Discrete power level coding for indicating uplink mobile receive level in a wireless repeater system
First Claim
1. In a wireless cellular communication system having a base transceiver station located within a home cell and a plurality of substantially adjacent cells each having a repeater located therein, a method for managing a plurality of mobile transceiver units, comprising the steps of:
- receiving at one of said repeaters, a signal from a mobile transceiver unit on an uplink communication channel;
measuring at said repeater a power level of said signal as received by said repeater; and
transmitting a backhaul signal from said repeater to said base transceiver station on a backhaul communication link, wherein said backhaul signal is transmitted at one of a plurality of discrete power levels providing an indication of said power level as measured by said repeater.
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Abstract
A method for managing a plurality of mobile units in a wireless cellular communication system having a plurality of repeater stations includes the step of receiving a signal on an uplink communication channel from a mobile transceiver unit at one of the repeaters. The method also measures at the repeater station a power level of the signal as received by the repeater station. The method further includes the step of transmitting a backhaul signal from the repeater station to the base transceiver station on a backhaul communication link, where the backhaul signal is transmitted at one of a plurality of discrete power levels providing an indication of the power level as measured by the repeater station.
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20 Claims
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1. In a wireless cellular communication system having a base transceiver station located within a home cell and a plurality of substantially adjacent cells each having a repeater located therein, a method for managing a plurality of mobile transceiver units, comprising the steps of:
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receiving at one of said repeaters, a signal from a mobile transceiver unit on an uplink communication channel;
measuring at said repeater a power level of said signal as received by said repeater; and
transmitting a backhaul signal from said repeater to said base transceiver station on a backhaul communication link, wherein said backhaul signal is transmitted at one of a plurality of discrete power levels providing an indication of said power level as measured by said repeater. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A repeater in a wireless cellular communication system having a base transceiver station located within a home cell and a plurality of substantially adjacent cells each having said repeater located therein, said repeater, comprising:
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a receiver for receiving at one of said repeaters, a signal from a mobile transceiver unit via an uplink communication channel;
power measurement means for measuring at said repeater a power level of said signal as received by said repeater; and
a transmitter for transmitting a backhaul signal from said repeater to said base transceiver station via a backhaul communication link, wherein said backhaul signal is transmitted at one of a plurality of discrete power levels providing an indication of said power level from the mobile transceiver as measured by said repeater. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. In a wireless cellular communication system having a base transceiver station located within a home cell, a plurality of substantially adjacent cells each having a repeater located therein, a method for automatically controlling power level in a backhaul communication link, said link having at least one channel, the method comprising:
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receiving at one of said repeaters, a signal from an uplink channel;
measuring at said repeater, a signal power level of said signal as received by said repeater;
transmitting a backhaul signal from said repeater to said base transceiver station, wherein said backhaul signal comprises at least a traffic portion of said signal received from the uplink channel which is transmitted at one of a plurality of discrete power levels providing an indication of said signal power level as measured by said repeater;
receiving at a base transceiver station, said indication of said signal power level and said at least a traffic portion of said signal; and
assigning channels in said wireless communication system at said base station, based on said signal power level. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 18, 19)
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17. A configurable base transceiver station in a communication system having the base transceiver station located within a home cell and a plurality of substantially adjacent cells each having a repeater located therein, comprising:
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a transmitter for transmitting traffic and control signals to the repeater;
a receiver for receiving a backhaul signal from the repeater, wherein the backhaul signal is transmitted at one of a plurality of discrete power levels indicative of a power level measured from an uplink communication channel at the repeater; and
a processor that is programmed to selectively configure the plurality of discrete power levels at which the repeater will transmit the backhaul signal. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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