Mobile Communication Repeating Method in Moving Object and Repeater Thereof
First Claim
1. A repeater installed in a moving object, comprising:
- a link antenna module having a plurality of link antennas steered to predetermined directions, for wirelessly communicating with a Base Transceiver Station (BTS);
a link antenna path setting module for selecting at least one of the plurality of link antennas of the link antenna module and connecting a path between the selected link antenna and a rear end;
a service antenna module having at least one service antenna installed within the moving object, for wirelessly communicating with Mobile Stations (MSs) within the moving object;
a relay signal processing module connected to the link antenna module through the link antenna path setting module, for processing transmission and reception relay signals between the link antenna module and the service antenna module;
a movement information module for measuring current movement information about the moving object and providing the current movement information;
a received signal measuring module for measuring a received signal of the link antenna module and providing current propagation environment information; and
an antenna control module having an antenna selection controller for detecting a current movement state and a current propagation environment based on the information received from the received signal measuring module and the movement information module, storing and/or updating the information in an internal propagation environment information storage, selecting a serving BTS for each location based on the stored information, and controlling the link antenna path setting module to select a link antenna that receives the best signal from the selected BTS.
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Abstract
A repeater installed in a moving object is provided, in which a link antenna module has a plurality of link antennas steered to predetermined directions, for wirelessly communicating with a Base Transceiver Station (BTS), a link antenna path setting module selects at least one of the plurality of link antennas of the link antenna module and connects a path between the selected link antenna and a rear end, a service antenna module has at least one service antenna installed within the moving object, for wirelessly communicating with Mobile Stations (MSs) within the moving object, a relay signal processing module is connected to the link antenna module through the link antenna path setting module and processes transmission and reception relay signals between the link antenna module and the service antenna module, a movement information module measures current movement information about the moving object and provides the current movement information, a received signal measuring module measures a received signal of the link antenna module and providing current propagation environment information, and an antenna control module detects a current movement state and a current propagation environment based on the information received from the received signal measuring module and the movement information module, stores and/or updates the information in an internal propagation environment information storage, and controls the link antenna path setting module to select a link antenna that receives the best signal from a serving BTS at each location according to the stored information.
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21 Claims
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1. A repeater installed in a moving object, comprising:
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a link antenna module having a plurality of link antennas steered to predetermined directions, for wirelessly communicating with a Base Transceiver Station (BTS); a link antenna path setting module for selecting at least one of the plurality of link antennas of the link antenna module and connecting a path between the selected link antenna and a rear end; a service antenna module having at least one service antenna installed within the moving object, for wirelessly communicating with Mobile Stations (MSs) within the moving object; a relay signal processing module connected to the link antenna module through the link antenna path setting module, for processing transmission and reception relay signals between the link antenna module and the service antenna module; a movement information module for measuring current movement information about the moving object and providing the current movement information; a received signal measuring module for measuring a received signal of the link antenna module and providing current propagation environment information; and an antenna control module having an antenna selection controller for detecting a current movement state and a current propagation environment based on the information received from the received signal measuring module and the movement information module, storing and/or updating the information in an internal propagation environment information storage, selecting a serving BTS for each location based on the stored information, and controlling the link antenna path setting module to select a link antenna that receives the best signal from the selected BTS. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A repeater installed in a moving object, comprising:
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a link antenna module having a plurality of link antennas steered to predetermined directions, for wirelessly communicating with a Base Transceiver Station (BTS); a plurality of per-service provider systems each having apparatuses for a mobbing communication service provider; a signal distribution and combination portion for distributing and combining paths of the link antennas of the link antenna module and connecting the distributed and combined paths to the plurality of per-service provider systems; a movement information module for measuring current movement information about the moving object and providing the current movement information; a received signal measuring module for measuring a received signal of the link antenna module and providing current propagation environment information for each service provider; and an antenna control module having an antenna selection controller for detecting a current movement state and a current propagation environment based on the information received from the received signal measuring module and the movement information module, storing and/or updating the information in an internal propagation environment information storage, selecting a serving BTS for each location based on the stored information, and controlling the link antenna path setting module to select a link antenna that receives the best signal from the selected BTS, wherein each of the per-service provider systems comprises; a link antenna path setting module for selecting at least one of the plurality of link antennas of the link antenna module and connecting a path between the selected link antenna and a rear end; a service antenna module having at least one service antenna installed within the moving object, for wirelessly communicating with Mobile Stations (MSs) within the moving object; and a relay signal processing module connected to the link antenna module through the link antenna path setting module, for processing transmission and reception relay signals between the link antenna module and the service antenna module. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A repeater installed in a moving object, comprising:
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a link antenna module having a plurality of link antennas steered to predetermined directions, for wirelessly communicating with a Base Transceiver Station (BTS); a link antenna path setting module for selecting at least one of the plurality of link antennas of the link antenna module and connecting a path between the selected link antenna and a rear end; a service antenna module having at least one service antenna installed within the moving object, for wirelessly communicating with Mobile Stations (MSs) within the moving object; a relay signal processing module connected to the link antenna module through the link antenna path setting module, for processing transmission and reception relay signals between the link antenna module and the service antenna module; a movement information module for measuring current movement information about the moving object and providing the current movement information; a received signal measuring module for measuring a received signal of the link antenna module and providing current propagation environment information; and an antenna control module for detecting a current movement state based on the information received from the movement information module, selecting a serving BTS for each location based propagation environment information including information about BTS signals in each direction at each location, stored in an internal propagation environment information storage, and controlling the link antenna path setting module to select a link antenna that receives the best signal from the selected BTS. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A mobile communication repeating method in a moving object, comprising:
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detecting a current movement state and a current propagation environment of the moving object; storing and/or updating information about the movement state and the propagation environment in a propagation environment information storage; selecting a serving Base Transceiver Station (BTS) for each location based on the stored information and the information about the detected movement state and propagation environment and determining a direction in which the best signal is received from the selected BTS; and selecting at least one of the link antennas installed in each of a plurality of directions in the moving object for communication with BTSs according to the determined direction. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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