Three-cell wireless communication system
First Claim
1. A time division multiple access wireless communication system, comprisinga repeated pattern of three cells, each cell having a base station;
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wherein said base station and said user station communicate using time division multiple access;
wherein transmitters in a first cell are assigned a first spread-spectrum code for modulating radio communication in said first cell;
whereby radio signals used in said first cell are spread across a bandwidth sufficiently wide that receivers in a second cell, said second cell being adjacent to said first cell, may distinguish communication which originates in said first cell from communication which originates in said second cell; and
whereby said first spread-spectrum code is reused in a plurality of cells such that said first cell in said pattern using said first spread-spectrum code is not adjacent to any other cell using said first spread-spectrum code.
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Abstract
A wireless communication system including a repeated pattern of cells, in which base station transmitters and user station transmitters for each cell may be assigned a spread-spectrum code for modulating radio signal communication in that cell. Radio signals used in that cell are spread across a bandwidth sufficiently wide that both base station receivers and user station receivers in an adjacent cell may distinguish communication which originates in one cell from another. Adjacent cells may use distinguishable frequencies and distinguishable codes, but it is sufficient if adjacent cells use distinguishable frequencies and identical codes. A repeated pattern of cells allows the codes each to be reused in a plurality of cells.
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17 Claims
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1. A time division multiple access wireless communication system, comprising
a repeated pattern of three cells, each cell having a base station; - and
a user station; wherein said base station and said user station communicate using time division multiple access; wherein transmitters in a first cell are assigned a first spread-spectrum code for modulating radio communication in said first cell; whereby radio signals used in said first cell are spread across a bandwidth sufficiently wide that receivers in a second cell, said second cell being adjacent to said first cell, may distinguish communication which originates in said first cell from communication which originates in said second cell; and whereby said first spread-spectrum code is reused in a plurality of cells such that said first cell in said pattern using said first spread-spectrum code is not adjacent to any other cell using said first spread-spectrum code. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 8, 16, 17)
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5. A time division multiple access wireless communication system, comprising
a repeated pattern of cells, each cell having a base station; - and
a user station; wherein said base station and said user station communicate using time division multiple access; wherein transmitters in a first cell are assigned a first spread-spectrum code for modulating radio communication in said first cell; whereby radio signals used in said first cell are spread across a bandwidth sufficiently wide that receivers in a second cell, said second cell being adjacent to said first cell, may distinguish communication which originates in said first cell from communication which originates in said second cell; whereby said first spread-spectrum code is reused in a plurality of cells such that said first cell in said pattern using said first spread-spectrum code is not adjacent to any other cell using said first spread-spectrum code; and wherein said codes are assigned dynamically for each cell by each of a plurality of independent communication systems, after accounting for use by other systems. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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