Broadband power management (power alignment) in a broadband multiple carrier base station transceiver system

摘要

Invention Patent: B "BROADBAND POWER MANAGEMENT (POWER ALIGNMENT) IN A BROADBAND MULTIPLE CARRIER BASE STATION TRANSCEPTOR SYSTEM" D. A method and apparatus for managing RF power in a broadband transceiver station (BTS 600), which includes a common multi-carrier RF power source, such as a multi-carrier power amplifier (MCPA 660 ) to maintain carrier power at a prescribed level. The power is managed by a power alignment agent (700), which is a module of the BTS system software. In a new channel request, the power alignment agent (700) determines whether the request can be satisfied at the requested level. Otherwise, the power alignment agent (700) determines whether the channel request can be satisfied in a lower power request. The power alignment agent also manages the active channels, recovering the power from channels that require less power and / or allocating more power to channels that require more power. If the power alignment agent cannot satisfy a request, the power alignment agent will queue the request until a later time, in the event that additional power becomes available. The power alignment agent also processes alarms, which occur in the event of an MCPA module addition or an MCPA module failure.