Multi-donor booster operation and system
First Claim
1. A system for providing an improved hand-off capability for a movable transceiver between a donor and a target cell site where coverage of one of the cell sites if enhanced by a frequency-translation type booster associated with the donor cell site and the movable transceiver is communicating with the donor cell site via the booster, the system comprising:
- means, coupled to the target cell site, for detecting translated communications between the movable transceiver and the booster;
means, coupled to said detecting means, for translating a detected communication, previously translated by the booster from an original frequency assigned by the donor cell to a second frequency assigned by the booster, back to the original frequency; and
means coupled to said translating means, for forwarding the back-translated communication to the target cell site.
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Abstract
A system and method for handing back a movable transceiver to a different cell site from the original cell site includes circuitry for sensing signals from the movable transceiver which are transmitted on a modified frequency as well as circuitry for translating those signals back to their originally assigned frequencies without changing the detected field strength of the signal, in combination with circuitry for forwarding the translated signals to the different cell site for hand-off evaluation. The method includes sensing the received signals, translating the received signals to an originally assigned frequency based on either a fixed offset or other provided information concerning the translation along with a step of continually updating those frequencies which are to be retranslated.
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21 Claims
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1. A system for providing an improved hand-off capability for a movable transceiver between a donor and a target cell site where coverage of one of the cell sites if enhanced by a frequency-translation type booster associated with the donor cell site and the movable transceiver is communicating with the donor cell site via the booster, the system comprising:
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means, coupled to the target cell site, for detecting translated communications between the movable transceiver and the booster; means, coupled to said detecting means, for translating a detected communication, previously translated by the booster from an original frequency assigned by the donor cell to a second frequency assigned by the booster, back to the original frequency; and means coupled to said translating means, for forwarding the back-translated communication to the target cell site. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system for providing an improved hand-off capability for a movable transceiver between a donor and a target cell site where the movable transceiver operates on a donor assigned frequency, and where coverage of one of the cell sites is enhanced by a frequency-translation type booster associated with the donor cell site and the movable transceiver is communicating with the donor cell site via the booster, the system comprising:
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circuitry coupled to the target cell site, for detecting frequency translated communications between the movable transceiver and the booster; amplifier circuitry for translating a detected communication, previously translated by the booster, back to a donor cell assigned frequency; and a coupler for forwarding the back-translated communication to the target cell site. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus for facilitating a hand-off, between a donor cell site and a target cell site, of a movable transceiver located in a region serviced by a frequency transferring booster coupled to the donor cell where the transceiver is communicating with the booster on a booster assigned translated frequency, and the booster is communicating with the donor cell site on a donor site assigned frequency, the apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving a translated frequency communication from the movable transceiver; means for translating the received communication to the donor site assigned frequency; and means for sending said translated communication to the target cell site. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of transferring control of a movable transceiver in communication with a booster, from a first, fixed, transceiver with a first coverage area extended by the booster, to a second fixed transceiver with a second coverage area which is overlapped, in part, by an area of coverage of the booster, the method comprising:
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detecting a radio transmission from the movable transceiver to the booster on a frequency assigned by the booster; translating the detected transmission to a frequency originally assigned thereto by the first, fixed, transceiver; and transferring a representation of the translated transmission to the second transceiver for evaluation. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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