Methods and apparatus for wireless network connectivity
First Claim
1. A mobile communications device for communicating, in parallel with a plurality of base stations each operating with different signal timing, the communications device comprising:
- a plurality of receiver timing synchronization loops capable of establishing, in parallel, timing synchronization with said plurality of base stations, said receiver timing synchronization loops being used to adjust receiver timing in said mobile communications device.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus which allow a wireless terminal (302) to simultaneously maintain connections with multiple base stations (304, 306) are described. Each wireless terminal (302) is capable of supporting multiple separate timing and/or other control loops one, for each base station connection thereby allowing the connections to operate independently and in parallel. Different control signals and/or data are transmitted on each connection that is established with a base station (302, 306). In this manner base stations (302, 306) receive different data allowing for asynchronous data transmission. The data received by the base stations (302, 306) can be supplied to a wired asynchronous network (308) without the need to combine the received data prior to supplying it to the wired network (308). The communications techniques of the invention can be used to implement soft handoffs without the need to duplicate data transmissions to multiple base stations.
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45 Claims
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1. A mobile communications device for communicating, in parallel with a plurality of base stations each operating with different signal timing, the communications device comprising:
a plurality of receiver timing synchronization loops capable of establishing, in parallel, timing synchronization with said plurality of base stations, said receiver timing synchronization loops being used to adjust receiver timing in said mobile communications device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A mobile communications device for communicating, in parallel with a plurality of base stations each operating with different signal timing, the communications device comprising:
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a plurality of timing synchronization loops capable of establishing, in parallel, timing synchronization with said plurality of base stations; and wherein said plurality of timing synchronization loops include receiver timing synchronization loops and transmitter timing synchronization loops, a plurality of said transmitter timing synchronization loops and a plurality of said receiver timing synchronization loops being used in parallel, at least one receiver timing synchronization loop and one transmitter timing synchronization loop being used for each base station with which said mobile communications device establishes a communications connection. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of operating a wireless terminal to interact with a plurality of base stations including a first base station and a second base station, comprising:
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performing a first receiver timing synchronization operation to synchronize data signal receiver timing with the first base station; and performing a second receiver timing synchronization operation to synchronize data signal receiver timing with the second base station, the first and second timing synchronization operations being performed independently and in parallel. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method of implementing a handoff between base stations of a communications system, the method comprising:
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communicating with a first base station; establishing a connection with a second base station; transmitting, in parallel, different data in different communications signals which are transmitted in parallel to said first and second base stations, respectively; and using different symbol transmission start times when transmitting symbols representing at least portions of said first and second data packets to said first and second base stations. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A method of implementing a communications system, the method comprising:
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providing a plurality of base stations for interacting with a mobile communications device; operating at least a first and second base station in said plurality of base stations to receive, in parallel, different data from said mobile communications device to be transmitted over a wired asynchronous communications network; and operating the first and second base stations to supply said received data to said wired asynchronous network; and operating the first and second base stations to perform independent asynchronous symbol timing synchronization operations with said mobile communications device. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39)
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40. A mobile communications device for communicating, in parallel with a plurality of base stations each operating with different signal timing, the communications device comprising:
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analog to digital signal conversion means; and a plurality of receiver timing synchronization means capable of establishing, in parallel, timing synchronization with said plurality of base stations, said receiver timing synchronization means being used to adjust receiver timing in said mobile communications device, said plurality of receiver timing conversion means being coupled to a digital signal output of said analog to digital signal conversion means.
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41. A mobile communications device for communicating, in parallel with a plurality of base stations each operating with different signal timing, the communications device comprising:
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a plurality of timing synchronization means capable of establishing, in parallel, timing synchronization with said plurality of base stations; and wherein said plurality of timing synchronization means each include receiver timing synchronization means and transmitter timing synchronization means, a plurality of said transmitter timing synchronization means and a plurality of said receiver timing synchronization means being used in parallel, at least one receiver timing synchronization means and one transmitter timing synchronization means being used for each base station with which said mobile communications device establishes a communications connection.
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42. A computer readable medium embodying computer executable instructions for controlling a communications device to implement a communications method of interacting with a plurality of base stations including a first base station and a second base station, the method comprising:
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performing a first receiver timing synchronization operation to synchronize data signal receiver timing with the first base station; and performing a second receiver timing synchronization operation to synchronize data signal receiver timing with the second base station, the first and second timing synchronization operations being performed independently and in parallel.
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43. A device including a processor configured to implement a method of interacting with a plurality of base stations including a first base station and a second base station, the processor being configured to:
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perform a first receiver timing synchronization operation to synchronize data signal receiver timing with the first base station; and perform a second receiver timing synchronization operation to synchronize data signal receiver timing with the second base station, the first and second timing synchronization operations being performed independently and in parallel.
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44. A computer readable medium embodying computer executable instructions for controlling a communications device to implement a method of implementing a handoff between base stations of a communications system, the method comprising:
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communicating with a first base station; establishing a connection with a second base station transmitting, in parallel, different data in different communications signals which are transmitted in parallel to said first and second base stations, respectively; and using different symbol transmission start times when transmitting symbols representing at least portions of said first and second data packets to said first and second base stations.
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45. A device including a processor configured to implement a method of implementing a handoff between base stations of a communications System, the processor being configured to control the device to:
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communicate with a first base station; establish a connection with a second base station transmit, in parallel, different data in different communications signals which are transmitted in parallel to said first and second base stations, respectively; and use different symbol transmission start times when transmitting symbols representing at least portions of said first and second data packets to said first and second base stations.
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