摘要:
A method and apparatus for utilizing voice channel transceivers as temporary scanning receivers in a handoff event for a cellular radiotelephone system is disclosed. Voice channel transceiver identifications are stored in link lists according to priority, sectorization, and last use. When a signal strength measurement is required, those cell sectors having available voice channel transceivers are identified and a table providing optimum transceiver selection is utilized to select those voice channel transceivers which will make the signal strength measurement.
摘要:
A cellular radiotelephone system providing service to remote units having a voice operated transmitter (VOX) is disclosed. If the regularly scheduled periodic signal quality measurements made by fixed site equipment indicate that the remote unit signal has not been received for a predetermined number of measurements, an audit request is transmitted to the remote unit. The remote unit responsively keys its transmitter for a predetermined period of time. A first special scan is programmed into the regular process such that the fixed site equipment may continue with its regular process until the signal quality measurement must be made. A second measurement is made following the first and if the two signal quality measurements made while the VOX remote unit is known to be transmitting agree, system reconfiguration for the service of this remote unit may be implemented by the cellular system.
摘要:
A method is provided of topographically displaying selected information of a plurality of cells within a cellular communication system through a display device. The method includes the steps of accessing the selected information from an information database and correlating the selected information to respective cells of the plurality of cells. The method further includes the step of creating a topographical display of the plurality of cells of the cellular system through the use of representative polygons, with each polygon representing a service coverage area of a cell of the plurality of cells and displaying the selected information as visually variable values within the representative polygons of the topographical display.
摘要:
An improved TDMA radiotelephone cellular communication system employs an improved cell site scan monitoring technique. The technique includes monitoring radiotelephone calls, and tracking and recording their signal qualities. The records are used to maintain and determine which frequencies and which time partitions at the base site equipment are being utilized for radiotelephone communication. When a new call assignment is required at a cell site, it is assigned to a time partition of a base site equipment frequency in a frequency prioritized manner such that radiotelephone calls are concentrated within each frequency so as to reduce the number of frequencies carrying radiotelephone calls.
摘要:
A communication system is provided that comprises a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) network coupled to a service provider network. An RFID reader of the RFID network detects an RFID tag associated with a mobile station when the mobile station is present in, or proximate to, a controlled area. The RFID network routes information associated with the RFID tag to the service provider network and, based on the information received from the RFID network, the service provider network alters a behavior of the mobile station when the mobile station is entering, exiting, or present in the controlled area.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for implementing spatial diversity utilizing coaxial interconnections between a plurality of receivers, transmitters and radiating elements in a communication system is disclosed. The long coaxial line used for feeding associated receive antennas is used for creating delay of a signal for implementing downlink diversity. Similarly, the long coaxial lines used for feeding associated transmit antennas are used for creating delay of a signal for implementing uplink diversity. The method and apparatus, in particular, further includes utilization of at least one of the radiating elements for receiving a signal and transmitting a delayed version of a signal to be transmitted.
摘要:
In a cellular radiotelephone network, there is provided a mechanism for dynamic frequency reuse. It comprises: allocating according to one reuse pattern during one time interval at least one of a plurality of hopped carriers and allocating according to another reuse pattern during another, substantially non-overlapping time interval that hopped carrier, all in substantially non-interfering time synchronism with any proximal reuse of that carrier. The attendant advantage is the realization of a dynamically allocatable frequency reuse, using shared carriers and frequency hopping to provide the desired C/I performance.
摘要:
A method of allocating communication resources in a communication system includes retrieving (404) from the communication system a communication system resource allocation. An allocation parameter is set to an initial value (406) and communication resources are randomly selected from cells (414). A candidate communication resource is either swapped or mutated for the selected communication resource (416) and the system performance is evaluated with the candidate communication resource (422). If system performance is improved the candidate resource is retained as part of the allocation (426, 432), or if system performance is degraded, the candidate resource is retained with a probability (428, 432). The steps repeat while the allocation parameter is valid (408), and upon completion a new communication resource allocation is downloaded to the communication system (410).
摘要:
A communication system having a site employing a plurality of communication channels. Each channel is assigned a desired received signal strength threshold. A channel is assigned to a subscriber unit based upon the strength of the signal received at the site and the power control range of the subscriber unit. The selection of a channel may be performed either by the site or the subscriber unit. In an FDMA environment, each separate frequency division channel may be assigned different received signal strength thresholds. In a non-overlapping time interval (TDMA) environment, each separate time division channel may be assigned different received signal strength thresholds. In another embodiment, a combination of FDMA and TDMA environments can be used.
摘要:
A cellular radiotelephone communications system comprising a system of cells that are made up of an array of diretional sector antennas. These antennas are centrally located in the cell and radiates into a 60.degree. area of the cell. Each antenna in a cell has a group of frequencies assigned to it that is different than the group of frequencies assigned to the other antennas within that cell. These frequency groups are repeated either 2 or 8 times respectively in a 4 or 16 cell repeat pattern, effectively forming a two cell reuse pattern. The preferred embodiment of this invention is asymmetrically positioning the repeating frequency groups in an alternating fashion so that one row faces in the opposite direction of another row. The asymmetrical positioning of cells is possible only by departing from the prior art, cellular positioning rules. The positioning rules used in this invention create a 4 or 16 cell repeat pattern by locating co-channel cells closer in one direction than another.