Abstract:
A system for accessing broadcast SMS messages over a wireless communication system. A base station transmits SMS messages periodically and aperiodically over a broadcast channel. The base station allocates periodic slots in the broadcast channel for each of the subscriber services providing the SMS messages and transmits slot parameters to mobile units. Using the slot parameter information, the mobile units periodically wake up to scan the broadcast channel. The period for each category of broadcast SMS messages may be different and the period may apply to a single broadcast channel. Messages arriving aperiodically can be queued and transmitted in pre-scheduled broadcast channel frames. Messages with inter-arrival interval greater than the specified transmission period are simply repeated.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus to search for a traffic channel in a multi-carrier spread spectrum communication network. In this first embodiment, all three pilot signals are transmitted with equal power from the base station. The remote station can noncoherently combine the received energy of all three pilots on a time hypothesis. This will reduce the value of M (the noncoherent accumulation time) by a factor of three. Thus the mean acquisition time is shortened by a factor of three with the same probability of detection and false alarm as a signal carrier (1X) system, if each pilot is equivalent to a 1X pilot in power. Note that the number of operations (i.e., complexity) is the same as that for a 1X system, but the time elapsed is shortened by a factor of 3.
Abstract:
A method and system for generating forward link channels in a synchronous CDMA base station having a pilot pseudonoise (PN) sequence with a pilot PN sequence offset. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of generating a sync channel (302) including a sync channel message; generating an identification channel including at least the pilot PN sequence offset; and orthogonalizing the sync channel and the identification channel. The identification channel and the sync channel are both transmitted. However, the mobile station may get the pilot PN offset from the identification channel quickly, rather than having to demodulate the entire sync channel message. The identification channel may further include an indication of the phase of the pilot PN sequence, and the epoch of the pilot PN sequence. In one embodiment, the method includes encoding the identification channel using a Golay code.
Abstract:
Method for PN spreading a SCMA signal using a truncated PN sequence. Method for generating said truncated PN sequence. Method for generating a second truncated PN sequence by masking the first truncated sequence. A method for generating a phase shifted version of a truncated PN sequence.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for controlling the transmit power of a high rate code division multiple access (CDMA) link is described. The channel condition to a subscriber unit (30a, 30b, 30c) is evaluated and the configuration of a high rate link in soft handoff is based on the channel condition. If a fading channel is detected the supplemental channels (52) of the high rate link are transmitted from multiple base stations (32a, 32b). If a non-fading channel is detected the supplemental channels of the high rate link are transmitted from a single base station. Parameters monitored to determine the channel condition include the pilot strength, pilot code offset and error rate.
Abstract:
A novel and improved method for performing transmit power control is described. A signal is transmitted at a transmit power and includes a traffic channel transmitted at a traffic channel transmit power, and a pilot channel transmitting at a pilot channel (70) transmit power. The receive energy of the pilot channel is measured, and a decrease power control command (121) is generated when the receive energy is greater than a receive energy threshold. If the receive energy is less than the receive energy threshold, an increase power control command (121) is generated. The power control command (121) is transmitted to the system generating the signal.