Cellular radio system and a base station

• US 6,266,332 B1
• Filed: 05/06/1997
• Issued: 07/24/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks US LLC (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Telecommunications Oy (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Koivu, Vesa
• Primary Examiner(s): TON, DANG T
• Application Number:
  US08/836,300
• Time in Patent Office: 1,540 Days
• Field of Search: 370/336, 370/328, 370/329, 370/331, 370/337, 370/338, 370/345, 370/347, 370/348, 370/330, 370/441, 370/442, 370/342, 370/480, 370/465, 370/461, 370/460, 370/344, 370/343, 370/320, 370/321, 370/319, 455/436, 455/443, 455/444, 455/454, 455/513, 455/424, 455/507, 455/525, 455/560, 455/561, 455/437, 455/438
• US Class Current: 370/336
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements

Abstract

The invention relates to a cellular radio system for transmitting communication signals from the base to the base station controller. The system includes transmission units which are used for transmitting communication signals between base stations and the base station controller. The communication signals feed a base station specific identification message to the base station controller by utilizing a predetermined communication channel in response to the base station initialization process.

Claims

1. A cellular radio system comprising a base station controller and base stations connected to it, system comprising:

at least two of said base stations arranged to transmit a base station specific identification message to the base station controller by utilizing a first type communication channel during their initialization, said first type communication channel being a predetermined communication channel utilized by each of the at least two base stations;

wherein the base station controller comprises means for assigning a second type communication channel to one of said at least two base stations by utilizing said first type communication channel in response to receiving said specific identification message, said second type communication channel being a base station specific communication channel.

2. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base station controller comprises a memory means for receiving and storing base station specific data fed by an operator, and means for feeding said data from the memory means to the one of said at least two base stations by utilizing said predetermined communication channel in response to the identification message.

3. A system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the base stations are connected to the base station controller by a PCM connection, whereby said predetermined communication channel consists of one or more time slots of the PCM connection, or parts of a time slot of the PCM connection.

4. A base station of a cellular radio system, comprising:

transmission units for transmitting communication signals to a base station controller and for receiving communication signals from the base station controller on a communication link;

wherein the transmission units are arranged to feed a base station specific identification message to the base station controller by utilizing initialization, a first type communication channel in response to the base station initialization, the first type communication channel being a predetermined communication channel; and

wherein the base station is arranged to receive a message from the base station controller on said predetermined communication channel, and to adjust the transmission units onto a second type communication channel assigned by said message from the base station controller.

5. A base station as claimed in claim 4, wherein said communication link is a PCM connection, and said predetermined communication channel consists of one or more time slots of the PCM connection, or parts of a time slot.

6. A base station as claimed in claim 4, wherein the base station comprises manually adjustable switching means for feeding an identifier to the base station, whereby the transmission units are arranged to transmit the specific identification message which is responsive to the position of said switching means to the base station controller in response to the initialization of the base station.

7. A base station as claimed in claim 4, wherein the base station comprises a memory means for storing the data contained in the message received from the base station controller, and means for adjusting the transmission units on the basis of the data stored in said memory means.

8. A base station of a cellular radio system, comprising transmission units for transmitting communication signals to a base station controller and for receiving communication signals from the base station controller on a communication link;

wherein the transmission units are arranged to feed a base station specific identification message to the base station controller by utilizing a first type communication channel in response to the base station initialization, the first type communication channel being a predetermined communication channel;

wherein the base station is arranged to receive a message from the base station controller on said predetermined communication channel, and to adjust the transmission units onto a second type communication channel assigned by said message from the base station controller; and

wherein the base station comprises manually adjustable switching means for feeding an identifier to the base station, the base station specific identification message being responsive to the position of said switching means.