Communication repeater system and method
View Patent ↗According to one embodiment, a communication repeater system includes a master station device and radio frequency units which convert a signal from each of base station systems into an optical digital signal for transmission to the master station device. The base station systems establish communication by time division duplex scheme. The communication repeater system repeats communication between a mobile communication terminal device and each base station system via a corresponding one of slave station devices. A setter sets, as reference transmission/reception switching timing, a transmission/reception switching timing between the master station device and one of the radio frequency units corresponding to one of the base station systems which is first connected to the communication repeater system. A corrector corrects variation in the transmission/reception switching timing in accordance with the reference transmission/reception switching timing.
1. A communication repeater system comprising:
a plurality of radio frequency units which converts a radio signal from each of base station systems into a digital signal and transmits the digital signal, the base station systems have mutually independent transmission and reception switching timings in time division duplexing;
a master station device that receives the digital signal from the radio frequency units; and
a plurality of slave station devices;
the communication repeater system repeats communication between a mobile communication terminal device and each of the base station systems, the communication repeater system further comprising:
a setter that sets, as a reference transmission and reception switching timing, the transmission and reception switching timing between the master station device and one of the radio frequency units, the one of the radio frequency units corresponding to one of the base station systems which is first connected to the communication repeater system; and
a corrector that corrects a variation in the transmission and reception switching timing in accordance with the reference transmission and reception switching timing.
2. The communication repeater system according to claim 1 , wherein
the setter transmits a timing signal corresponding to the reference transmission and reception switching timing to the corrector.
3. The communication repeater system according to claim 1 , wherein
the setter sets the reference transmission and reception switching timing on the basis of reference time information acquired from one of a grand master clock unit, a global positioning system unit, an atomic clock, and a terrestrial digital broadcast receiver.
4. The communication repeater system according to claim 3 , wherein
the corrector corrects the variation in the reference transmission and reception switching timing in consideration of a transmission delay amounts between the slave station devices and each of the radio frequency units.
5. A method to be executed by a communication repeater system that comprises
a plurality of radio frequency units which converts a radio signal from each of base station systems into a digital signal and transmits the digital signal, the base station systems have mutually independent transmission and reception switching timings in time division duplexing,
a master station device that receives the digital signal from the radio frequency units, and
a plurality of slave station devices,
the communication repeater system repeats communication between a mobile communication terminal device and each of the base station systems,
the method comprising:
setting, as a reference transmission and reception switching timing, the transmission and reception switching timing between the master station device and one of the radio frequency units, the one of the radio frequency units corresponding to one of the base station systems which is first connected to the communication repeater system; and
correcting a variation in the transmission and reception switching timing in accordance with the reference transmission and reception switching timing.
6. A master station device to be used in a communication repeater system that comprises
a plurality of radio frequency units which converts a radio signal from each of base station systems into a digital signal and transmits the digital signal, the base station systems have mutually independent transmission and reception switching timings in time division duplexing,
a master station device that receives the digital signal from the radio frequency units, and
a plurality of slave station devices,
the communication repeater system repeats communication between a mobile communication terminal device and each of the base station systems,
the master station device comprising:
a setter that sets, as a reference transmission and reception switching timing, the transmission and reception switching timing between the master station device and one of the radio frequency units, the one of the radio frequency units corresponding to one of the base station systems which is first connected to the communication repeater system; and
a corrector that corrects a variation in the transmission and reception switching timing in accordance with the reference transmission and reception switching timing.