVANCED RF TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
  • Patent number: 10742270
    Abstract: An integrated antenna distributed system incorporates various types of communication signals, such as mobile communication signals, public safety signals, Wi-Fi signals, and other types of communication signals. Such a system uses a single reference signal to support MIMO using a single optical cable or a single fiber optic cable, and a signal from a remote location, to support commercial telecommunication services and Wi-Fi services simultaneously. The reference signal is used for frequency stability of remote units (RUs) connected to the head end (HE). For example, a reference signal is selected and sent from the HE to RUs, a bandwidth and frequency conversion of signals to be transmitted is specified and/or performed, a RU receives the converted signals and the reference signal from the HE, where the converted signals may be frequency or band-constrained, and the converted signals are converted at the RUs back to their original frequencies or bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Advanced RF Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Dae Woong Kim
  • Patent number: 10735095
    Abstract: An integrated antenna distributed system incorporates various types of communication signals, such as mobile communication signals, public safety signals, WiFi signals, and other types of communication signals. Such a system uses a single reference signal to support MIMO and Massive MIMO functions using a single optical cable or a single fiber optic cable, and a signal from a remote location. The reference signal is used for frequency stability of remote units (RUs) connected to the head end (HE). For example, a reference signal is selected and sent from the HE to RUs, a bandwidth and frequency conversion of signals to be transmitted is specified and/or performed, a RU receives the converted signals and the reference signal from the HE, where the converted signals may be frequency or band-constrained, and the converted signals are converted at the RUs back to their original frequencies or bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Advanced RF Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Dae Woong Kim
  • Patent number: 10305575
    Abstract: A mobile telecommunication wireless repeater includes: a combination stage for combining a received signal with a feedback cancellation signal; a comparison stage for comparing an input signal of the combination stage with an output signal of the combination stage and determining a weighted value and a time offset value for a feedback signal to be cancelled, based on the comparison; and a recombination stage comprising one or more adaptive filters and configured to receive the weighted value and the time offset value and generate the feedback cancellation signal according to the weighted value and the time offset value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: ADVANCED RF TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Jong-Min Kim
  • Patent number: 10123282
    Abstract: A distributed antenna system interface tray (DIT) includes a plurality of per-carrier points of interface (POIs), a combiner, and a DIT management system (DMS). Each of the plurality of POIs may be configured to couple with a corresponding per-carrier base transceiver station (BTS), receive a per-carrier downlink (DL) signal from the corresponding BTS, filter the DL signal through a duplexer, adjust the filtered DL signal based on a designated level, output the filtered DL signal to a combiner, receive an uplink (UL) signal from the combiner, adjust the UL signal based on a designated gain, and transmit the UL signal to the corresponding BTS. The combiner may be configured to combine a plurality of DL signals received from the plurality of POIs into a combined DL signal, transmit the combined DL signal to a distributed antenna system, receive a UL signal from the distributed antenna system, and distribute the UL signal to the plurality of POIs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: ADVANCED RF TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Young-Hoon Ko
  • Patent number: 10084543
    Abstract: A multi-band multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transmitting apparatus and method of using an analog optical repeater that relays a downstream signal and an upstream signal between a base station and a terminal is provided. A head end of the analog optical repeater converts a frequency of a signal through a frequency converter to prevent the signal from overlapping with other signals having the same frequencies of a downstream multi-band, and uses a band already used by an optical module, and thus does not need to secure an additional band in the optical module. Accordingly, signals at the same frequency input into the HE can be transmitted through the optical cable and to the RU without overlapping. A flow of upstream signals received from the terminal are handled and transmitted similarly to the downstream signals, but in the opposite direction, whereby multi-band MIMO is implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Advanced RF Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Jung-Hee Won
  • Patent number: 10085238
    Abstract: A method for setting a filter coefficient for a communication system, which adjusts a frequency bandwidth by setting a filter coefficient of a wireless communication system over a communication network, is provided. In the method, a wireless communication system that includes a controller having a filter coefficient database and a web server, and a Digital Signal Processing device requests a filter coefficient and attribute information related to a set target frequency bandwidth from a management terminal. The wireless communication system receives the filter coefficient and the attribute information from the management terminal and stores the filter coefficient and the attribute information in the filter coefficient database. The wireless communication system sets a frequency bandwidth of the digital signal processing device as a set target frequency bandwidth based on the stored filter coefficient and the attribute information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: ADVANCED RF TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Tae-Gil Kang
  • Patent number: 10056966
    Abstract: Disclosed herein an interference cancellation repeater and repeating method. The interference cancellation repeater includes a reception unit, an analog-to-digital (AD) converter unit, a digital processing unit, a digital-to-analog (DA) converter unit, and a transmission unit. The reception unit receives an analog signal. The AD converter unit converts the analog signal into a digital signal. The digital processing unit determines whether a feedback signal is present by analyzing the correlation between the digital signal and a previous transmission signal, and performs an operation of cancelling the feedback signal if, as a result of the determination, it is determined that the feedback signal is present. The DA converter unit converts a signal output from the digital processing unit into a transmission analog signal. The transmission unit sends the transmission analog signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Advanced RF Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Tae-Gil Kang
  • Patent number: 9979461
    Abstract: In a mobile communication service system, repeaters can be installed to cover shadow areas where it may otherwise be difficult to transmit and/or receive mobile signals. A radio frequency (RF) repeater that may select between an interference cancellation device and a software-defined radio (SDR) device is provided. The RF repeater can select use of the interference cancellation device in environments or situations that are relatively less complex, and can switch to use of the SDR device instead for environments or situations where more complex frequency processing may be needed and where such frequency processing may be prioritized over interference cancellation to provide better or more effective signal transmissions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: ADVANCED RF TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Young-Hoon Ko
  • Patent number: 9826507
    Abstract: A method for setting a filter coefficient for a communication system, which adjusts a frequency bandwidth by setting a filter coefficient of a wireless communication system over a communication network, is provided. In the method, a wireless communication system that includes a controller having a filter coefficient database and a web server, and a Digital Signal Processing device requests a filter coefficient and attribute information related to a set target frequency bandwidth from a management terminal. The wireless communication system receives the filter coefficient and the attribute information from the management terminal and stores the filter coefficient and the attribute information in the filter coefficient database. The wireless communication system sets a frequency bandwidth of the digital signal processing device as a set target frequency bandwidth based on the stored filter coefficient and the attribute information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Advanced RF Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Tae-Gil Kang
  • Patent number: 9603032
    Abstract: A method of automatically measuring noise levels of a plurality of uplink paths in a Distributed Antenna System (DAS) includes: sequentially measuring a noise level of each uplink path of the plurality of uplink paths; extracting the noise level of each uplink path at a final end of the uplink path; detecting the noise level of each uplink path; and determining a status of each uplink path by comparing the detected noise level with a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: ADVANCED RF TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Young-Hoon Ko
  • Patent number: 9374187
    Abstract: A distributed antenna system includes a plurality of remote units configured to service different regions of a service area, and a head-end unit configured to process and transmit downlink signals from base stations to the remote units over optical cables, and to process and transmit uplink signals from the remote units to the base stations, wherein the remote units are configured to adjust or filter a level of downlink signals from the head-end unit and to transmit the adjusted or filtered downlink signals to mobile stations, and to process and transmit uplink signals from mobile stations to the head-end unit over the optical cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: ADVANCED RF TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Bung Chul Kim, Younghoon Ko
  • Patent number: 9306669
    Abstract: An optic Distributed Antenna System includes a Head End (HE) configured to adjust a first signal for a first carrier at a first band to a first level, to adjust a second signal having at least a carrier different from the first carrier or a band different from the first band to a second level, to combine the first and second signals, to perform Electronic/Optic conversion on the combined signal, and to optic-distribute and send the combined optic signal, and a plurality of Remote Units (RUs) each connected to the HE over a corresponding single optic line, wherein each of the RUs is configured to perform Optic/Electronic conversion on the combined optic signal, to adjust the converted signal for each signal band, to perform high-power amplification on the adjusted signals, to multiplex the amplified signals, and to transmit the multiplexed signal to a Mobile station via at least one antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: ADVANCED RF TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Young-Hoon Ko
  • Patent number: 9179501
    Abstract: A band combiner unit includes a plurality of carrier modules (CMs) each configured to be connected to a base transceiver station (BTS) or bi-directional amplifier (BDA) for corresponding ones of the carriers, wherein each of the CMs is configured to transmit downlink signals from the corresponding BTS/BDA, adjust the downlink signals, and transmit the downlink signals to a first combiner, and to receive uplink signals from a second combiner, adjust the uplink signals, and transmit the uplink signals to the corresponding BTS/BDA, the first combiner configured to combine the downlink signals from the CMs, and transmit the combined downlink signals to a distributed antenna system (DAS), the second combiner configured to split a combined uplink signal from a DAS, and transmit the split uplink signals to corresponding ones of the CMs, and a band combiner unit controller for monitoring and controlling the CMs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: ADVANCED RF TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Young-Hoon Ko
  • Publication number: 20140328419
    Abstract: A method for setting a filter coefficient for a communication system, which adjusts a frequency bandwidth by setting a filter coefficient of a wireless communication system over a communication network, is provided. In the method, a wireless communication system that includes a controller having a filter coefficient database and a web server, and a Digital Signal Processing device requests a filter coefficient and attribute information related to a set target frequency bandwidth from a management terminal. The wireless communication system receives the filter coefficient and the attribute information from the management terminal and stores the filter coefficient and the attribute information in the filter coefficient database. The wireless communication system sets a frequency bandwidth of the digital signal processing device as a set target frequency bandwidth based on the stored filter coefficient and the attribute information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: Advanced RF Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Tae-Gil Kang
  • Publication number: 20140270787
    Abstract: An optic distributed system includes a head end unit (HE) comprising a head end radio frequency unit (HRFU), at least one remote unit (RU), a corresponding optic cable connected between the HRFU and the at least one RU, and a controller configured to detect a forward radio frequency (RF) signal received from a base transceiver station (BTS), to perform a system wide commissioning function on the HRFU corresponding to the detection, to perform the system wide commissioning function on the at least one RU in accordance with a signal intensity of the forward RF signal from the HRFU, and to perform the system wide commissioning function on the optic cable to compensate for losses in the optic cable during signal transmissions between the HRFU and the at least one RU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: ADVANCED RF TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Namchul Lee
  • Publication number: 20140194054
    Abstract: A mobile telecommunication wireless repeater includes: a combination stage for combining a received signal with a feedback cancellation signal; a comparison stage for comparing an input signal of the combination stage with an output signal of the combination stage and determining a weighted value and a time offset value for a feedback signal to be cancelled, based on the comparison; and a recombination stage comprising one or more adaptive filters and configured to receive the weighted value and the time offset value and generate the feedback cancellation signal according to the weighted value and the time offset value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: ADVANCED RF TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Jong-Min Kim
  • Publication number: 20140064730
    Abstract: An optic Distributed Antenna System includes a Head End (HE) configured to adjust a first signal for a first carrier at a first band to a first level, to adjust a second signal having at least a carrier different from the first carrier or a band different from the first band to a second level, to combine the first and second signals, to perform Electronic/Optic conversion on the combined signal, and to optic-distribute and send the combined optic signal, and a plurality of Remote Units (RUs) each connected to the HE over a corresponding single optic line, wherein each of the RUs is configured to perform Optic/Electronic conversion on the combined optic signal, to adjust the converted signal for each signal band, to perform high-power amplification on the adjusted signals, to multiplex the amplified signals, and to transmit the multiplexed signal to a Mobile station via at least one antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: ADVANCED RF TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Young-Hoon Ko
  • Publication number: 20130337750
    Abstract: A method of automatically measuring noise levels of a plurality of uplink paths in a Distributed Antenna System (DAS) includes: sequentially measuring a noise level of each uplink path of the plurality of uplink paths; extracting the noise level of each uplink path at a final end of the uplink path; detecting the noise level of each uplink path; and determining a status of each uplink path by comparing the detected noise level with a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: ADVANCED RF TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Young-Hoon Ko
  • Publication number: 20130208680
    Abstract: A method for setting a filter coefficient for a communication system, which adjusts a frequency bandwidth by setting a filter coefficient of a wireless communication system over a communication network, is provided. In the method, a wireless communication system that includes a controller having a filter coefficient database and a web server, and a Digital Signal Processing device requests a filter coefficient and attribute information related to a set target frequency bandwidth from a management terminal. The wireless communication system receives the filter coefficient and the attribute information from the management terminal and stores the filter coefficient and the attribute information in the filter coefficient database. The wireless communication system sets a frequency bandwidth of the digital signal processing device as a set target frequency bandwidth based on the stored filter coefficient and the attribute information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: ADVANCED RF TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: ADVANCED RF TECHNOLOGIES, INC.