Multiple access communications system and method using code and time division
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1. A communication method using Code Division Multiple Access comprising the steps of:
- assembling information into blocks of digital data;
coding the blocks of digital data to form spread spectrum codewords;
adding at least two of the spread spectrum codewords to form a composite signal; and
time-compressing the composite signal for transmission in a timeslot.
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Abstract
A multiple access communication system and method using Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) comprises coding information signals with CDMA codewords to be transmitted over a common frequency spectrum, time compressing the CDMA codewords for transmission only during allocated timeslots, activating a receiver only during the allocated timeslots to receive and decompress the time compressed CDMA codewords, and decoding the decompressed CDMA codewords to recover the information signals.
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1. A communication method using Code Division Multiple Access comprising the steps of:
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assembling information into blocks of digital data; coding the blocks of digital data to form spread spectrum codewords; adding at least two of the spread spectrum codewords to form a composite signal; and time-compressing the composite signal for transmission in a timeslot. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of communicating using Code Division Multiple Access comprising the steps of:
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coding information into digital form to produce a sequence of coded bits; assembling the coded bits into blocks; redundantly coding the blocks to form spread spectrum codewords; scrambling the spread spectrum codewords to form scrambled codewords; adding at least two of the scrambled codewords to form a composite signal and time compressing the composite signal for transmission in an allocated timeslot.
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6. A method of communicating using Code Division Multiple Access comprising the steps of:
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coding information using spread spectrum codewords for transmission in an allocated timeslot; enabling a receiver during the allocated timeslot to receive a composite signal comprising the spread spectrum codewords and an interfering signal; converting the composite signal into a sequence of numerical samples and storing the numerical samples in a memory; correlating the numerical samples with one of the spread spectrum codewords at least two points shifted in time to determine numerical values related to a phase and an amplitude of at least two multipath rays; identifying the spread spectrum codewords using the numerical values to produce a symbol sequence; reconstructing the information using the symbol sequence. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A communication apparatus comprising:
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block spreading means for assembling digital information into blocks and coding the blocks to produce spread spectrum codewords; timing means for allocating a timeslot in a repetitive frame period for transmission of the spread spectrum codewords; and burst formatting means for selecting at least two of the spread spectrum codewords and for time-compressing the at least two of the spread spectrum codewords for transmission in the allocated timeslot. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. An apparatus for communicating information signals using Code Division Multiple Access between a fixed station and a mobile station comprising:
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spread spectrum coding means for coding the information signals to form spread spectrum codewords; a transmitter for transmitting a transmitted signal comprising at least two of the spread spectrum codewords during an allocated timeslot; timing control means for enabling a receiver during the allocated timeslot to receive a composite signal comprising the transmitted signal and interfering signals;
an analog to digital converter for converting the composite signal into a sequence of numerical samples;a memory for storing the numerical samples; processing means for recalling the numerical samples from the memory and for processing the numerical samples to establish numerical values related to a phase and an amplitude of at least two rays of the transmitted signal; a decoder for reproducing the information signals based on the numerical values. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A receiver comprising:
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an antenna for receiving a composite signal, the composite signal comprising at least two spread spectrum codewords which are time-compressed into a timeslot;
radio receiver means connected to the antenna for filtering and amplifying the composite signal received by the antenna and for converting the composite signal into complex numerical samples;timing control means for activating the radio receiver means during the timeslot to thereby reduce power consumption; a memory for storing the complex numerical samples converted during the timeslot; and processing means coupled to the memory for processing the stored complex numerical samples, the processing means comprising; prediction means for predicting a signal strength of each of said spread spectrum codewords and for ordering the spread spectrum codewords in order of strongest to weakest signal strength; and iterative decoding means for decoding a strongest of the spread spectrum codewords and for subtracting the strongest of the spread spectrum codewords from the composite signal before decoding a next strongest of the spread spectrum codewords. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A receiver for receiving and decoding information signals comprising:
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multiple-element antenna means for receiving and resolving signals from different directions; multiple-channel processing means, connected to the antenna means, for filtering, amplifying, and digitizing a portion of the received information signals to produce sequences of complex numbers for storage in a memory; multi-dimensional decimating means for processing the stored sequences of complex numbers to separate the information signals according to channel frequency, time of arrival, and direction of arrival and for producing numerical sequences representative of overlapping Code Division Multiple Access signals; CDMA signal processing means for processing the numerical sequences to separate individual channel signals transmitted by a single transmitter to produce information symbols; and source decoding means for processing the information symbols to reconstruct the information signals transmitted by the individual transmitter. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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27. A method of communicating using Code Division Multiple Access, comprising the steps of:
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forming a narrowband CDMA signal by combining information signals with an access code; time-compressing the narrowband CDMA signal to form a wideband CDMA signal; transmitting the wideband CDMA signal in a time-compressed burst. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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29. A method of communicating between at least one first station and plurality of second stations using Code Division Multiple Access including:
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selecting at said first station a frequency channel, timeslot and power level to be used for transmitting to each of said second stations a respective CDMA signal such that the power levels of signals selected to be transmitted using the same frequency and timeslot are spread over a predetermined dynamic range; adding together said CDMA signals selected to be transmitted on the same frequency and timeslot using weighting factors corresponding to the selected power levels of the CDMA signals to form a sum signal; time-compressing said sum signal for transmission in the selected timeslot and modulating the time-compressed signal for transmission on the selected frequency channel. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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