Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for recovering a bit stream from a radio signal (2, 3, 4) received in a first receiving station (S1) and at least one further receiving station (S2, S3), the method comprising the steps of: in each of the receiving stations (S1 to S3), demodulating the received radio signal (2, 3, 4) to form a demodulated data stream (B, B', B"), transferring the at least one demodulated data stream (B', B") from the at least one further receiving station (S2, S3) to the first receiving station (S1), in the first receiving station (S1), generating a combined data stream from the demodulated data streams (B, B', B") of each of the receiving stations (S1 to S3), and performing a hard decision on the combined data stream for recovering the bit stream.
Abstract:
In a telecommunications transmitter and receiver two IQ-mixers are operated in 180 degrees phase shift. In both the transmitter and receiver, an input signal is coupled to each IQ-mixer and the output signal of the mixers are combined so as to cancel unwanted error components in each individual output signal. In the transmitter, residual carrier signals are cancelled, and in the receiver, DC-offsets are cancelled. In both, the wanted signals are added, doubling the amplitude of the resultant output signal leading to four times more output power and improved dynamic range.
Abstract:
The invention relates to the controlling of transmission power of a wireless communication network, and in particular to the controlling of transmission power in the downlink direction of a GSM-network. An object of the present invention is, to provide a new and improved approach, in particular for enhancing the spectral efficiency, by realizing a fast controlling of transmission power substantially independent of any upcoming addition to a standard relating to wireless communication networks to ensure a transmission power control that is immediately available and compatible to already existing mobile stations. The invention proposes for the controlling of the transmission power the steps of receiving at a base station an uplink signal transmitted by a user equipment, detecting at least one kind of information parameter from said uplink signal during definable time periods, comparing the information parameters detected during a respective time period with each other and periodically adjusting the downlink transmission power between said base station and said user equipment in dependence on the comparison for providing a fast power control loop between said base station and said user equipment to reduce varying fading effects.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method and a device for ensuring, in an overall simplified and improved manner compared with the state of the art, in particular dynamic adaptation of transmission power levels in transmission systems with digitally processed transmission signals. For this purpose, the invention provides, in transmission systems, in which a digitally processed transmission signal (S M , S E ) is converted for transmission into an analog signal, for the transmission power range to be controlled through the provision of a D/A converter (2) with an output amplifier (2b) which has a controllably adjustable amplification (2c).
Abstract:
The invention relates, inter alia, to a transmitter device, in particular for a base transceiver station in a mobile radio system, which has a digital modulator (20) for making available a signal containing a phase information, and a modulation closed loop (30) having a digital phase comparator (50) operating at baseband whose first input is connected to the output of the digital modulator (20). In addition, a controllable oscillator (80) is provided for generating an RF transmission signal at a controllable transmission frequency, a device (35) which is assigned to the controllable oscillator (80) and has the purpose of converting the RF transmission signal into a baseband signal containing a phase information. The output of the converter device (35) is connected here to a second input of the digital phase comparator (50). A GSM transmitter which has such a modulation closed loop (30) exhibits, in terms of its out-band noise and interference characteristics, significantly improved properties in comparison with a GSM transmitter which does not include a modulation loop.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for controlling a Q-factor for a filter. The method comprises stabilizing an active feedback (300) to provide a variable feedback in a filter (120a), varying the active feedback based on an input signal (310a) to the filter, and producing a desired Q-factor for the filter at a first frequency band, in response to the variable feedback. The method further comprises reconfiguring a center frequency and a bandwidth of the filter based on a channel bandwidth of the input signal to the filter to adjust the Q-factor for the filter in response to a second frequency band different than the first frequency band. By reconfiguring a center frequency and a bandwidth of a filter, the Q-factor for the filter, such as a flexible or reconfigurable filter, may be controlled across a multiplicity of frequency band signals. Using software (125), for example, a common signal path may be provided for the multiplicity of frequency band signals within a frequency agile radio of a base station by tuning the radio based on a variable feedback through realization of a negative parallel resistance (FDNR). Thus, tuneability of the Q-factor may provide frequency agile radios that include flexible or reconfigurable filters in a base station to serve different frequency bands without changing hardware. In this way, significant savings associated with frequency agility may be obtained.