Radiocommunication system using time-division digital frames

• US 5,124,985 A
• Filed: 12/06/1989
• Issued: 06/23/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Small Power Communication Systems Research Laboratories Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Small Power Communication Systems Research Laboratories Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Hoshikawa, Toshiya
• Primary Examiner(s): Safourek, Benedict V.
• Assistant Examiner(s): HSU, ALPUS
• Application Number:
  US07/447,104
• Time in Patent Office: 930 Days
• Field of Search: 370/95.1, 370/95.3, 370/50, 370/70, 370/92, 370/77, 370/85.1, 370/85.7, 370/10, 370/100.1, 370/104.1, 370/105.1, 370/105.2, 370/110.1, 370/24, 370/29, 370/30, 370/3 2, 455/32, 455/33, 455/34, 455/53, 455/54, 455/56, 455/51, 379/58, 379/59, 379/62, 379/63, 340/825.52
• US Class Current: 370/347
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/2643 using time-division multiple access [TDMA] H04B7/2615, H04B7/2618 take precedence

Abstract

A radiocommunication system comprising a base station and a plurality of terminal stations. The base station includes a transmitting section for arranging a plurality of digital frames on a time-division basis, assigning a channel number to each digital frame, and transmitting the time-division digital frames as a radio signal of a first frequency. Each terminal station includes a receiving section for receiving the radio signal transmitted from the transmitting section of the base station, and separating the time-division digital frames for each channel in accordance with the channel number.

Claims

1. A radiocommunication system for performing bidirectional simultaneous communication, comprising:

a base station having transmitting means for dividing each of a plurality of digital frames into a plurality of time slots and assigning a plurality of consecutive channel numbers to the time slots of each digital frame, each including a bit and frame synchronization field, an address field, a control field, a transmit information field, and a frame check and correct sequence field, and transmitting the time-division digital frames as a radio signal of a first frequency, and receiving means for receiving a radio signal of a second frequency; and

a plurality of terminal stations each having receiving means for receiving the radio signal of the first frequency transmitted from the transmitting means of said base station and transmitting means for selecting at least one of said channels in said plurality of time-division digital frames to which said plurality of consecutive channel numbers are added and each of which has a frame structure which is the same as the frame structure of each of said time-division digital frames received from said base station, and transmitting the time-division digital frame of the selected channel to said base station as a radio signal of the second frequency.

2. A radiocommunication system according to claim 1, in which said base station further includes adding means for generating free channel identification information representing unused channels at the second frequency and adding the free channel identification information to each of said digital frames which are to be transmitted from said base station to each terminal station.

3. A radiocommunication system according to claim 2, in which each terminal station further includes detecting means for detecting unused channels at the second frequency on the basis of the free channel identification information contained in each of the digital frames transmitted from the transmitting means of said base station, to determine which of said channels is to be selected.

4. A radiocommunication system according to claim 1, in which each of the digital frames further includes a frame count field in which the channel number is contained.

5. A radiocommunication system according to claim 1, in which the transmit information field has a plurality of data blocks each of which comprises data of one byte.

6. A radiocommunication system according to claim 5, in which one data block of said transmit information field serves as control information between said base station and said terminal stations, and said one data block performs communication of the control information between said terminal stations and said base station while said base and terminal stations are transmitting target data using data blocks other than said one data block.

7. A radiocommunication system according to claim 1, in which said terminal stations perform bit and frame synchronization on the basis of said bit and frame synchronization field in the time-division digital frames transmitted from said base station.

8. A radiocommunication system according to claim 1, in which a transmission speed of data from said base station to said terminal stations depends upon the number of channels selected in the first frequency, and a transmission speed of data from said terminal stations to said base station depends upon the number of channels selected in the second frequency.

9. A radiocommunication system for performing bidirectional simultaneous communication, comprising:

a first terminal station having transmitting means for dividing each of a plurality of digital frames into a plurality of time slots and assigning a plurality of consecutive channel numbers to the time slots of each digital frame, each including a bit and frame synchronization field, an address field, a control field, a transmit information field, and a frame check and correct sequence field, selecting at least one of the channels in the time-division digital frames, and transmitting the time-division digital frame of the selected channel as a radio signal of a first frequency;

a second terminal station having transmitting means for adding said plurality of consecutive channel numbers, which are periodically repeated, to said plurality of time-division digital frames, selecting at least one of the channels other than said selected at least one of the channels in the time-division digital frames, and transmitting the time-division digital frame of the selected channel as a radio signal of a first frequency;

a base station having receiving means for receiving and separating the time-division digital frames transmitted from said first and second terminals for each of the channels and recognizing channel numbers added to the channels selected by said first and second terminal stations, transmitting means for adding said plurality of consecutive channel numbers, which are periodically repeated, to said plurality of time-division digital frames, selecting a digital frame of the same channel as the channel selected by said first terminal station, transmitting the time-division digital frame of the selected channel to said first terminal station as a radio signal of a second frequency, selecting a digital frame of the same channel as the channel selected by said second terminal station, and transmitting the time-division digital frame of the selected channel of said second terminal station as a radio signal of the second frequency; and

interface means provided on said base station, for transmitting and receiving digital data to and from a digital network to insert data or control information into the time-division digital frame.

10. A radiocommunication system for performing bidirectional simultaneous communication, comprising:

a base station having transmitting means for dividing each of a plurality of digital frames into a plurality of time slots and assigning a plurality of consecutive channel numbers to the time slots of each digital frame, each including a bit and frame synchronization field, an address field, a control field, a transmit information field, and a frame check and correct sequent field, and transmitting the time-division digital frames as a radio signal of a first frequency, and receiving means for receiving a radio signal of a second frequency; and

a plurality of terminal stations each having receiving means for receiving the radio signal of the first frequency transmitted from the transmitting means of said base station, and recognizing and separating each channel from each digital frame, and transmitting means for selecting at least one of said channels in said plurality of time-division digital frames to which said plurality of consecutive channel numbers are added and each of which has a frame structure which is the same as the frame structure of each of said time-division digital frames received from said base station, and transmitting the time-division digital frame of the selected channel of said base station as a radio signal of the second frequency;

wherein the receiving means of said base station receives the time-division digital frames of the second frequency transmitting from the terminal stations and separates the time-division frames for each of the channels.

11. A radiocommunication system for performing bidirectional simultaneous communication, comprising:

a first terminal station having transmitting means for dividing each of a plurality of digital frame into a plurality of time slots and assigning a plurality of consecutive channel numbers to the time slots of each digital frame, each including a bit and frame synchronization field, an address field, a control field, a transmit information field and a frame check and correct sequence field, selecting at least one of the channels in the time-division digital frames, and transmitting the time-division digital frame of the selected channel as a radio signal of a first frequency;

a second terminal station having transmitting means for adding said plurality of consecutive channel numbers, which are periodically repeated, to said plurality of time-division digital frames, each including the bit and frame synchronization field, the address field, the control field, the transmit information field and the frame check and correct sequence field, selecting at least one of the channels other than said selected at least one of the channels in the time-division digital frames, and transmitting the time-division digital frame of the selected channel as a radio signal of the first frequency;

a base station having receiving means for receiving and separating the time-division digital frames transmitted from said first and second terminals for each of the channels and recognizing channel numbers added to the channels selected by said first and second terminal stations, transmitting means for adding said plurality of consecutive channel numbers, which are periodically repeated, to said plurality of time-division digital frames, each including the bit and frame synchronization field, the address field, the control field, the transmit information field and the frame check and correct sequence field, selecting a digital frame of the same channel as the channel selected by said first terminal station, transmitting the time-division digital frame of the selected channel to said first terminal station as a radio signal of a second frequency, selecting a digital frame of the same channel as the channel selected by said second terminal station, and transmitting the time-division digital frame of the selected channel to said second terminal station as a radio signal of the second frequency; and

interface means provided on said base station, for transmitting and receiving digital data to and from a digital network to insert data or control information into the time-division digital frame.

12. A radiocommunication system according to claim 11, in which said base station further includes adding means for generating free channel identification information representing unused channels at the second frequency and adding the free channel identification information to each of said digital frames which are to be transmitted from said base station to each terminal station.

13. A radiocommunication system according to claim 12, in which each terminal station further includes detecting means for detecting unused channels at the second frequency on the basis of the free channel identification information contained in each of the digital frames transmitted from the transmitting means of said base station, to determine which of said channels is to be selected.

14. A radiocommunication system according to claim 11, in which each of the digital frames further includes a frame count field in which the channel number is contained.

15. A radiocommunication system according to claim 11, in which the transmit information field has a plurality of data blocks each of which comprises data of one byte.

16. A radiocommunication system according to claim 11, in which said terminal stations perform bit and frame synchronization on the basis of said bit and frame synchronization field in the time-division digital frames transmitted from said base station.