Abstract:
Method and apparatus for directing energy in a plurality of azimuth directions. The amount of energy directed in the azimuth direction of a mobile terminal (130,140,150) is a function of the location and acceptable receive strength of at least two mobile terminals (130,140,150). The function is such that the strength of an EM field at the location of any of these two mobile terminals (130,140,150) is at least as large as, but not significantly larger than, needed for that mobile terminal (130,140,150) to acceptably receive the signal carried by the EM field. The amount of energy to be directed in the azimuth direction of a mobile terminal (130,140,150) is arrived at by first determining for each one of the mobile terminals (130,140,150) an EM field that would have to be generated for the mobile terminal (130,140,150) in order to provide an acceptable receive strength thereat, the determining taking into account the strength, at the location of the mobile terminal (130,140,150), of EM fields previously determined for others of the mobile terminals (130,140,150). This determining is repeated until the EM fields determined for at least two of the mobile terminals (130,140,150) provide an EM field strength for each of these two mobile terminals (130,140,150) that is substantially equal to its adequate receive strength. This determining is repeated until the EM fields converge. The amount of energy is then determined based on the EM fields thus determined.
Abstract:
A method for controlling access of a subscriber station to a wireless communications system facilitates the maintenance of a performance target of the reverse link and desired geographic coverage of the reverse link. The method for controlling access of a subscriber station to a wireless communications system includes measuring a first performance indicator and a second performance indicator for a reverse link associated with a subscriber station seeking access to a wireless communications system. A blocking threshold value is established based upon the measured second performance indicator and may be adjusted to allow more or less blocking based on any additional metrics that characterize the performance of the current subscriber stations. The decision to grant or deny access of the subscriber station to the wireless communications system is determined based on a comparison of the measured first performance indicator to the established blocking threshold value.
Abstract:
A method for controlling downlink power in a time-division multiplex wireless system may provide different downlink transmit signal powers to different time-division multiplex channels of a single carrier. A base station receives a measured signal parameter data for a downlink transmit signal of a time-division multiplex channel. The base station determines an initial adjustment for the downlink transmit signal power of the time division multiplex channel if the measured signal parameter data differs from a target signal parameter data. The base station determines a revised adjustment for the downlink transmit power of the time division multiplex channel based on the initial adjustment and at least one adjustment range as appropriate to achieve synchronization of the demodulation of the downlink transmit signal.
Abstract:
Operations in a cellular system are controlled based on cost values that are generated using neighbor association. In neighbor association, each cost value corresponds to a cost of assigning a candidate channel to a first cell in the cellular system, assuming that the candidate channel is already assigned to a second cell in the cellular system and each cost value is based on an average power attenuation for all of the cells in the cellular system that share the same tier as the second cell with respect to the first cell, wherein the average power attenuation is based on the reuse distances between the first cell and the cells in the same tier. In one embodiment, the cost values are used in a cost-function-based dynamic channel assignment (DCA) algorithm that is, but does not have to be, applied to a list of candidate channels generated using a measurement-based DCA algorithm.
Abstract:
Sharing the existing sector antennas at the base station each of which corresponds to one sector of the outer communication coverage area to create an omnidirectional inner communication coverage area. When transmitting or receiving data from a mobile in one sector of the outer communication coverage area only one antenna is used, and when transmitting or receiving data from a mobile in the inner communication coverage area all the antennas are used. This allows an increase in capacity of the hybrid inner/outer sectored cell without the additional cost of adding further antennas.
Abstract:
A method for controlling access of a subscriber station to a wireless communications system facilitates the maintenance of a performance target of the reverse link and desired geographic coverage of the reverse link. The method for controlling access of a subscriber station to a wireless communications system includes measuring a first performance indicator and a second performance indicator for a reverse link associated with a subscriber station seeking access to a wireless communications system. A blocking threshold value is established based upon the measured second performance indicator and may be adjusted to allow more or less blocking based on any additional metrics that characterize the performance of the current subscriber stations. The decision to grant or deny access of the subscriber station to the wireless communications system is determined based on a comparison of the measured first performance indicator to the established blocking threshold value.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for directing energy in a plurality of azimuth directions. The amount of energy directed in the azimuth direction of a mobile terminal (130, 140, 150) is a function of the location and acceptable receive strength of at least two mobile terminals (130, 140, 150). The function is such that the strength of an EM field at the location of any of these two mobile terminals (130, 140, 150) is at least as large as, but not significantly larger than, needed for that mobile terminal (130, 140, 150) to acceptably receive the signal carried by the EM field. The amount of energy to be directed in the azimuth direction of a mobile terminal (130, 140, 150) is arrived at by first determining for each one of the mobile terminals (130, 140, 150) an EM field that would have to be generated for the mobile terminal (130, 140, 150) in order to provide an acceptable receive strength thereat, the determining taking into account the strength, at the location of the mobile terminal (130, 140, 150), of EM fields previously determined for others of the mobile terminals (130, 140, 150). This determining is repeated until the EM fields determined for at least two of the mobile terminals (130, 140, 150) provide an EM field strength for each of these two mobile terminals (130, 140, 150) that is substantially equal to its adequate receive strength. This determining is repeated until the EM fields converge. The amount of energy is then determined based on the EM fields thus determined. After the EM fields converge, the composite EM field that has thus been arrived at is the aforementioned composite EM field whose strength at the location of any of the at least two mobile terminals (130, 140, 150) is at least as large as, but not significantly larger than, needed for that mobile terminal (130, 140, 150) to acceptably receive the signal. This saves system resources, reduces interference with other signals, and increases the number of signals that can be transmitted simultaneously, which results in an increase in capacity, and therefore in profitability of the wireless communication system.