Beacon signaling in a wireless system
First Claim
1. A method of operating a base station transmitter in a frequency division multiplexed communications system the base station transmitter using a set of N tones to communicate information over a first period of time using first signals into a first region, said first period of time being at least two seconds long, where N is larger than 10, the method comprising:
- transmitting during a second period of time a second signal including a set of X tones into said first region, where X is less than 5, and where at least 80% of a maximum average total base station transmission power used by said base station transmitter to transmit signals into the first region during any 1 second period during said first period of time is allocated to said set of X tones.
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Abstract
A few high power tones used for synchronization and/or other purposes are transmitted in a FDM system during a period of time into a region, e.g., sector of a cell, e.g., a symbol transmission time period. During normal data transmission symbol periods signals are transmitted using at least 10 tones, e.g., per symbol time. Less than 5 high power signals are transmitted in a symbol time with at least 80% the maximum total transmitter power used for transmitting into said region being allocated to the high power signals where the maximum total transmitter power is determined from a period of time which may includes one or more data and/or high power tone transmission periods. When the high power tones are transmitted at most 20% of transmitter power used for transmitting into the region is available for transmitting other tones with the power normally being distributed among multiple tones. Often some tones which would be transmitted in a symbol time go unused during transmission of the high power signals.
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1. A method of operating a base station transmitter in a frequency division multiplexed communications system the base station transmitter using a set of N tones to communicate information over a first period of time using first signals into a first region, said first period of time being at least two seconds long, where N is larger than 10, the method comprising:
transmitting during a second period of time a second signal including a set of X tones into said first region, where X is less than 5, and where at least 80% of a maximum average total base station transmission power used by said base station transmitter to transmit signals into the first region during any 1 second period during said first period of time is allocated to said set of X tones. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 33)
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19. A base station for use in a frequency division multiplexed communications system the base station, the base station comprising:
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a transmitter that uses a set of N tones to communicate information into a first region;
first control means coupled to said transmitter, for controlling the transmitter to transmit over a first period of time using first signals into the first region, said first period of time being at least two seconds long, where N is larger than 10; and
second control means coupled to said transmitter for controlling the transmitter to transmit during a second period of time a second signal including a set of X tones into said first region, where X is less than 5, and where at least 80% of a maximum average total base station transmission power used by said base station transmitter to transmit into the first region during any 1 second period during said first period of time is allocated to said set of X tones. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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