Code division multiple access mobile communication system

• US 6,721,296 B2
• Filed: 08/14/2002
• Issued: 04/13/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Doi, Nobukazu, Yano, Takashi, Ohgoshi, Yasuo
• Primary Examiner(s): VANDERPUYE, KENNETH N
• Application Number:
  US10/217,404
• Publication Number:
  US 20020196768A1
• Time in Patent Office: 608 Days
• Field of Search: 370/335, 370/320, 370/342, 370/491, 370/206, 370/503, 370/479, 370/350, 370/468, 375/200, 375/206, 375/362, 375/344, 375/130
• US Class Current: 370/335
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/707 using direct sequence modulation
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/2628 using code-division multiple access [CDMA] or spread spectrum multiple access [SSMA] H04B7/2618 takes precedence

Abstract

A code division multiple access (CDMA) mobile communication system with improvements to permit stable reception with a minimum of bit error. The system comprises a voltage-controlled oscillator for supplying a carrier to a radio frequency quadrature demodulator, and a frequency controller for detecting a frequency error from a phase correction signal of the first step to generate a control signal that controls the oscillator. The frequency controller includes an extracting circuit and an integrating circuit. The extracting circuit extracts a phase change based on the frequency error derived from the phase correction signal of the first step and from a signal preceding that signal by a predetermined delay time. The integrating circuit integrates the phase change and outputs the integrated result as the control signal. The predetermined delay time is preferably set within a range not exceeding the delay time needed for averaging by an averaging circuit that receives the phase correction signal of the first step and outputs a phase correction signal. The carrier to a radio frequency quadrature modulator is preferably supplied from the voltage-controlled oscillator.

Claims

1. A mobile station for use with a mobile communication system multiplexing a plurality of communication channels using spread spectrum codes, comprising:

an oscillator;

a radio frequency demodulator demodulating a radio frequency band signal transmitted from a base station by use of a signal from said oscillator;

a spreading circuit spreading a data signal to be transmitted; and

a radio frequency modulator modulating said spread data signal by use of a signal from said oscillator,

wherein an oscillation frequency of the oscillator is controlled by use of a change of phase shift detected using a signal representing a phase shift detected from the demodulated radio frequency band signal transmitted from the base station.

2. The mobile station according to claim 1, wherein said spreading circuit spreads the data signal to be transmitted with a spreading ratio according to a bit rate of said data signal.

3. The mobile station according to claim 2, wherein a spread code for spreading the data signal has a constant chip rate.

4. The mobile station according to claim 1, further comprising:

a despreading circuit despreading the demodulated radio frequency band signal.

5. The mobile station according to claim 4, wherein said despreading circuit extracts a pilot signal by despreading the demodulated radio frequency band signal using the spread spectrum code assigned to the pilot signal, and

wherein the phase shift is detected from the extracted pilot signal.

6. A method for transmitting a data signal in a mobile station for use with mobile communication system multiplexing a plurality of communication channels using spread spectrum codes, comprising the steps of:

demodulating a received radio frequency band signal transmitted from a base station by use of a signal from an oscillator;

spreading a data signal to be transmitted; and

modulating said spread data signal by use of a signal from the oscillator,

wherein an oscillation frequency of the oscillator is controlled by use of a change of phase shift detected using a signal representing a phase shift detected from the demodulated radio frequency band signal transmitted from the base station.

7. The method for transmitting a data signal according to claim 6, wherein the spreading circuit spreads the data signal to be transmitted with a spreading ratio according to a bit rate of said data signal.

8. The method for transmitting a data signal according to claim 7, wherein a spread code for spreading the data signal has a constant chip rate.

9. The method for transmitting a data signal according to claim 6, further comprising the step of:

despreading the demodulated radio frequency band signal.

10. The method for transmitting a data signal according to claim 6, further comprising the step of:

extracting a pilot signal by despreading the demodulated radio frequency band signal using the spread spectrum code assigned to the pilot signal,

wherein the phase shift is detected from the extracted pilot signal.

11. A method for detecting a data signal by a mobile station for use with mobile communication system multiplexing a plurality of communication channels using spread spectrum codes, comprising the steps of:

demodulating a received radio frequency band signal transmitted from a base station by use of a signal from an oscillator;

detecting a phase shift from the demodulated radio frequency band signal; and

controlling an oscillation frequency of the oscillator according to a change of the phase shift.

12. The method for detecting a data signal according to claim 11, further comprising the step of:

extracting a pilot signal by despreading the demodulated radio frequency band signal using the spread spectrum code assigned to the pilot signal,

wherein the phase shift is detected from the extracted pilot signal.