CN102714801A

CN102714801A - Access point and terminal communications

Info

Publication number: CN102714801A
Application number: CN2010800391221A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 马江镭; 张航; 童文; 贾明; 朱佩英
Original assignee: Yanxing Bideke Co Ltd
Current assignee: Apple Inc
Priority date: 2009-07-02
Filing date: 2010-07-02
Publication date: 2012-10-03
Anticipated expiration: 2030-07-02
Also published as: BR112012000027A2; CN102714801B; KR101720816B1; EP2449807A4; JP2013527630A; EP2449807A1; WO2011000090A1; BR112012000027B1; CA2767118A1; CA2767118C; KR20120054010A; RU2012102479A; RU2548667C2; JP5662437B2

Abstract

Aspects of the present invention provide a multi-band hybrid Gigabit wireless communication system which is enabled by a number of different complementary access technologies to realize ubiquitous hyper-connectivity, true broadband, seamless operation and low power consumption. The system is capable of serving fixed, nomadic and mobile scenarios. The multi-band wireless system is a low power wireless system which operates m different frequency bands covering the spectrum from radio wave to optical wave by making use of both regulated bandwidths and unregulated bandwidths. Using low power distributed antenna and low power indoor and outdoor antennas enables the use of unregulated bandwidths as well as regulated bandwidths as the low power nature of the signals reduces the possibility of interference with the regulated use of the signals.

Description

Access point and terminal communication

Related application

The priority of the U.S. Provisional Patent Application that the application requires to submit on July 2nd, 2009 number 61/222,680 is incorporated into this with it by reference in full.

Technical field

The present invention relates to wireless communication technology.

Background technology

Fig. 1 shows the base station controller (BSC) 1 of the radio communication in a plurality of sub-districts 2 of control, and each sub-district is by respective base station (BS) 4 services.Generally speaking, each base station 4 promotes to use air interfaces and moves and/or the communicating by letter of wireless terminal 6, and mobile and/or wireless terminal 6 is in the sub-district 2 related with respective base station 4.Wireless terminal also gets into and withdraws from the structure in the sub-district, and hopes that wireless terminal keeps and being connected of network.

Can make up conventional wireless network based on being used for both single RF frequency bands of indoor and outdoors purposes.Yet utilize such wireless network, be difficult to provide the rate service of the gigabit with low-power consumption.At present existence generally is used for the frequency spectrum of specific purposes in permission and non-licensed band, such as the non-licensed band of 2.4GHz that is used to permit the PCS of honeycomb (GSM and CDMA) and be used for WiFi, microwave oven, cordless telephone etc.For this system existence can utilize all available wireless frequencies until and comprise the tremendous potential of light.

Summary of the invention

According to an aspect of the present invention; A kind of method is provided; This method comprises: via at least one the outdoor access point beyond one or more low-power spaced antenna, structure, structure with at least one interior indoor access point transmit communications signals between base station and the terminal in structure; Transmit communications signals on the link between base station and the terminal wherein; Wherein link comprises at least one radio frequency (RF) link, and at least one radio wave link comprises the adjusted frequency band and do not regulate frequency band.

In certain embodiments, at least one RF link comprises millimeter wave frequency band link or microwave band link.

In certain embodiments, at least one link between one or more low-power spaced antenna is an optics frequency band link.

In certain embodiments, the link between low-power spaced antenna and outdoor access point is an optics frequency band link.

In certain embodiments, the link between two indoor access points is an optics frequency band link.

In certain embodiments, the link between indoor access point and terminal is an optics frequency band link.

In certain embodiments, the light wave link comprises one of following link: the visible wavelength link; And infrared wavelength link.

In certain embodiments, at least one the indoor access point at least one indoor access point is coupled at least one the white light LEDs source that is configured to retransmit to the terminal that is configured to receive the lightwave communication signal signal of communication.

In certain embodiments, at least one white light LEDs source comprises at least one in following: i) generate the red LED of white light, green LED and blue LED jointly; And ii) be configured to generate the single led of white light.

In certain embodiments, at least one white light LEDs source is arranged in frequency division duplex operation pattern or tdd operation pattern and uses.

In certain embodiments, at least one the indoor access point at least one indoor access point is coupled at least one photoelectric detector that is configured to from the terminal receiving communication signal that is configured to transmit the lightwave communication signal.

In certain embodiments, the via node that is configured to through RF link receiving communication signal and re-transmission signal of communication is arranged between at least one indoor access point at least one indoor access point and the terminal.

In certain embodiments, via node uses one or more white light LEDs source to retransmit signal of communication.

In certain embodiments, via node is one of standard lamp and desk lamp.

In certain embodiments, signal of communication has generalized air interface when transmission on different RF frequency link and light wave frequency band link.

In certain embodiments, generalized air interface is consistent with OFDM (OFDM) or single carrier frequency division multiplexing (SC-FDM).

In certain embodiments, comprise in transmit communications signals between base station and the terminal: transmit communications signals between at least one the low-power spaced antenna in base station and one or more low-power spaced antenna; Transmit communications signals between at least one outdoor access point at least one low-power spaced antenna and at least one outdoor access point; Transmit communications signals between at least one indoor access point at least one outdoor access point and at least one indoor access point; Transmit communications signals between at least one indoor access point and terminal.

In certain embodiments, transmit communications signals comprises one of following between base station and the terminal in structure: i) transmit communications signals on the direction from the base station to the terminal; And ii) in transmit communications signals on the direction of terminal to base station.

In certain embodiments, at least one outdoor access point is a low-power equipment with at least one indoor access point.

According to a second aspect of the invention; A kind of method is provided; This method comprises: the wired connection transmit communications signals that passes through to the terminal that is positioned at structure via structure with at least one interior indoor access point; Transmit communications signals on the link between at least one indoor access point and the terminal wherein, wherein link comprises at least one radio frequency (RF) link, this at least one radio wave link comprises the adjusted frequency band and does not regulate frequency band.

In certain embodiments, via node is one of standard lamp and desk lamp.

In certain embodiments, transmit communications signals comprises one of following between base station and the terminal in structure: i) transmit communications signals on the direction from indoor access point to the terminal; And ii) transmit communications signals on direction from the terminal to indoor access point.

In certain embodiments, at least one indoor access point is a low-power equipment.

According to a third aspect of the invention we; A kind of method is provided; This method comprises: in structure via structure with at least one interior indoor access point to the terminal transmission signal of communication that is positioned at structure; Transmit communications signals on the link between at least one indoor access point and the terminal wherein, wherein link comprises at least one radio frequency (RF) link, at least one RF link comprises the adjusted frequency band and does not regulate frequency band.

In certain embodiments, via node is one of standard lamp and desk lamp.

In certain embodiments, transmit communications signals comprises one of following between indoor access point and the terminal in structure: i) transmit communications signals on the direction from indoor access point to the terminal; And ii) transmit communications signals on direction from the terminal to indoor access point.

According to a forth aspect of the invention; A kind of method is provided; This method comprises: in structure via structure with at least one interior indoor access point to the terminal transmission signal of communication that is positioned at structure; Transmit communications signals on the link between at least one indoor access point and the terminal wherein, wherein at least one the indoor access point at least one indoor access point is coupled at least one the white light LEDs source that is configured to the terminal transmission signal of communication.

In certain embodiments, at least one link between at least one indoor access point and terminal is radio frequency (RF) link, and this RF link is adjusted RF frequency band and does not regulate at least one in the RF frequency band.

In certain embodiments, the RF link comprises millimeter wave frequency band link or microwave band link.

In certain embodiments, the link between two indoor access points is one of RF link or optics frequency band link.

In certain embodiments, via node is one of standard lamp and desk lamp.

In certain embodiments, signal of communication has generalized air interface when transmission on through the different frequency bands of various links.

In certain embodiments, structure is one of following: many rooms building, tier building, the many rooms of multilayer building, the vehicles.

In certain embodiments, transmit communications signals comprises that transmission is used for the signal of communication of clean culture, multicast and broadcasting scenario.

According to a fifth aspect of the invention, a kind of system is provided, this system comprises: the base station; One or more low-power spaced antenna; Be installed at least one the outdoor access point beyond the structure; Be installed on structure with at least one interior indoor access point; Wherein system is configured to via one or more low-power spaced antenna, at least one outdoor access point, at least one indoor access point transmit communications signals between base station and the terminal in structure; Transmit communications signals on base station and communication between terminals link wherein; Wherein link comprises at least one radio frequency (RF) link, and at least one radio wave link comprises the adjusted frequency band and do not regulate frequency band.

In certain embodiments, this system also comprises at least one the white light LEDs source that is configured to retransmit to the terminal that is configured to receive the lightwave communication signal signal of communication, and wherein indoor access point is coupled at least one white light LEDs source.

In certain embodiments, this system also comprises at least one photoelectric detector that is configured to from the terminal receiving communication signal that is configured to transmit the lightwave communication signal, and wherein at least one photoelectric detector is coupled to indoor access point.

In certain embodiments, this system also comprises the via node between indoor access point and terminal, and the RF node is configured to through RF link receiving communication signal and retransmits signal of communication.

In certain embodiments, via node is one of standard lamp and desk lamp.

In certain embodiments, this system also comprises the generalized air interface that is used for transmit communications signals on different RF frequency link and light wave frequency band link.

According to a sixth aspect of the invention, a kind of system is provided, this system comprises: be installed on structure with at least one interior indoor access point; Wherein system is configured to transmit communications signals between at least one indoor access point and the terminal in structure; Transmit communications signals at least one indoor access point and communication between terminals link wherein; Wherein link comprises at least one radio frequency (RF) link, and at least one radio wave link comprises the adjusted frequency band and do not regulate frequency band.

In certain embodiments, via node is one of standard lamp and desk lamp.

In certain embodiments, generalized air interface divides multiplexing (SC-FDM) consistent with OFDM (OFDM) or single carrier article.

According to a seventh aspect of the invention, a kind of system is provided, this system comprises: be installed on structure with at least one interior indoor access point; Wherein system is configured to via at least one indoor access point to the terminal transmission signal of communication that is positioned at structure; Transmit communications signals on the link between at least one indoor access point and the terminal wherein, wherein at least one the indoor access point at least one indoor access point is coupled at least one the white light LEDs source that is configured to the terminal transmission signal of communication.

In certain embodiments, via node is one of standard lamp and desk lamp.

In certain embodiments, this system also is included in the generalized air interface of transmit communications signals on different RF frequency link and the light wave frequency band link.

Other aspects and features of the present invention will look back become when combining with accompanying drawing the hereinafter of the specific embodiment of the invention described into those of ordinary skills clear.

Description of drawings

Embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to drawings for present general, in the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is the sketch map of wireless network;

Fig. 2 is the sketch map according to the example network of the embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 3 is the sketch map according to the example network of the embodiment of the invention, and light wave and radio frequency (RF) ripple link is used for this network and the end points of this network is the structure that has to the wireless connections of network;

Fig. 4 is the sketch map according to the example network of the embodiment of the invention, and RF ripple link is used for this network and the end points of this network is the structure that has to the wireless connections of network;

Fig. 5 is the sketch map according to the example network of the embodiment of the invention, and light wave and radio frequency (RF) ripple link is used for this network and the end points of this network is the structure that has to the wireless connections of network;

Fig. 6 is the sketch map according to the example network of the embodiment of the invention, and RF ripple link is used for this network and the end points of this network is the structure that has to the wireless connections of network;

Fig. 7 is the sketch map according to another example network of the embodiment of the invention, and light wave and RF ripple link are used for this network and the end points of this network is the structure that has to the wireless connections of network;

Fig. 8 is the sketch map according to another example network of the embodiment of the invention, and RF ripple link is used for this network and the end points of this network is the structure that has to the wireless connections of network;

Fig. 9 is the sketch map according to the another example network of the embodiment of the invention, and RF ripple link is used for this network and the end points of this network is the structure that has to the wireless connections of network;

Figure 10 is the sketch map according to the network in many room units of the embodiment of the invention, and light wave and RF ripple link are used for this network;

Figure 11 is the flow chart of the exemplary method that passes through the Network Transmission signal of communication according to some embodiments of the invention;

Figure 12 is the flow chart of another exemplary method that passes through the Network Transmission signal of communication according to some embodiments of the invention;

Figure 13 is the flow chart of the another exemplary method that passes through the Network Transmission signal of communication according to some embodiments of the invention; And

Figure 14 is the flow chart of the another exemplary method that passes through the Network Transmission signal of communication according to some embodiments of the invention.

Embodiment

Aspect of the present invention provides following multiband mixing gigabit wireless communication system, and the complementary access technology of multiple difference makes this system can realize generally ultra connectivity, true broadband, more seamless operation and low-power consumption.That this system can serve is fixing, move about and mobile scene.

In certain embodiments, the multi-band wireless system is through utilizing the adjusted bandwidth and do not regulate the low-power wireless systems that bandwidth is operated in the different frequency frequency band that covers the frequency spectrum from the radio wave to the light wave.Use low-power spaced antenna and low-power indoor and outdoors antenna to realize using and do not regulate bandwidth and adjusted bandwidth, because the low power properties of signal reduces the possibility that the adjusted of interference signal is used (the for example blank between the digital TV channel frequency).

Frequency in radio frequency (RF) frequency band can comprise microwave and millimeter wave frequency band, and the frequency in the light wave frequency band can comprise infrared and visible frequency band.

Different frequency frequency band (RF or optics) is suitable for different deployed environment, and is for example indoor or outdoor; Long distance or short distance; Sight line (LOS) or non-LOS; And move perhaps and fix/move about.

In certain embodiments, wireless network is operated in a plurality of frequency band of scope from the microwave to the light wave.Can in the different frequency frequency band, optimize each link in the network, for example indoor/outdoor backhaul or indoor/outdoor link individually.

In certain embodiments, same air interface (for example OFDM (OFDMA) or single-carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA)) can be used for the different frequency frequency band and operates in a plurality of frequency band with same number of frames structure, identical modulator approach and same base tape handling function to allow terminal equipment.

In certain embodiments, indoor wireless link can be generated by the white hair optical diode (LED) that also can be used to throw light on.

In certain embodiments, above-mentioned notion can be applied to dissimilar wireless networks.In certain embodiments, wireless network can comprise cellular network and enterprise network.

White wireless network solution

White wireless network can be operated a plurality of frequency band that cover RF and optics frequency band (just scope below microwave to light wave).In certain embodiments, the terms white wireless network be used for describing owing to the network of the wide bandwidth of network associate, this is in a way along the circuit of name white noise, because it comprises infinite bandwidth.

With reference to Fig. 2, now description is configured to the network example of embodiment of the present invention aspect.Fig. 2 comprises that base station 10, three low-power spaced antennas 20 and a plurality of terminal are positioned at structure 30 wherein.The particular terminal of in Fig. 2, indicating comprises cell phone 36, laptop computer 37 and desktop computer 38.More examples at terminal can include but not limited to PDA, panel computer and video game machine.Structure 30 has outdoor access point 32 and two indoor access points 34.

In operation, the source of base station 10 from network receives the communication that will transmit to the terminal in the structure 30.Communication is sent to low-power spaced antenna 20 in base station 10.Low-power spaced antenna 20 is transmitted communication to the outdoor access point 32 of structure 30 then.Outdoor access point 32 is transmitted communication to indoor access point 34 then.Indoor access point 34 is transmitted communication to the terminal.This transmission direction is called down link (DL).Going to the communication of the other direction of getting back to base station 10 from the terminal follows same routes with reverse order basically and is called as up link (UL).

In certain embodiments; The communication that send base station 10 can be received by a plurality of low-power spaced antennas 20, and each low-power spaced antenna 20 is positioned at one or more outdoor access point 32 forwarding signals of communication of structure 30 wherein then to one or more terminal as the communication final destination.In certain embodiments, two or more outdoor access points 32 can make up the communication from low-power spaced antenna 20 then.Each outdoor access point in a plurality of outdoor access points 32 can be carried out the like combinations process.In certain embodiments, can for example use the combination of branch collection to come combined communication.In a similar manner, a plurality of outdoor access points 32 can retransmit communication, and each the indoor access point in one or more indoor access point 34 can be from a plurality of outdoor access point 32 received communications.Each indoor access point in a plurality of indoor access points 34 can be carried out above-described similar anabolic process.In a similar manner, can retransmit at indoor access point 34 and via node between the terminal and to communicate by letter, and each terminal in one or more terminal can be from a plurality of via node received communications.The terminal also can be from each received communication one or more indoor access point 34 or one or more via node and at the combined communication before of decoding.

In certain embodiments; Based on the air interface that is used for sending communication, base station 10 can clean culture (going to the communication at the single terminal in the network), multicast (going to the communication at a plurality of terminals in the network) and broadcasting (going to communicating by letter of all terminals in the network).

In certain embodiments, network can be dynamically routing communication signals again.As a specific example; When a link between confirming to form at 2 in the common link group of total link is not provided suitable connection; Network can change over different frequency bands with compensation; If the optical link that promptly uses the white LEDs source is former thereby stop between indoor access point and the terminal and effectively work from some, then this link can convert the RF link between indoor access point and terminal to.

Fig. 2 is the concrete example that illustrates the network selection part.To understand more generally the specific embodiment that network is not limited to describe.Particularly, possibly have more than single base station, can exist more than or be less than three low-power spaced antennas, and possibly in the scope of base station, exist each all to have a plurality of structures of one or more outdoor access point and a plurality of indoor access points.In certain embodiments, structure can have multilayer (such as but be not limited to apratment building, office building or hospital).In certain embodiments, " structure " in addition can not be the building and can be the vehicles (such as but be not limited to aircraft, train or bus).In such embodiment, the vehicles can move and roaming as follows: the terminal in such vehicles can switched between the low-power spaced antenna or between by the base station in the different districts of different base station service, switch.

Although Fig. 2 illustrates two terminals of communicating by letter with the first indoor access point and the single terminal of communicating by letter with the second indoor access point; But will understand, these are merely the example of the terminal quantity that is connected to network and more generally any amount of terminal (going up the terminal quantity that can support to the respective chambers access point) can communicate by letter with indoor access point.

Low-power spaced antenna 20 also can be called relaying.Can between base station and outdoor access point, there be more than single low-power spaced antenna.

In certain embodiments, be microwave link or point-to-point ultrashort pulse light wave link between the base station or in the base station and like the wireless backhaul link between the lower node, this node provides and the communicating by letter of the remainder of network.

In certain embodiments, the wireless connections between base station and low-power spaced antenna are microwave links.

In certain embodiments, the wireless connections between the low-power spaced antenna are microwave link, millimeter wave link or free space light wave link.In certain embodiments, the low-power spaced antenna is to utilize wave beam to form to reduce or to focus on the oriented antenna of transmitting power.

In certain embodiments, the wireless connections between low-power spaced antenna and outdoor WAP can comprise microwave link, millimeter wave link or free space light wave link.In certain embodiments, outdoor WAP can serve as the low-power spaced antenna.In certain embodiments, the low-power spaced antenna is to utilize wave beam to form to reduce the oriented antenna of transmitting power.

In certain embodiments, can receive and retransmit by a plurality of low-power spaced antennas between base station and structure even as big as communicating by letter in the distance between the structure wherein with the terminal in the base station.

In certain embodiments, the wireless connections between outdoor access point and indoor access point are low power microwave links.In certain embodiments, the low-power spaced antenna is to utilize wave beam to form to reduce the oriented antenna of transmitting power.

In certain embodiments, the wireless connections between outdoor access point and indoor access point can be used the blank frequency band of untapped digital TV channel.

In certain embodiments, the wireless connections between indoor access point are microwave link, millimeter wave link or light wave link.Such Linktype can provide better fail safe and the electromagnetic interference that obviously reduces to wireless network.In certain embodiments, non-sight line (LOS) link can utilize point-to-point millimeter wave link.In certain embodiments, sight line (LOS) link can utilize point-to-point light wave link.

In certain embodiments, the wireless connections between indoor access point and terminal can be provided by millimeter wave link or wireless optical link.

With in the covering neighborhood of understanding indoor access point to be not that all terminals are inevitable communicate by letter with indoor access point simultaneously.

Exist at present can be used for that low power communication uses do not regulate bandwidth in a large number.Between indoor access point, use the low-power link reduce by the adjacent area of respective chambers access point service (such as the room in family or the building or even train in the compartment) in the interference among links of operation.The low-power link reduces interregional interference and realizes frequency reuse.

In certain embodiments, can forbid therein electromagnetic interference realization (such as but be not limited to hospital and aircraft) in use the wireless optical link.

In certain embodiments, comprise that the wireless indoor network at indoor access point and terminal can be with providing the wireless access technology of using when communicating by letter to realize to structure.For example be substituted between base station and the outdoor access point and have Radio Link, wire link (such as but be not limited to that Fiber to the home, coaxial cable or copper cash) can communication be provided to structure, and exist in the interface between wire link and the indoor access link.In certain embodiments, wire link can be used in combination with Radio Link.

Generalized air interface

Can cross over different frequency bands realizes commonly used or generalized air interface (for example OFDMA or SC-FDMA) is communicated by letter between base station and the terminal equipment through a plurality of links to allow to use different frequency bands.Therefore, in certain embodiments, use identical air interface commonly used to guarantee the identical or similar basically frame structure of communication use, identical or similar basically modulator approach and identical or similar basically Base-Band Processing function.

For microwave and millimeter wave link, OFDMA can allow the multipath decline.For the light wave link, OFDMA can support multi-source to receive.In concrete example, the indoor section of radio link system utilizes white hair optical diode (LED) light.LED can be used for communication and the interior illumination of this structure in the structure.

Air interface can be used different front-end receivers.In the example of microwave and millimeter wave frequency band, receiver is radio frequency (RF) receiver.In the example of light wave frequency band, receiver be the photoelectric detector receiver (such as but be not limited to photodiode) receiver.

In various embodiments, air interface can be used the different antennae technology of the respective link that is applicable to network.

According to the form (for example wherein can utilize the air interface of Fourier transform) of air interface, can utilize different FFT size and sample frequency value.In certain embodiments, FFT size and sample frequency value suitable convergent-divergent between different frequency bands.

Be used to throw light on and the white LEDs of communicating by letter

In certain embodiments, white LEDs can be used for lighting use and optical wireless communication link.Exist and multiplely be used to use LED to generate the mode of " white light ".First mode relates to " rainbow " group of the three kinds of LED (such as red, green and blue LED) that generate white light when being combined in combination.Second mode relates in single led and to produce frequency displacement and make LED emission white light.

Think that the incandescent perhaps fluorescent lamp bulb of light ratio of LED emission more has directivity.Therefore use LED to provide and have the illumination that limits directivity.In certain embodiments, might use above-described first or second kind of mode that generates white light in arbitrary mode through centralized led array the wide area room illumination is provided.

In certain embodiments, can white light LEDs be used for FDD (FDD) or time division duplex (TDD) provides optical wireless communication.

In certain embodiments, can realize FDD to the rainbow group (wherein three kinds of colors can be used as three Independent Carrier Waves) of three kinds of LED.Can be to down link (DL) and up link (UL) distributing carrier wave.

For FDD, have multiple between DL and UL the mode of distributing carrier wave.In certain embodiments, DL fixes (two carrier waves and a carrier wave that is used for UL that for example are used for DL) with the ratio of UL carrier wave.In certain embodiments, through dynamically changing into the ratio that number of carriers that DL and UL transmission distributes can change DL and UL carrier wave.

In concrete example, red and green wavelength is used for DL, and blue wavelength is used for UL.In certain embodiments; Except with LED as the part of giving the communication system in booking room; One or more photoelectric detector also will be coupled to indoor access point with from the terminal or via node receive UL information, this via node is received communication and transmit communication to photoelectric detector from the terminal.In certain embodiments, make it be used for the fixing independent wavelength of UL to concrete Wavelength optimization photoelectric detector.In certain embodiments, photoelectric detector can be accepted wide wave-length coverage, makes dynamically to change the UL carrier wavelength.

In certain embodiments, a kind of or two kinds of communications during the terminal is arranged to transmission optics and RF communicates by letter.The terminal can have and is used for the LED based on infrared or color that communicates by letter with the UL photoelectric detector.In some embodiments, the terminal is configured to have the photoelectric detector that is used for realizing in infrared or visible optical wave-length coverage reception DL communication.

In certain embodiments, single wavelength optical filter can be used for reducing the natural daylight interference.

In some are realized, can realize TDD to frequency displacement LED, make LED be used for the part and the part that is used for downlink transmission time of up link time.

In certain embodiments, the directivity of LED can be used for reducing in different interference among links.

In certain embodiments, the oriented transmission that is used for link between the indoor access point usually in the room than being used for room illumination and the led array of communicating by letter in higher location physically.

Only existing directivity to throw light among a small circle under the situation of (for example desk lamp or standard lamp), can minimize different interference among links.

Can come further to improve spectrum efficiency through the orthogonality of utilizing two linear polarization radiation.

In certain embodiments, in order to be implemented in the roaming in the room and between the room, low rate RF link can be provided simultaneously.For example, use in the blank of enlivening between the digital TV channel.In certain embodiments, blank also can be used for indoor backhaul.

In certain embodiments, use white light LEDs at the ceiling light that is used for illuminating the room (overhead light).In certain embodiments, desk lamp or the standard lamp at the localized lighting that is used for the room perhaps comprises white light LEDs in the two.In certain embodiments; Be equipped with the desk lamp and the standard lamp of white light LEDs also to comprise photoelectric detector, this photoelectric detector makes it possible to communicate by letter to communicate by letter with standard lamp with desk lamp from ceiling light reception DL communication and/or from receiving UL with desk lamp and the enough neighbours' of standard lamp terminal.

In certain embodiments; Desk lamp and standard lamp are equipped with RF receiver or reflector or the two, and they make it possible to receive DL communication and/or communicate by letter to communicate by letter with standard lamp with desk lamp via the RF band communication from receiving UL with desk lamp and the enough neighbours' of standard lamp terminal from indoor access point.In some embodiments, desk lamp or standard lamp can receive RF communication and use the white light LEDs the lamp to retransmit communication to the terminal from indoor access point.In some were realized, desk lamp or standard lamp can receive RF communication and use the white light LEDs the lamp to retransmit communication to indoor access point from the terminal.

In certain embodiments, application of beam forms for example to reduce the interference to the TV broadcast service.

To the detailed example that the Radio Link that being used in the domestic environment use with the wireless and wire communication of domestic environment is disposed, the Radio Link that is used for using with the radio communication of office building environment of office building environment is disposed and the Radio Link that is used for using with the radio communication of hospital environment of hospital environment is disposed be described with reference to Fig. 3 to Figure 10 now.

Fig. 3 illustrates the part of the network substantially the same with Fig. 2, but to the concrete example view of the combination of RF and light wave link the communication device in the structure.

Fig. 3 comprises that base station 110, three low-power spaced antennas 120 and a plurality of terminal are positioned at structure 130 wherein.The concrete terminal of in Fig. 3, indicating comprises cell phone 136, laptop computer 137 and desktop computer 138.The further example at terminal can include but not limited to PDA, panel computer and video game machine.Structure 130 has outdoor access point 132, the first indoor access point 134 and the second indoor access point 135.Between indoor access point, there is the oriented link be used for indoor access point 134, communication between 135.Oriented link can be with being configured to allow through RF link, light wave link or the communication of the two.In Fig. 3, illustrate the array that the first indoor access point 134 is coupled to three different LED white light sources 140.Each LED white light source 140 can comprise one or more white light LEDs or the colored led grouping that produces white light.Illustrate the first indoor access point 134 and be coupled to two Photoelectric Detection arrays 145, these Photoelectric Detection arrays 145 are used for detecting by the terminal equipment in room or transmission from the optical relay node (such as desk lamp or standard lamp) of the signal of terminal equipment or the optical signalling of the two transmission.

In Fig. 3, illustrate the second indoor access point 135 and be coupled to single different LED white light source 140.LED white light source 140 can comprise one or more white light LEDs or the colored led grouping that produces white light.Illustrate the second indoor access point 135 and be coupled to a photodetector array 145, this photodetector array 145 is used for detecting by the terminal equipment in room or transmission from the optical relay node (such as desk lamp or standard lamp) of the signal of terminal equipment or the optical signalling of the two transmission.

Although Fig. 3 illustrates two rooms (have in the room and have a white light LEDs source 140 and a photoelectric detector 145 and a plurality of terminal in three white light LEDs sources 135 and two photoelectric detectors 145 and another room) in the structure 130, will understand room quantity, white light LEDs source quantity, photoelectric detector quantity and terminal quantity in the structure specific to realizing.

In operation, for the DL operation, the source of base station 100 from network receives the communication that will transmit to the terminal in the structure 130.Communication is sent to one or more low-power spaced antenna 120 in base station 110.Low-power spaced antenna 120 is transmitted communication to the outdoor access point that is attached to structure 130 132 then.Outdoor access point 132 is transmitted communication to indoor access point 134,135 then.Indoor access point 134,135 uses white light LEDs to transmit to communicate by letter via RF chain road direction terminal via the light wave link or via the RF reflector and perhaps transmits communication and from then on use white light LEDs to communicate by letter via the forwarding of RF chain road direction terminal via the light wave link or via the RF reflector to RF via node 175.

For UL operation, directly communicate by letter with indoor access point 134,135 via the RF link or perhaps communicates by letter with RF via node 175 and continuation is communicated by letter with indoor access point 135 via next the communication with indoor access point 134,135 of white light LEDs in the terminal.In some were realized, terminal equipment had and is used for the RF antenna of communicating by letter with the RF receiver of indoor access point.In certain embodiments, can have the outside following RF receiver of indoor access point, communicate by letter with this RF receiver in the terminal and this RF receiver is communicated by letter with indoor access point.Order according to the reversed in order of in the DL traffic operation, describing with preceding text; Indoor access point 134,135 is communicated by letter with outdoor access point 132 then; In outdoor access point 132 and the low-power spaced antenna 120 one or more communicated by letter, and low-power spaced antenna 120 is communicated by letter with base station 110.

Fig. 4 illustrates the part of the network substantially the same with Fig. 2, but to the concrete example view of RF link the communication device in the structure.

Fig. 4 comprises that base station 210, three low-power spaced antennas 220 and a plurality of terminal are positioned at structure 230 wherein.The concrete terminal of in Fig. 4, indicating comprises cell phone 236, laptop computer 237 and desktop computer 238.The further example at terminal can include but not limited to PDA, panel computer and video game machine.Structure 230 has outdoor access point 232, indoor access point 234 and RF via node 233.Between indoor access point 234 and RF via node 234, have to link.Oriented link is configured to allow the communication through the RF link.In Fig. 4, illustrate indoor access point 234 provide with following room in the direct communication at terminal, indoor access point 234 is arranged in this room.

In Fig. 4, illustrate RF via node 233 provide with the direct wire communication link of desktop computer 238 and with the radio communication at following terminal 236,237, these terminals also are arranged in room wherein at RF via node 233.

Although Fig. 4 illustrates two rooms with the interior access point of single chamber and a plurality of terminals in the structure 230, will understand the room quantity in the structure, indoor number of access point and terminal quantity specific to realization.

In operation, for the DL operation, the source of base station 210 from network receives the communication that will transmit to the terminal in the structure 230.Base station 210 one or more transmission communication in low-power spaced antenna 220.Low-power spaced antenna 220 is transmitted communication to the outdoor access point 232 of structure 230 then.Outdoor access point 232 is transmitted communication to indoor access point 234 then.Indoor access point is transmitted communication or is transmitted communication to continue transmitting communication to the terminal to the RF via node to the terminal.

For UL communication, terminal equipment is directly communicated by letter with indoor access point 234 via the RF link or communicates by letter with RF relaying 233 and continuation is communicated by letter with indoor access point 234.In some were realized, terminal equipment had and is used for the RF antenna of communicating by letter with the RF receiver of indoor access point.In some are realized, can there be the outside following RF receiver of indoor access point, communicate by letter with this RF receiver in the terminal and this RF receiver is communicated by letter with indoor access point.Order according to the reversed in order of in the DL traffic operation, describing with preceding text; Indoor access point 234 is communicated by letter with outdoor access point 232 then; In outdoor access point 232 and the low-power spaced antenna 220 one or more communicated by letter, and low-power spaced antenna 220 is communicated by letter with base station 210.

Fig. 5 illustrate network like the lower part, in this part, the communication device in the structure is substantially the same with Fig. 3, but replaces the cordless communication network between base station and structure, has the wired connection of communicating by letter that provides with structure.

Fig. 5 comprises that a plurality of terminals are positioned at structure 330 wherein.The concrete terminal of in Fig. 5, indicating comprises cell phone 336, laptop computer 337 and desktop computer 338.The further example at terminal can include but not limited to PDA, panel computer and video game machine.330 have wired connection 360, the first indoor access point 334 and the second indoor access point 335 as a result.There is the oriented link that is used for indoor access point 334, communication between 335 at indoor access point 334, between 335.Oriented link can be arranged to and allow through RF link, light wave link or the communication of the two.In Fig. 5, illustrate the array that the first indoor access point 334 is coupled to three different LED white light sources 340.Each LED white light source 340 can comprise one or more white light LEDs or the colored led grouping that produces white light.Illustrate the first indoor access point 334 and be coupled to two photodetector arrays 345, these photodetector arrays 345 are used for detecting by the terminal equipment in room or transmission from the via node 375 (such as desk lamp or standard lamp) of the signal of terminal equipment or the optical signalling of the two transmission.

In Fig. 5, illustrate the second indoor access point 335 and be coupled to single different LED white light source 340.LED white light source 340 can comprise one or more white light LEDs or the colored led grouping that produces white light.Illustrate the second indoor access point 335 and be coupled to a photodetector array 345, this photodetector array 345 is used for detecting by the terminal equipment in room or transmission from the via node 375 (desk lamp or standard lamp) of the signal of terminal equipment or the optical signalling of the two transmission.

Although two rooms that Fig. 5 illustrates in the structure 330 (have three white light LEDs sources 340 and two photoelectric detectors 345 in the room; And have a white light LEDs source 340 and a photoelectric detector 345 and a plurality of terminal in another room), but will understand room quantity, white light LEDs source quantity, photoelectric detector quantity and terminal quantity in the structure specific to realization.

In operation, for the DL operation, wired connection 360 sends the communication that will transmit to the terminal in the structure 330 in the source in the automatic network.Indoor access point 334,335 is from wired connection 360 received communications and use white light LEDs to transmit communication and from then on use white light LEDs perhaps to transmit communication via the RF reflector via RF chain road direction terminal via the light wave link via the forwarding communication of RF chain road direction terminal or to via node 375 via the light wave link or via the RF reflector.

For UL communication, terminal equipment directly communicate by letter with indoor access point 334,335 via the RF link or is communicated by letter with indoor access node 334,335 via white light LEDs and perhaps communicates by letter with via node 375 and continuation is communicated by letter with indoor access point 335.In some were realized, terminal equipment had and is used for the RF antenna of communicating by letter with the RF receiver of indoor access point.In certain embodiments, can have the outside following RF receiver of indoor access point, communicate by letter with this RF receiver in the terminal and this RF receiver is communicated by letter with indoor access point.Indoor access point 334,335 is communicated by letter with wired connection 360 then and is communicated by letter on wired connection, to send it back UL to network.

Fig. 6 illustrate network like the lower part, in this part, the communication device in the structure is substantially the same with Fig. 4, but replaces the cordless communication network between base station and structure, has the wired connection of communicating by letter that provides with structure.

Fig. 6 comprises that a plurality of terminals are positioned at structure 430 wherein.The concrete terminal of in Fig. 6, indicating comprises cell phone 436, laptop computer 437 and desktop computer 438.The further example at terminal can include but not limited to PDA, panel computer and video game machine.Structure 430 has the wired connection 460 with structure 430, indoor access point 434 and via node 433.Between indoor access point 434 and via node 433, have to link.Oriented link is configured to allow the communication through the RF link.In Fig. 6, illustrate indoor access point 434 with provide with following room in the direct communication at terminal, this indoor access point 433 is arranged in this room.

In Fig. 6, illustrate via node 433 provide with the direct wire communication of desktop computer 438 and with the radio communication at following terminal, these terminals also are arranged in room wherein at via node 433.

Although Fig. 6 illustrates two rooms with the interior access point of single chamber and a plurality of terminals in the structure 430, will understand the room quantity in the structure, indoor number of access point and terminal quantity specific to realization.

In operation, for the DL operation, wired connection 460 sends the communication that will transmit to the terminal in the structure 430 in the source in the automatic network.Indoor access point 434 is transmitted communication or is transmitted communication via the RF reflector through RF chain road direction terminal to via node 433 forwarding communications and via node via RF chain road direction terminal from wired connection 460 received communications and via the RF reflector.

For UL communication, terminal equipment directly communicate by letter with indoor access point 434 perhaps via via node 433 to communicate by letter with indoor access point 433 via the RF link via the RF link.In some were realized, terminal equipment had and is used for the RF antenna of communicating by letter with the RF receiver of indoor access point.In certain embodiments, can have the outside following RF receiver of indoor access point, communicate by letter with this RF receiver in the terminal and this RF receiver is communicated by letter with indoor access point.Indoor access point 433 is communicated by letter with wired connection 460 then and is communicated by letter on wired connection, to send it back UL to network.

Fig. 7 illustrates the part of the network substantially the same with Fig. 2, but to the concrete example view of the combination that is used for RF that wireless office building disposes and light wave link the communication device of structure.

Fig. 7 comprises that base station 510, three low-power spaced antennas 520 and a plurality of terminal are positioned at structure 530 wherein.The concrete terminal of in Fig. 7, indicating comprises cell phone 536, laptop computer 537 and desktop computer 538.The gold cover coin example at terminal can include but not limited to PDA, panel computer and video game machine.Structure 530 has outdoor access point 532, the first indoor access point 534 and the second indoor access point 535.There is the oriented link that is used for indoor access point 534, communication between 535 at indoor access point 534, between 545.Oriented link can be configured to allow through RF link, light wave link or the communication of the two.Also have the some following lamp 575 in the room, make one or more indoor access point that these lamps can be from the first and second indoor access points 534,535 receive RF communication, via RF link or white light LEDs to the terminal retransmit communication (DL direction) and via optical link or RF link from the terminal received communication and retransmit communication (UL direction) to indoor access point 534,535.

In Fig. 7, illustrate the array that the first indoor access point 534 is coupled to three different LED white light sources 540.Each LED white light source 540 can comprise one or more white light LEDs or the colored led grouping that produces white light.Illustrate the first indoor access point 534 and be coupled to two photodetector arrays 545, these photodetector arrays 545 are used for detecting by the terminal equipment in room or transmission from the via node (such as desk lamp or standard lamp) of the signal of terminal equipment or the optical signalling of the two transmission.In Fig. 7, also illustrating the first indoor access point 534 communicates by letter with two via nodes 533,575.First example of via node 533 is the RF transceivers that have with the direct wire communication link of desktop computer 538.Though do not specifically illustrate, the RF transceiver also can be configured to and following terminal wireless communication, and these terminals are arranged in certain the agreement predefine neighborhood with via node 533.Second example of via node 575 is the RF transceivers of arranging in pairs or groups with lamp.The RF communication that the RF transceiver is configured to allow the RF transceiver to receive is delivered to the terminal of realizing photoelectric detector by the white LEDs lamp in the lamp.Though do not specifically illustrate, the RF transceiver in the lamp also can be configured to and following terminal wireless communication, and these terminals are arranged in some predefine neighborhood of relaying.

In Fig. 7, illustrate the second indoor access point 535 and be coupled to three different LED white light sources 540.LED white light source 540 can comprise one or more white light LEDs or the colored led grouping that produces white light.Illustrate the second indoor access point 535 and be coupled to two photodetector arrays 545, these photodetector arrays 545 are used for detecting by the terminal equipment in room or transmission from the optical relay node (such as desk lamp or standard lamp) of the signal of terminal equipment or the optical signalling of the two transmission.Also illustrating the second indoor access point 534 communicates by letter with via node 575 (being specially the lamp via node).

Although Fig. 7 only illustrates the single room of the individual layer of office building, the notion that understanding is applied to the single room on the individual layer also may be scalable to a plurality of rooms on the multilayer.In addition; Although Fig. 7 illustrates the grouping in three white light LEDs sources 540, two photoelectric detectors 545, two relaying lamps, the single relaying that is coupled to desktop computer and a plurality of terminals, type and respective numbers and the terminal quantity that will understand white light LEDs source quantity, photoelectric detector quantity, relaying are specific to specific implementation.

In operation, for the DL operation, the source of base station 510 from network receives the communication that will transmit to the terminal in the structure 530.Communication is sent to one or more low-power spaced antenna 520 in base station 510.Low-power spaced antenna 520 is transmitted communication to the outdoor access point 532 of structure 530 then.The outdoor access point 532 indoor access point of one or more in indoor access point 534,535 is then transmitted communication.Indoor access point 534,535 uses white light LEDs to transmit communication or transmit communication to transmit communication to the terminal to relaying 533,575 via RF chain road direction terminal via the light wave link or via the RF reflector, perhaps transmits communication and from then on uses white light LEDs to transmit communication via the light wave link or via the RF reflector via RF chain road direction terminal to via node 533,575.

For UL communication, terminal equipment directly communicate by letter with indoor access point 534,535 via the RF link or is perhaps communicated by letter with via node 533,575 and continuation is communicated by letter with indoor access point 534,535 via next the communication with indoor access point of white light LEDs.In some were realized, terminal equipment had and is used for the RF antenna of communicating by letter with the RF receiver of indoor access point.In certain embodiments, have the outside following RF receiver of indoor access point, communicate by letter with this RF receiver in the terminal and this RF receiver is communicated by letter with indoor access point.According to the reverse order of in the DL traffic operation, describing with preceding text; Indoor access point 534,535 is communicated by letter with outdoor access point 532 then; Outdoor access point 532 is communicated by letter with one or more low-power spaced antenna 520, and low-power spaced antenna 520 is communicated by letter with base station 510.

Fig. 8 is RF ripple links with similar and different all links that are of Fig. 7, does not have the light wave link.

Fig. 8 comprises that base station 610, three low-power spaced antennas 620 and a plurality of terminal are positioned at structure 630 wherein.The concrete terminal of in Fig. 8, indicating comprises cell phone 636, laptop computer 637 and desktop computer 638.The further example at terminal can include but not limited to PDA, panel computer and video game machine.Structure 630 has outdoor access point 632, the first indoor access point 634 and the second indoor access point 635.Between indoor access point, there is the oriented link be used for indoor access point 634, communication between 635.Oriented link is configured to allow the communication through the RF link.In Fig. 8, illustrating the first indoor access point 634 communicates by letter with two RF via nodes 633.Each RF via node 633 is the RF transceivers that have with the direct wire communication link of desktop computer 638.Also illustrate RF transceiver and the terminal wireless communication that is positioned at some predefine neighborhood of RF via node 633.

In Fig. 8, illustrating the second indoor access point 635 communicates by letter with single RF via node 633.Single RF via node 633 via direct wire communication link come with desktop computer 638 couplings and with following terminal wireless communication, these terminals are positioned at some predefine field of RF via node 633.

Although Fig. 8 only illustrates the single room of the individual layer of office building, the notion that understanding is applied to the single room on the individual layer may be scalable to a plurality of rooms on the multilayer.In addition; Although Fig. 8 illustrate with each all via wire link be coupled to two RF trunking traffics of desktop computer an indoor access point, be coupled to the second indoor access point of the only single RF trunking traffic at desktop computer and a plurality of terminals via wire link, will understand via node quantity that any given indoor access node can communicate by letter with it, indoor number of access point that any given RF relaying can be communicated by letter with it and terminal quantity specific to realization.

In operation, for the DL operation, the source of base station 610 from network receives the communication that will transmit to the terminal in the structure 630.Base station 610 one or more transmission communication in low-power spaced antenna 620.Low-power spaced antenna 620 is transmitted communication to the outdoor access point 632 of structure 630 then.Outdoor access point 632 is transmitted communication to indoor access point 634,635 then.Indoor access point 634,635 is transmitted communication to via node 633, and via node 633 is transmitted communication to the terminal.

For UL communication, terminal equipment is communicated by letter with via node 633, and via node 633 is directly communicated by letter with indoor access point 634,635 via the RF link.Terminal equipment has and is used for the RF antenna of communicating by letter with the RF receiver of indoor access point 634,635.Order according to the reversed in order of in the DL traffic operation, describing with preceding text; Indoor access point 634,635 is communicated by letter with outdoor access point 632 then; In outdoor access point 632 and the low-power spaced antenna 620 one or more communicated by letter, and low-power spaced antenna 620 is communicated by letter with base station 610.

Fig. 9 is similar with Fig. 8, except do not exist the first and second indoor access points, outdoor access point directly with the room in via node communicate by letter.

Fig. 9 comprises that base station 710, three low-power spaced antennas 720 and a plurality of terminal are positioned at structure 730 wherein.The concrete terminal of in Fig. 9, indicating comprises cell phone 736, laptop computer 737 and desktop computer 738.The further example at terminal can include but not limited to PDA, panel computer and video game machine.Structure 730 has outdoor access point 732.In Fig. 9, illustrating outdoor access point 732 communicates by letter with three via nodes 733.Each via node 733 is the RF transceivers that have with the direct wire communication link of desktop computer 738.Also illustrate RF transceiver and following terminal wireless communication, these terminals are positioned at some predefine field of via node 733.

Although Fig. 9 only illustrates the single room of the individual layer of office building, the notion that understanding is applied to the single room on the individual layer may be scalable to a plurality of rooms on the multilayer.In addition; Although Fig. 9 illustrates and each outdoor access point that is coupled to three RF trunking traffics at desktop computer and a plurality of terminals via wire link, will understand via node quantity that any given outdoor access point can communicate by letter with it and terminal quantity specific to realization.

In certain embodiments; In given building; Can have one or more outdoor access point, and the different layers of building can have different configurations, promptly plurality of layers has one or more indoor access point as shown in Figure 8; And the no indoor access point of other layers, but one or more outdoor access point is communicated by letter with via node.In certain embodiments, different layers can have different configuration described above, and other layers can use RF link or light wave link or the two as shown in Figure 7.

In operation, for the DL operation, the source of base station 710 from network receives the communication that will transmit to the terminal in the structure 730.Communication is sent to one or more low-power spaced antenna 720 in base station 710.Low-power spaced antenna 720 is transmitted communication to the outdoor access point 732 of structure 730 then.Outdoor access point 732 is transmitted communication to via node 733 then, and via node 733 is transmitted communication to the terminal.

For UL communication, terminal equipment is communicated by letter with via node 733, and via node 733 is directly communicated by letter with outdoor access point 732 via the RF link.Terminal equipment has and is used for the RF antenna of communicating by letter with the RF receiver of via node 733.According to the order of the reversed in order of in the DL traffic operation, describing with preceding text, outdoor access point 732 is communicated by letter with one or more low-power spaced antenna 720, and low-power spaced antenna 720 is communicated by letter with base station 710.

Figure 10 to the concrete example view of the RF with hospital's wired connection and the combination of light wave link be used for part at the network of the exemplary scene of hospital or medical clinic (medical clinic) use,

Figure 10 comprises have three difference region structure 830 of (being waiting room, doctor's office and inspection chamber).Illustrate each zone and comprise a plurality of terminals.The concrete terminal of in Figure 10, indicating comprises cell phone 836, laptop computer 837 and desktop computer 838.The further example at terminal can include but not limited to PDA, panel computer and video game machine.Structure 830 has wired connection 860, first indoor access point 833, second indoor access point 834 and the 3rd indoor access point 835.At first and second indoor access point 833, between 834 and, exist to link between 835 at the second and the 3rd indoor access point 834.Oriented link can be configured to allow through RF link, light wave link or the communication of the two.In Figure 10, illustrate the array that the first indoor access point 833 is coupled to four different LED white light sources 840.Each LED white light source 840 can comprise one or more white light LEDs or the colored led grouping that produces white light.Illustrate the first indoor access point 833 and be coupled to two photodetector arrays 845, these photodetector arrays 845 are used for detecting by the terminal equipment in room or transmission from the via node (such as desk lamp or standard lamp) of the signal of terminal equipment or the optical signalling of the two transmission.

In Figure 10, illustrate the second indoor access point 834 and be the RF transceiver.Illustrating the second indoor access point 834 communicates by letter with two desktop computer 838 with two via nodes 875.

In Figure 10, illustrate the 3rd indoor access point 835 and be coupled to single different LED white light source 840.LED white light source 840 can comprise one or more white light LEDs or the colored led grouping that produces white light.Illustrate the 3rd indoor access point 835 and be coupled to a photodetector array 845, this photodetector array 845 is used for detecting by the terminal equipment in room or transmission from the via node (desk lamp or standard lamp) of the signal of terminal equipment or the optical signalling of the two transmission.

Although Figure 10 illustrates three rooms in the structure 830 to the individual layer of the grouping of white light LEDs or white light LEDs with varying number and to the via node of the varying number at chummery and a plurality of terminals not, will understand room quantity, the number of plies, white light LEDs source quantity, photoelectric detector quantity and terminal quantity in the structure specific to specific implementation.

In operation, for the DL operation, wired connection 860 sends the communication that will transmit to the terminal in the structure 830 in the source in the automatic network.One or more indoor access point in the indoor access point 833,834,835 is from wired connection 860 received communications and use white light LEDs to transmit communication via the light wave link or via the RF reflector the indoor access point 833,834,835 via RF chain road direction terminal, and transmits communication to via node 875 and continuation to the terminal from indoor access point 833,834,835 in some cases.

For UL communication, terminal equipment is directly communicated by letter with indoor access point 833,834,835, is communicated by letter with indoor access point via white light LEDs via the RF link or uses RF link or light wave link to communicate by letter with indoor access point 833,834,835 via via node 875.In some were realized, terminal equipment had and is used for the RF antenna of communicating by letter with the RF receiver of indoor access point.Indoor access point 833,834,835 is communicated by letter with wired connection 860 then and is communicated by letter on wired connection, to send it back UL to network.

In certain embodiments; Following method is provided, and this method comprises via at least one the outdoor access point beyond one or more low-power spaced antenna, the structure, structure with at least one interior indoor access point transmit communications signals between base station and the terminal in structure.Link between the base station; Transmit communications signals on the link between base station and one or more low-power spaced antenna, low-power spaced antenna and at least one outdoor access point, outdoor access point and at least one indoor access point and indoor access point and the terminal particularly; Wherein this link comprises at least one radio frequency (RF) link, and at least one radio wave link comprises the adjusted frequency band and do not regulate frequency band.

In certain embodiments, comprise following first step 11-1 in transmit communications signals between base station and the terminal: transmit communications signals between at least one the low-power spaced antenna in base station and one or more low-power spaced antenna.The second step 11-2 is included in transmit communications signals between at least one the outdoor access point at least one low-power spaced antenna and at least one the outdoor access point.Third step 11-3 is included in transmit communications signals between at least one the indoor access point at least one outdoor access point and at least one the indoor access point.The 4th step 11-4 is included in transmit communications signals between at least one indoor access point and the terminal.

In certain embodiments, transmit communications signals is included in transmit communications signals on the direction from the base station to the terminal between base station and the terminal in structure.In certain embodiments, be included in transmit communications signals on the direction of terminal to base station in transmit communications signals between base station and the terminal in structure.

In certain embodiments, the link between indoor access point and terminal is an optics frequency band link.In certain embodiments, the light wave link is the visible wavelength link.In certain embodiments, the link between indoor access point and terminal is the infrared wavelength link.

In certain embodiments, at least one the indoor access point at least one indoor access point is coupled at least one the white light LEDs source that is configured to retransmit to the terminal that is configured to receive the lightwave communication signal signal of communication.In certain embodiments, at least one white light LEDs source is the red LED that generates white light jointly, green LED and blue LED.In certain embodiments, be to be configured to generate the single led of white light.

In certain embodiments, between at least one indoor access point and terminal at least one indoor access point, there is the via node that is configured to through RF link receiving communication signal and re-transmission signal of communication.In certain embodiments, via node uses one or more white light LEDs source to retransmit signal of communication.In certain embodiments, via node is one of standard lamp and desk lamp.

In certain embodiments, signal of communication has generalized air interface when transmission on different RF frequency link and light wave frequency band link.In certain embodiments, generalized air interface is consistent with OFDM (OFDM) or single carrier frequency division multiplexing (SC-FDM).

In certain embodiments, following method as shown in Figure 12 is provided, this method is similar with above-described method, but replaces the Radio Link between base station and structure, has the wire link from the network to the structure.Yet as shown in the step 12-1; Transmit on following link in transmission communication signal on the link between at least one indoor access point and the terminal; Wherein at least one link is the RF link, and at least one radio wave link comprises the adjusted frequency band and do not regulate frequency band.

More generally; In certain embodiments; As shown in Figure 13, only consider the real time operation environment of structure, a kind of method comprises step (13-1): to the terminal transmission signal of communication that is positioned at structure; This step comprises via structure with at least one interior indoor access point transmit communications signals; Transmit communications signals on the link between at least one indoor access point and the terminal wherein, wherein link comprises at least one radio frequency (RF) link, this at least one RF link comprises the adjusted frequency band and does not regulate frequency band.

In addition; In certain embodiments; As shown in Figure 14; Only consider the real time operation environment of structure, a kind of method comprises step (14-1): to the terminal transmission signal of communication that is positioned at structure, this step comprises via structure with at least one interior indoor access point transmit communications signals; Transmit communications signals on the link between at least one indoor access point and the terminal wherein, wherein at least one the indoor access point at least one indoor access point is coupled at least one the white light LEDs source that is configured to the terminal transmission signal of communication.

In certain embodiments, at least one link between at least one indoor access point and terminal is the RF link, and this RF link is adjusted RF frequency band and does not regulate at least one in the RF frequency band.In certain embodiments, the RF link comprises millimeter wave frequency band link or microwave band link.In certain embodiments, the link between two access points is one of RF link or optics frequency band link.In certain embodiments, at least one white light LEDs source is the red LED that produces white light jointly, green LED and blue LED.In certain embodiments, at least one white light LEDs source is to be configured to generate the single led of white light.In certain embodiments, at least one white light LEDs source is arranged in frequency division duplex operation pattern or tdd operation pattern and uses.

In certain embodiments, there is the via node that is configured to through RF link receiving communication signal and re-transmission signal of communication between at least one indoor access point at least one indoor access point and the terminal.In certain embodiments, via node uses one or more white light LEDs source to retransmit signal of communication.In certain embodiments, via node is one of standard lamp and desk lamp.

In certain embodiments, signal of communication has generalized air interface when transmission on through the different frequency bands of various links.In certain embodiments, generalized air interface is consistent with OFDM (OFDM) or single carrier frequency division multiplexing (SC-FDM).

In above-described the whole bag of tricks, structure can be one of following: many rooms building, tier building, the many rooms of multilayer building, the vehicles.

In above-described the whole bag of tricks, transmit communications signals comprises that transmission is used for the signal of communication of clean culture, multicast and broadcasting scenario.

Many modifications of the present invention and variation are possible according to above-mentioned instruction.Therefore will understand within the scope of the appended claims, can realize the present invention differently here with specifically described.

Claims

1. method comprises:

Via at least one the outdoor access point beyond one or more low-power spaced antenna, structure, said structure with at least one interior indoor access point transmit communications signals between base station and the terminal in said structure; Wherein on the link between said base station and the said terminal, transmit said signal of communication; Wherein said link comprises at least one radio frequency (RF) link, and at least one radio wave link comprises the adjusted frequency band and do not regulate frequency band.

2. method according to claim 1, wherein at least one RF link comprises millimeter wave frequency band link or microwave band link.

3. according to claim 1 or 2 described methods, wherein at least one link between said one or more low-power spaced antenna is an optics frequency band link.

4. according to each described method in the claim 1 to 3, wherein the link between low-power spaced antenna and outdoor access point is an optics frequency band link.

5. according to each described method in the claim 1 to 4, wherein the link between two indoor access points is an optics frequency band link.

6. according to each described method in the claim 1 to 5, wherein the link between indoor access point and said terminal is an optics frequency band link.

7. according to each described method in the claim 3 to 6, wherein said light wave link comprises one of following link:

The visible wavelength link; And

The infrared wavelength link.

8. according to each described method in the claim 1 to 7, at least one the indoor access point in wherein said at least one indoor access point is coupled at least one the white light LEDs source that is configured to retransmit to the said terminal that is configured to receive the lightwave communication signal said signal of communication.

9. method according to claim 8, wherein said at least one white light LEDs source comprise at least one in following:

I) generate the red LED of white light, green LED and blue LED jointly; And

Ii) be configured to generate the single led of white light.

10. method according to claim 8, wherein said at least one white light LEDs source is arranged in frequency division duplex operation pattern or tdd operation pattern uses.

11. each described method in 10 according to Claim 8, at least one the indoor access point in wherein said at least one indoor access point are coupled at least one photoelectric detector that is configured to from the said terminal receiving communication signal that is configured to transmit the lightwave communication signal.

12., wherein exist between at least one indoor access point in said at least one indoor access point and the said terminal to be configured to through RF link receiving communication signal and to retransmit the via node of said signal of communication according to each described method in the claim 1 to 11.

13. method according to claim 12, wherein said via node use one or more white light LEDs source to retransmit said signal of communication.

14. method according to claim 13, wherein said via node are one of standard lamp and desk lamp.

15. according to each described method in the claim 1 to 14, wherein said signal of communication has generalized air interface when transmission on different RF frequency link and light wave frequency band link.

16. method according to claim 15, wherein said generalized air interface is consistent with OFDM (OFDM) or single carrier frequency division multiplexing (SC-FDM).

17. according to each described method in the claim 1 to 16, wherein transmit communications signals comprises between base station and terminal:

The said signal of communication of transmission between at least one low-power spaced antenna in base station and said one or more low-power spaced antenna;

The said signal of communication of transmission between at least one outdoor access point in said at least one low-power spaced antenna and said at least one outdoor access point;

The said signal of communication of transmission between at least one indoor access point in said at least one outdoor access point and said at least one indoor access point;

The said signal of communication of transmission between said at least one indoor access point and said terminal.

18. according to each described method in the claim 1 to 17, wherein the said signal of communication of transmission comprises one of following between said base station and the said terminal in said structure:

I) at the said signal of communication of the transmission of the direction from said base station to said terminal; And

Ii) at the said signal of communication of the transmission of the direction from said terminal to said base station.

19. according to each described method in the claim 1 to 18, wherein said at least one outdoor access point and said at least one indoor access point are low-power equipments.

20. a method comprises:

Via structure with at least one interior indoor access point through wired connection to the terminal transmission signal of communication that is positioned at said structure; Wherein on the link between said at least one indoor access point and the terminal, transmit said signal of communication; Wherein said link comprises at least one radio frequency (RF) link, and at least one radio wave link comprises the adjusted frequency band and do not regulate frequency band.

21. method according to claim 20, wherein said at least one RF link comprises millimeter wave frequency band link or microwave band link.

22. according to claim 20 or 21 described methods, wherein the link between two indoor access points is an optics frequency band link.

23. according to each described method in the claim 20 to 22, wherein the link between indoor access point and said terminal is an optics frequency band link.

24. according to each described method in the claim 20 to 23, wherein said light wave link comprises one of following link:

The visible wavelength link; And

The infrared wavelength link.

25. according to each described method in the claim 13 to 25, at least one the indoor access point in wherein said at least one indoor access point is coupled at least one the white light LEDs source that is configured to retransmit to the said terminal that is configured to receive the lightwave communication signal said signal of communication.

26. method according to claim 25, wherein said at least one white light LEDs source comprise in following at least one:

I) generate the red LED of white light, green LED and blue LED jointly; And

Ii) be configured to generate the single led of white light.

27. method according to claim 25, wherein said at least one white light LEDs source is arranged in frequency division duplex operation pattern or tdd operation pattern uses.

28. according to each described method in the claim 25 to 27, said at least one the indoor access point in wherein said at least one indoor access point is coupled at least one photoelectric detector that is configured to from the said terminal receiving communication signal that is configured to transmit the lightwave communication signal.

29., wherein exist between at least one indoor access point in said at least one indoor access point and the said terminal to be configured to through RF link receiving communication signal and to retransmit the via node of said signal of communication according to each described method in the claim 20 to 28.

30. method according to claim 29, wherein said via node use one or more white light LEDs source to retransmit said signal of communication.

31. method according to claim 30, wherein said via node are one of standard lamp and desk lamp.

32. according to each described method in the claim 20 to 31, wherein said signal of communication has generalized air interface when transmission on different RF frequency link and light wave frequency band link.

33. method according to claim 32, wherein said generalized air interface is consistent with OFDM (OFDM) or single carrier frequency division multiplexing (SC-FDM).

34. according to each described method in the claim 20 to 33, wherein the said signal of communication of transmission comprises one of following between said base station and the said terminal in said structure:

I) at the said signal of communication of the transmission of the direction from said indoor access point to said terminal; And

Ii) at the said signal of communication of the transmission of the direction from said terminal to said indoor access point.

35. according to each described method in the claim 20 to 34, wherein said at least one indoor access point is a low-power equipment.

36. a method comprises:

In structure via said structure with at least one interior indoor access point to the terminal transmission signal of communication that is positioned at said structure; Wherein on the link between said at least one indoor access point and the said terminal, transmit said signal of communication; Wherein said link comprises at least one radio frequency (RF) link, and said at least one RF link comprises the adjusted frequency band and do not regulate frequency band.

37. method according to claim 36, wherein said at least one RF link comprises millimeter wave frequency band link or microwave band link.

38. according to claim 36 or 37 described methods, wherein the link between two indoor access points is an optics frequency band link.

39. according to each described method in the claim 36 to 38, wherein the link between indoor access point and said terminal is an optics frequency band link.

40. according to each described method in the claim 36 to 39, wherein said light wave link comprises one of following link:

The visible wavelength link; And

The infrared wavelength link.

41. according to each described method in the claim 36 to 40, at least one the indoor access point in wherein said at least one indoor access point is coupled at least one the white light LEDs source that is configured to retransmit to the said terminal that is configured to receive the lightwave communication signal said signal of communication.

42. according to the described method of claim 41, wherein said at least one white light LEDs source comprises at least one in following:

I) generate the red LED of white light, green LED and blue LED jointly; And

Ii) be configured to generate the single led of white light.

43. according to the described method of claim 41, wherein said at least one white light LEDs source is arranged in frequency division duplex operation pattern or tdd operation pattern uses.

44. according to each described method in the claim 41 to 43, said at least one the indoor access point in wherein said at least one indoor access point is coupled at least one photoelectric detector that is configured to from the said terminal receiving communication signal that is configured to transmit the lightwave communication signal.

45., wherein exist between at least one indoor access point in said at least one indoor access point and the said terminal to be configured to through RF link receiving communication signal and to retransmit the via node of said signal of communication according to each described method in the claim 36 to 44.

46. according to the described method of claim 45, wherein said via node uses one or more white light LEDs source to retransmit said signal of communication.

47. according to the described method of claim 46, wherein said via node is one of standard lamp and desk lamp.

48. according to each described method in the claim 36 to 47, wherein said signal of communication has generalized air interface when transmission on different RF frequency link and light wave frequency band link.

49. according to the described method of claim 48, wherein said generalized air interface is consistent with OFDM (OFDM) or single carrier frequency division multiplexing (SC-FDM).

50. according to each described method in the claim 36 to 49, wherein the said signal of communication of transmission comprises one of following between said indoor access point and the said terminal in said structure:

51. according to each described method in the claim 36 to 51, wherein said at least one indoor access point is a low-power equipment.

52. a method comprises:

In structure via said structure with at least one interior indoor access point to the terminal transmission signal of communication that is positioned at said structure; Wherein on the link between said at least one indoor access point and the said terminal, transmit said signal of communication, at least one the indoor access point in wherein said at least one indoor access point is coupled at least one the white light LEDs source that is configured to the said signal of communication of said terminal transmission.

53. according to the described method of claim 52, wherein at least one link between said at least one indoor access point and said terminal is radio frequency (RF) link, said RF link is adjusted RF frequency band and does not regulate at least one in the RF frequency band.

54. according to the described method of claim 53, wherein said RF link comprises millimeter wave frequency band link or microwave band link.

55. according to each described method in the claim 52 to 54, wherein the link between two indoor access points is one of RF link or optics frequency band link.

56. according to each described method in the claim 52 to 55, wherein said at least one white light LEDs source comprises at least one in following:

I) generate the red LED of white light, green LED and blue LED jointly; And

Ii) be configured to generate the single led of white light.

57. according to the described method of claim 52, wherein said at least one white light LEDs source is arranged in frequency division duplex operation pattern or tdd operation pattern uses.

58. according to each described method in the claim 52 to 57, at least one the indoor access point in wherein said at least one indoor access point is coupled at least one photoelectric detector that is configured to from the said terminal receiving communication signal that is configured to transmit the lightwave communication signal.

59., wherein exist between at least one indoor access point in said at least one indoor access point and the said terminal to be configured to through RF link receiving communication signal and to retransmit the via node of said signal of communication according to each described method in the claim 52 to 58.

60. according to the described method of claim 59, wherein said via node uses one or more white light LEDs source to retransmit said signal of communication.

61. according to the described method of claim 60, wherein said via node is one of standard lamp and desk lamp.

62. according to each described method in the claim 52 to 61, wherein said signal of communication has generalized air interface when transmission on through the different frequency bands of said various links.

63. according to the described method of claim 62, wherein said generalized air interface is consistent with OFDM (OFDM) or single carrier frequency division multiplexing (SC-FDM).

64. according to each described method in the claim 52 to 63, wherein the said signal of communication of transmission comprises one of following between said indoor access point and the said terminal in said structure:

65. according to each described method in the claim 52 to 64, wherein said at least one indoor access point is a low-power equipment.

66. according to each described method in the claim 1 to 65, wherein said structure is one of following: many rooms building, tier building, the many rooms of multilayer building, the vehicles.

67. according to each described method in the claim 1 to 66, wherein transmit communications signals comprises that transmission is used for the signal of communication of clean culture, multicast and broadcasting scenario.

68. a system comprises:

The base station;

One or more low-power spaced antenna;

Be installed at least one the outdoor access point beyond the structure;

Be installed on said structure with at least one interior indoor access point;

Wherein said system is configured to via said one or more low-power spaced antenna, said at least one outdoor access point, said at least one indoor access point transmit communications signals between said base station and the terminal in said structure; Wherein on said base station and said communication between terminals link, transmit said signal of communication; Wherein said link comprises at least one radio frequency (RF) link, and at least one radio wave link comprises the adjusted frequency band and do not regulate frequency band.

69. according to the described system of claim 68, wherein at least one link between said one or more low-power spaced antenna is an optics frequency band link.

70. according to claim 68 or 69 described systems, wherein the link between low-power spaced antenna and outdoor access point is an optics frequency band link.

71. according to each described system in the claim 68 to 70, wherein the link between two indoor access points is an optics frequency band link.

72. according to each described system in the claim 68 to 71, wherein the link between indoor access point and said terminal is an optics frequency band link.

73. according to each described system in the claim 68 to 72, wherein said light wave link comprises one of following link:

The visible wavelength link; And

The infrared wavelength link.

74. according to each described system in the claim 68 to 73; Also comprise at least one the white light LEDs source that is configured to retransmit to the said terminal that is configured to receive the lightwave communication signal said signal of communication, indoor access point is coupled in wherein said at least one white light LEDs source.

75. according to the described system of claim 74, wherein said at least one white light LEDs source comprises at least one in following:

I) generate the red LED of white light, green LED and blue LED jointly; And

Ii) be configured to generate the single led of white light.

76. according to the described system of claim 75, wherein said at least one white light LEDs source is arranged in frequency division duplex operation pattern or tdd operation pattern uses.

77. according to each described system in the claim 68 to 76; Also comprise at least one photoelectric detector that is configured to from the said terminal receiving communication signal that is configured to transmit the lightwave communication signal, wherein said at least one photoelectric detector is coupled to indoor access point.

78. according to each described system in the claim 68 to 77, also comprise the via node between indoor access point and said terminal, the RF node is configured to through RF link receiving communication signal and retransmits said signal of communication.

79. according to the described system of claim 78, wherein said via node uses one or more white light LEDs source to retransmit said signal of communication.

80. according to the described system of claim 79, wherein said via node is one of standard lamp and desk lamp.

81., also comprise the generalized air interface that is used for transmit communications signals on different RF frequency link and light wave frequency band link according to each described system in the claim 68 to 80.

82. 1 described system according to Claim 8, wherein said generalized air interface is consistent with OFDM (OFDM) or single carrier frequency division multiplexing (SC-FDM).

83. according to each described system in the claim 68 to 82, wherein the said signal of communication of transmission comprises one of following between said base station and the said terminal in said structure:

84. according to each described system in the claim 68 to 83, wherein said at least one outdoor access point and said at least one indoor access point are low-power equipments.

85. a system comprises:

Be installed on structure with at least one interior indoor access point;

Wherein said system is configured to transmit communications signals between said at least one indoor access point and the terminal in said structure; Wherein on said at least one indoor access point and said communication between terminals link, transmit said signal of communication; Wherein said link comprises at least one radio frequency (RF) link, and at least one radio wave link comprises the adjusted frequency band and do not regulate frequency band.

86. 5 described systems according to Claim 8, wherein said at least one RF link comprises millimeter wave frequency band link or microwave band link.

87. 5 or 86 described systems according to Claim 8, wherein the link between two indoor access points is an optics frequency band link.

88. each described system in 5 to 87 according to Claim 8, wherein the link between indoor access point and said terminal is an optics frequency band link.

89. each described system in 5 to 88 according to Claim 8, wherein said light wave link comprises one of following link:

The visible wavelength link; And

The infrared wavelength link.

90. each described system in 5 to 89 according to Claim 8; Also comprise at least one the white light LEDs source that is configured to retransmit to the said terminal that is configured to receive the lightwave communication signal said signal of communication, indoor access point is coupled in wherein said at least one white light LEDs source.

91. according to the described system of claim 90, wherein said at least one white light LEDs source comprises at least one in following:

I) generate the red LED of white light, green LED and blue LED jointly; And

Ii) be configured to generate the single led of white light.

92. according to the described system of claim 91, wherein said at least one white light LEDs source is arranged in frequency division duplex operation pattern or tdd operation pattern uses.

93. each described system in 5 to 92 according to Claim 8; Also comprise at least one photoelectric detector that is configured to from the said terminal receiving communication signal that is configured to transmit the lightwave communication signal, wherein said at least one photoelectric detector is coupled to indoor access point.

94. each described system in 5 to 93 also comprises the via node between indoor access point and said terminal according to Claim 8, the RF node is configured to through RF link receiving communication signal and retransmits said signal of communication.

95. according to the described system of claim 94, wherein said via node uses one or more white light LEDs source to retransmit said signal of communication.

96. according to the described system of claim 95, wherein said via node is one of standard lamp and desk lamp.

97. each described system in 5 to 96 also comprises the generalized air interface that is used for the said signal of communication of transmission on different RF frequency link and light wave frequency band link according to Claim 8.

98. according to the described system of claim 97, wherein said generalized air interface is consistent with OFDM (OFDM) or single carrier frequency division multiplexing (SC-FDM).

99. each described system in 5 to 98 according to Claim 8, wherein the said signal of communication of transmission comprises one of following between said base station and the said terminal in said structure:

100. each described system in 5 to 99 according to Claim 8, wherein said at least one indoor access point is a low-power equipment.

101. a system comprises:

Be installed on structure with at least one interior indoor access point;

Wherein said system is configured to via said at least one indoor access point to the terminal transmission signal of communication that is positioned at said structure; Wherein on the link between said at least one indoor access point and the said terminal, transmit said signal of communication, at least one the indoor access point in wherein said at least one indoor access point is coupled at least one the white light LEDs source that is configured to the said signal of communication of said terminal transmission.

102. according to the described system of claim 101, wherein at least one link between said at least one indoor access point and said terminal is radio frequency (RF) link, said RF link is the adjusted frequency band and does not regulate at least one in the frequency band.

103. according to the described system of claim 101, wherein said RF link comprises millimeter wave frequency band link or microwave band link.

104. according to each described system in the claim 101 to 103, wherein the link between two indoor access points is one of RF link or optics frequency band link.

105. according to each described system in the claim 101 to 104, wherein said at least one white light LEDs source comprises at least one in following:

I) generate the red LED of white light, green LED and blue LED jointly; And

Ii) be configured to generate the single led of white light.

106. according to the described system of claim 105, wherein said at least one white light LEDs source is arranged in frequency division duplex operation pattern or tdd operation pattern uses.

107. according to each described system in the claim 101 to 106; Also comprise at least one photoelectric detector that is configured to from the said terminal receiving communication signal that is configured to transmit the lightwave communication signal, wherein said at least one photoelectric detector is coupled to indoor access point.

108. according to each described system in the claim 101 to 107, also comprise the via node between indoor access point and said terminal, the RF node is configured to through RF link receiving communication signal and retransmits said signal of communication.

109. according to the described system of claim 108, wherein said via node uses one or more white light LEDs source to retransmit said signal of communication.

110. according to the described system of claim 109, wherein said via node is one of standard lamp and desk lamp.

111., also be included in the generalized air interface of the said signal of communication of transmission on different RF frequency link and the light wave frequency band link according to each described system in the claim 101 to 110.

112. according to the described system of claim 111, wherein said generalized air interface is consistent with OFDM (OFDM) or single carrier frequency division multiplexing (SC-FDM).

113. according to each described system in the claim 101 to 112, wherein the said signal of communication of transmission comprises one of following between said indoor access point and the said terminal in said structure:

114. according to each described system in the claim 101 to 113, wherein said at least one indoor access point is a low-power equipment.

115. according to each described system in the claim 68 to 114, wherein said structure is one of following: many rooms building, tier building, the many rooms of multilayer building, the vehicles.

116. according to each described method in the claim 68 to 115, wherein transmit communications signals comprises that transmission is used for the signal of communication of clean culture, multicast and broadcasting scenario.