Traffic channel assignment in a cellular telephone system using an uplink interference driven frequency packing method
First Claim
1. A cellular telephone system, comprising:
- a base station allocated use of a plurality of frequencies, each frequency including a plurality of time slot traffic channels, comprising;
a signal strength measuring device selectively tunable to make signal strength measurements on the frequencies allocated to the base station having idle time slot traffic channels and obtain uplink interference measurements on those measured frequencies; and
processing means connected to receive the uplink interference measurements, the processing means operating to;
apply an interference penalty against the received uplink interference measurements if the measured frequency includes more than a threshold number of idle time slot traffic channels;
sort the measured frequencies by their uplink interference measurements adjusted by any applied interference penalties from a least uplink interfered frequency to a most uplink interfered frequency; and
select for assignment by the base station at call set-up or hand-off one of the idle time slot traffic channels included within the least uplink interfered frequency.
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Abstract
Each base station in a cellular telephone system includes a signal strength measurement device operable to tune to and make signal strength measurements on not only the frequencies allocated to other cells, but also on its own allocated frequencies. Measurements are made by the device on those of its own frequencies having idle traffic channels to obtain an indication of injected uplink interference. An interference penalty is then assessed against the measured uplink interference for those frequencies having more than a threshold number of idle traffic channels. The adjusted measurements for the frequencies allocated to the cell are then sorted in relative order of idle traffic channel (adjusted) measured uplink interference from a least (adjusted) interfered frequency to a most (adjusted) interfered frequency. An idle traffic channel is then selected for assignment at either call set-up or hand-off from the least (adjusted) interfered frequency.
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32 Claims
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1. A cellular telephone system, comprising:
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a base station allocated use of a plurality of frequencies, each frequency including a plurality of time slot traffic channels, comprising; a signal strength measuring device selectively tunable to make signal strength measurements on the frequencies allocated to the base station having idle time slot traffic channels and obtain uplink interference measurements on those measured frequencies; and processing means connected to receive the uplink interference measurements, the processing means operating to; apply an interference penalty against the received uplink interference measurements if the measured frequency includes more than a threshold number of idle time slot traffic channels; sort the measured frequencies by their uplink interference measurements adjusted by any applied interference penalties from a least uplink interfered frequency to a most uplink interfered frequency; and select for assignment by the base station at call set-up or hand-off one of the idle time slot traffic channels included within the least uplink interfered frequency. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for use in a cellular telephone system for assigning traffic channels, comprising the steps of:
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making signal strength measurements on frequencies allocated to a base station, wherein each frequency includes a plurality of time slot traffic channels, the measurement made on those frequencies having idle time slot traffic channels to obtain uplink interference measurements; applying an interference penalty against the made uplink interference measurements if the measured frequency includes more than a threshold number of idle time slot traffic channels; sorting the measured frequencies by their uplink interference measurements adjusted by any applied interference penalties from a least uplink interfered frequency to a most uplink interfered frequency; and selecting for assignment by the base station at call set-up or hand-off one of the idle time slot traffic channels included within the least uplink interfered frequency. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A cellular telephone system having a plurality of frequencies available for carrying cellular communications, each frequency including a plurality of time slot traffic channels, comprising:
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a plurality of base stations distributed across a service area, each base station being allocated to use a subset of the plurality of frequencies wherein each base station includes; a signal strength measuring device selectively tunable for making signal strength measurements on any of the plurality of frequencies in the system; and processing means; connected to receive a report from a given base station of measurements made by the signal strength measuring device on selected ones of the subset of frequencies allocated to that given base station which include idle traffic channels, the measured signal strengths indicative of uplink interference; and operating to process uplink interference signal strength measurements for the selected frequencies and select for assignment by the given base station an idle time slot traffic channel on as little an interfered one of selected frequencies as possible while simultaneously using as few of the frequencies allocated to that given base station as possible by giving selection preference to an idle time slot traffic channel on the as little interfered one of the selected frequencies which currently has the fewest number of idle time slots. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for use in a cellular telephone system for assigning traffic channels, comprising the steps of:
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making signal strength measurements on frequencies allocated to a base station, wherein each frequency includes a plurality of time slot traffic channels, the measurement made on those frequencies having idle time slot traffic channels to obtain uplink interference measurements; making a report by a given base station of measurements made on selected ones of the plurality of frequencies allocated to that given base station which include idle traffic channels, the measured signal strengths indicative of uplink interference; and processing the reported uplink interference signal strength measurements for the selected frequencies to select for assignment by the given base station an idle time slot traffic channel on as little an interfered one of selected frequencies as possible while simultaneously using as few of the frequencies allocated to that given base station as possible by giving selection preference to an idle time slot traffic channel on the as little interfered on to the selected frequencies which currently has the fewest number of idle time slots. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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