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(11) EP 2 730 038 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
14.05.2014 Bulletin 2014/20

(21) Application number: 11733965.5

(22) Date of filing: 08.07.2011
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
H04B 10/25(2013.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2011/043405
(87) International publication number:
WO 2013/009283 (17.01.2013 Gazette 2013/03)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

(71) Applicant: Corning Cable Systems LLC
Hickory, NC 28602 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • BERLIN, Igor
    Potomac, Maryland 20854 (US)
  • CUNE, William P.
    Charlotte, North Carolina 28216 (US)
  • SAUER, Michael
    Corning, New York 14830 (US)
  • SCHMIDT, Gerald B.
    Painted Post, New York 14870 (US)
  • SCHWEIKER, Wolfgang Gottfried Tobias
    83629 Weyarn (DE)
  • KEDZIORA, Jessica J.
    Mannsville, New York 13661 (US)

(74) Representative: Sturm, Christoph 
Quermann Sturm Weilnau Patentanwälte Unter den Eichen 7
65195 Wiesbaden
65195 Wiesbaden (DE)

   


(54) OPTICAL FIBER-BASED DISTRIBUTED RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) ANTENNA SYSTEMS SUPPORTING MULTIPLE-INPUT, MULTIPLE-OUTPUT (MIMO) CONFIGURATIONS, AND RELATED COMPONENTS AND METHODS