Method and apparatus for transmitting information for multiple independent users in a communication system
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1. In a radio frequency communication system supporting a plurality of traffic channels, the traffic channel being framed so as to implement traffic channel frames, a method of transmitting information for multiple independent users comprising:
- independently coding information from at least two of said multiple independent users to produce independently coded information for the at least two of said multiple independent users;
placing said independently coded information for the at least two of said multiple independent users into different traffic channel frames; and
transmitting at least two of said traffic channel frames staggered by a time offset related to the traffic channel frame.
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Abstract
An RF cellular communication system employing offset frame synchronization between cells, any cell being omni-directional or directional, such that a frame at one cell is offset by an integral number of frames from another cell; the system incorporating multiplexed speech transcoding of traffic channels from multiple cells while supporting stringent delay requirements. Offset frame synchronization for providing rapid mobile assisted handoff.
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1. In a radio frequency communication system supporting a plurality of traffic channels, the traffic channel being framed so as to implement traffic channel frames, a method of transmitting information for multiple independent users comprising:
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independently coding information from at least two of said multiple independent users to produce independently coded information for the at least two of said multiple independent users; placing said independently coded information for the at least two of said multiple independent users into different traffic channel frames; and transmitting at least two of said traffic channel frames staggered by a time offset related to the traffic channel frame. - View Dependent Claims (2, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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3. In a radio frequency cellular communication system using carriers, having at least a first and second cell, each cell being assigned at least one carrier, a method of organizing independently coded frames comprising:
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providing an independently coded frame for the at least first cell'"'"'s carrier, providing a corresponding independently coded frame for the at least second cell'"'"'s carrier; and staggering the independently coded frames for the at least first cell'"'"'s carrier from that of the at least second cell'"'"'s carrier by a predetermined time related to the independently coded frames. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5)
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6. In an RF communication system using carriers, having at least a first cell and at least one handoff cell, wherein either of the cells may be omni-directional or directional, each cell being assigned at least one carrier, and at least one subscriber unit communicating with the first cell, a system apparatus for synchronization comprising:
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at least one base site controller including means for offsetting frame timing between the at least first cell and the at least one handoff cell by a predetermined time, and the at least one subscriber unit having; i) means for determining the offset frame timing difference between a frame received from the at least one handoff cell and that of the at least first cell, ii) means, operably coupled to means for determining, for establishing where information is expected in the frame received from the at least one handoff cell, and iii) means, operably coupled to means for determining, for transferring from the carrier assigned to the at least first cell, to the carrier assigned to the handoff cell, without synchronizing to a specific frame number of the at least handoff cell thereby facilitating a rapid handoff. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. A subscriber unit for use in an RF cellular communication system having at least a first cell and handoff cell, wherein either of the cells may be omni-directional or directional, each cell being assigned at least one carrier, the subscriber unit comprising:
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means for determining an offset frame timing difference between a frame received from the at least one handoff cell and that of the at least first cell, and means, operably coupled to means for determing, for establishing where information is expected in the frame received from the at least one handoff cell means, operably coupled to means for determining, for transferring from the carrier assigned to the at least first cell, to the carrier assigned to the handoff cell, without synchronizing to a specific frame number of the at least one handoff cell thereby facilitating a rapid handoff.
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10. In a radio frequency communication system supporting a plurality of traffic channels, the traffic channel being framed so as to implement traffic channel frames, an apparatus for transmitting information for multiple independent users comprising:
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means for independently coding information from at least two of said multiple independent users to produce independently coded information for the at least two of said multiple independent users; means for placing said independently coded information for the at least two of said multiple independent users into different traffic channel frames; and means for transmitting at least two of said traffic channel frames staggered by a time offset related to the traffic channel frame. - View Dependent Claims (11, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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12. In a radio frequency cellular communication system using carriers, having at least a first and second cell, each cell being assigned at least one carrier, an apparatus for organizing independently coded frames comprising:
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means for providing an independently coded frame for the at least first cell'"'"'s carrier; means for providing a corresponding independently coded frame for the at least second cell'"'"'s carrier; and means for staggering the independently coded frames for the at least first cell'"'"'s carrier from that of the at least second cell'"'"'s carrier by a predetermined time related to the independently coded frames.
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23. In a radio frequency communication system having an air-interface structure supporting a plurality of traffic channels, the air-interface structure being framed such that the plurality of traffic channels are organized as traffic channel frames, the traffic channel frames containing information in the form of traffic channel packets, a method of transmitting the traffic channel packets to multiple independent users comprising:
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staggering the generation of traffic channel packets to be transmitted to the multiple independent users to produce staggered traffic channel packets; and transmitting the staggered traffic channel packets to the multiple independent users. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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26. A method of transmitting information to multiple users in a wireless communication system, the wireless communication system implementing a base site which supports the transmission of traffic channel frames, the method comprising the steps of:
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coding information for each of said multiple users to produce coded information for each of said multiple users; placing a portion of said coded information for each of said multiple users into a traffic channel frame; and transmitting some of the traffic channel frames staggered by a time offset related to a fraction of the traffic channel frame. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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28. A apparatus for transmitting information to multiple users in a wireless communication system, the wireless communication system implementing a base site which supports the transmission of traffic channel frames, the apparatus comprising:
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means for coding information for each of said multiple users to produce coded information for each of said multiple users; means for placing a portion of said coded information for each of said multiple users into a traffic channel frame; and means for transmitting some of the traffic channel frames staggered by a time offset related to a fraction of the traffic channel frame. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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