Self-controlled radio frequency (RF) filtering unit

1. A self-controlled radio frequency (RF) filtering unit, comprising:

a frequency bank that comprises first till fourth band pass filters (BPFs) having first till fourth frequency bands respectively; wherein at least one harmonic of at least one fundamental frequency within the first frequency band pass an interference risk for at least one other frequency band;

a measurement circuit configured to measure the input power received in two or more frequency bands and to provide a power measurement result;

an input RF switch comprising a first RF switch input port, a first RF switch output port, and a second RF switch output port; wherein input RF switch is configured to select a selected RF switch output port, based at least in part on the power measurement result, out of the first and second RF switch output ports; wherein the first RF switch output port is RF coupled to an input 2 of the second BPF; wherein the second RF switch output port is RF coupled to inputs of the first BPF, the third BPF and the fourth BPF; and

an output RF switch comprising a second RF switch input port, a third RF switch input port, and a third RF switch output port; wherein output RF switch is configured to select, based at least in part on the power measurement result, a selected RF switch input port out of the second and third RF switch input ports; wherein the second RF switch input port is RF coupled to outputs of the first BPF and the second BPF; and wherein the third RF switch input port is RF coupled to outputs of the third BPF and the fourth BPF.

2. The self-controlled RF filtering unit according to claim 1 wherein the input RF switch is configured to maintaining a selection of the selected RF switch output port for a predefined period.

3. The self-controlled RF filtering unit according to claim 2 wherein the predefined period substantially equals to at least a part of an expected duration of an input RF signal received by the input RF switch.

4. The self-controlled RF filtering unit according to claim 2 wherein the input RF switch is configured to:

select the first RF switch output port;

maintain the selection of the first RF switch output port for the predefined period; receive a power measurement result indicative that there is no signal in first frequency band; and

return to select the second RF switch output port.

5. The self-controlled RF filtering unit according to claim 1 comprising a frequency selective coupler that is RF coupled between the first RF switch input port and the measurement circuit.

6. The self-controlled RF filtering unit according to claim 5 wherein the frequency selective coupler is configured to block frequencies within at least the third and frequency bands.

7. The self-controlled RF filtering unit according to claim 5 wherein the frequency selective coupler is configured to block frequencies above the second frequency band.

8. The self-controlled RF filtering unit according to claim 5 wherein the frequency selective coupler is configured to block frequencies above 1 GHz.

9. The self-controlled RF filtering unit according to claim 5 wherein the frequency selective coupler is a coil.

10. The self-controlled RF filtering unit according to claim 1 wherein the self-controlled RF filtering unit is without a directional coupler.

11. The self-controlled RF filtering unit according to claim 1 wherein the second RF switch output port is RF coupled to inputs of the third BPF and the fourth BPF via a diplexer.

12. The self-controlled RF filtering unit according to claim 1 wherein the third RF switch input port is RF coupled to outputs of the third BPF and the fourth BPF via a matching network that consists essentially of RF transmission lines.

13. The self-controlled RF filtering unit according to claim 12 wherein the RF transmission lines are (a) a first RF transmission line that is RF coupled to the output of the third BPF, and (b) a second RF transmission line that is RF coupled to the output of the fourth BPF.

14. The self-controlled RF filtering unit according to claim 1 wherein at least one of the following is true: (a) the first frequency band ranges between about 430 and 460 MHz, (b) the second frequency band ranges between about 910 and about 930 MHZ, (c) the third frequency band ranges between about 2404 and about 2480 MHz, and (d) the fourth frequency band ranges between about 5725 and about 5850 MHz.

15. A method for self-controlled radio frequency (RF) filtering, the method comprising:

receiving an input RF signal by at least a first RF switch input port of an input RF switch of a self-controller RF filtering unit; wherein the self-controller RF filtering unit comprises a frequency bank that comprises first till fourth band pass filters (BPFs) having first till fourth frequency bands respectively; wherein at least one harmonic of at least one fundamental frequency within the first frequency band pass an interference risk for at least one other frequency band;

measuring, by a measurement circuit of the self-controller RF filtering unit, an input power received in two or more frequency bands, and providing a power measurement result;

selecting, by the input RF switch, a selected RF switch output port out of a first RF switch output port and second RF switch output ports; wherein the selecting is based at least in part on the power measurement result; wherein the first RF switch output port is RF coupled to an input of the second BPF; wherein the second RF switch output port is RF coupled to inputs of the first BPF, the third BPF and the fourth BPF;

applying one or more filtering operations by the filtering bank;

selecting, by an output RF switch, a selected RF switch input port out of a second RF switch input port and third RF switch input port; wherein the selecting is based at least in part on the power measurement result; wherein the second RF switch input port is RF coupled to outputs of the first BPF and the second BPF; and wherein the third RF switch input port is RF coupled to outputs of the third BPF and the fourth BPF.

16. The method according to claim 15 comprising maintaining a selection of the selected RF switch output port for a predefined period.

17. The method according to claim 16 wherein the predefined period substantially equals to at least a part of an expected duration of an input RF signal received by the input RF switch.

18. The method according to claim 16 comprising:

selecting the first RF switch output port;

maintaining the selection of the first RF switch output port for the predefined period;

receiving a power measurement result indicative that there is no signal in first frequency band; and

returning to select the second RF switch output port.

19. The method according to claim 15 comprising performing a frequency selective coupling of the input RF signal to the measurement circuit.

20. The method according to claim 19 wherein the performing of the frequency selective coupling comprising blocking frequencies within at least the third and frequency bands.

21. The method according to claim 19 wherein the performing of the frequency selective coupling comprising blocking frequencies above the second frequency band.

22. The method according to claim 19 wherein the performing of the frequency selective coupling comprising blocking frequencies above 1 GHz.

23. The method according to claim 19 wherein the performing of the frequency selective coupling is performed using a frequency selective coupler that comprises a coil.

24. The method according to claim 15 wherein the self-controlled RF filtering unit is without a directional coupler.

25. The method according to claim 15 wherein the second RF switch output port is RF coupled to inputs of the third BPF and the fourth BPF via a diplexer.

26. The method according to claim 15 wherein the third RF switch input port is RF coupled to outputs of the third BPF and the fourth BPF via a matching network that consists essentially of RF transmission lines.

27. The method according to claim 26 wherein the RF transmission lines are (a) a first RF transmission line that is RF coupled to the output of the third BPF, and (b) a second RF transmission line that is RF coupled to the output of the fourth BPF.

28. The method according to claim 15 wherein at least one of the following is true: (a) the first frequency band ranges between about 430 and 460 MHz, (b) the second frequency band ranges between about 910 and about 930 MHZ, (c) the third frequency band ranges between about 2404 and about 2480 MHz, and (d) the fourth frequency band ranges between about 5725 and about 5850 MHz.