	US 12,015,194 B2
	Modular monopole for wireless communications
Walter Mark Hendrix, Richardson, TX (US); Julian R. Colapietro, McKinney, TX (US); James E. Noel, Parker, TX (US); and Michael J. Paulus, Hickory, NC (US)
Assigned to COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Claremont, NC (US)
Filed by CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/884,621.
Application 17/884,621 is a continuation of application No. 15/913,019, filed on Mar. 6, 2018, granted, now 11,417,943, issued on Aug. 16, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/475,301, filed on Mar. 23, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/474,189, filed on Mar. 21, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/467,620, filed on Mar. 6, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0384936 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. H01Q 21/00 (2006.01); H01Q 1/02 (2006.01); H01Q 1/12 (2006.01); H01Q 1/24 (2006.01); H01Q 9/32 (2006.01); H01Q 21/28 (2006.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01)

CPC H01Q 1/246 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/02 (2013.01); H01Q 1/1242 (2013.01); H01Q 21/0025 (2013.01); H01Q 9/32 (2013.01); H01Q 21/28 (2013.01); H04W 88/085 (2013.01)]

9 Claims

1. A modular monopole for wireless communications, comprising:

an antenna module having a floor, a ceiling and a side wall that form an antenna compartment, wherein at least one antenna resides within the antenna compartment;

a radio module having a floor, a ceiling and a side wall that form a radio compartment, wherein at least one remote radio unit (RRU) resides within the radio compartment, and wherein the radio module includes:

an intake section in the side wall;

an exit section in the side wall, the exit section being above the intake section and located on a side of the side wall opposite the intake section; and

at least one baffle positioned within the radio compartment that directs air that enters the radio module through the intake section to exit the radio module through the exit section; and

a base;

wherein the base, the radio module, and the antenna module are arranged in vertically stacked relationship, with the base below the radio module and the antenna module above the radio module, and

wherein the at least one RRU is first and second RRUs, the second RRU being positioned above the first RRU, the radio module further including:

a second intake section in the side wall of the radio module;

a second exit section in the side wall of the radio module, the second exit section being above the second intake section; and

at least one second baffle positioned within the radio compartment that directs air that enters the second radio module through the second intake section to exit the second radio module through the second exit section.