Pre-data power control common packet channel
First Claim
1. A method of providing access to communication channels of a wireless communication network, comprising:
- receiving from a remote station a detectable access burst comprising one of a plurality of possible coded preamble signals, the one coded preamble signal having been selected by the remote station from among a plurality of coded preamble signals assigned to a base station of the network and corresponding to one of a plurality of spreading codes assigned to the base station for use on uplink communications to the base station;
sending an acknowledgement signal corresponding to the received coded preamble signal;
receiving a power control signal from the remote station at the base station;
receiving a spread-spectrum signal containing data, from the remote station following the sending of the acknowledgement signal, the received spread spectrum signal having been spread with the one spreading code corresponding to the received coded preamble signal; and
transmitting a spread-spectrum signal intended for the remote station from the base station at a power level based on the received power control signal.
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Abstract
A base station (BS) and a plurality of remote stations in a code-division-multiple-access (CDMA) system employ spread-spectrum communication. 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 uses a common chip-sequence signal. An RS-spread-spectrum receiver receives the broadcast common-synchronization channel, and the RS determines frame timing from the frame-timing signal. In response, the associated RS-spread-spectrum transmitter transmits an access burst signal, including RS-preamble signals, RS-power-control signals, and RS-pilot signals, respectively, 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.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of providing access to communication channels of a wireless communication network, comprising:
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receiving from a remote station a detectable access burst comprising one of a plurality of possible coded preamble signals, the one coded preamble signal having been selected by the remote station from among a plurality of coded preamble signals assigned to a base station of the network and corresponding to one of a plurality of spreading codes assigned to the base station for use on uplink communications to the base station; sending an acknowledgement signal corresponding to the received coded preamble signal; receiving a power control signal from the remote station at the base station; receiving a spread-spectrum signal containing data, from the remote station following the sending of the acknowledgement signal, the received spread spectrum signal having been spread with the one spreading code corresponding to the received coded preamble signal; and transmitting a spread-spectrum signal intended for the remote station from the base station at a power level based on the received power control signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of wireless communication through a network, comprising:
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receiving a frame-timing signal from a spread-spectrum base station of the network, over a broadcast common synchronization channel having a common chip-sequence signal; determining frame timing from the received frame-timing signal; transmitting an access burst signal over a spread-spectrum uplink channel, in a time slot selected from a plurality of time slots having predefined relationships to the determined frame timing; receiving an acknowledgement signal corresponding to the access burst signal, from the base station; receiving a power control signal from the base station; transmitting a base station power control signal and packet data to the base station over the spread-spectrum uplink channel, at a power level based on the received power control signal, wherein at least the transmitting of the packet data is responsive to receipt of the acknowledgement signal; and receiving data from the base station, wherein the transmission of the power control signal to the base station precedes the transmission of the packet data. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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15. A method of providing a packet communication service, comprising:
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broadcasting a frame-timing signal from a base station, over a common synchronization channel modulated with a common chip-sequence signal; selectively authorizing one of a plurality of remote stations to use an uplink packet channel for packet transmissions to the base station, on a slotted-aloha basis, in a predetermined relationship to the frame-timing signal; receiving a power control signal from the one authorized remote station, at the base station; transmitting a power control signal intended for the one authorized remote station, from the base station, at a power level based on the received power control signal; and receiving a spread-spectrum signal containing packet data from the one authorized remote station over the uplink packet channel at the base station. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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