摘要:
A cellular radio-telephone system has a plurality of cells each of which has S sectors. The cells are grouped into a plurality of clusters each of which has N adjoining cells. Each cell has a set of assigned system frequencies with respective frequency subsets assigned to its sectors so that N groups of co-channel cells exist with each co-channel cell group including one cell from each cluster having channel frequencies corresponding to those for its co-channel cell group. Respective base station antennas are located in the respective sectors of the respective cells, and each of the cell sectors has a plurality of subscriber station directional antennas disposed at predetermined locations within the sector for communication linkage with the associated base station antenna. The cells are generally formed in rows and columns and further are formed to provide a predetermined relative orientation pattern for co-channel cell sectors. Co-channel cells form a first cell tier around a preselected center co-channel cell with a common direction operative as a reference orientation direction for co-channel sectors therein. Co-channel sectors in successive co-channel cells about the first tier being successively oriented in alternating first and second directions with sectors rotated by at least one sector rotation from the reference direction in the clockwise or counter-clockwise direction.
摘要:
A vestigial identification system is provided for transmitting information in a cellular communications network employing frequency reuse. The vestigial identification system enables a receiver to detect both bit errors and interfering messages to avoid call disruption. A composite parity check is produced by encoding message data and a site identifier via an encoder. A transmitter conveys a code word, formed at a code word generator by combining the composite parity check with the message data, to a receiver. At the receiver, an encoder forms an error detection parity check by encoding both the message data from the code word and the site identifier. An error detector compares the composite parity check from the transmitted code word to the error detection parity check, and generates an error if the parity checks are not identical to one another, enabling rejection of the message by the receiver.
摘要:
A cellular base station receiver uses a digital signal processor to decode receiver code words in an inner Reed-Solomon code. A list of code word estimates is generated by making different symbol erasure combinations. An outer cyclic redundancy code operates as an error detector for the word estimates. When a code word estimate is found to be error-free, it is accepted for output.
摘要:
A novel code and method of code construction is disclosed. The disclosed code is a half rate block code designed to function optimally in a Raleigh fading channel. The disclosed code and method may be implemented in an 8-ARY QPSK modulation system. An alternative embodiment is a code and method of code construction for use in a 16-ARY QPSK modulation system. Both codes are systematic and use four symbols to represent two symbols. The first two symbols of the code are the information symbols. The second two symbols are parity symbols. The parity symbols are selected to provide maximum Euclidean distance between code words.
摘要:
A radio, and related methods of radio communication, consisting of a multi-modulation modem, wherein the multi-modulation modem that modulates and demodulates signals using a plurality of modulations. The radio also comprises a frequency converter coupled to the multi-modulation modem for converting the signals to a radio frequency and a transceiver unit including an antenna coupled to the frequency converter for transmitting the signals over a radio communications link. The multi-modulation modem includes a modulator that includes a modulation selector unit that selects respective ones of the plurality of modulations to modulate the signals. The multi-modulation modem also includes a demodulator for demodulating the signals having been modulated using the plurality of modulations.
摘要:
A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for multicasting data in a cellular personal access communication system is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of allocating a multicast packet terminal identifier to a multicast group when a subscriber unit in a cell requests membership in the multicast group, receiving a multicast packet having a global multicast address, determining a cell identifier from a mapping of the global multicast address to at least one local multicast identifier and a cell identifier, and forwarding the multicast packet to the cell according to the cell identifier. The apparatus comprises a radio port controller unit having a packet data control unit coupled to a radio port configured to receive a multicast packet and a packet forwarding module. The packet data control unit includes an allocation module configured to allocate a local multicast identifier to a multicast group when a subscriber unit in a cell requests membership in the multicast group. The packet forwarding module is configured to determine a cell identifier from a mapping of the global multicast address to at least one local packet terminal identifier and a cell identifier and to forward the multicast packet to a cell according to the cell identifier.
摘要:
An approach for electronically performing beam steering is disclosed. For electronic scanning, an n-bit quantized phase shifting approach is employed at each array element of a phased array antenna. By applying an initial phase bias, either deterministically or randomly, in each of the array elements, the performance of a phased array with n-bit quantization (even with n=2) approaches the performance of a system with no quantization. This approach can be used with linearly polarized or circularly polarized waves. For circularly polarized waves, the 2n phase shifts required of n-bit quantization are achieved in a manner that provides a simple, low-loss construction, which allows production of a low-cost reflectarray or a flat-plate lens.
摘要:
A method and system for handing off an on-going communication from a serving cell to a neighboring cell of a cellular communication system having mobile units with a scanning capability. A dynamic threshold is calculated for effecting the handoff under certain operating criteria. The minimum attenuation level of the mobile unit and the minimum level permitted by a neighboring cell is used in selecting the dynamic threshold.
摘要:
A mobile telephone system multiplexes plural voice traffic channels on a single carrier using a TDMA protocol. The capacity of the mobile telephone system is increased by assigning voice traffic capacity, not on a conversation basis, but on a speech spurt basis. In order to avoid compromising the voice transmission capacity, control signals (for the allocation and deallocation of both forward and reverse traffic channels) are sent using multiple diversity, i.e. both time and frequency. In addition, to increase the number of available control channels, a control channel comprises a sub-divided portion of an otherwise equivalent voice traffic slot. For reverse allocation requests, which are transmitted over a contention access channel, power diversity is used in addition to time and frequency diversity.
摘要:
A radio, and related methods of radio communication, consisting of one or more signal formatters, wherein the one or more signal formatters format signals for transmission through the radio and the signals comprise a plurality of transport mode signals. The radio also includes a modem coupled to the one or more signal formatters for modulating the signals, a frequency converter coupled to the modem for upconverting the signals having been modulated to a radio frequency, and a transceiver unit coupled to the frequency converter for transmitting the signals having been upconverted over a radio communications link.