Communication system, base station, mobile station, and radio communication system

• US 5,995,515 A
• Filed: 06/13/1996
• Issued: 11/30/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Suzuki, Mitsuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): TON, DANG T
• Application Number:
  US08/602,760
• Time in Patent Office: 1,265 Days
• Field of Search: 455/68, 455/69, 375/227, 375/285, 375/365, 371/5.5, 371/47.1, 370/310, 370/350, 370/465, 370/468, 370/510, 370/914, 370/503, 370/513, 370/514, 370/515, 370/535, 370/442, 370/480, 370/321, 370/319, 370/337, 370/336, 370/338, 370/347 , 370/344, 370/349, 370/474, 370/476, 370/332, 370/333
• US Class Current: 370/465
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/20 using signal quality detector
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 7/042 Detectors therefor, e.g. correlators, state machines digital correlators in general G06F17/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/22 Negotiating communication rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0083 Determination of parameters used for hand-off, e.g. generation or modification of neighbour cell lists
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/0085 Hand-off measurements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/30 by measured or perceived connection quality data
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/20 Selecting an access point
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/00 Synchronisation arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/542 using measured or perceived quality

Abstract

In a radio telephone system using a digital circuit, a transmission-line state of a radio telephone digital circuit is detected by a detector. In response to the transmission-line state detected by the a detector, a multiplexing rate for transmission or reception in the radio telephone digital circuit is changed.

Claims

1. A communication system for communication between at least one base station and at least one mobile station, said communication system comprising:

a base station; and

a plurality of mobile stations for respectively transmitting and receiving data to and from said base station,

wherein any of said base station and a mobile station of said plurality of mobile stations detects a satisfactory or unsatisfactory transmission quality between said base station and said mobile station and changes a multiplexing rate of transmission data based on a detected transmission quality, wherein when said transmission quality is detected to be unsatisfactory said base station communicates with fewer of said plurality of mobile stations in order to lower said multiplexing rate, wherein

synchronizing words which differ from one another are respectively set for a plurality of base stations including said base station and each of said plurality of base stations transmits signals in synchronization with one another at a maximum multiplexing rate using slots and slot frequencies equally allocated for each of said plurality of base stations, and

said plurality of mobile stations respectively carries out a reception operation with respect to a predetermined slot and slot frequency and calculates a correlation value between a reference synchronizing word and a received signal in order to select a base station corresponding to a received signal with a highest correlation value.

2. A communication system according to claim 1, wherein said base station detects said transmission quality and changes said multiplexing rate of said transmission data based on said detected transmission quality.

3. A communication system according to claim 1, wherein at least one of said base station and said plurality of mobile stations includes detecting means for detecting said transmission quality based on received data.

4. A communication system according to claim 3, wherein said base station changes said multiplexing rate and a coding rate of said transmission data based on said transmission quality detected by said detecting means.

5. A communication system according to claim 3, wherein

said base station mixes said transmission data with a synchronizing word at a constant ratio for transmission, and

said plurality of mobile stations include respective detecting means for detecting a correlation value of a transmitted synchronizing word to detect a transmission state between said base station and said plurality of mobile stations.

6. A communication system according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of mobile stations respectively

detects a correlation value between a signal transmitted from said base station transmitting and receiving data thereto and therefrom and a synchronizing word corresponding to said base station transmitting and receiving data thereto and therefrom,

detects a correlation value between a signal transmitted from another base station adjacent to said base station transmitting and receiving data thereto and therefrom and a synchronizing word corresponding to said adjacent base station, and

carries out a hand-off process to hand off to said adjacent base station when said correlation value between said signal transmitted from said adjacent base station and said synchronizing word corresponding to said adjacent base station is higher than said correlation value between said synchronizing word corresponding to said base station transmitting and receiving data thereto and therefrom and said signal transmitted from said base station transmitting and receiving data thereto and therefrom.

7. A communication system according to claim 1, wherein

said base station includes encoding means for subjecting said transmission data to a scrambling process, and

said plurality of mobile stations respectively includes decoding means for subjecting scrambled data received from said base station to a descrambling process.

8. A base station for transmitting and receiving data to and from a plurality of mobile stations, said base station comprising:

transmission means for multiplexing and transmitting data;

reception means for receiving data transmitted from a mobile station of said plurality of mobile stations; and

control means for changing a multiplexing rate of said transmission means based on a detected satisfactory or unsatisfactory transmission quality output from said mobile station of said plurality of mobile stations such that when said unsatisfactory transmission quality is detected said base station communicates with fewer of said plurality of mobile stations in order to lower said multiplexing rate, wherein

said base station is part of a plurality of base stations,

synchronizing words which differ from one another are respectively set for said plurality of base stations including said base station and each of said plurality of base stations transmits signals in synchronization with one another at a maximum multiplexing rate using slots and slot frequencies equally allocated for each of said plurality of base stations, and

said plurality of mobile stations respectively carries out a reception operation with respect to a predetermined slot and slot frequency and calculates a correlation value between a reference synchronizing word and a received signal in order to select a base station corresponding to a received signal with a highest correlation value.

9. A base station according to claim 8, further including detecting means for detecting said satisfactory or unsatisfactory transmission quality between said mobile station and said base station based on data transmitted from said mobile station, wherein said control means changes said multiplexing rate of said transmission means based on said transmission quality detected by said detecting means.

10. A base station according to claim 8, wherein said transmission means includes synchronizing-word generating means for generating a synchronizing word and adding means for adding said synchronizing word from said synchronizing-word generating means to said transmission data at a predetermined ratio.

11. A base station according to claim 8, wherein said transmission means includes synchronizing-word generating means for generating a synchronizing word and adding means for adding at a predetermined ratio said synchronizing word from said synchronizing-word generating means to said transmission data after said synchronizing word has been multiplied with a predetermined coefficient.

12. A mobile station for transmitting and receiving multiplexed data to and from a base station, said mobile station comprising:

demodulating means for receiving and demodulating data transmitted from a base station, wherein said demodulating means includes

reception means,

word generating means for generating a pseudo synchronizing word based on a reference synchronizing word and estimation information about a transmission state between said generating means and said base station, and

extracting means for extracting data from an output of said reception means using said pseudo synchronizing word generated by said generating means;

detecting means for detecting a quality of transmission with respect to said base station;

transmission means for transmitting data to said base station, said data including data concerning said quality of transmission detected by said detecting means; and

signal generating means for generating a signal used by said base station to change a multiplexing rate based on said quality of transmission detected by said detecting means, said signal being used for changing said multiplexing rate use by said transmission means to transmit to said base station,

wherein said signal causes said base station to communicate with fewer mobile stations in order to lower said multiplexing rate when said quality of transmission is unsatisfactory.

13. A mobile station according to claim 12, characterized in that said mobile station generates a signal used for said base station to change a multiplexing rate based on a detected result of said detecting means and the generated signal used for changing the multiplexing rate is transmitted by said transmission means.

14. A mobile station according to claim 12, wherein said detecting means includes:

first detecting means for detecting a correlation between a synchronizing word transmitted from said base station and a reference synchronizing word, and

second detecting means for detecting a S/N ratio of an output from said first detecting means.

15. A mobile station according to claim 12, wherein said generating means includes:

first generating means for generating said reference synchronizing word,

estimating means for estimating said transmission state between said generating means and said base station based on an output from said reception means, and

second generating means for generating said pseudo synchronizing word based on said reference synchronizing word generated by said first generating means and said estimation information output from said estimating means.

16. A mobile station according to claim 12, further comprising:

generating means for respectively generating a plurality of synchronizing words for a plurality of base stations including said base station, and

synchronizing-word selecting means for detecting respective correlations between a received signal from said demodulating means and each of said plurality of synchronizing words generated by said generating means and for selecting a synchronizing word from said plurality of synchronizing words having a highest correlation value, wherein said demodulating means is controlled based on said synchronizing word output from said synchronizing-word selecting means.

17. A mobile station according to claim 16, wherein said synchronizing-word selecting means includes:

correlation value detecting means for detecting said correlations between said received signal from said demodulating means and each of said plurality of synchronizing words generated by said generating means, and

selecting means for selecting said synchronizing word generated by said generating means having said highest correlation value based on an output from said correlation value detecting means.

18. A mobile station according to claim 17, wherein said synchronizing-word selecting means includes position detecting means for detecting a position of said highest correlation value based on an output from said selecting means.

19. A mobile station according to claim 17, wherein said synchronizing-word selecting means includes base-station selecting means for selecting an optimal base station from said plurality of base stations including said base station based on an output from said correlation value detecting means.

20. A radio communication system for use with at least one base station and at least one mobile station, said radio communication system comprising:

a base station for multiplexing and transmitting data; and

a plurality of mobile stations for respectively transmitting and receiving data to and from said base station through a radio transmission line, wherein

one of said base station and a mobile station of said plurality of mobile stations includes detecting means for detecting a satisfactory or unsatisfactory transmission quality of data transmitted through said radio transmission line based on data transmitted through said radio transmission line and changing a multiplexing rate of transmission data based on a detected transmission quality,

when said transmission quality is detected to be unsatisfactory said base station communicates with fewer of said plurality of mobile stations in order to lower said multiplexing rate, and

said plurality of mobile stations respectively

detects a correlation value between a signal transmitted from said base station transmitting and receiving data thereto and therefrom and a synchronizing word corresponding to said based station transmitting and receiving data thereto and therefrom,

detects a correlation value between a signal transmitted from another base station adjacent to said base station transmitting and receiving data thereto and therefrom and a synchronizing word corresponding to said adjacent base station, and

carries out a hand-off process to hand off to said adjacent base station when said correlation value between said signal transmitted from said adjacent base station and said synchronizing word corresponding to said adjacent base station is higher than said correlation value between said synchronizing word corresponding to said base station transmitting and receiving data thereto and therefrom and said signal transmitted from said base station transmitting and receiving data thereto and therefrom.

21. A radio communication system according to claim 20, wherein said multiplexing rate is increased by said detecting means when said transmission quality is detected to be satisfactory.

22. A radio communication system according to claim 21, wherein said base station includes detecting means for changing said multiplexing rate of said transmission data based on said detected transmission quality.

23. A radio communication system according to claim 20, wherein said detecting means detects said transmission quality based on received data.

24. A radio communication system according to claim 23, wherein said base station changes said multiplexing rate of said transmission data by changing a coding rate of said transmission data based on said detected transmission quality detected by said detecting means.

25. A radio communication system according to claim 23, wherein

said base station mixes said transmission data with a synchronizing word at a constant ratio for transmission, and

said detecting means of said mobile station detects a correlation value of a transmitted synchronizing word to detect a transmission state between said base station and said mobile station.

26. A radio communication system according to claim 20, wherein a plurality of synchronizing words which differ from one another are set for each of a plurality of base stations including said base station and each of said plurality of base stations transmits signals in synchronization with one another at a maximum multiplexing rate using slots and slot frequencies equally allocated for each of said plurality of base stations, and

said plurality of mobile stations respectively carries out a reception operation with respect to a predetermined slot and slot frequency and calculates a correlation value between a reference synchronizing word and a received signal in order to select a base station from said plurality of base stations corresponding to a received signal with a highest correlation value.

27. A radio communication system according to claim 20, wherein said plurality of mobile stations respectively includes a decoder for demodulating received data using a Viterbi algorithm, said decoder determining that when a number of data 0 stored in path memories of of said decoder is close to a number of states of said decoder, bit data received at that time has satisfactory reliability, and when said number of data 0 is equal to a number of data 1, bit data received at that time has low reliability.

28. A radio communication system according to claim 20, wherein

said base station includes encoding means for subjecting said transmission data to a scrambling process, and

said plurality of mobile stations includes respective decoding means for subjecting a received signal to a descrambling process.