Handling errors occurring in base-station of a CDMA system
First Claim
1. CDMA base-station comprising a transmit stage (2, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12) and a receive stage (3, 5, 8, 13) for communicating with mobile terminals, the transmit stage comprising a power amplifier having at least two independent power modules (10, 11) for transmitting signals on at least one traffic channel (TCH) and control and pilot signals on at least one control channel (CCH), each power module (10, 11) being capable of being operational even though one other power module is non-operational, the at least two power modules normally being adapted for operating simultaneously and each contributing with emitting power, whereby the CDMA base station moreover comprises a control module (16) monitoring the error status of the power modules in the base station, the control module carrying out an error routine, in which the following steps are undertaken, when an error signal is detected in a base-station indicative of an error in a power module (10, 11), immediately ending operation of all traffic channels associated with the erroneous power module (10, 11), but sustaining operation of the at least one control channel (CCH).
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Abstract
CDMA base-station comprising a transmit stage (2, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12) and a receive stage (3, 5, 8, 13) for communicating with mobile terminals has been provided. The transmit stage comprises a multi carrier power amplifier having at least two independent power modules (10, 11) for transmitting signals on at least one traffic channel (TCH) and control and pilot signals on at least one control channel (CCH). Each power module (10, 11) is capable of being operational although the other power module is non-operational. The at least two power modules are normally operating simultaneously and each is contributing with emitting power. The CDMA base station moreover comprises a control module (16) monitoring the error status of the power modules in the base station. When an error signal is detected in a base-station indicative of an error in a power module (10, 11), the system immediately ends operation of all traffic channels associated with the erroneous power module (10, 11), but sustains operation of the at least one control channel.
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1. CDMA base-station comprising a transmit stage (2, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12) and a receive stage (3, 5, 8, 13) for communicating with mobile terminals, the transmit stage comprising a power amplifier having at least two independent power modules (10, 11) for transmitting signals on at least one traffic channel (TCH) and control and pilot signals on at least one control channel (CCH), each power module (10, 11) being capable of being operational even though one other power module is non-operational, the at least two power modules normally being adapted for operating simultaneously and each contributing with emitting power, whereby
the CDMA base station moreover comprises a control module (16) monitoring the error status of the power modules in the base station, the control module carrying out an error routine, in which the following steps are undertaken, when an error signal is detected in a base-station indicative of an error in a power module (10, 11), immediately ending operation of all traffic channels associated with the erroneous power module (10, 11), but sustaining operation of the at least one control channel (CCH).
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5. Method for controlling a CDMA base station comprising a transmit stage and a receive stage for communicating with mobile terminals, the transmit stage comprising a power amplifier having at least two independent power modules (10, 11) transmitting signals on at least one traffic channel 0 and control and pilot signals on at least one control channel (CCH), each power module (10, 11) being capable of being operational even though one other power module is non-operational, the at least two power modules normally being adapted for operating simultaneously and each contributing with emitting power, whereby the method comprises the following steps,
continuously monitoring the fault status of individual power modules in a base station, if a fault in a power module is detected, turning off the faulty power module (10, 11), stopping traffic channels (TCH) in sector/cell associated with faulty power module (10, 11), increase power on control channel (CCH) to nominal level disable TPC power loop, delete traffic for predetermined group of terminals, enable TPC power loop, set up communication with remaining terminals in sector, allocate traffic channels (TCH) in sector/cell to remaining terminals at new reduced power level (Prmaxf).
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