Method and system for uniquely identifying control channel time slots
First Claim
1. A system for utilizing certain time slots of a radio channel frame as communication channels, each time slot capable of being used for transmitting message signals between a mobile station and a base station in a cellular telephone network, said system comprising:
- message signal generating means for generating message signals to be transmitted in said time slots of said frame as a series of binary bits;
synchronization word generating means for generating time slot synchronization words which are associated with each of said time slots, each time slot including channel indication information for indicating whether a time slot is a first type of channel or a second type of channel;
frame producing means for producing a frame, which includes a plurality of said time slots, by allotting to each of said time slots a message signal and an associated synchronization word;
transmitting means for transmitting said frame;
receiving means for receiving said transmitted frame;
detecting means for detecting said channel indication information; and
determining means determining whether each of said time slots is to be utilized as a traffic channel or a control channel in response to detection of either said first type of channel or said second type of channel.
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Abstract
A method and system in which the control channels of an associated base station directly correspond to certain time slots of a radio channel frame, which also includes time slots being utilized for traffic channels. The time slots being utilized as control channels are marked with uniquely defined control channel indicators which include unique Sync Words and unique control channel identification words. The mobile station recognizes the uniquely defined control channel indicators and identifies those particular time slots as control channels so as to distinguish from the time slots which are not being used as control channels.
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24 Claims
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1. A system for utilizing certain time slots of a radio channel frame as communication channels, each time slot capable of being used for transmitting message signals between a mobile station and a base station in a cellular telephone network, said system comprising:
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message signal generating means for generating message signals to be transmitted in said time slots of said frame as a series of binary bits; synchronization word generating means for generating time slot synchronization words which are associated with each of said time slots, each time slot including channel indication information for indicating whether a time slot is a first type of channel or a second type of channel; frame producing means for producing a frame, which includes a plurality of said time slots, by allotting to each of said time slots a message signal and an associated synchronization word; transmitting means for transmitting said frame; receiving means for receiving said transmitted frame; detecting means for detecting said channel indication information; and determining means determining whether each of said time slots is to be utilized as a traffic channel or a control channel in response to detection of either said first type of channel or said second type of channel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for utilizing certain time slots of a frame as communication channels, each time slot being used for transmitting message signals between a mobile station and a base station in a cellular telephone network, said method comprising the steps of:
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generating message signals to be transmitted in said time slots of said frame; generating synchronization words which are associated with each of said time slots, each time slot having associated therewith channel indication information for indicating whether a time slot is a first type of channel or a second type of channel; producing a frame, which includes a plurality of said time slots, by allotting to each of said time slots a message signal and an associated synchronization word; transmitting said frame from one of said base and mobile stations; receiving said frame at the other of said base and mobile station; detecting said channel indication information; and determining whether each of said time slots should be utilized as a traffic channel or a control channel in response to said detecting step.
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7. A method for designating time slots of a frame, which includes time slots being utilized for traffic channels and control channels, said frames utilized for transmitting message signals between a base station and a mobile station in a cellular telephone system, comprising the steps of:
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generating at least one unique control channel identification word for designating at least one time slot as a control channel; producing a frame having at least one time slot with an associated control channel identification word combined therewith; detecting said at least one time slot with said associated control channel identification word; and utilizing said detected at least one time slot with said associated control channel identification word as a control channel. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A system for utilizing a plurality of time slots of a radio channel frame as communication channels, each time slot capable of being used for transmitting message signals between a mobile radio station and a base station in a cellular telephone network, said system comprising:
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message signal generating means for generating message signals to be transmitted in said time slots of said frame; synchronization word generating means for generating a plurality of synchronization words of a first type which are uniquely associated with a plurality of said time slots and for generating a plurality of synchronization words of a second type which are uniquely associated with at least one of said time slots; frame producing means for producing said radio channel frame by allotting to a plurality of said time slots in said frame a first type of message signal and an associated synchronization word of said first type and by allotting to at least one of said time slots a second type of message signal and an associated synchronization of said second type; transmitting means for transmitting said frame; receiving means for receiving said transmitted frame; detecting means for detecting the type of synchronization word associated with each of said time slots; and determining means for determining whether each of said time slots is to be utilized as a traffic channel or a control channel in response to a detection of a synchronization word either of said first type or said second type, said synchronization word of said first type of message signals designating a time slot as a channel transmitting said first type of message signal and said synchronization word of said second type designating a time slot as a channel transmitting said second type of message signal. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. In a digital cellular radio telephone system of the type in which information is communicated between base stations of the system and mobile telephone units in frames, with each frame being divided into a plurality of time slots that correspond to respective digital communication channels, a method for enabling said digital communication channels to be alternatively and selectively used as traffic channels for the communication of voice and data information or control channels for the communication of control information, comprising the steps of:
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establishing a set of synchronization words, each synchronization word being associated with one of the time slots in a frame, with the total number of synchronization words in said set being greater than the number of time slots in a frame, so that at least one time slot has two synchronization words associated therewith; dividing said set of synchronization words into words of a first type and words of a second type, with each of the synchronization words of said first type being uniquely associated with a respective one of the time slots in a frame, and the synchronization words of said second type being uniquely associated with respective ones of the time slots in a frame; transmitting segments of information in respective time slots of a frame; and transmitting one of said synchronization words with each segment of information, said one synchronization word being associated with the time slot in which the segment of information is transmitted and being of said first type when the segment of information is voice or data information and being of said second type when the segment of information is control information. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for utilizing a plurality of time slots of a radio channel frame as communication channels, each time slot capable of being used for transmitting message signals between a mobile radio station and a base station in a cellular telephone network, said system comprising:
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message signal generating means for generating message signals to be transmitted in said time slots of said frame; word generating means for generating a plurality of time slot synchronization words which are uniquely associated with a plurality of said time slots and for generating at least one control channel identification word which is uniquely associated with at least one of said time slots, wherein one of said time slot synchronization words and said at least one control channel identification word are combined to generate an extended synchronization word; frame producing means for producing said radio channel frame by allotting to a plurality of said time slots in said frame a first type of message signal and an associated time slot synchronization word and by allotting to at least one of said time slots a second type of message signal and an associated extended synchronization word; transmitting means for transmitting said frame; receiving means for receiving said transmitted frame; detecting means for detecting the synchronization word associated with each of said time slots; and determining means for determining whether each of said time slots is to be utilized as a traffic channel or a control channel in response to said detection means, wherein detection of said time slot synchronization word determines that a time slot is a traffic channel and detection of said extended synchronization word determines that a time slot is a control channel. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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