Common packet channel with firm handoff
First Claim
1. A baseband processor for a wireless mobile station, comprising:
- a spread-spectrum transceiver for transmitting and receiving wireless spread-spectrum signals;
an acknowledgment detector for detecting an acknowledgment in a received spread-spectrum signal;
a data and control processor, for detecting and processing data and control information contained in a received spread-spectrum signal;
a preamble generator for generating preamble signals;
a multiplexer, for multiplexing data and the preamble signals;
a packet formatter, coupled to the multiplexer, for formatting the multiplexed data and preamble signals into packets for wireless transmission; and
a controller, responsive to the acknowledgement detector, for controlling the transceiver the preamble generator, the multiplexer and the packet formatter, such that in operation the baseband processor;
receives frame-timing signals from first and second base stations over at least one broadcast common-synchronization channel;
determines first and second frame timings from the received frame-timing signals;
transmits a first access burst signal comprising a first preamble code associated with the first base station at a time determined from the first frame timing signal;
transmits a second access burst signal comprising a second preamble code associated with the second base station at a time determined from the second frame timing signal;
receives an acknowledgement signal from at least the first base station;
selects the first base station in response to the receipt of an acknowledgement signal; and
transmits a signal comprising packet data and control information over an uplink channel to the first base station.
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Abstract
An improvement to a code-division-multiple-access (CDMA) system employing spread-spectrum modulation, with the CDMA system having a base station (BS) and a plurality of remote stations. The base station has a BS-spread-spectrum transmitter and a BS-spread-spectrum receiver. A remote station has an RS-spread-spectrum transmitter and an RS-spread-spectrum receiver. The BS transmitter transmits a broadcast common-synchronization channel, which includes a frame-timing signal. The broadcast common-synchronization channel has a common chip-sequence signal, which is common to the plurality of remote stations. In response to the RS-spread-spectrum receiver receiving the broadcast common-synchronization channel, and determining frame timing from the frame-timing signal, an RS-spread-spectrum transmitter transmits an access-burst signal, which includes, RS-power-control signals, transmitted in time, at increasing power levels. The BS-spread-spectrum transmitter, responsive to the BS-spread-spectrum receiver receiving the access-burst signal, and detecting an RS-preamble signal, transmits an acknowledgment signal. In response to the first RS-spread-spectrum receiver receiving the acknowledgment signal, the first RS-spread-spectrum transmitter transmits a spread-spectrum signal having data. The BS-spread-spectrum transmitter transmits either data or power-control information to the RS-spread-spectrum receiver.
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20 Claims
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1. A baseband processor for a wireless mobile station, comprising:
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a spread-spectrum transceiver for transmitting and receiving wireless spread-spectrum signals; an acknowledgment detector for detecting an acknowledgment in a received spread-spectrum signal; a data and control processor, for detecting and processing data and control information contained in a received spread-spectrum signal; a preamble generator for generating preamble signals; a multiplexer, for multiplexing data and the preamble signals; a packet formatter, coupled to the multiplexer, for formatting the multiplexed data and preamble signals into packets for wireless transmission; and a controller, responsive to the acknowledgement detector, for controlling the transceiver the preamble generator, the multiplexer and the packet formatter, such that in operation the baseband processor; receives frame-timing signals from first and second base stations over at least one broadcast common-synchronization channel; determines first and second frame timings from the received frame-timing signals; transmits a first access burst signal comprising a first preamble code associated with the first base station at a time determined from the first frame timing signal; transmits a second access burst signal comprising a second preamble code associated with the second base station at a time determined from the second frame timing signal; receives an acknowledgement signal from at least the first base station; selects the first base station in response to the receipt of an acknowledgement signal; and transmits a signal comprising packet data and control information over an uplink channel to the first base station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A baseband processor for a wireless mobile station, comprising:
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a spread-spectrum transceiver for transmitting and receiving wireless spread-spectrum signals; an acknowledgment detector for detecting an acknowledgment in a received spread-spectrum signal; a data and control processor, for detecting and processing data and control information contained in a received spread-spectrum signal; a preamble generator for generating preamble signals; a multiplexer for multiplexing data and the preamble signals; a packet formatter, coupled to the multiplexer, for formatting the multiplexed data and preamble signals into packets for wireless transmission; and a controller, responsive to the acknowledgment detector, for controlling the transceiver, the preamble generator, the multiplexer and the packet formatter, such that in operation the baseband processor; receives a frame-timing signal from a base station over a broadcast common-synchronization channel having a common chip-sequence signal; determines frame timing from the received frame-timing signal; transmits a plurality of access burst signals at sequentially increasing discrete power levels, in one or more time slots selected from a plurality of time slots having predefined relationships to the determined frame timing; receives an acknowledgement signal corresponding to the access burst signal, from the base station; receives power control signals and data from the base station; transmits power control signals to the base station at power levels based on the received power control signals, following receipt of the acknowledgement signal; and transmits packet data to the base station at power levels based on the received power control signals. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A baseband processor for a wireless base station, the baseband processor comprising:
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a spread-spectrum transceiver for transmitting and receiving wireless spread-spectrum signals; a preamble processor, for detecting a preamble signal in a received spread-spectrum signal; a data and control processor, for detecting and processing data and control information contained in a received spread-spectrum signal; a packet formatter for formatting any one or more of data and control information into a packet for wireless transmission; and a controller, responsive to the preamble processor and the data and control processor, for controlling the transceiver and the packet formatter, such that in operation the baseband processor; receives from a remote station a detectable access burst, from among a plurality of access bursts transmitted from the remote station at discretely different power levels, the detectable access burst comprising one of a number of possible coded preambles assigned to the base station selected by the remote station in a received preamble signal; sends a coded acknowledgement signal over a control channel, the code acknowledgement signal corresponding to the received coded preamble; receives power control signals and data from the remote station after transmission of the acknowledgement signal; and transmits signals intended for the remote station at power levels based on the received power control signals. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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