US 11,750,289 B2
Providing simultaneous digital and analog services and optical fiber-based distributed antenna systems, and related components and methods
William Patrick Cune, Charlotte, NC (US); Ofer Saban, Vienna, VA (US); and Isaac Shapira, Petach Tikva (IL)
Assigned to CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS LLC, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Corning Optical Communications LLC, Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Nov. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/523,488.
Application 17/523,488 is a continuation of application No. 17/129,247, filed on Dec. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,177,884.
Application 17/129,247 is a continuation of application No. 16/803,265, filed on Feb. 27, 2020, granted, now 10,911,146, issued on Feb. 2, 2021.
Application 16/803,265 is a continuation of application No. 16/000,029, filed on Jun. 5, 2018, granted, now 10,601,511, issued on Mar. 24, 2020.
Application 16/000,029 is a continuation of application No. 15/437,122, filed on Feb. 20, 2017, granted, now 10,014,945, issued on Jul. 3, 2018.
Application 15/437,122 is a continuation of application No. 14/823,304, filed on Aug. 11, 2015, granted, now 9,602,898, issued on Mar. 21, 2017.
Application 14/823,304 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2014/017660, filed on Feb. 21, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/769,820, filed on Feb. 27, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0069909 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H04B 10/2575 (2013.01); H04J 14/02 (2006.01); H04Q 11/00 (2006.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01)
CPC H04B 10/25753 (2013.01) [H04B 10/25752 (2013.01); H04J 14/0246 (2013.01); H04J 14/0249 (2013.01); H04J 14/0252 (2013.01); H04Q 11/0005 (2013.01); H04Q 11/0067 (2013.01); H04Q 11/0071 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0016 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0086 (2013.01); H04W 88/085 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for networking WiFi access points in a distributed antenna system, the system comprising:
a master head-end unit (HEU);
a plurality of slave head-end units (HEUs) connected to the master HEU;
a plurality of remote units (RUs) coupled to the plurality of slave HEUs and coupled to transport signals between the RUs and the slave HEUs, wherein each slave HEU is responsible for managing a subset of the plurality of RUs; and
a plurality of multiplex switch units, each multiplex switch unit configured to receive a plurality of analog and digital signals from one or more sources, wherein:
each multiplex switch unit routes digital signals to the respective subset of the plurality of RUs;
one or more of the RUs is configured to provide WiFi digital services;
each of the plurality of slave HEUs are connected by at least one optical fiber to the master HEU; and
each of the plurality of slave HEUs are connected to the respective subset of the plurality of RUs by at least one optical fiber.