Abstract:
A novel format is provided for an uplink common physical channel in a random access mobile communications system, whereby a mobile station transmits a first packet including a predetermined signature pattern (206, 210) in parallel with a second packet including the data part (212, 216, 220) of the random access request. Consequently, in addition to its attendant advantages, the signature part of a random access request can also function as a Pilot by providing additional energy for channel estimation during the data part of the request, while reducing the amount of overhead signalling involved. This additional energy is especially useful for ensuring sufficiently high quality coherent detection of the data part in a rapidly varying radio channel environment.
Abstract:
A method for altering transmission timings among a plurality of parallel discontinuous transmissions (50) is disclosed. In a DS-CDMA system having a plurality of discontinuous slot-wise transmissions (50), each transmission connection is offset by a predetermined amount in order to generate interference that is evenly spread in time between cells.
Abstract:
A METHOD IS DISCLOSED FOR PROCESSING MOBILE-ORIGINATED RANDOM ACCESS REQUESTS ( RA₁ - RA₄) IN A MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM THAT RANDOMLY SELECTS NEW SIGNATURES (102) FOR RE-TRANSMISSIONS IN THE EVENT THAT COLLISIONS HAVE OCCURED.AS SUCH, THE RANDOM ACCESS RE-TRANSMISSIONS ARE RANDOMIZED OVER THE SIGNATURE DOMAIN INSTEAD OF JUST OVER THE TIME DOMAIN. CONSEQUENTLY, THE DISCLOSED INVENTION SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTENS RANDOM ACCESS DELAYS CAUSED BY COLLISIONS OR ERRONEOUS ARRIVALS AT BASE STATION RECEIVERS, AND ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES THE INTERVAL (TD) BETWEEN RANDOM ACCESS RE-TRANSMISSIONS.(FIGURE 8)
Abstract:
IN A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, COMMUNICATIONS RESOURCES ARE ALLOCATED IN A DYNAMIC, ''AS NEEDED" FASHION. NO EXPLICIT SIGNALING IS NEEDED TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION PERTAINING SPECIFICALLY TO AN ALLOCATED COMMUNICATIONS RESOURCE. INSTEAD, RESOURCES ARE IMPLICITLY ALLOCATED BY USING ONE OR MORE PARAMETERS KNOWN TO BOTH THE RADIO ACCESS NETWORK (24) AND MOBILE STATION (30) THAT ARE MORE OR LESS UNIQUE TO THE MOBILE STATION (30). SUCH PARAMETERS ARE USED TO GENERATE OR ADDRESS A COMMUNICATIONS RESOURCE FOR USE BY THE MOBILE STATION (30). THE PARAMETERS MIGHT, FOR EXAMPLE, BE INFORMATION READILY ACQUIRED OR COMMUNICATED AS A RESULT. OF A SYNCHRONIZATION PROCEDURE, A MOBILE STATION REGISTRATION PROCEDURE, A MOBILE STATION ACCESS PROCEDURE, A PAGING PROCEDURE, ETC. EXAMPLE PARAMETERS MAY INCLUDE A SYSTEM FRAME NUMBER, A SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION, A RADIO ACCESS NETWORK IDENTIFICATION, A BASE STATION IDENTIFICATION, A CELL IDENTIFICATION, A MOBILE STATION-ASSOCIATED SIGNATURE, AN ACCESS REFERENCE NUMBER CORRESPONDING TO THE MOBILE STATION (30), A TIME INSTANT WHEN AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT MESSAGE IS RECEIVED, ETC.(FIGURE 1)
Abstract:
A method and system for transmitting signals using unequal error protection (UEP). According to the method, symbols having a higher level of coding protection are detected and decoded first, soft reliability information is generated, and then the previously detected symbols and soft reliability information are used to detect and decode symbols having the next lower level of coding protection. The symbols having lower levels of coding protection benefit from the decoding of all previous classes of symbols. Data symbols can be interleaved to further enhance system performance.
Abstract:
A method for improving time synchronization of digital data signals in receivers by using more than one known data sequence to provide a plurality of timing recovery functions and based on these, one or more optimal sampling points. By using existing data sequences in each frame, the disclosed method provides improved time synchronization without increasing transmission overhead.
Abstract:
A method is disclosed for processing mobile-originated random access requests in a mobile telecommunications system that randomly selects new signatures for re-transmissions in the event that collisions have occurred. As such, the random access re-transmissions are randomized over the signature domain instead of just over the time domain. Consequently, the disclosed invention significantly shortens random access delays caused by collisions or erroneous arrivals at base station receivers, and also significantly reduces the interval between random access re-transmissions.
Abstract:
A method for improving the performance of a random access communications system in a variable radio environment is disclosed, whereby at least one valid set of burst signatures is used for transmission by one or more mobile stations. Each set includes at least one signature with a different signature-length than the signatures in other sets. The different signature-lengths can be optimized for the operational environments involved (e.g., longer signatures for slower-moving mobile stations, and shorter signatures for high-speed mobile stations). Alternatively, at least one differentially-encoded signature is used for random access transmissions, in order to reduce the radio channel's sensitivity to large doppler spreads and frequency errors.
Abstract:
Each transmission frame within a spread spectrum communications system relating to synchronization code transmission is divided into a plurality of slots. Each of the slots includes a primary (pilot) code +E,ovs c+EE p and a secondary (combined) code +E,ovs c+EE s/lci that includes information identifying or indicative of both a frame timing and a scrambling code for synchronization. This information concerning frame timing and scrambling code may be encoded in the combined code +E,ovs c+EE s/lci itself, as well as in the modulation values of the sequences of plural combined codes within a frame. Alternatively, the information is encoded in the sequence of plural combined codes +E,ovs c+EE s/lci transmitted in each frame, as well as in the modulated values of the sequences of plural combined codes within a frame. As yet another alternative, the information is encoded in the timing of the combined code +E,ovs c+EE s/lci transmission within each slot of the frame relative to its associated primary code +E,ovs c+EE p.
Abstract:
A novel format is provided for an uplink common physical channel in a random access mobile communications system, whereby a mobile station transmits a first packet including a predetermined signature pattern in parallel with a second packet including the data part of the random access request. Consequently, in addition to its attendant advantages, the signature part of a random access request can also function as a Pilot by providing additional energy for channel estimation during the data part of the request, while reducing the amount of overhead signalling involved. This additional energy is especially useful for ensuring sufficiently high quality coherent detection of the data part in a rapidly varying radio channel environment.