Method and device for cellular base station antenna optimization

• US 6,834,198 B1
• Filed: 02/07/2001
• Issued: 12/21/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Q-Cell GmbH
• Original Assignee: Q-Cell GmbH
• Inventors: Reibe, Mathias, Hachenberger, Andreas, Seidel, Joachim, Jäckel, Klaus, Schiffel, Reinhard
• Primary Examiner(s): Urban, Edward F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Jackson, Blane J.
• Application Number:
  US09/719,123
• Time in Patent Office: 1,413 Days
• Field of Search: 455/562.1, 455/561, 455/450, 455/452.2, 375/148, 375/130, 375/144
• US Class Current: 455/562.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/0802 using antenna selection H04B7/0868 takes precedence; antenna beam directivity switching H01Q3/24

Abstract

A device for a full-duplex-capable radio transmission system with DS-CDMA access, including a central radio base station, and a plurality of subscriber stations which are independent of one another and which are each designed with at least one transmission and reception antenna, the radio base station having a reception antenna divided in its horizontal antenna characteristic into a plurality of reception segments, and an evaluation unit connected to the reception segments and operative to determine which of the reception segments has the best reception quality on a subscriber-specific basis and to select the determined reception segment for further data processing, the radio base station further including a transmission antenna having a segmented antenna characteristic.

Claims

1. A device for a full-duplex-capable radio transmission system with DSCDMA access, comprising:

a central radio base station; and

a plurality of subscriber stations which are independent of one another and which are each designed with at least one transmission and reception antenna, the radio base station having a reception antenna divided in its horizontal antenna characteristic into a plurality of reception segments, and an evaluation unit connected to the reception segments, wherein said subscriber stations sequentially transmit respective subscriber-specific test signals from the subscriber stations to the radio base station in cycles prior to transmission of user data, said evaluation unit being operative to determine which of the reception segments has the best reception quality on a subscriber-specific basis based on said subscriber specific test signals and to select the determined reception segment for further data processing for each of said subscriber stations.

2. The device as defined in claim 1, wherein the horizontal antenna characteristic is divided with a ratio X of a downlink transmission capacity with respect to a ratio of an uplink transmission capacity.

3. The device as defined in claim 1, wherein a separate antenna is provided for each reception segment.

4. The device as defined in claim 1, wherein the reception antenna is a radiation-controlled antenna.

5. A method for transmitting data for a full-duplex-capable radio transmission system with DS-CDMA access by a device having a central radio base station, and a plurality of subscriber stations which are independent of one another and which are each designed with at least one transmission and reception antenna, the radio base station having a reception antenna divided in its horizontal antenna characteristic into a plurality of reception segments, and an evaluation unit connected to the reception segments and operative to determine which of the reception segments has the best reception quality on a subscriber-specific basis and to select the determined reception segment for further data processing the method comprising the steps of:

a) setting up a link via a service channel for all the reception segments of the radio base station in parallel;

b) sequentially transmitting individual subscriber-specific test signals from the subscriber stations to the radio base station in cycles prior to transmission of user data;

c) transferring the individual subscriber-specific test signals to the evaluation unit;

d) making comparisons to determine in which of the reception segments the subscriber-specific test signals of a respective subscriber station are best received;

e) transferring the reception segment which is determined for the respective subscriber station to a controller of the radio base station; and

f) selecting a best reception segment for the respective subscriber station by the controller so that only the reception segment selected on a subscriber-specific basis is used for data reception, and a complete unsegmented antenna characteristic of the radio base station is used for data transmission at the radio base station.

6. A method, for transmitting data for a full-duplex-capable radio transmission system with DS-CDMA access by a device having a central radio base station, and a plurality of subscriber stations which are independent of one another and which are each designed with at least one transmission and reception antenna, the radio base station having a reception antenna divided in its horizontal antenna characteristic into a plurality of reception segments, and an evaluation unit connected to the reception segments and operative to determine which of the reception segments has the best reception quality on a subscriber-specific basis and to select the determined reception segment for further data processing, the radio base station further including a transmission antenna having a segmented antenna characteristic, the method comprising the steps of:

a) setting up a link via a service channel for all the reception segments of the radio base station in parallel;

b) transmitting individual subscriber-specific test signals from the subscriber stations to the radio base station prior to transmission of user data, the radio system is operated in time-division duplex mode, and the test signal is transmitted in a delay time between the transmission cycle and reception cycle of the actual telecommunications transmissions;

c) transferring received data to the evaluation unit;

d) making comparisons to determine in which of the reception segments data of a respective subscriber station are best received;

e) transferring the reception segment which is determined for the respective subscriber station to a controller of the radio base station; and

f) selecting a best reception segment for the respective subscriber station by the controller so that only the reception segment selected on a subscriber-specific basis is used for data reception, and a complete unsegmented antenna characteristic of the radio base station is used for data transmission.

7. The method as defined in claim 6, wherein the radio base station transmits test sequences to the individual subscriber stations in the delay time.

8. The method as defined in claim 7, including sequentially transmitting the individual test sequences of or for the subscriber stations in cycles.