Method of signal transmission in a mobile communication system

• US 5,710,764 A
• Filed: 05/23/1996
• Issued: 01/20/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Yamashita, Tetsuya, Yoshimura, Yukio
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin, Wellington
• Assistant Examiner(s): Vu, Huy D.
• Application Number:
  US08/653,698
• Time in Patent Office: 607 Days
• Field of Search: 370/316, 370/319, 370/321, 370/326, 370/327, 370/501, 370/293, 370/310, 370/312, 370/315, 370/328, 370/329, 370/330, 370/336, 370/345, 370/351, 370/357, 370/360, 370/375, 370/384, 370/428, 370/436, 370/458, 370/478, 370/498, 370/522, 370/459, 455/11.1, 455/12.1, 455/13.1, 455/15, 455/16, 455/17, 455/56.1, 455/53.1, 455/54.1, 455/54.2, 375/211, 375/212, 379/56, 379/57, 379/58, 379/59, 379/61, 379/63
• US Class Current: 370/315
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/26 Cell enhancers or enhancement, e.g. for tunnels, building shadow
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/085 Access point devices with remote components

Abstract

A method of signal transmission between radio base stations (BSs) in a mobile communication system by using only one transmission system commonly used for both of communication with the exchange and communication with mobile stations (MSs) is realized. Each BS has at least one each of receiver and transmitter operable in the same frequency used in an adjacent BS, a call signal to be transferred is assigned in a channel slot of same radio signal as used for communication with MSs in own radio zone, the call signal contains destination indicator indicating an identification number of the BS to which the call signal is to be transferred, and each BS compares the indicator with own identification number, and if they coincide with each other, the call signal is extracted and used in the BS, but if they do not coincide with each other, the call signal is relayed to the next BS by transmitting radio signal containing the call signal in the same channel slot as received.

Claims

1. A method of signal transmission in a mobile communication system, including a plurality of mobile stations, a plurality of radio base stations each providing a radio zone inherent thereto which communicates with the plurality of mobile stations in accordance with a multiplexing transmission system and each having at least one receiver and one transmitter operable in a radio frequency used in a adjacent radio base station, and an exchange managing mobile communication calls and controlling the mobile communication system, the method comprising steps of:

in the exchange;

discriminating a target radio base station and a mobile station by which a call is to be received when accepting a call request from a public switched telephone network at the exchange;

determining radio base stations to be used for a signal transmission path between the exchange and the target radio base station, and selecting a channel slot of radio signal which is available in all determined radio base stations including the target radio base station;

instructing each of the transmission path radio base stations to store information of the selected channel slot of radio signal;

connecting speech path between the public switched telephone network and the nearest radio base station among the selected radio base stations; and

transferring a call signal which is contained in the selected channel slot; and

in each radio base station;

monitoring channel slots of radio signal transmitted on a radio frequency of adjacent radio base station in accordance with the stored channel slot information; and

extracting and repeating transmission of the call signals in the channel slots with the radio base stations own radio frequency in the same channel slots as those of received radio signal.

2. A method of signal transmission in a mobile communication system, including a plurality of mobile stations, a plurality of radio base stations each providing a radio zone inherent thereto which communicates with the plurality of mobile stations in accordance with a multiplexing transmission system and each having at least one receiver and one transmitter operable in a radio frequency used in an adjacent radio base station, and an exchange managing mobile communication calls and controlling the mobile communication system, the method comprising steps of:

in the exchange;

determining an originating radio base station from which a call request is originated, and a target radio base station and a mobile station by which the call is to be received;

determining radio base stations to be used for a signal transmission path between the originating radio base station and the target radio base station, and selecting a channel slot of radio signal which is available in all determined radio base stations including the target radio base station; and

instructing each of the transmission path radio base stations to store information of selected channel slot of radio signal;

in the originating radio base station;

transmitting a call signal transferred from the mobile station in the originating radio base station'"'"'s own radio zone putting in the channel slot instructed by the exchange with a radio frequency used by the adjacent radio base station; and

in each of other radio base stations;

monitoring radio signal transmitted by a radio frequency of adjacent radio base station, and also monitoring radio signal transmission on a radio frequency of own radio base station, in accordance with the stored channel slot information; and

extracting and repeating transmission of the call signals in the channel slots with own radio frequency in the same channel slots as those of received radio signal.