Determining propagation delay of communications in distributed antenna systems, and related components, systems, and methods

• Main Authors: PIKULA DRAGAN, BERLIN IGOR, SAUER MICHAEL, SCHMIDT GERALD B
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 14.06.2016
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION; TRANSMISSION; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

Components, systems, and methods for determining propagation delay of communications in distributed antenna systems are disclosed. The propagation delay of communications signals distributed in the distributed antenna systems is determined. If desired, the propagation delay(s) can be determined on a per remote antenna unit basis for the distributed antenna systems. The propagation delay(s) can provided by the distributed antenna systems to a network or other system to be taken into consideration for communications services or operations that are based on communications signal delay. As another non-limiting example, propagation delay can be determined and controlled for each remote antenna unit to uniquely distinguish the remote antenna units. In this manner, the location of a client device communicating with a remote antenna unit can be determined within the communication range of the remote antenna unit.