Radio communication systems
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Abstract
A communications system including a plurality of base station transceivers linked by some means over which the base station transceivers communicate, a plurality of mobile transceivers adapted to communicate via the base station transceivers using macrodiversity, and wherein the mobile transceivers are further adapted to control allocation of system resorces to enable communication.
74 Citations
190 Claims
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1-119. -119. (canceled)
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120. A communications system including:
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a plurality of base station transceivers linked by a network over which the base station transceivers communicate;
a plurality of mobile transceivers adapted to communicate via the base station transceivers using macrodiversity;
whereinthe mobile transceivers are further adapted to control allocation of system resources to enable communication. - View Dependent Claims (121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147)
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148. A method of communicating over communication system including a plurality of mobile transceivers and a plurality of base station transceivers where the base station transceivers are linked together by a network including the steps of:
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transmitting a signal in the form of packets from a transmitting mobile transceiver, each packet including information identifying a receiving mobile transceiver and at least one destination base station transceiver, receiving the packet(s) at at least one receiving base station transceiver, forwarding the packet(s) to the at least one destination base station transceiver, the destination base station transceiver transmitting the packet(s) to the receiving mobile transceiver, and wherein at least one of the receiving base station transceiver and the receiving mobile transceiver uses macrodiversity, and wherein the mobile transceivers control allocation of system resources. - View Dependent Claims (149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168)
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169. A method of estimating a transition in a signal including the steps of:
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sampling an incoming signal, comparing the sample levels in a first group of samples with the sample levels in a second group of samples, comparing the sample levels of samples within the first group of samples, comparing the sample levels of samples within the second group of samples, comparing the sample level of a middle sample with an adjacent middle sample where the middle samples are between the first group of samples and the second group of samples, and estimating a transition point in the signal from the comparisons. - View Dependent Claims (170, 171, 172)
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173. A circuit for detecting a transition in a signal, the circuit adapted to:
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sample an incoming signal at at least twice the bit rate of the incoming signal, compare the sample levels in a first group of samples with sample levels in a second group of samples, compare sample levels of samples in the first group, compare sample levels of samples in the second group, compare the sample level of a middle sample with an adjacent middle sample where the middle samples are between the first and second groups, and from the comparisons output an estimate of a transition point in the signal.
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174. A communication system that carries out synchronisation between communicating transceivers by:
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sampling an incoming signal at at least twice the bit rate of the incoming signal, comparing the sample levels in a first group of samples with sample levels in a second group of samples, comparing sample levels of samples in the first group, comparing sample levels of samples in the second group, comparing the sample level of a middle sample with an adjacent middle sample where the middle samples are between the first and second groups, and from the comparisons output an estimate of a transition point in the signal.
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175. A method for synchronising the clocks of a first node and a second node in a network including the steps of:
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at a first time according to the clock of the first node sending a first synchronisation message from the first node to the second node, at a second time according to the clock of the second node sending a second synchronisation message from the second node to the first node, determining a first difference as the difference between the time on the first clock when the first message was sent and the time on the second clock when the first message was received, determining a second difference as the difference between the time on the second clock then the second message was sent and the time on the first clock when the second message was received, determining a clock error as the average of the difference between the first and second differences, and adjusting the clock of either the first node or the second node by the clock error. - View Dependent Claims (176, 177, 178)
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179. A network including a first node with a first clock and a second node with a second clock wherein to synchronise the first and second clocks:
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the first node is adapted to send a first synchronisation message to the second node at a first time according to the clock of the first node, the second node is adapted to send a second synchronisation message to the first node at a second time according to the clock of the second node, one node is adapted to determine a first difference as the difference between the time on the first clock when the first message was sent and the time on the second clock when the first message was received, one node is adapted to determine a second difference as the difference between the time on the second clock then the second message was sent and the time on the first clock when the second message was received, one node is adapted to determine a clock error as the average of the difference between the first and second differences, and adjusting the clock of either the first node or the second node by the clock error. - View Dependent Claims (180, 181)
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182. A communication system utilising a local area network, the network including a first node with a first clock and a second node with a second clock wherein to synchronise the first and second clocks:
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the first node is adapted to send a first synchronisation message to the second node at a first time according to the clock of the first node, the second node is adapted to send a second synchronisation message to the first node at a second time according to the clock of the second node, one node is adapted to determine a first difference as the difference between the time on the first clock when the first message was sent and the time on the second clock when the first message was received, one node is adapted to determine a second difference as the difference between the time on the second clock then the second message was sent and the time on the first clock when the second message was received, one node is adapted to determine a clock error as the average of the difference between the first and second differences, and adjusting the clock of either the first node or the second node by the clock error. - View Dependent Claims (183, 184)
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185. A method of allocating communication resources for a mobile terminal in a communication system that utilises a base station network including the steps of:
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identifying uplink channel usage in the range of the mobile terminal, identifying one or more spare uplink channels, and transmitting over the one or identified channels without negotiation with the base station.
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186. A method of allocating communication resources for a mobile terminal in a communication system that utilises a base station network including the steps of:
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identifying downlink channel usage in the range of the mobile terminal, identifying one or more spare downlink channels, and instruction a transmitting mobile terminal to utilise the identified channel(s) for transmission.
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187. A method of transmitting a data stream from a first mobile terminal to a second mobile terminal over a communication system including the steps of:
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identifying one or more spare channels for the downlink to the second terminal, separating the data stream into multiple portions according to the number of identified spare channels, and transmitting the multiple portions over the spare channels to the second terminal.
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- 188. A communication system in which data is transmitted in packets wherein before transmitting data a transmitter provides a distinction between payload sequences and synchronisation sequences in the signal by scanning the payload sequence to determine any portions of the sequence that could be detected as a synchronisation sequence, introducing errors into the portions of the payload sequence, and wherein the introduced errors are within an error correction capability of a payload error correction code.
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190. A communication system including at least one register that can communicate over the communication system and adapted to store at least a portion of the network configuration information of the communication system.
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