Method for selecting a signal, and a cellular radio system
First Claim
1. A method for selecting a signal in a cellular radio system which includes a plurality of base stations, a vocoder for encoding signals, and transmission paths of different lengths connecting said vocoder with respective ones of said base stations, so that said base stations are arranged to receive a respective signal in a forward direction and to transmit a respective signal in a reverse direction, said method comprising:
- providing at least one selector, each said selector being located at a location which is geographically separated from said vocoder;
selecting by said at least one selector at least one reverse direction signal for transmission to said vocoder from signals arriving via respective ones of said transmission paths in said reverse direction;
distributing by said at least one selector a forward direction signal from said vocoder via respective ones of transmission said paths, in said forward direction, to respective ones of said base stations; and
concatenating said base stations such that said transmission paths extend from base station to base station, and said forward direction signal propagates from base station to base station as one signal,wherein said selecting includes measuring and comparing a quality of said at least one reverse direction signal, and transmitting to said vocoder, a signal, from among said at least one reverse direction signal, having a highest quality.
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Abstract
A method for selecting a signal used in a cellular radio system having base stations and a vocoder encoding a signal. The vocoder is operationally connected to the base stations via transmission paths of different lengths. The base stations receive a signal encoded by the vocoder in the forward direction and transmit a signal to the vocoder in the reverse direction. The cellular radio system includes selectors that are separate from the base stations and that are arranged to select at least one signal to be transmitted to the vocoder from the signals received by the base stations in the reverse direction. The selectors are arranged to distribute to the base stations the signal arriving from the vocoder in the forward direction.
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1. A method for selecting a signal in a cellular radio system which includes a plurality of base stations, a vocoder for encoding signals, and transmission paths of different lengths connecting said vocoder with respective ones of said base stations, so that said base stations are arranged to receive a respective signal in a forward direction and to transmit a respective signal in a reverse direction, said method comprising:
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providing at least one selector, each said selector being located at a location which is geographically separated from said vocoder; selecting by said at least one selector at least one reverse direction signal for transmission to said vocoder from signals arriving via respective ones of said transmission paths in said reverse direction; distributing by said at least one selector a forward direction signal from said vocoder via respective ones of transmission said paths, in said forward direction, to respective ones of said base stations; and concatenating said base stations such that said transmission paths extend from base station to base station, and said forward direction signal propagates from base station to base station as one signal, wherein said selecting includes measuring and comparing a quality of said at least one reverse direction signal, and transmitting to said vocoder, a signal, from among said at least one reverse direction signal, having a highest quality. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A cellular radio system, comprising:
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a plurality of base stations, said base stations being concatenated such that a plurality of transmission paths extend from base station to base station, and a forward direction signal propagates from base station to base station as one signal; a vocoder for encoding signals; said plurality of transmission paths of different lengths at least some of which are relative to one another, operationally connecting said vocoder to respective ones of said base stations, so that said base stations are arranged to receive, in a forward direction, signals encoded by said vocoder and to transmit, in a reverse direction, signals towards said vocoder; and a selector located geographically separately from said base stations, and arranged to select from among signals received by said base stations at least one signal for transmission to said vocoder and to distribute to respective ones of said base stations encoded signals arriving at said selector from said vocoder, wherein said selector measures and compares signal quality of signals transmitted by said base stations. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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