Transmission space diversity controlling method and transmission space diversity apparatus

• US 5,970,061 A
• Filed: 02/25/1997
• Issued: 10/19/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Kokudo, Junichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham, Chi H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Steven
• Application Number:
  US08/806,279
• Time in Patent Office: 966 Days
• Field of Search: 375/267, 375/299, 375/347, 375/358, 370/277, 370/278, 370/280, 370/294, 370/321, 370/337, 370/344, 370/347, 370/345, 455/67.1, 455/67.3, 455/67.4, 455/69, 455/101, 455/103, 455/132, 455/133, 455/134, 455/135
• US Class Current: 370/344
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0608 Antenna selection according to transmission parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/082 selecting best antenna path

Abstract

A transmission space diversity method which is effective also for a communication system wherein different carrier frequencies are used for transmission and reception is disclosed. Such reception space diversity control that a controlling signal from terminal station 10 is received by two antennas 1 and 2 and receivers 3 and 4 of a base station and the two received controlling signals are compared with each other by reception space diversity controlling signal generation circuit 6 and then that signal which exhibits a higher reception level is provided to switch circuit 8. Furthermore, the reception space diversity controlling signal is utilized for transmission space diversity control of antenna selection wherein the output of transmitter 5 is emitted by one of the antennas. A terminal station transmits, when the reception level thereof drops, a signal for requesting reversal of the switching direction of the antennas to the base station, then the base station reverses the transmission space diversity controlling signal in response to the request signal from the terminal station.

Claims

1. A transmission space diversity controlling method comprising:

generating a transmission space diversity controlling signal by using a reception space diversity controlling signal for the transmission space diversity controlling signal;

switching a plurality of antennas of transmission space diversity based on said transmission space diversity controlling signal;

the method further comprising the steps of;

receiving a detected reception quality information signal from a receiving communication party station; and

transmission space diversity controlling by performing a logic operation on the received reception quality information signal and the transmission space diversity controlling signal to switch to a next order one of said plurality of antennas for transmission space diversity controlling; and

transmitting a transmission signal using the next order antenna.

2. The transmission space diversity controlling method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of transmission space diversity controlling is performed at a base station of a TDMA communication system in a mobile communication system, said base station having two antennas each for use for both transmission and reception and a plurality of communication party stations.

3. The transmission space diversity controlling method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the logic operation comprises a logical exclusive OR operation.

5. The transmission space diversity controlling method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the logic operation comprises a logical exclusive OR operation.

4. A transmission space diversity controlling method in a TDMA communication system which includes a base station having two antennas each for use for both transmission and reception and a plurality of terminal stations, the method comprising the steps of:

using a reception space diversity controlling signal at the base station to select a best antenna for transmission from the base station;

transmitting a control signal through an antenna to a terminal station from said base station;

discriminating the reception quality of the received control signal at the terminal station and transmitting a reception quality information signal to said base station from the terminal station when receiving the control signal;

at said base station, detecting the reception quality information signal transmitted from the terminal station; and

performing for each terminal station a logic operation on said reception space diversity controlling signal and said reception quality information signal from each terminal station to control whether to reverse or not reverse a transmission space diversity controlling signal at the base station to thereby select on of said two antennas for transmission to a respective terminal station.

7. The transmission space diversity controlling apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the logic operation comprises a logical exclusive OR operation.

6. A transmission space diversity controlling apparatus for a TDMA mobile communication system which includes a base station having two antennas each for use for both transmission and reception and a plurality of terminal stations, comprising:

reception quality discrimination means provided in each of said terminal stations for discriminating reception quality of a received control signal transmitted from the base station;

reception quality information transmission means provided in each of said terminal stations for transmitting a respective reception quality information signal in a transmission time slot of the terminal station destined for said base station;

reception space diversity controlling means provided in said base station for generating a reception space diversity controlling signal corresponding to each of the terminal stations;

transmission space diversity controlling means provided in said base station for switching said antennas for transmission to said terminal stations using the reception space diversity controlling signal as a transmission space diversity controlling signal;

reception quality information reception means provided in said base station for detecting and receiving the respective reception quality information signals transmitted from a terminal station in a transmission time slot assigned for the terminal station;

logic means in said base station having as inputs said reception space diversity controlling signal and for each terminal station a respective one of said reception quality information signals and performing a logic operation on said inputs for each terminal station;

reversal control means provided in said base station responsive to said logic means for controlling whether the transmission space diversity controlling signal for each of said terminal stations is reversed or not reversed thereby to select a next order one of said antennas for transmission to a respective terminal station.