IP Library Granted Patent US 9,191,065
Granted Patent B2
US 9,191,065 · App. 13/696,281 · Granted Nov 17, 2015

Integrated repeater for integratedly relaying various types of communication signals, and integrated relay system

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Patent No.
US 9,191,065
App. No.
13/696,281
Granted
Nov 17, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to an integrated repeater and an integrated relay system. The integrated repeater of the present invention receives a signal from a main repeater for relaying signals transmitted from upper devices, and comprises a demultiplexer configured to demultiplex the multiplexed signal of an Ethernet signal and a mobile communication signal received from the main repeater, and separate the signals into the mobile communication signal and the Ethernet signal; a first converter configured to convert the mobile communication signal separated from the demultiplexer into a radio frequency (RF) signal, and transmit the converted RF signal; a second converter configured to convert the Ethernet signal separated from the demultiplexer into a wireless LAN signal, and transmit the converted wireless LAN signal; and a switching unit configured to deliver a signal received from the main repeater to either the demultiplexer or the second converter, depending on whether a fault of the mobile communication signal is generated.

Claims (18)

1. An integrated repeater which receives a multiplexed signal from a main repeater for relaying signals transmitted from upper devices, comprising:

a demultiplexer configured to demultiplex the multiplexed signal of an Ethernet signal and a mobile communication signal received from the main repeater, and separate the signals into the mobile communication signal and the Ethernet signal;

a first converter configured to convert the mobile communication signal separated from the demultiplexer into a radio frequency signal (RF), and transmit the converted RF signal;

a second converter configured to convert the Ethernet signal separated from the demultiplexer into a wireless LAN signal, and transmit the converted wireless LAN signal; and

a switching unit configured to deliver a signal received from the main repeater to either the demultiplexer or the second converter, depending on whether a fault of the mobile communication signal is generated.

2. The integrated repeater according to claim 1 , which further comprises a filtering unit for filtering the radio frequency (RF) signal transmitted from the first converter to prevent the RF signal from entering to the second converter.

3. The integrated repeater according to claim 1 , wherein the switching unit receives only the Ethernet signal from the main repeater and delivers the received Ethernet signal to the second converter, not through the demultiplexer, when a fault of the mobile communication signal is generated.

4. The integrated repeater according to claim 1 , which is connected to the main repeater through a UTP cable installed inside a building.

5. The integrated repeater according to claim 4 , which further comprises a power unit configured to be supplied with a power through the UTP cable which is connected to a LAN connecter from the main repeater.

6. The integrated repeater according to claim 1 , which further comprises a shielding unit for blocking an electromagnetic wave between the first converter and the second converter.

7. An integrated relay system for the integrated relay of communication signals, comprising:

a main device configured to receive a mobile communication signal from a mobile communication base station and an Ethernet signal from an Ethernet equipment, multiplex the mobile communication base station and the Ethernet signal to a multiplexed signal, and transmit the multiplexed signal of the mobile communication signal and the Ethernet signal; and

a plurality of termination devices configured to be connected to the main device to demultiplex the multiplexed signals transmitted from the main device, separate the signals into the mobile communication signal and the Ethernet signal and transmit the separated mobile communication signal and Ethernet signal to a communication terminal,

wherein the main device comprises a first switching unit configured to select either the multiplexed signal or the Ethernet signal received from the Ethernet equipment, depending on whether a fault of the mobile communication signal is generated, and

wherein the plurality of termination devices comprise a second switching unit configured to allow the signal received from the first switching unit of the main device to be subject to a demultiplexing process or not.

8. The integrated relay system according to claim 7 , wherein the plurality of termination devices further comprises a filtering unit for preventing the mobile communication signal from interfering with the Ethernet signal which is transmitted to the communication terminal.

9. The integrated relay system according to claim 7 , wherein the main device and the plurality of termination units are connected to each other through a UTP cable installed inside a building.

10. The integrated relay system according to claim 9 , wherein the main device further comprises a power supply unit which supplies a power through the UTP cable which is connected to a LAN connecter to the termination devices.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2018
From: KT CORPORATION
To: VALUE INNOVATION PARTNERS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046641/0739 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 5, 2012
From: KONG, SEOK-YOUNG; PARK, DONG-UK; SUH, SEONG-HEE; JANG, JAE-SEON
To: KT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029243/0378 →