Monitoring system for a distributed antenna system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9900114
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15504977

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A monitoring system 22 for a distributed antenna system (DAS) 10 is provided. The DAS comprises central transmitter 12 which is connected by a signal transmission network 14 to a plurality of distributed antenna devices (DAD) 16.1 to 16.n. The network comprises physical branches. Each of the DAD's is connected to a respective sub-branch 14.11 and comprises at least one antenna 18. The antenna is associated with a frequency band having a center frequency fc and an associated wavelength Ac. The monitoring system comprises a central monitoring unit (CMU) 24 which is coupled to the network 14. A monitoring device 28.1 is associated with at least one of the DAD's and permanently mounted a distance d<2λc away from the antenna of the DAD. The monitoring device comprises a controller 30, a transceiver 32 and an antenna 34. The controller being configured, upon being polled by the CMU 24 with a monitoring signal via the network and the distributed antenna device, to cause the transceiver 32 to respond by transmitting a response signal to the CMU 24 via the distributed antenna device 16.1 and the network 14.

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  • POYNTING ANTENNAS (PTY) LIMITED

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fourie, Andries Petrus Cronje Parkview, ZA 16 69
Nitch, Derek Colin Witkoppen, ZA 7 16

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