METHOD OF ESTABLISHING UPLINK IN MOBILE SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

• US 20100157880A1
• Filed: 11/04/2009
• Published: 06/24/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Ahn, Do-Seob, Lee, Ho Jin, KIM, Hee Wook, Kang, Kunseok
• Granted Patent: US 8,514,770 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/316
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/18545 Arrangements for managing station mobility, i.e. for station registration or localisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/18589 Arrangements for controlling an end to end session, i.e. for initialising, synchronising or terminating an end to end link

Abstract

Provided is a method of establishing an uplink in a mobile satellite communication system, the method including: receiving a random uplink access signal from terminals included in a coverage of a satellite beam; estimating a location of each of the terminals; calculating an uplink transmission point in time when each of the terminals transmits an uplink signal, based on the estimated location of each of the terminals; transmitting, to each of the terminals, the calculated uplink transmission point in time; and receiving the uplink signal from each of the terminals at the calculated uplink transmission point in time.

Claims

1. A method of establishing an uplink in a satellite of a mobile satellite communication system, the method comprising:

receiving a random uplink access signal from terminals included in a coverage of a satellite beam;

estimating a location of each of the terminals;

calculating an uplink transmission point in time when each of the terminals transmits an uplink signal, based on the estimated location of each of the terminals;

transmitting, to each of the terminals, the calculated uplink transmission point in time; and

receiving the uplink signal from each of the terminals at the calculated uplink transmission point in time.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the calculating comprises calculating the uplink transmission point in time to synchronize uplink signals, transmitted from the terminals, based on a frame unit.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the calculating comprises calculating the uplink transmission point in time to synchronize uplink signals, transmitted from the terminals, based on a subframe unit.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the calculating comprises calculating the uplink transmission point in time to synchronize uplink signals, transmitted from the terminals, based on a symbol unit.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

verifying a symbol interval where interference occurs due to an inconsistent synchronization between subframes, and transmitting interference symbol interval information to each of the terminals using downlink control information to not allocate a resource to the verified symbol interval, when the uplink transmission point in time is calculated to synchronize uplink signals, transmitted from the terminals, based on the symbol unit,

6. A method of establishing an uplink in a terminal of a mobile satellite communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting a random uplink access signal to a satellite;

receiving, from the satellite, downlink control information that includes an uplink transmission point in time of a corresponding terminal;

verifying the uplink transmission point in time; and

transmitting an uplink signal to the satellite at the uplink transmission point in time.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the uplink transmission point in time indicates a point in time that is set to synchronize uplink signals of terminals, included in a coverage of a satellite beam, based on a frame unit.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the uplink transmission point in time indicates a point in time that is set to synchronize uplink signals of terminals, included in a coverage of a satellite beam, based on a subframe unit.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the uplink transmission point in time indicates a point in time that is set to synchronize uplink signals of terminals, included in a coverage of a satellite beam, based on a symbol unit.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein, when the uplink transmission point in time is set to synchronize the uplink signals of terminals, included in the coverage of the satellite beam, based on the symbol unit, further comprises:

receiving, from the satellite, interference symbol interval information of the corresponding terminal using the downlink control information; and

transmitting, to the satellite, an uplink signal in which a resource is not allocated to a symbol corresponding to the interference symbol interval information.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein, when the satellite calculates the uplink transmission point in time to synchronize uplink signals, transmitted from the terminals, based on the symbol unit, the interference symbol interval information corresponds to a symbol interval where interference occurs due to an inconsistent synchronization between subframes of the terminals.

12. A method of establishing an uplink in a satellite of a mobile satellite communication system, the method comprising:

receiving a random uplink access signal from terminals included in a coverage of a satellite beam;

estimating a location of each of the terminals;

transmitting location information associated with the terminals to the terminals using downlink control information; and

receiving a synchronized uplink signal from each of the terminals.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the receiving of the synchronized uplink signal comprises synchronizing an uplink signal of a terminal that is located farthest from the satellite.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein each of the terminals calculates a delay time of a farthest terminal from the satellite and a delay time of a corresponding terminal, using the received location information, and transmits the uplink signal by delaying the uplink signal by a time corresponding to a difference between the delay time of the farthest terminal and the delay time of the corresponding terminal to thereby synchronize the uplink signal.

15. A method of establishing an uplink in a terminal of a mobile satellite communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting a random uplink access signal to a satellite;

receiving, from the satellite, downlink control information that includes location information associated with terminals included in a coverage of a satellite beam;

verifying the location information;

calculating a delay time of a farthest terminal from the satellite and a delay time of a corresponding terminal; and

calculating a difference between the delay time of the farthest terminal and the delay time of the corresponding terminal; and

transmitting an uplink signal to the satellite by delaying the uplink signal by the calculated difference.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

transmitting the uplink signal to the satellite without a delay time, when the corresponding terminal corresponds to the farthest terminal from the satellite as a result of the verifying of the location information.