摘要:
As exemplified, signal processing for multiple Radio Frequency (RF) heads (162-172) of a communication system (160) is located at a central control unit (158), such as a base station transceiver. More particularly, in the case where the RF head requires transmission and reception capabilities (in a TDM pico-cellular environment, for example), the central control unit is arranged to undertake power intensive channel coding and channel decoding for each of the RF heads, while the RF heads principally contain RF circuitry required for communication. As such, power consumption and heat generation arising from signal processing is restricted to the central control unit (158), thereby allowing a reduction in the cost and physical size of the RF heads (162-172).
摘要:
A reduction in the number of metric-difference calculations (used in Window Error Detection) in a Viterbi state trellis (120) is achieved by performing two passes of a frame through the trellis (120). During a first pass, metric-difference calculations are suspended, but path metric calculations are indexed. At an identified branch, trellis data words (138-144) are recorded and associated with the branch (see the figure). Upon completion of the first pass, a desired survivor path is determined and 'traced-back' to its corresponding state in the identified branch using indexed path metrics, for example. The path metric corresponding to this state is nominally reloaded and, starting from that state, decoding of the frame occurs for a second pass while metric-difference (L-value) calculations are performed on the desired survivor path only, and only a single lowest L-value for the desired survivor path is recorded.
摘要:
A communications system comprising: first (1) and second (40) communications units (e.g. a base station and a handset of a telepoint system) having means for communicating over a base set of communications channels, means for selecting one of said base set for establishing communication and means in said first unit for communicating to said second unit information as to capabilities of said first unit when communication has been established. The system is characterized in that the first unit has means for communicating over an extended set of communications channels in addition to the base set and the means in the first unit for communicating the information comprise means for informing the second unit of the first unit's extended channel capability and the spectral location of the extended set of channels.
摘要:
A radio communications system (200) that utilises multiple cells (201, 203, 205) to provide radio communication services to a plurality of mobile stations (405, 407). In the cells (201) that service high concentrations of mobile stations within a very small geographic area, such as large office buildings (207), there are provided a plurality of radio frequency (RF) capsules (209) within the geographic area serviced by the cell (201). In addition to having a base site (300) for providing a Broadcast Control Channel (BCCH), the cell (201) contains multiple RF capsules (313) for transmitting and receiving traffic channels as well as receiving Random Access Channel (RACH) bursts form a plurality of mobile stations in a portion of the geographic area serviced by the base site. The RF capsules (313) do not provide a BCCH, rather the BCCH is provided by a microcell transceiver (311) that is servicing the particular cell (201).
摘要:
A method for implementing frequency hopping in a time domain system having at least a first synthesiser including the steps of locking (32) onto a first frequency by the first synthesiser in wide loop bandwith mode, transmitting from the first synthesiser (34), and converting to a narrow bandwith mode (36) on the first synthesiser after a delayed period of time.
摘要:
A method of removing photoresist (20) from a metal layer (16) formed on a substrate (1) and having a pattern defined by means of a corrosive gas plasma etch. The method consists of etching the resist (20) in an oxygen gas plasma for a period of time and at a sufficiently high temperature to remove all residual corrosive gas absorbed in the photoresist and below the temperature at which the metal beings to flow. An etching time of 3 minutes at 300°C is typically used.
摘要:
Base Station Transceiver Equipment (10) is provided such as for use in a cellular radio telephone system (fig. 3). A receiver (32) associated with a first base station transmitter in a first cell has means for monitoring a parameter of transmissions from a second base station transmitter (34-38) remotely located from the first base station transmitter. The receiver further comprises means for reporting, to a central management centre (40) responsible for the operational control of base stations (32-28) in the cellular radio communications system, if a change in said parameter is detected. The operation management centre (40) has means for determining whether the reported change in said parameter is due to a fault in the second base station transmitter and not to a specific operational change anticipated by the operation management centre.
摘要:
Système de télécommunication comportant une première (1) et une seconde (40) unité de télécommunication (par exemple une station de base et le combiné d'un système télépoint) permettant de communiquer par l'intermédiaire d'un ensemble de canaux de base, et de sélectionner l'un de ces canaux afin d'établir la communication, ladite première unité pouvant transmettre à ladite seconde unité des informations concernant les capacités de ladite première unité une fois que la communication est établie. Le système est caractérisé en ce que la première unité peut communiquer par l'intermédiaire d'un ensemble étendu de canaux venant s'ajouter à l'ensemble de base, et en ce que le dispositif permettant à la première unité d'envoyer lesdites informations comporte un dispositif destiné à signaler à la seconde unité que la capacité en canaux de la première unité est étendue, et à lui indiquer le domaine spectral dans lequel est compris l'ensemble étendu de canaux.