Abstract:
Alternative messages are transmitted in a time slot (e.g.3) of a frame of a time division multiple access communications system during periods of silence or when no speech data is present. When an absence of voice is detected, an abbreviated message (60) is substituted for a longer message in the time slot (31). In subsequent frames, the shorter message (60) is also substituted for the longer message until voice is detected.
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:
In a cellular system, channels are assigned for new calls using a flexible channel allocation algorithm that is a hybrid of a measurement-based dynamic channel assignment (MBDCA) algorithm and a reuse-distance criterion algorithm, such as a cost-function-based DCA (CFBDCA). In one embodiment, the MBDCA algorithm is implemented at each cell site in the cellular system and generates a list of candidate channels for each new call. The list is transmitted to the mobile switching center (MSC), which implements the CFBDCA algorithm to select a particular channel from the list of candidate channels for the new call.
Abstract:
Alternative messages are transmitted in a time slot (e.g.3) of a frame of a time division multiple access communications system during periods of silence or when no speech data is present. When an absence of voice is detected, an abbreviated message (60) is substituted for a longer message in the time slot (31). In subsequent frames, the shorter message (60) is also substituted for the longer message until voice is detected.
Abstract:
In a cellular system, channels are assigned for new calls using a flexible channel allocation algorithm that is a hybrid of a measurement-based dynamic channel assignment (MBDCA) algorithm and a reuse-distance criterion algorithm, such as a cost-function-based DCA (CFBDCA). In one embodiment, the MBDCA algorithm is implemented at each cell site in the cellular system and generates a list of candidate channels for each new call. The list is transmitted to the mobile switching center (MSC), which implements the CFBDCA algorithm to select a particular channel from the list of candidate channels for the new call.