Method and apparatus for configuring PN-offsets for a non-uniform CDMA cellular network
First Claim
1. A method for configuring a spread spectrum cellular network for small-cell inclusion, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a finite series of PN-offsets, each of the PN-offsets being separated by a constant value that is allotted to the spread spectrum cellular network;
portioning the series of PN-offsets into a first and a second set, the second set subsequent to the first set and having sufficient PN-offset elements for a PN-offset reuse pattern having a plurality of cells, each cell having similar transmission characteristics;
assigning the second set to the PN-offset reuse pattern; and
deploying the cellular reuse pattern.
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Abstract
A method for configuring a spread spectrum cellular network for small-cell inclusion, by providing a finite series of PN-offsets, each PN-offset is separated by a constant value that is allotted to the spread spectrum cellular network. The finite series is portioned into a first and a second set. The second set subsequent to the first set and having sufficient PN-offset elements for a PN-offset reuse pattern having a plurality of cells, each cell having similar transmission characteristics. The second set is assigned to the PN-offset reuse pattern, deploying the cellular reuse pattern for a cellular network. Small cells are insertable into the spread spectrum cellular network by assigning the first set to a PN-offset reuse pattern having a plurality of small cells arranged in a small-cell reuse pattern, and deploying the small-cell reuse pattern. In another aspect, the method for configuring the spread spectrum cellular network involves sectoring each cell of the plurality of cells into a plurality of sectors. The sectored cells are assigned PN-offsets adjacent in the finite series together in each sector of the sectored cell while maintaining sufficient distance between cells that reuse an assigned PN-offset.
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28 Claims
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1. A method for configuring a spread spectrum cellular network for small-cell inclusion, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a finite series of PN-offsets, each of the PN-offsets being separated by a constant value that is allotted to the spread spectrum cellular network; portioning the series of PN-offsets into a first and a second set, the second set subsequent to the first set and having sufficient PN-offset elements for a PN-offset reuse pattern having a plurality of cells, each cell having similar transmission characteristics; assigning the second set to the PN-offset reuse pattern; and deploying the cellular reuse pattern. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus for configuring a spread spectrum cellular network for small-cell inclusion, the apparatus comprising:
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means for providing a finite series of PN-offsets, each of the PN-offsets being separated by a constant value that is allotted to the spread spectrum cellular network; means for portioning the series of PN-offsets into a first and a second set, the second set subsequent to the first set and having sufficient PN-offset elements for a PN-offset reuse pattern having a plurality of cells, each cell having similar transmission characteristics; means for assigning the second set to the PN-offset reuse pattern; and means for deploying the cellular reuse pattern. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of minimizing adjacent PN-offset confusion in a sectored CDMA cell, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a series having a plurality of PN-offsets, each PN-offset of the plurality of PN-offsets separated by a constant value allotted for the cellular network; disjointing the first set from the second set and the second set is subsequent to the first set; and further separating the PN-offsets of the second set by a multiple of the constant value, the multiple having a value greater than unity. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of minimizing PN-offset confusion between a plurality of large cells and a plurality of small cells in a spread spectrum cellular network, the large cells and the small cells each arranged in a respective reuse pattern, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a finite series of PN-offsets, each PN-offset separated by a constant value that is allotted to the spread spectrum cellular network; minimizing co-PN-offset confusion between the small cells and the large cells by portioning the series of PN-offsets into a first and a second set, and assigning the PN-offsets from the first set to the small cells and assigning the PN-offsets from the second set to the large cells; and minimizing adjacent PN-offset confusion by disjointing the first set from the second set and the second set is subsequent to the first set, and further separating the PN-offsets of the second set by a multiple of the constant value, the multiple having a value greater than unity. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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26. A method of inserting a plurality of small cells into a spread spectrum cellular network, the method comprising the steps of:
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deploying a plurality of mobile small cells in a small-cell reuse pattern, the small cells having a plurality of PN-offsets unrelated to a second plurality of PN-offsets of the spread spectrum cellular network; and decreasing a cellular traffic coverage provided by a cell in the spread spectrum cellular network while transferring cellular traffic coverage to at least one small cell of the plurality of deployed mobile small cells. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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28. A spread spectrum cellular communication system wherein pseudo-random noise offsets (PN-offset) of a cell base transmission station identification code are used in adjacent cells comprising in combination:
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a plurality of base transmission stations each defining a large cell; at least one base transmission station defining a small cell; and means in each of said at least one base transmission station defining a small cell for establishing a PN-offset that precedes any PN-offset established in a base transmission station of said plurality of base transmission stations defining a large cell.
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