Adaptive sectorization in a spread spectrum communication system
First Claim
1. A digital communication system in which information signals are communicated among a plurality of users, said system comprising:
- means for providing at least first and second electromagnetic beams for receiving components of said information signals transmitted by said users;
means for allocating said first electromagnetic beam to receive a first of said information signal components transmitted over a first transmission path so as to generate a first received signal, said first information signal component comprising at least a portion of a first information signal transmitted by a first of said users;
means for generating a first beam signal from said first received signal;
a first beam tracking network for generating a first beam tracking signal by demodulating said first beam signal; and
beam switching means for spatially tracking said first signal component by assigning said second electromagnetic beam to receive said first signal component based upon said first beam tracking signal.
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Abstract
A system and method for adaptively sectorizing channel resources within a digital cellular communication system is disclosed herein. The system includes an antenna arrangement for providing at least first and second electromagnetic beams for receiving a first information signal transmitted by a specific one of a plurality of users, thereby generating first and second received signals. A first set of beam-forming signals are then generated from the first and second received signals. A demodulating receiver is provided for demodulating at least first and second beam-forming signals included within the first set of beam-forming signals, thereby producing first and second demodulated signals. The system further includes a tracking network for tracking multipath information signals, received from various positions and angles of incidence, based on comparison of the first and second demodulated signals.
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33 Claims
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1. A digital communication system in which information signals are communicated among a plurality of users, said system comprising:
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means for providing at least first and second electromagnetic beams for receiving components of said information signals transmitted by said users; means for allocating said first electromagnetic beam to receive a first of said information signal components transmitted over a first transmission path so as to generate a first received signal, said first information signal component comprising at least a portion of a first information signal transmitted by a first of said users; means for generating a first beam signal from said first received signal; a first beam tracking network for generating a first beam tracking signal by demodulating said first beam signal; and beam switching means for spatially tracking said first signal component by assigning said second electromagnetic beam to receive said first signal component based upon said first beam tracking signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A digital communication system in which information signals are communicated among a plurality of users, said system comprising;
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means for providing a set of electromagnetic beams for receiving multipath signal components of a plurality of information signals transmitted by a corresponding plurality of users so as to generate a set of received signals; switching means for spatially tracking said multipath signal components by altering allocation of subsets of said beam signals among a plurality of traffic channels, each of said traffic channels being associated with one of said plurality of users; and receiver means for recovering a first of said information signals from a first of said subsets of beam signals allocated to a first of said traffic channels associated with a first of said users. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A digital communication system in which information signals are communicated via at least one base station among a plurality of users, said system comprising:
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an array of antenna elements, located at said base station, for providing a first set of electromagnetic beams for receiving information signals transmitted by said plurality of users to as to generate a first set of received signals; a first beam-forming matrix, coupled to said array of antenna elements, for producing a first set of beam signals based on samples to said set of received signals, said beam-forming matrix including means for weighting and combining selected ones of said received signal samples; switching means for spatially tracking said information signals received at said base station by altering allocation of subsets of said beam signals among a plurality of traffic channels wherein each of said traffic channels is associated with one of said plurality of users; and a set of receivers coupled to said switching means, each of said receivers including means for extracting an information signal from the subset of beam signals allocated to one of said traffic channels. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A method for communicating information signals among a plurality of users within a digital communication system, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing first and second electromagnetic beams for receiving a first information signal component over a first transmission path so as to generate first and second received signals, said first information signal component comprising at least a portion of a first information signal transmitted by a first of said users; generating first and second beam signals from said first and second received signals; demodulating said first and second beam signals in order to provide first and second estimates of said information signal; and generating a first tracking signal based on said first and second estimates of said information signal, said first tracking signal being useable to spatially track said first transmission path. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method for communicating information signals among a plurality of users within a digital communication system, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing a set of electromagnetic beams for receiving multipath signal components of a plurality of information signals transmitted by a corresponding plurality of users so as to generate a set of received signals; generating a set of beam signals based on said set of received signals; spatially tracking said multipath components by altering allocation (of subsets of said beam signals among a plurality of traffic channels, each of said traffic channels being associated with one of said plurality of users; and recovering a first of said information signals from a first of said subsets of beam signals allocated to a first of said traffic channels associated with a first of said users. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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