Method and system of spread spectrum modulation
First Claim
1. In a cellular base station of the type that radiates in a number of directions so as to provide a number of sectors each having a respective air interface through which a mobile station in a given sector communicates with the base station, a method comprising:
- in all of the number of sectors, the base station receiving mobile station signals that have been encoded with a common spreading sequence;
assigning to each sector of the number of sectors a respective time delay, such that any adjacent sectors of the number of sectors have different respective time delays than each other, the respective time delay being within a time window such that the mobile station would recognize a received signal encoded with the common spreading sequence offset by any of the respective time delays to be equivalently encoded signals; and
in each sector of the number of sectors, the base station (i) encoding a respective signal with the common spreading sequence offset by the sector'"'"'s respective time delay, so as to provide an encoded signal for the sector and (ii) sending the encoded signal into the sector'"'"'s respective air interface for receipt by a mobile station operating in the sector.
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Abstract
A method and system of communicating between a base station and a mobile station is disclosed. The base station may be the core of a cell site, which is defined by radio frequency radiation patterns. The cell site may be divided into a number of sectors, each defined respectively by radiation patterns. The mobile station, while within any of the sectors of the cell site, may communicate with the base station on a reverse link by encoding signals using a spreading sequence offset by a common time delay. On the forward link, each sector is assigned a respective time delay that is within the common time delay. While within a respective sector of the cell site, the mobile station may receive signals from the base station on the forward link that have been encoded with the spreading sequence offset by the sector'"'"'s respective time delay.
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1. In a cellular base station of the type that radiates in a number of directions so as to provide a number of sectors each having a respective air interface through which a mobile station in a given sector communicates with the base station, a method comprising:
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in all of the number of sectors, the base station receiving mobile station signals that have been encoded with a common spreading sequence; assigning to each sector of the number of sectors a respective time delay, such that any adjacent sectors of the number of sectors have different respective time delays than each other, the respective time delay being within a time window such that the mobile station would recognize a received signal encoded with the common spreading sequence offset by any of the respective time delays to be equivalently encoded signals; and in each sector of the number of sectors, the base station (i) encoding a respective signal with the common spreading sequence offset by the sector'"'"'s respective time delay, so as to provide an encoded signal for the sector and (ii) sending the encoded signal into the sector'"'"'s respective air interface for receipt by a mobile station operating in the sector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A cellular base station of the type that radiates in a number of directions so as to provide a number of sectors each having a respective air interface through which a mobile station in a given sector communicates with the base station,
wherein communications between the mobile station and the base station are encoded with a pseudo-noise (PN) sequence, wherein reverse link communications between the mobile station while in any of the number of sectors and the cellular base station are encoded with the PN sequence offset by a common time delay, and wherein forward link communications between the mobile station while in a respective sector of the number of sectors and the cellular base station are encoded with the PN sequence offset by a respective time delay that is within the common time delay such that forward link communications within any adjacent sectors of the number of sectors are encoded with the PN sequence offset by a different time delay than each other.
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17. A system comprising:
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means for providing radiation patterns that define a number of sectors of a cellular base station, each sector having a respective air interface; means for differentiating signals transmitted from a mobile station to the cellular base station through any of the respective air interfaces by encoding the signals with a common spreading sequence offset by a common time delay; and means for differentiating signals transmitted from the cellular base station to the mobile station through any of the respective air interfaces by encoding the signals with a respective portion of the common spreading sequence, wherein each respective air interface is assigned a different respective portion of the common spreading sequence. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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