There is described a reconfigurable array for facilitating dynamic combination and distribution of RF signals. The reconfigurable array comprises: (a) a number, N.sub.i, of input devices for generating or supplying RF input signals; (b) a number, N.sub.o, of output devices for analysing or forwarding RF output signals; (c) an optical switch matrix comprising a number, N.sub.p, of ports, wherein each of the ports is an optical input or an optical output, wherein each input device is coupled to a respective port of the optical switch matrix at an optical input, wherein each output device is coupled to a respective port of the optical switch matrix at an optical output, and wherein the optical switch matrix is configurable to enable optical connection of any optical input to any optical output; and (d) a plurality of multi-port devices that each have multiple uncommon ports which couple to a single common port, wherein each port of each multi-port device is coupled to a respective port of the optical switch matrix, and wherein each multi-port device enables either fan-in of optical signals from the uncommon ports to the common port or fan-out of optical signals from the common port to the uncommon ports depending on the configuration of the reconfigurable array. The plurality of multi-port devices include at least one M:1 multi-port device, where M is a predetermined maximum number of RF signals for the reconfigurable array to fan-in or fan-out, where M≤N.sub.i and M≤N.sub.o.

There is described a reconfigurable array for facilitating dynamic combination and distribution of RF signals. The reconfigurable array comprises: (a) a number, N.sub.i, of input devices for generating or supplying RF input signals; (b) a number, N.sub.o, of output devices for analysing or forwarding RF output signals; (c) an optical switch matrix comprising a number, N.sub.p, of ports, wherein each of the ports is an optical input or an optical output, wherein each input device is coupled to a respective port of the optical switch matrix at an optical input, wherein each output device is coupled to a respective port of the optical switch matrix at an optical output, and wherein the optical switch matrix is configurable to enable optical connection of any optical input to any optical output; and (d) a plurality of multi-port devices that each have multiple uncommon ports which couple to a single common port, wherein each port of each multi-port device is coupled to a respective port of the optical switch matrix, and wherein each multi-port device enables either fan-in of optical signals from the uncommon ports to the common port or fan-out of optical signals from the common port to the uncommon ports depending on the configuration of the reconfigurable array. The plurality of multi-port devices include at least one M:1 multi-port device, where M is a predetermined maximum number of RF signals for the reconfigurable array to fan-in or fan-out, where M≤N.sub.i and M≤N.sub.o.

An optical medium, such as fiber, is tapped to provide an antenna port wherever radio service coverage is desired. Each antenna port is a bi-directional remote unit that receives a digital optical signal from a host unit and transforms the signal to a radio frequency signal for transmission by the remote unit. The remote unit receives radio frequency signals that are converted to digital signals and summed with signals from other remote units and converted to an optical signal for transmission to the host unit.

An architecture for surveillance of hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) 5th generation (5G) Long Term Evolution (LTE) small cell devices using mobile edge computing techniques hosted by a HFC device is disclosed. A method can comprise receiving first data representing a quality of service value associated with a small cell device of a first group of 5G small cell devices; retrieving second data representing a historical quality of service value associated with a second group of 5G small cell devices; as a function of the first data and the second data, generating a change value for the small cell device; and based on the change value, facilitating an adjustment in an operation of the small cell device.

Embodiments may allow remote base transceiver stations (BTSs) physically located away from a local source of users to be able to provide local service as if the remote BTSs were at or near the local source of users. Some embodiments may include a plurality of BTSs, each having one or more sectors, and one or more digital access units (DAUs). Embodiments may also include a plurality of repeater digital units (RDUs), where each RDU may be configured to communicate to at least one of the plurality of BTSs and may be operable to route signals optically to the one or more DAUs. Embodiments may also include a plurality of digital remote units (DRUs) located at a location remote to the one or more DAUs, wherein the plurality of remote DRUs may be operable to transport signals to the one or more DAUs.

A system and method includes receiving, via a fiber optic cable, an analog fiber optic signal that preserves native radio frequency (RF) energy characteristics of at least one first RF signal associated with at least one wireless device, and converting, by a light-to-RF converter, the received analog fiber optic signal into at least one second RF signal. The system and method can further comprise analyzing, by a processor, the at least one second RF signal and generating, by the processor, at least one digital signature associated with the at least one wireless device, respectively, based on the analysis of the at least one second RF signal. The system and method yet further comprise determining, by the processor, if the at least one wireless device associated with the at least one digital signature, respectively, is one of an authorized device and an unauthorized device.

A system and method includes receiving, via a fiber optic cable, an analog fiber optic signal that preserves native radio frequency (RF) energy characteristics of at least one first RF signal associated with at least one wireless device, and converting, by a light-to-RF converter, the received analog fiber optic signal into at least one second RF signal. The system and method can further comprise analyzing, by a processor, the at least one second RF signal and generating, by the processor, at least one digital signature associated with the at least one wireless device, respectively, based on the analysis of the at least one second RF signal. The system and method yet further comprise determining, by the processor, if the at least one wireless device associated with the at least one digital signature, respectively, is one of an authorized device and an unauthorized device.

Proposed are an optimal operation method of a high-frequency dithering technique for compensating for interference noise in an analog optical transmission-based mobile fronthaul network, and a transmitter using same. An interference noise compensation method using high-frequency phase dithering performed in an analog optical transmission-based mobile fronthaul network may include the steps in which: a frequency-multiplexed wireless signal is converted in an optical transmitter to an intensity-modulated optical signal; and the phase of the optical signal intensity-modulated in the optical transmitter is dithered with an Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) signal.

A radio communication system for duplex communication comprising an optical carrier generator for generating optical carrier signals, a local oscillator (LO) for generating an electrical signal in a radio communication band, an information signal source, electro-optic modulators driven directly at an input electrical port by said information signal and said LO signal to modulate a portion of said optical carrier signal to form a modulated portion being an optical band information signal for transmission over an optical link; and a photodetector remote from said electro-optic modulators for receiving said transmitted optical band information signal from said optical link, and directly generating an electrical signal that is up-converted for radio transmission, or down-converted to a baseband frequency.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a first optical signal from a first optical network via a first port of the wavelength converter, receiving a second optical signal from a second optical network via a second port of the wavelength converter, modulating the first optical signal with the second light signal to generate a third optical signal, eliminating the first light signal from the third optical signal to generate a fourth optical signal, and transmitting the fourth optical signal through the second optical network. The first optical signal can include a first digital signal modulated onto a first light signal of a first wavelength, the second optical signal can include a second light signal can include a second wavelength different from the first wavelength, and the fourth optical signal can include the first digital signal modulated onto the second light signal. Other embodiments are disclosed.