Signal distribution interface
A telecommunications system including a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a signal distribution engine is provided. The signal distribution engine is executable by the processor device to detect incoming signals received by a DAS that includes a headend unit coupled to RAU(s) using a communication cables or optical fiber; determine information about the detected signals; assign specified signals received by the DAS to a specified RAU in response to a user input via a signal distribution graphical user interface, which includes representations of and associations between the specified signals, headend unit, and RAU(s), that manually associates the specified signals with the specified remote antenna unit; and in response to the user input, output instructions regarding how to route the specified signals from the headend unit to the specified remote antenna unit over a communication cable or optical fiber communicatively coupled to the specified remote antenna unit.
1. A telecommunications system, comprising:
a processor device; and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium on which a signal distribution engine is stored, wherein the signal distribution engine is executable by the processor device to:
detect incoming signals received by a distributed antenna system (DAS) from one or more base stations, wherein the DAS includes a headend unit and one or more remote antenna units, wherein the headend unit is communicatively coupled to the one or more remote antenna units using a communication cable or optical fiber;
determine information about the detected incoming signals received by the DAS from the one or more base stations;
assign specified signals received by the DAS to a specified remote antenna unit in response to a user input via a signal distribution graphical user interface that manually associates the specified signals with the specified remote antenna unit, wherein the signal distribution graphical user interface includes representations of the specified signals, the headend unit, and the one or more remote antenna units, wherein the signal distribution graphical user interface includes associations between the specified signals, the headend unit, and the one or more remote antenna units;
in response to the user input via the signal distribution graphical user interface that manually associates the specified signals with the specified remote antenna unit, output instructions regarding how to configure one or more components of the DAS to route the specified signals from the headend unit to the specified remote antenna unit over a communication cable or optical fiber communicatively coupled to the specified remote antenna unit; and
generate a signal set assignment graphical user interface that includes an available signals area having a list of available signals transported by the DAS that are available to be assigned to a particular signal set and a signal set formation area having a list of assigned signals transported by the DAS that are assigned to the particular signal set.
2. The telecommunications system of claim 1 , wherein the signal distribution engine is executable by the processor device to generate an indicator of an alarm condition.
3. The telecommunications system of claim 1 , wherein the signal distribution engine is executable by the processor device to highlight the representations of the headend unit and/or one or more remote antenna units with which a specified signal set is currently associated in response to receiving a user input via the signal distribution graphical user interface to select the specified signal set.
4. The telecommunications system of claim 1 , wherein the signal distribution engine is executable by the processor device to:
highlight representations of signals with which the headend unit is currently associated in response to receiving a user input via the signal distribution graphical user interface to select the headend unit of the telecommunications system; and/or
highlight representations of signals with which a respective remote antenna unit is currently associated in response to receiving a user input via the signal distribution graphical user interface to select the respective remote antenna unit of the telecommunications system.
5. The telecommunications system of claim 1 , wherein the signal distribution engine is executable by the processor device to:
assign specified signals transported by the DAS to assigned signal sets in response to a user input via the signal set assignment graphical user interface that manually adds available signals to the signal set formation area to associate the specified signals with the specified remote antenna unit, wherein each of the assigned signal sets includes one or more of the signals that are transported by the DAS.
6. The telecommunications system of claim 1 , wherein the signal distribution graphical user interface includes:
an operational context in which events and alarms are viewable, signal status is viewable, or options for updating software are viewable; and
a setup context in which alarm settings are editable, hardware component parameters are received, or signal sources are associated with hardware components.
7. A method, comprising:
detecting incoming signals received by a distributed antenna system (DAS) from one or more base stations, wherein the DAS includes a headend unit and one or more remote antenna units, wherein the headend unit is communicatively coupled to the one or more remote antenna units using a communication cable or optical fiber;
determining information about the detected incoming signals received by the DAS from the one or more base stations;
assigning specified signals received by the DAS to a specified remote antenna unit in response to a user input via a signal distribution graphical user interface that manually associates the specified signals with the specified remote antenna unit, wherein the signal distribution graphical user interface includes representations of the specified signals, the headend unit, and the one or more remote antenna units, wherein the signal distribution graphical user interface includes associations between the specified signals, the headend unit, and the one or more remote antenna units; and
in response to the user input via the signal distribution graphical user interface that manually associates the specified signals with the specified remote antenna unit, outputting instructions regarding how to configure one or more components of the DAS to route the specified signals from the headend unit to the specified remote antenna unit over a communication cable or optical fiber communicatively coupled to the specified remote antenna unit; and
generating a signal set assignment graphical user interface that includes an available signals area having a list of available signals transported by the DAS that are available to be assigned to a particular signal set and a signal set formation area having a list of assigned signals transported by the DAS that are assigned to the particular signal set.
8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising providing an indicator of an alarm condition in the signal distribution graphical user interface.
9. The method of claim 7 , further comprising highlighting the representations of the headend unit and/or one or more remote antenna units with which a specified signal set is currently associated in response to receiving a user input via the signal distribution graphical user interface to select the specified signal set.
10. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
highlighting representations of signals with which the headend unit is currently associated in response to receiving a user input via the signal distribution graphical user interface to select the headend unit of the distributed antenna system; and/or
highlighting representations of signals with which a respective remote antenna unit is currently associated in response to receiving a user input via the signal distribution graphical user interface to select the respective remote antenna unit of the distributed antenna system.
11. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
assigning specified signals transported by the DAS to assigned signal sets in response to a user input via the signal set assignment graphical user interface that manually adds available signals to the signal set formation area to associate the specified signals with the specified remote antenna unit, wherein each of the assigned signal sets includes one or more of the signals that are transported by the DAS.
12. A system, comprising:
a distributed antenna system (DAS) including:
a headend unit; and
one or more remote antenna units located remotely from the headend unit and communicatively coupled to the headend unit using a communication cable or optical fiber;
a computing device including:
a processor device communicatively coupled to the distributed antenna system; and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium on which a signal distribution engine is stored, wherein the signal distribution engine is executable by the processor device to:
detect incoming signals received by the DAS from one or more base stations;
determine information about the detected incoming signals received by the DAS from the one or more base stations;
assign specified signals received by the DAS to a specified remote antenna unit in response to a user input via a signal distribution graphical user interface that manually associates the specified signals with the specified remote antenna unit, wherein the signal distribution graphical user interface includes representations of the specified signals, the headend unit, and the one or more remote antenna units, wherein the signal distribution graphical user interface includes associations between the specified signals, the headend unit, and the one or more remote antenna units; and
in response to the user input via the signal distribution graphical user interface that manually associates the specified signals with the specified remote antenna unit, output instructions regarding how to configure one or more components of the DAS to route the specified signals from the headend unit to the specified remote antenna unit over a communication cable or optical fiber communicatively coupled to the specified remote antenna unit; and
generate a signal set assignment graphical user interface that includes an available signals area having a list of available signals transported by the DAS that are available to be assigned to a particular signal set and a signal set formation area having a list of assigned signals transported by the DAS that are assigned to the particular signal set.
13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the signal distribution engine is executable by the processor device to generate an indicator of an alarm condition.
14. The system of claim 12 , wherein the signal distribution engine is executable by the processor device to highlight the representations of the headend unit and/or one or more remote antenna units with which a specified signal set is currently associated in response to receiving a user input via the signal distribution graphical user interface to select the specified signal set.
15. The system of claim 12 , wherein the signal distribution engine is executable by the processor device to:
highlight representations of signals with which the headend unit is currently associated in response to receiving a user input via the signal distribution graphical user interface to select the headend unit of the distributed antenna system; and/or
highlight representations of signals with which a respective remote antenna unit is currently associated in response to receiving a user input via the signal distribution graphical user interface to select the respective remote antenna unit of the distributed antenna system.
16. The system of claim 12 , wherein the signal distribution engine is executable by the processor device to:
assign specified signals transported by the DAS to assigned signal sets in response to a user input via the signal set assignment graphical user interface that manually adds available signals to the signal set formation area to associate the specified signals with the specified remote antenna unit, wherein each of the assigned signal sets includes one or more of the signals that are transported by the DAS.
17. A telecommunications system, comprising:
a processor device; and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium on which a signal distribution engine is stored, wherein the signal distribution engine is executable by the processor device to:
configure incoming signals received by a distributed antenna system (DAS) from one or more base stations, wherein the DAS includes a headend unit and one or more remote antenna units, wherein the headend unit is communicatively coupled to the one or more remote antenna units using a communication cable or optical fiber;
determine information about the incoming signals received by the DAS from the one or more base stations
assign specified configured signals to a specified remote antenna unit in response to a user input via a signal distribution graphical user interface that manually associates the specified configured signals with the specified remote antenna unit, wherein the signal distribution graphical user interface includes representations of the specified configured signals, the headend unit, and the one or more remote antenna units, wherein the signal distribution graphical user interface includes associations between the specified configured signals, the headend unit, and the one or more remote antenna units; and
in response to the user input via the signal distribution graphical user interface that manually associates the specified configured signals with the specified remote antenna unit, output instructions regarding how to configure one or more components of the DAS to route the specified configured signals from the headend unit to the specified remote antenna unit over a communication cable or optical fiber communicatively coupled to the specified remote antenna unit; and
generate a signal set assignment graphical user interface that includes an available signals area having a list of available signals transported by the DAS that are available to be assigned to a particular signal set and a signal set formation area having a list of assigned signals transported by the DAS that are assigned to the particular signal set.
18. A method, comprising:
configuring incoming signals received by a distributed antenna system (DAS) from one or more base stations, wherein the DAS includes a headend unit and one or more remote antenna units, wherein the headend unit is communicatively coupled to the one or more remote antenna units using a communication cable or optical fiber;
determining information about the incoming signals received by the DAS from the one or more base stations;
assigning specified configured signals to a specified remote antenna unit in response to a user input via a signal distribution graphical user interface that manually associates the specified configured signals with the specified remote antenna unit, wherein the signal distribution graphical user interface includes representations of the specified configured signals, the headend unit, and the one or more remote antenna units, wherein the signal distribution graphical user interface includes associations between the specified configured signals, the headend unit, and the one or more remote antenna units; and
in response to the user input via the signal distribution graphical user interface that manually associates the specified configured signals with the specified remote antenna unit, outputting instructions regarding how to configure one or more components of the DAS to route the specified configured signals from the headend unit to the specified remote antenna unit over a communication cable or optical fiber communicatively coupled to the specified remote antenna unit; and
generating a signal set assignment graphical user interface that includes an available signals area having a list of available signals transported by the DAS that are available to be assigned to a particular signal set and a signal set formation area having a list of assigned signals transported by the DAS that are assigned to the particular signal set.