Wireless local loop system using CDMA method

• US 6,714,522 B1
• Filed: 12/31/1998
• Issued: 03/30/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: LG Information & Communications Ltd. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Information & Communications Ltd. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Kyung Kuk
• Primary Examiner(s): Ton, Dang
• Assistant Examiner(s): TRAN, PHUC H
• Application Number:
  US09/223,748
• Time in Patent Office: 1,916 Days
• Field of Search: 370/252, 370/311, 370/318, 370/320, 370/335, 370/342, 370/441, 370/412, 370/428, 370/429, 370/479, 370/321, 370/336, 370/347, 370/442, 455/13.4, 455/522
• US Class Current: 370/318
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/286 during data packet transmission, e.g. high speed packet access [HSPA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/04 Large scale networks; Deep hierarchical networks

Abstract

A WLL (wireless local loop) system using a CDMA (code division multiple access) method includes a data transmitter, a data receiver, a data transmission/reception buffer, and a controller. The system implements a voice and data communication which includes the steps of performing a voice communication through a plurality of voice communication channels assigned to respective subscribers by a circuit switching method during a transmission/reception of the voice signal, and performing a data communication by a packet switching method in a way in which a plurality of subscribers share in common predetermined data communication channels during the transmission/reception of the data signal. The WLL system permits a plurality of subscribers to share in common the preset data exclusive channel so as to effectively employ limited frequency when transmitting data communication while interrupting power transmission when there is no data for transmission, thereby decreasing power consumption and improving system efficiency.

Claims

1. A wireless local loop (WLL) system using a code division multiple access (CDMA) method, comprising:

a voice interface unit (VIU) that provides an interface with a voice purpose terminal;

a data port unit (DPU) that provides an interface with a data purpose terminal;

a data transmission buffer that temporarily stores therein data from the DPU;

a CDMA modulator that respectively modulates a digital signal from the VIU and the data transmission buffer to a code signal for a data purpose channel and a voice purpose channel, which are separately assigned;

a radio frequency (RF) transmitter that up-converts the modulated code signal, amplifies the up-converted signal to a predetermined transmission power, and transmits the amplified signal through a transmission antenna into free space; and

a microprocessor that controls the transmission power of the RF transmitter in accordance with a state of the data transmission buffer, wherein the microprocessor interrupts the power transmission of the RF transmitter when there is no data for transmission in the data transmission buffer.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the VIU comprises a modulator for modulating a voice signal from the voice purpose terminal to a PCM signal.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the DPU transmits the data from the data purpose terminal in a packet pattern.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the packet data comprises a subscriber'"'"'s ID.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

an RF receiver that receives a voice or data signal via a reception antenna and down-converts the received signal;

a demodulator that demodulates the down-converted voice or data signal to a code signal for the data purpose channel or the voice purpose channel;

a data reception buffer that temporarily stores therein the demodulated code signal for the data purpose channel.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the received data is a packet data including a subscriber'"'"'s ID.

7. A wireless local loop (WLL) system using a code division multiple access (CDMA) method, comprising:

a data buffer that temporarily stores therein a data signal from a public switched packet data network (PSPDN);

a CDMA modulator that respectively modulates a voice signal from a public switched telephone network (PSTN) and a data signal from the data buffer to a code signal for a data purpose channel and a voice purpose channel, which are separately assigned;

a radio frequency (RF) transmitter that up-converts the modulated code signal, amplifies the up-converted signal to a predetermined transmission power, and transmits the amplified signal through a transmission antenna into free space; and

a microprocessor that controls the transmission power of the RF transmitter in accordance with a state of the data buffer, wherein the microprocessor interrupts the power transmission of the RF transmitter when there is no data for transmission in the data transmission buffer.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the transmitted amplified signal is packet data including a subscriber'"'"'s ID.

9. The system of claim 7, further comprising:

an RF receiver that receives a voice or data signal via a reception antenna and down-converts the received signal;

a demodulator that demodulates the down-converted voice or data signal to a code signal for the data purpose channel or the voice purpose channel;

a data reception buffer that temporarily stores therein the demodulated code signal for the data purpose channel.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the received data is a packet data including a subscriber'"'"'s ID.

11. A data transmission/reception method in a wireless local loop (WLL) system using a code division multiple access (CDMA) method, comprising:

assigning separately a plurality of transmission channels as a data purpose channel for data communication subscribers and voice purpose channels for general telephone subscribers;

performing a voice communication through the assigned voice purpose channels by a circuit switching method during a transmission/reception of a voice signal;

performing a data communication in common through the assigned data purposed channel by a packet switching method during the transmission/reception of a data signal;

storing the data to be transmitted temporarily in a data transmission buffer;

checking whether there exists a transmission data by monitoring the data transmission buffer;

controlling a transmission power to “

0”

when there is no data for transmission; and

controlling the transmission power to a preset appropriate transmission power level when there is data for transmission.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the data communication further comprises:

modulating the data signal to a code signal for the assigned data purpose channel;

up-converting the modulated code signal, amplifying the up-converted signal to the controlled transmission power level and transmitting the amplified signal through the transmission antenna;

down-converting the signal received through the reception antenna;

demodulating the down-converted signal to the code signal for the assigned data purpose channel; and

transmitting the demodulated data to a destination.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the transmission/reception data is packet data including a subscriber'"'"'s ID.

14. A method comprising:

monitoring status of a buffer; and

controlling transmission power of an antenna according to the status of the buffer, wherein;

said monitoring the status of the buffer comprises determining if data is stored in the buffer, and

if it is determined that data is not stored in the buffer, then controlling the transmission power of the antenna to be substantially zero.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the method is implemented in at least one of a subscriber radio interface unit and a base station.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein at least one of the subscriber radio interface unit and the base station is a code division multiple access device.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein at least one of the subscriber radio interface unit and the base station is configured to perform both voice service and data service.

18. An apparatus configured to:

monitor status of a buffer;

control transmission power of an antenna according to the status of the buffer, wherein;

said monitoring of the status of the buffer comprises determining if data is stored in the buffer, and

if it is determined that data is not stored in the buffer, then controlling the transmission power of the antenna to be substantially zero.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the apparatus is one of a subscriber radio interface unit and a base station.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein at least one of the subscriber radio interface unit and the station is a code division multiple access device.

21. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein at least one of the subscriber radio interface unit and the base station is configured to perform both voice service and data service.