Main unit and distributed antenna system including the same
There is provided a main unit and a distributed antenna system including the same. The main unit for constituting a distributed antenna system that receives a base station signal from at least one base station, transmits the base station signal to at least one user terminal, and includes a plurality of main units, the main unit includes: a first receiver for receiving a first group of base station signals; a second receiver for receiving a second group of base station signals from another main unit; a signal combiner for combining the first and second groups of base station signals; and a delay compensator for compensating for time delay corresponding to a path between the main unit and the other main unit with respect to the first group of base station signals before combining the first and second groups of base station signals.
1. A first main unit of a distributed antenna system, the first main unit comprising at least one processor to implement:
a first receiver for receiving a first group of base station signals directly from a base station interface unit;
a second receiver for receiving a second group of base station signals from the base station interface unit through a second main unit;
a signal combiner for combining the first and second groups of base station signals; and
a delay compensator for compensating for a signal path delay between the first main unit and the second main unit with respect to the first group of base station signals before combining the first and second groups of base station signals;
wherein the first group of base station signals and the second group of base station signals are different base station signals, and the first group of base station signals and the second group of base station signals are transmitted together in a combined form to at least one remote unit or a hub unit of the distributed antenna system, and
wherein the signal path delay between the first main unit and the second main unit includes a time delay according to a separated distance between the first main unit and the second main unit.
2. The first main unit of claim 1 , further comprising:
a converter configured to convert the combined first and second groups of base station signals to correspond to a transport medium and transmit the combined first and second groups of base station signals to the at least one remote unit.
3. The first main unit of claim 1 , further comprising: a converter configured to convert the combined first and second groups of base station signals to correspond to a transport medium and transmit the combined first and second groups of base station signals to the hub unit.
4. A distributed antenna system comprising:
a first main unit for receiving a first group of base station signals directly from a base station interface unit;
a second main unit for receiving a second group of base station signals directly from the base station interface unit; and
a third main unit for receiving a third group of base station signals directly from the base station interface unit,
wherein the first main unit, the second main unit, and the third main unit are cascade- connected to each other,
wherein the second main unit combines the second and third groups of base station signals, and compensates for a first signal path delay between the second main unit and the third main unit with respect to the second group of base station signals before combining the second and third groups of base station signals,
wherein the first signal path delay includes a time delay according to a separated distance between the second main unit and the third main unit, and
wherein the first main unit receives the combined second and third groups of base station signals and combines the first group of base station signals and the combined second and third groups of base station signals, and compensates for a second signal path delay between the first main unit and the second main unit with respect to the first group of base station signals before combining the first group of base station signals and the second and third groups of base station signals,
wherein the second signal path delay includes a time delay according to a separated distance between the first main unit and the second main unit, and
wherein the first group of base station signals, the second group of base station signals, and the third group of base station signals are different base station signals, and the first group of base station signals and the second group of base station signals are transmitted together in a combined form to at least one remote unit or a hub unit of the distributed antenna system.