Abstract:
A diversity combiner includes a plurality of branch receiving sections each receiving a QPSK modulation signal and a vector combiner. Each of the branch receiving sections includes a level detector which detects a signal level from the QPSK modulation signal, a phase difference detector which detects a phase difference from the QPSK modulation signal in each bit interval, and a data transformer which transforms polar data consisting of the signal level and the phase difference into rectangular data consisting of two rectangular coordinate values. The rectangular data obtained by the each branch receiving sections is combined by the vector combiner to produce combined rectangular data which is in turn transformed to combined polar data.
Abstract:
A two-way paging system includes one or more transmitters, a plurality of receivers, and at least one two-way personal paging unit or pager. The two-way pager receives pages from the transmitter, and sends response signals which are detected by the receivers. The response signals are in the form of digital packets, including forward error correction encoding and digital symbols that each consists of a predetermined number of bits. The receivers detecting the response signals decode the response packets to verify their accuracy and to identify the digital symbols. At the receivers, "accuracy indicators" can be associated with the detected symbols, providing an indication of the probability of accuracy. In one embodiment ("microdiversity receiver") two receiver components are provided at a single receiver site, with a separate antenna for each receiver component. Signals as received at the different components can be compared and have the accuracy indication information combined to increase the reliability of the system in detecting and decoding the pager response symbols. A central controller receives information from several receivers and similarly processes and analyzes it to determine the most likely response signal sent by a pager.
Abstract:
A diversity receiver respectively receiving signals in two branches includes two demodulating sections for producing respective amplitude and phases of received signals at a unit of symbol. The receiver includes a memory access section for producing an amplitude ratio of the amplitude of the received signals and a phase difference between the phases of the received signals. The receiver further includes a storage section for storing at least one relative phase difference between a phase of a vector-combined signal combined based on the received signals and one of the phases of the received signals for an address given by the amplitude ratio and the phase difference of the received signals. The phase of the vector-combined signal is previously calculated based on the amplitude ratio, the phase difference, and the one of the phases of the received signals. The receiver further includes an adding section for adding the relative phase difference produced from the storage section being addressed by the amplitude ratio and the phase difference produced from the memory access section to the one of the phases of the received signals to produce the phase of the vector-combined signal combined based on the received signals.
Abstract:
A terrestrial Rf telephone system provides a plurality of voice signal channels on a plurality of forward direction carrier frequencies, each carrier frequency having an associated predetermined bandwidth which is designed to accommodate one analog voice signal, and each carrier frequency containing a plurality of slots. The system includes a base station having a plurality of circuit paths for receiving a plurality of forward direction digitized voice signals; a plurality of compressors for compressing the voice signals; a processor for assigning each of the compressed voice signals onto a dynamically assigned frequency/slot; a plurality of channel controllers, each for sequentially combining the compressed digitized voice signals into a single transmit channel bit stream, with each compressed voice signal occupying a respective repetitive sequential time slot in the transmit channel bit stream; and a plurality of modulators for modulating the carrier frequencies. A portion of the carrier frequency within a portion of each slot remains unmodulated by the transmit channel bit stream to provide a phase reference signal.
Abstract:
A toll quality terrestrial wireless digital multiple access terrestrial communication system is disclosed having a base station in communication with telephone lines and with mobile subscriber stations. The system comprises a switching matrix at the base station and set-up means at the subscriber stations. Means are provided for a periodic exchange of information during the course of communication operation concerning the present status for the connection between the base station and a subscriber station, the link quality, power, and timing adjustment thereof and providing adjustment to the subscriber station based thereupon. Base station and subscriber station apparatus are also disclosed including means for periodically exchanging information during the course of communication operation concerning the present status for the connection between the base station and a subscriber station, the link quality, power, and timing adjustment thereof and providing adjustment to the subscriber station based thereupon.
Abstract:
A radio communications system (100) has multiple receive sites (210, 250) for providing signal diversity for a common source signal. At a receive site (210), data is received on a wireless communication channel (208), and associated signal quality determined for the data received. Coefficients of a time domain function defining the signal quality are determined and transferred, along with the data, to a central site (110). At the central site (110), the data transferred from multiple receive sites (210, 250) is weighted according to the corresponding time domain functions to recover the source signal.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a soft decision circuit by which the reception accuracy can be improved. Each of first and second receivers of the soft decision circuit includes a phase amount detector for detecting a phase amount of a receive signal, an I table and a Q table for converting the phase amount into orthogonal I/Q signals, an A/D converter for converting a receive level signal of the receive signal into a digital value, a log linear table for converting an output of the A/D converter into a squared value of a true value, and first and second multipliers for multiplying outputs of the I table and the Q table with the output of the log linear table to weight the outputs of the I table and the Q table. The soft decision circuit further comprises first and second adders for adding outputs of the first and second multipliers of the receivers of the 0-system and the 1-system, respectively, and a digital signal processing circuit for performing determination using outputs of the adders as soft decision information.
Abstract:
A method for implementing diversity reception to counteract effects of channel fading on a transmitted information signal. In diversity receive paths, estimates of complex channel gain are computed based upon pilot symbols inserted from time to time in the transmitted information symbol stream. Phase corrected and weighted samples from the diversity paths are summed prior to the decision process. The squared magnitudes of the diversity path channel gains are summed to provide the proper threshold adjustment.
Abstract:
The field component diversity antenna and receiver arrangement comprises at least a first pair of parallel spaced, straight, vertical elemental antenna elements disposed substantially parallel to the electric field component of a transmitted signal to receive the transmitted signal in a multipath fading environment where the electric field and magnetic field components are uncorrelated and a 180.degree. hybrid circuit coupled to the first pair of spaced antenna elements to provide a first output signal proportional to the electric field components and a second output signal proportional to the magnetic field component. The spaced elemental antenna elements may be monopole elements or dipole elements. The pair of antenna element may be connected together by a straight conductor to enhance the magnetic field component. The first and second output signals may be combined by known diversity combining arrangement to achieve a diversity advantage.