Method and system of tracking dynamic communication parameters during a link interruption
First Claim
1. In a wireless communication system, a method of restoring a communication link between a mobile base station and a mobile subscriber unit following an interruption of said communication link comprising the steps of:
- establishing said communication link having dynamic communication parameters;
revising said dynamic communication parameters as orientation changes between said mobile base station and said mobile subscriber unit;
upon an interruption of said communication link, providing acceleration data characteristic of said mobile subscriber unit;
said mobile subscriber unit producing predicted communication parameters in part from said acceleration data;
attempting to restore said communication link using said predicted communication parameters;
determining if said communication link has been restored; and
when said communication link has not been restored, repeating said producing step, said attempting step, and said determining step.
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Abstract
In a dynamic communication system (90) wherein communication parameters vary appreciably between transmissions, mobile subscriber units (200) are susceptible to link blockages resulting in a loss of successive feedback instructing subscriber units (200) of adjustments to communication parameters to be employed in a subsequent transmission on a communication link (105). When a mobile subscriber unit (200) is airborne, an outage may occur from a control surface blockage during maneuvering. Aircraft avionics (290) supplies acceleration data representing aircraft movement for use in predicting subsequent communication parameters. A method and system are employed to predict subsequent communication parameters and employ these predictions during link blockages in an attempt to reestablish communications and upon the removal of a link blockage, a mobile subscriber unit (200) employs the predicted communication parameters to resume communications.
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21 Claims
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1. In a wireless communication system, a method of restoring a communication link between a mobile base station and a mobile subscriber unit following an interruption of said communication link comprising the steps of:
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establishing said communication link having dynamic communication parameters; revising said dynamic communication parameters as orientation changes between said mobile base station and said mobile subscriber unit; upon an interruption of said communication link, providing acceleration data characteristic of said mobile subscriber unit; said mobile subscriber unit producing predicted communication parameters in part from said acceleration data; attempting to restore said communication link using said predicted communication parameters; determining if said communication link has been restored; and when said communication link has not been restored, repeating said producing step, said attempting step, and said determining step. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. In a wireless communication system, a method of resuming communication services in a mobile subscriber unit upon an interruption of a communication link between a mobile base station and said mobile subscriber unit comprising the steps of:
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establishing said communication link using dynamic communication parameters; revising said dynamic communication parameters as orientation changes between said mobile base station and said mobile subscriber unit; upon an interruption of said communication link, receiving acceleration data characteristic of said mobile subscriber unit; producing predicted communication parameters in part from said acceleration data; attempting to restore said communication link using said predicted communication parameters; determining if said communication link has been restored; and when said communication link has not been restored, repeating said producing step, said attempting step, and said determining step. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A mobile subscriber unit for resuming communication services upon interruption of a communication link with a mobile base station, comprising:
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a receiver for receiving feedback communication parameters from said mobile base station, said feedback communication parameters being determined from previous transmissions on said communication link by said mobile base station; a transmitter for cooperatively establishing said communication link by employing dynamic communication parameters; a controller for extracting said feedback communication parameters from said receiver; a communication parameter predictor for receiving from said controller said feedback communication parameters and predicting from said feedback communication parameters and from previous ones of said dynamic communication parameters, present ones of said dynamic communication parameters, said communication parameter predictor also receiving acceleration data from an avionics source upon interruption of said communication link; and a synthesizer for revising said transmitter and said receiver according to said dynamic communication parameters for a subsequent interaction on said communication link.
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