Digital signal processor for radio base station
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1. A digitally-controlled radio communication device comprising:
- a. a controller processor for controlling radio functions;
b. a digital signal processing module coupled to said controller processor and having audio input signals from both at least one RF receiver and at least one line, said module detecting tones in signals from receiver and line, communicating control information to said controller processor in response to said tones, and generating control tones for transmission; and
a tone controlled squelch encoder generating squelch tones and controlled by said controller processor, said control tones and said squelch tones being combined and transmitted from an RF transmitter.
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Abstract
A digital FM base station radio having a dedicated digital signal processing (DSP) board operates on audio signals from RF links and land lines. The DSP board detects, filters and generates tones and communicates information regarding these tones to a controller microprocessor on the central control board for the radio.
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6 Claims
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1. A digitally-controlled radio communication device comprising:
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a. a controller processor for controlling radio functions; b. a digital signal processing module coupled to said controller processor and having audio input signals from both at least one RF receiver and at least one line, said module detecting tones in signals from receiver and line, communicating control information to said controller processor in response to said tones, and generating control tones for transmission; and a tone controlled squelch encoder generating squelch tones and controlled by said controller processor, said control tones and said squelch tones being combined and transmitted from an RF transmitter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. In an RF base station of the type including an RF transmitter, an RF receiver, and a digital controller operatively connected to control said RF transmitter and RF receiver, a digital signal processing module operatively coupled to receive RF tones from said receiver, send tones for transmission by said transmitter and communicate with said controller, said digital signal processing module also coupled to audio signal lines, said digital signal processing module comprising:
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a digital signal processor programmed to detect tones superimposed on audio signals received from said RF receiver and signal lines, and to synthesize tones to be superimposed on audio signals transmitted by said RF transmitter and sent from said lines; conversion means for converting analog signals from said RF receiver and lines to digital signals sent to said digital signal processor, and for converting digital signals from said digital signal processor to analog signals sent to said RF receiver and lines, said conversion means operatively coupled to said digital signal processor; a memory device operatively coupled to said digital signal processor and said controller, said digital signal processor writing messages indicative of said detected tones in said memory device and said controller reading the messages written by said processor, and said controller writing control messages in said memory device and said processor reading the control messages, said digital signal processor acting in response to said messages, and a line cancellation circuit for accepting audio signals from 2-wire and 4-wire lines, said cancellation circuit having a programmable electronic potentiometer for attenuating signals received over said lines and for leveling signals in the 2-wire mode.
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6. A method for repeating RF audio signals using an RF repeating base station including an RF transmitter, an RF receiver, a digital controller operatively connected to the transmitter and receiver, and a digital signal processor operatively coupled to said controller, transmitter and receiver, said method comprising the steps of:
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a. receiving via the receiver an RF audio signal having superimposed remote tones; b. detecting the remote tones in said digital signal processor and in response sending hold channel control messages to the controller; c. said controller causing the transmitter and receiver to continue operating on the channel(s) corresponding to the RF audio signal; d. notch filtering out the remote tones from the audio signal using the digital signal processor, and e. retransmitting the audio signal without the received remote tones from the repeater.
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