Stabilization of random access packet CDMA networks
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1. A method for transmitting information in a CDMA system, said method comprising:
- initially transmitting information in a code division multiple access channel;
determining if said information has been correctly received;
retransmitting said information with a selected time delay if said information has not been correctly received; and
repeating said determining and retransmitting steps until said information is correctly received using different time delays, said different time delays being random in duration, but together having an average duration selected in accordance with the occupancy of said channel to provide a single stability mode.
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Abstract
A CDMA network includes a retransmission scheduler which selectively delays the retransmission of an initially erroneously sent signal. The selected delays have an average value in a range of values which results in a single equilibrium point between input messages and output messages to avoid a bistable condition that can lower overall system throughput.
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1. A method for transmitting information in a CDMA system, said method comprising:
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initially transmitting information in a code division multiple access channel; determining if said information has been correctly received; retransmitting said information with a selected time delay if said information has not been correctly received; and repeating said determining and retransmitting steps until said information is correctly received using different time delays, said different time delays being random in duration, but together having an average duration selected in accordance with the occupancy of said channel to provide a single stability mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method for transmitting information in a CDMA system comprising:
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receiving and transmitting a plurality of code division multiple access (CDMA) information signals; placing an error check code in the transmitted signals; selecting from the received signals those signals addressed to said terminal means; determining if the transmitted signals are correctly transmitted; transmitting a new signal if a given transmitted signal is incorrectly sent; and retransmitting each transmitted signal with a time delay of selected duration after initial transmission if initially erroneously sent, such delays having their durations selected so as to provide an incoming-outgoing traffic load having a single equilibrium point. - View Dependent Claims (5)
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6. Apparatus for transmitting information in a code information in a code division multiple access (CDMA) system comprising:
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means for initially transmitting an information signal in a code division multiple access channel; said means for transmitting including means for receiving said signal and means responsive to said received transmitted information signal for determining if the information in said received signal has been correctly received; and means responsive to said means for determining for causing said means for transmitting to retransmit said information signal with a selected time delay if said information in said received signal has not been correctly received; said means for transmitting including means for causing said means for determining and means for retransmitting to repeat until said information is correctly received using different time delays, said different time delays being random in duration, but together having an average duration selected in accordance with the occupancy of said channel to provide a single stability mode.
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