Radio communication system capable of carrying out a data transmission with a high reliability

• US 5,930,235 A
• Filed: 02/28/1997
• Issued: 07/27/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 02/29/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Arai, Koju
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Chau
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Phuongchau Ba
• Application Number:
  US08/808,250
• Time in Patent Office: 879 Days
• Field of Search: 370/321, 370/324, 370/337, 370/350, 370/332, 370/347, 370/252, 370/503, 370/507, 370/516, 370/517, 375/344, 375/357, 375/358
• US Class Current: 370/252
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 3/0652 Synchronisation among time division multiple access [TDMA] nodes, e.g. time triggered protocol [TTP] bus network with centralized control in which slots are of a TDMA packet structure H04L12/4035
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 3/0682 by delay compensation, e.g. by compensation of propagation delay or variations thereof, by ranging
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/0015 one node acting as a reference for the others

Abstract

A radio communication system comprises a master station for carrying out a bidirectional communication between the master station and a slave station in time division multiple access. The master station comprises comparator circuit for producing a phase difference data between a slave frame signal of a of a slave transmission signal and a master frame signal of a master transmission signal. A first detecting circuit produces a first detection signal representative of whether or not a field strength level is less than a predetermined level. The phase difference data and the first detection signal are transmitted to the slave station. The slave station comprises a delay circuit for give a delay to the slave transmission signal in accordance with a given phase difference. A supplying section is responsive to the first detection signal to selectively supply the delay means with the phase difference data as the given phase difference.

Claims

1. A radio communication system comprises a master station for carrying out a bidirectional communication between said master station and a slave station in time division multiple access, said master station transmitting a master transmission signal having a master frame signal to said slave station, said slave station transmitting a slave transmission signal having a slave frame signal to said master station, wherein:

said master station comprises;

master comparator means for comparing said slave frame signal with said master frame signal to produce a phase difference between said slave frame signal and said master frame signal as phase difference data;

first detecting means for detecting a field strength level in accordance with said slave transmission signal to judge whether or not said field strength level is less than a predetermined level, said first detecting means producing a field detection signal representative of detection of a field strength as a first detection signal when said field strength level is not less than said predetermined level, said first detecting means producing a non-field detection signal representative of no detection of said field strength as said first detection signal when said field strength level is less that said predetermined level; and

master transmitting means for transmitting, to said slave station, said phase difference data and said first detection signal carried on said master transmission signal;

said slave station comprising;

delay means for delaying said slave transmission signal in accordance with a given phase difference; and

supplying means responsive to said first detection signal for selectively supplying said delay means with said phase difference data as said given phase difference.

2. A radio communication system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said supplying means supplies said delay means with said phase difference data as said given phase difference when said first detection signal is said field detection signal.

3. A radio communication system as claimed in claim 2, wherein said slave station further comprises frame pattern generating means for generating a predetermined frame pattern to carry said predetermined frame pattern on said slave transmission signal.

4. A radio communication system as claimed in claim 3, wherein said master station further comprises second detecting means for detecting said predetermined frame pattern on the basis of said slave transmission signal to produce a pattern detection signal as a second detection signal when said predetermined frame pattern is detected, said second detecting means producing a non-pattern detection signal as said second detection signal when said predetermined frame pattern is not detected.

5. A radio communication system as claimed in claim 4, wherein said master transmitting means transmits said second detection signal in addition to said phase difference data and said first detection signal on said master transmission signal.

6. A radio communication system as claimed in claim 5, said supplying means is responsive to at least one of said first and said second detection signals for selectively supplying said delay means with said phase difference data as said given phase difference.

7. A radio communication system as claimed in claim 6, wherein said supplying means supplies said delay means with said phase difference data as said given phase difference when said second detection signal is said pattern detection signal.

8. A radio communication system as claimed in claim 3, wherein said master station further comprises slave number generating means for generating a specific slave number to carry said specific slave number on said master transmission signal.

9. A radio communication system as claimed in claim 8, wherein:

said slave station further comprises a memory means for memorizing an own slave number own to said slave station; and

slave number comparator means for comparing said specific slave number with said own slave number to produce a coincident signal when said specific slave number is coincident with said own slave number;

said frame pattern generating means being responsive to said coincident signal for generating said predetermined frame pattern.

10. A radio communication system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said master comparator means comprises:

an extracting circuit said slave frame signal as a reception clock signal from said slave transmission signal; and

a master comparator circuit for comparing said slave frame signal with said master frame signal to produce said phase difference between said slave frame signal and said master frame signal as said phase difference data.