Device and method for providing selection transmit diversity in mobile communication system

• US 6,600,934 B1
• Filed: 06/21/1999
• Issued: 07/29/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Yoon, Soon-Young, Kim, Young-Ky, Yun, Yu-Suk, Ahn, Jae-Min, Jeong, Joong-Ho
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin, Vivian
• Assistant Examiner(s): MOORE, JAMES K
• Application Number:
  US09/337,299
• Time in Patent Office: 1,499 Days
• Field of Search: 455/561, 455/562, 455/69, 455/101
• US Class Current: 455/562.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/061 using feedback from receiving side
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/42 in systems with time, space, frequency or polarisation diversity

Abstract

An STD (Selection Transmit Diversity) communication method. In the method, a base station selects a transmission antenna corresponding to an antenna selection signal received from a terminal, transmits a traffic channel signal through the selected antenna, and transmits a predetermined part of the traffic channel signal through an unselected antenna.

Claims

1. A communication method with transmit diversity in a base station having at least two transmission antennas in a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of:

selecting a transmission antenna through which to send a traffic channel signal, based on an antenna selection signal received from a terminal;

transmitting the traffic channel signal through the selected antenna; and

selecting a single predetermined segment from the traffic channel signal for comparison with the traffic channel signal, the comparison used for a determination related to transmission diversity, and transmitting the predetermined segment of the traffic channel signal through an unselected antenna alone, wherein the predetermined segment is substantially less than the traffic channel signal as transmitted through the selected antenna.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a transmission period of the selected antenna is different from that of the unselected antenna.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said traffic channel signal includes at least two PCGs (Power Control Groups) and the traffic channel signal transmitted through the unselected antenna is a pilot symbol contained in at least one PCG.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said traffic channel signal includes at least two PCGs and the traffic channel signal transmitted through the unselected antenna is at least one PCG.

5. A communication method with transmit diversity in a base station having at least two transmission antennas, one of the transmission antennas used for sending a common channel signal, in a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of:

selecting a transmission antenna through which to send a traffic channel signal, based on an antenna selection signal received from a terminal;

transmitting the traffic channel signal through the selected antenna;

selecting a single predetermined segment from the traffic channel signal for comparison with the traffic channel signal, the comparison used for a determination related to transmission diversity, and transmitting the predetermined segment of the traffic channel signal through an unselected antenna alone, wherein the predetermined segment is substantially less than the traffic channel signal as transmitted through the selected antenna; and

repeating the above steps upon reception of the antenna selection signal.

6. A communication method with transmit diversity in a base station having at least two transmission antennas in a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of:

selecting a transmission antenna based on an antenna selection signal received from a terminal;

transmitting a first segment of a traffic signal through the selected antenna; and

selecting and transmitting a single second segment of the traffic signal through an unselected antenna alone for use in transmission diversity comparison with the first segment of the traffic signal, wherein the second segment is substantially less than the traffic channel signal as transmitted through the selected antenna.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the traffic channel signal is comprised of a subframe including at least two PCGs.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the second segment of the traffic channel signal is a pilot symbol contained in a PCG of the subframe.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the second segment of the traffic channel signal is a PCG in the subframe.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein a common channel signal is transmitted through one of the two antennas.

11. A power controlling method in a mobile station of a mobile communication system in which a base station has at least two antennas, selects one of the antennas in response to an antenna selection signal, and transmits a first segment of a transmit signal through the selected antenna and selects and transmits a single second segment of the transmit signal through an unselected antenna alone for use in transmission diversity comparison with the first segment of the transmit signal, the second segment being substantially less than the first segment, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving the transmit signal from the base station;

separating the first and second segments from the received signal;

measuring the powers of the first and second segments, analyzing the measurements, and generating the antenna selection signal;

multiplexing the antenna selection signal on a predetermined reverse channel for transmission.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the transmit signal is comprised of a subframe including at least two PCGs.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the second segment of the transmit signal is a pilot symbol contained in a PCG of the subframe.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the second segment of the transmit signal is a PCG in the subframe.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the power of the first segment is averaged to be compared with the power of the second segment.

16. A communication device with transmit diversity in a base station having at least two antennas in a mobile communication system, comprising:

a channel receiver for receiving an antenna selection signal from a terminal;

a channel transmitter for generating a traffic channel signal; and

an antenna selector for selecting one of the two antennas in response to the antenna selection signal, and connecting the output of the channel transmitter to the selected antenna for a first period and to an unselected antenna alone for a single second period for use in transmission diversity comparison with the output of the channel transmitter to the selected antenna for the first period, the second period being substantially less than the first period.

17. A communication device in a mobile station of a mobile communication system in which a base station has at least two antennas, selects one of the antennas in response to an antenna selection signal, and transmits a first segment of a transmit signal through the selected antenna and a single second segment of the transmit signal through an unselected antenna alone for use in transmission diversity comparison with the first segment of the transmit signal, the second segment being substantially less than the first segment, comprising:

a channel receiver for receiving the signal from the base station;

a separator for separating the first and second segments from the received signal;

a decision unit for measuring the powers of the separated first and second segments, analyzing the measurements, and generating the antenna selection signal; and

a multiplexer for multiplexing the antenna selection signal on a predetermined reverse channel for transmission.

18. The device of claim 17, wherein the decision unit comprises:

at least two power measurers for measuring the powers of the separated first and second segments of the signal and averaging the power of the first segment to be compared with the power of the second segment; and

a comparator for comparing the powers of the first and second segments and generating the antenna selection signal.