| US 7,539,509 B2 | ||
| Small signal threshold and proportional gain distributed digital communications | ||
| Donald R. Bauman, Waseca, Minn. (US); Philip M. Wala, Waseca, Minn. (US); and Jerry Edward Toms, Shakopee, Minn. (US) | ||
| Assigned to ADC Telecommunications, Inc., Eden Prairie, Minn. (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 01, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/469,623. | ||
| Application 11/469623 is a continuation of application No. 10/414907, filed on Apr. 16, 2003, granted, now 7,103,377. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/430435, filed on Dec. 03, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0064506 A1, Mar. 22, 2007 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. H04B 7/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/06 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 455—522 [455/562.1; 455/127.2; 455/249.1; 455/250.1] | 20 Claims |
| 1. An apparatus for gain distribution in a system comprising a plurality of distributed antennas and a total system dynamic
range, the apparatus comprising:
means for sensing a signal level at each of the plurality of distributed antennas;
means for comparing at least one of the plurality of signal levels with a dynamic range fair share threshold; and
means for attenuating each of the at least one of the compared signal levels that is greater than the dynamic range fair share
threshold with a gain factor that is determined in response to a remaining portion of the total system dynamic range after
attenuation of other signal levels of the plurality of signal levels.
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