Fixed wireless access system and apparatus therefor
First Claim
1. In a fixed wireless system based on a time-division multiple-access scheme in which a plurality of subscriber stations carry out communication via a base station using a signal frame having a control channel, a communication channel and a reservation channel, each of said subscriber stations comprising:
- a radio circuit capable of transmitting and receiving signals at the same frequency through an antenna;
a communication controller, connected with said radio circuit, for identifying an incoming signal, for generating an outgoing signal, and for managing radio channels;
a buffer memory for temporarily storing signals to be communicated between a different subscriber station and said base station;
a first table for registering information on a wireless station which serves as a clock supplier for said subscriber station and for registering routing information for identifying a relaying path to a lower-level subscriber station for signal repetition via said subscriber station; and
a third table for recording a frame format;
wherein said communication controller comprises means for judging whether or not signal repetition is needed for communication between a different subscriber station and said base station, and means for automatically establishing a relaying path if it is judged that signal repetition is needed.
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Abstract
In a P-MP fixed wireless access system using quasi-millimeter and millimeter wave bands, a relaying path is autonomously set up for subscriber stations without the need for additional provision of a repetition radio circuit using a costly MMIC. A subscriber station in the fixed wireless access system is provided with a repeating function for relaying signals between a different subscriber station and a base station, a buffer memory for temporarily storing signals to be communicated therebetween, and a table for registering information for identifying a relaying path between an own reference wireless station and a lower-level subscriber station for signal repetition. The base station is provided with a table in which, in order to perform signal communication with an arbitrary subscriber registered in the base station, routing information is registered for determining whether or not to set up a relaying path via a different subscriber station registered in the base station.
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1. In a fixed wireless system based on a time-division multiple-access scheme in which a plurality of subscriber stations carry out communication via a base station using a signal frame having a control channel, a communication channel and a reservation channel, each of said subscriber stations comprising:
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a radio circuit capable of transmitting and receiving signals at the same frequency through an antenna;
a communication controller, connected with said radio circuit, for identifying an incoming signal, for generating an outgoing signal, and for managing radio channels;
a buffer memory for temporarily storing signals to be communicated between a different subscriber station and said base station;
a first table for registering information on a wireless station which serves as a clock supplier for said subscriber station and for registering routing information for identifying a relaying path to a lower-level subscriber station for signal repetition via said subscriber station; and
a third table for recording a frame format;
wherein said communication controller comprises means for judging whether or not signal repetition is needed for communication between a different subscriber station and said base station, and means for automatically establishing a relaying path if it is judged that signal repetition is needed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
wherein said timer section comprises a first timer for indicating the upper limit of a period of searching for a wireless station serving as a clock supplier and a second timer for indicating the upper limit of a period of searching for a lower-level subscriber station to be connected with said subscriber station, and the upper limit of a period of searching for said lower-level subscriber station which is indicated by said second timer has a value greater than or equal to the product in multiplication of “ - the upper limit of a period of searching for said wireless station serving as a clock supplier which is indicated by said first timer”
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the maximum number of directional antennas equipped on said subscriber station”
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6. An access method for a fixed wireless access system in which a plurality of subscriber stations carry out communication via a base station using a signal frame having a control channel, a communication channel and a reservation channel, said access method comprising the steps of:
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allowing at least one of said plural subscriber stations to be synchronized with said fixed wireless access system via said base station or a different subscriber station serving as a repeater in said fixed wireless access system;
performing, from said subscriber station synchronized with said system, registration to an own reference wireless station thereof;
checking, at said subscriber station synchronized with said system, whether or not to set up a relaying path;
relaying, at said different subscriber station serving as a repeater, a control channel signal received from an own reference wireless station thereof to an own lower-level subscriber station thereof;
receiving, at said different subscriber station serving as a repeater, registration or repetition of registration from a different subscriber station for which said different subscriber station serving as a repeater is used as a reference wireless station, and transmitting, from said different subscriber station serving as a repeater, said registration or said repetition of registration to an own reference wireless station thereof;
relaying, at said different subscriber station serving as a repeater, origination from or termination to an own lower-level subscriber station thereof, and relaying, at said different subscriber station serving a repeater, a communication channel signal between aid base station and said lower-level subscriber station;
receiving, at said different subscriber station serving as a repeater, control channel reservation or repetition of control channel reservation from an own lower-level subscriber station thereof, and transmitting, from said different subscriber station serving as a repeater, said control channel reservation or said repetition of control channel reservation to an own reference wireless station thereof;
receiving, at said different subscriber station serving as a repeater, notification of the end of control channel use or repetition of notification of the end of control channel use from an own lower-level subscriber station thereof, and transmitting, from said different subscriber station serving as a repeater, said notification of the end of control channel use or said repetition of notification of the end of control channel use to an own reference wireless station thereof;
receiving, at said subscriber station synchronized with said system, termination to itself, processing origination from itself, and making re-registration in an own reference wireless station thereof;
monitoring, at said subscriber station synchronized with said system, a control channel signal transmitted from a wireless station different from an own reference wireless station thereof, and according to the result of said monitoring, making a changeover from said own reference wireless station to said different wireless station;
accepting, at said base station, registration or repetition of registration from a subscriber station;
allocating, at said base station, a control channel to a subscriber station;
deallocating, at said base station, a control channel thus allocated; and
processing, at said base station, origination from or termination to a subscriber station.
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