Method and system for operating a CDMA cellular system having beamforming antennas
First Claim
1. A method for operating a cellular system having a base station transmitting over beamformed channels from beamforming antennas and non-beamformed channels from non-beamforming antennas, said method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a request for access from a mobile station on a non-beamformed access channel;
determining, in response to receiving said request for access, whether said mobile station is to be assigned to a beamformed traffic channel or to a non-beamformed traffic channel based on at least one system parameter, the at least one system parameter including an indication of availability of system resources for use for said beamformed channels;
and if it is determined that said mobile station is to be assigned to said beamformed channel;
determining information at said mobile station from a beamformed pilot channel; and
transmitting from said base station to said mobile station on said beamformed traffic channel according to said information.
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Abstract
A method and system for operating a CDMA cellular telecommunications system having beamforming antennas in combination with other antenna access techniques. System capacity and demand on system resources are dynamically adjusted using beamforming antennas for some mobile stations, and other antenna access techniques for other mobile stations. Forward link channels on the beamforming and non-beamforming antennas are dynamically allocated among mobile stations depending upon resources available and the type of channel required by each mobile station. Forward link channels requiring a higher data rate, above a predetermined threshold, may be assigned to channels transmitted on beamformed antennas. In an embodiment of the invention, the cellular system includes beamformed and non-beamforming antennas.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for operating a cellular system having a base station transmitting over beamformed channels from beamforming antennas and non-beamformed channels from non-beamforming antennas, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a request for access from a mobile station on a non-beamformed access channel; determining, in response to receiving said request for access, whether said mobile station is to be assigned to a beamformed traffic channel or to a non-beamformed traffic channel based on at least one system parameter, the at least one system parameter including an indication of availability of system resources for use for said beamformed channels; and if it is determined that said mobile station is to be assigned to said beamformed channel; determining information at said mobile station from a beamformed pilot channel; and transmitting from said base station to said mobile station on said beamformed traffic channel according to said information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of operating a cellular system having a base station transmitting on beamforming and non-beamforming antennas, said method comprising the steps of:
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transmitting a first control message on a first control channel from said base station to a mobile station, said first control channel transmitted from a non-beamforming antenna of said base station; demodulating, in response to receiving said first control message, a first traffic channel at said mobile station, said first traffic channel transmitted from said non-beamforming antennas of said base station; determining that said mobile station is to be transferred from said first traffic channel to a second traffic channel based on at least one system parameter, the at least one system parameter including an indication of availability of system resources for use of said beamforming antennas, said second traffic channel transmitted from a first beamforming antenna of said beamforming antennas of said base station; transmitting, in response to said determination made in said step of determining, a second control message on said first traffic channel, said second control message identifying a second control channel associated with said second traffic channel; demodulating, in response to receiving said second control message at said mobile station, said second control channel; transmitting channel data from said mobile station to said base station, said channel data determined from said second control channel; transmitting a transmission on said second traffic channel from said base station to said mobile station according to said channel data; and demodulating said transmission on said second traffic channel at said mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus for operating a cellular system having a base station transmitting over beamformed channels from beamforming antennas and over non-beamformed channels from non-beamforming antennas, said apparatus comprising:
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means for receiving a request for access from a mobile station on a non-beamformed access channel; means for determining, in response to receiving said request for access, whether said mobile station is to be assigned to a beamformed traffic channel or to a non-beamformed traffic channel based on at least one system parameter, the at least one system parameter including an indication of availability of system resources for use for of beamformed channels; means for determining, in response to a determination that said mobile station is to be assigned to a beamformed traffic channel in said means for determining whether said mobile station is to be assigned to a beamformed traffic channel, information at said mobile station from a beamformed pilot channel; and means for transmitting from said base station to said mobile station on said beamformed traffic channel based on said information determined in said means for determining information. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus for operating a cellular system having a base station transmitting on beamforming and non-beamforming antennas, said apparatus comprising:
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means for transmitting a first control message on a first control channel from said base station to a mobile station, said first control channel transmitted from a non-beamforming antenna of said base station; means for demodulating, in response to receiving said first control message, a first traffic channel at said mobile station, said first traffic channel transmitted from said non-beamforming antenna of said base station; means for determining that said mobile station is to be transferred from said first traffic channel to a second traffic channel based on at least one system parameter, said second traffic channel transmitted from a first beamforming antenna of said base station, said at least one system parameter including an indication of system resources for use of said beamforming antennas; means for transmitting, in response to said determination made in said means for determining, a second control message on said first traffic channel, said second control message identifying a second control channel associated with said second traffic channel; means for demodulating, in response to receiving said second control message at said mobile station, said second control channel; means for transmitting channel data from said mobile station to said base station, said channel data determined from said second control channel; means for transmitting a transmission on said second traffic channel from said base station to said mobile station according to said channel data; and means for demodulating said transmission on said second traffic channel at said mobile station. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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