Automatic control apparatus and method for TD-SCDMA mobile terminal

• US 7,522,550 B2
• Filed: 11/12/2003
• Issued: 04/21/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Yu, Jae-Wook
• Primary Examiner(s): Ngo; Ricky
• Assistant Examiner(s): Samuel; Dewanda
• Application Number:
  US10/704,980
• Publication Number:
  US 20040097255A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,987 Days
• Field of Search: 455/557, 455/522, 455/14, 455/462, 455/99, 455/137, 370/423, 370/276, 370/328, 370/329, 370/282, 370/318, 370/535, 370/543, 370/345, 370/278, 370/320, 370/336, 375/22
• US Class Current: 370/320
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/52 using AGC [Automatic Gain Control] circuits or amplifiers

Abstract

The automatic control system of a mobile terminal for time division duplex (TDD) based communication system includes an RF processing module which controls quality of a transmission channel, and a baseband modem connected to the RF processing module through a transmission data line and a reception data line. The baseband modem generates automatic control signals based on control information received from a base station and transmitting the automatic control signal to the RF processing module through the transmission data line in a reception mode of the mobile terminal. The automatic control signals are transmitted to the RF processing module through the transmission data line, which is in the idle state, in the reception mode. Additional control lines are not required to transmit the respective automatic control signals. Therefore, utilization of the transmit data line between the baseband modem and the RF processing module can be improved.

Claims

1. An automatic control system of a mobile terminal for time division duplex (TDD) based communication system, comprising:

a RF processing module to control quality of a transmission channel; and

a baseband modem to generate automatic control signals based on control information received from a base station and to transmit the automatic control signals across a transmission data line to the RF processing module while the mobile terminal is in a reception mode, the baseband modem further to transmit transmission data across the transmission data line to the RF processing module while the mobile terminal is in the transmission mode, wherein the RF processing module includes;

a transmission/reception unit to process the data received through an antenna of the mobile terminal so as to transmit the data to the baseband modem, and the transmission/reception unit to process the transmission data received from the baseband modem across the transmission data line so as to transmit the transmission data in the air through the antenna,

an oscillator to generate an oscillating frequency, and

a switch to receive the automatic control signals from the transmission data line and to check a type of the automatic control signals received across the transmission data line from the baseband modem while the mobile terminal is in the reception mode, and the switch to route the automatic control signal to the transmission/reception unit when the received automatic control signal is an automatic power control (APC) signal or an automatic gain control (AGC) signal and the switch to route the automatic control signal to the oscillator when the received automatic control signal is an automatic frequency control (AFC) signal, wherein the APC, AGC, and AFC signals are transmitted to the RF processing module across the transmission data line.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the automatic control signal is an analog signal.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the baseband modem comprises:

a converter that converts digital data to be transmitted into analog data, and that converts received analog data into digital data; and

a control unit that controls the converter.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the RF processing module controls quality of the transmission channel based on the automatic control signals received from the baseband modem.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the baseband modem comprises:

a converter that converts digital data to be transmitted into analog data and that converts received analog data into digital data; and

a control unit that controls the converter.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the baseband modem determines whether the communication system is in the transmission mode or is in the reception mode,

the baseband modem determines whether or not a control command is received from an upper layer when the communication system is in the reception mode,

and the baseband modem generates the control signals based on the control command when the control command is received from the upper layer.

6. An automatic control system of a mobile terminal for time division duplex (TDD) based communication system, comprising:

an RF processing module that controls quality of a transmission channel; and

a baseband modem coupled to the RF processing module through a transmission data line and coupled to the RF processing module through a reception data line, the baseband modem to generate automatic control signals based on control information received from a base station and to transmit the automatic control signals to the RF processing module through the transmission data line when the mobile terminal is in a reception mode, the baseband modem further to transmit transmission data through the transmission data line to the RF processing module when the mobile terminal is in a transmission mode, wherein the RF processing module includes;

a transmission/reception unit to process data received through an antenna of the mobile terminal so as to transmit the data to the baseband modem, and to process the transmission data received from the baseband modem across the transmission data line so as to transmit the transmission data through the antenna,

an oscillator to generate an oscillating frequency, and

a switch to receive the automatic control signals from the transmission data line and to check a type of the automatic control signals received across the transmission data line from the baseband modem while the mobile terminal is in the reception mode and the switch to route the automatic control signal to the transmission/reception unit when the received automatic control signal is an automatic power control (APC) signal or an automatic gain control (AGC) signal and the switch to route the automatic control signal to the oscillator when the received automatic control signal is an automatic frequency control AFC signal, wherein the APC, AGC, and AFC signals are transmitted to the RF processing module through the transmission data line.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the baseband modem comprises:

a converter that converts digital data to be transmitted into analog data and that converts received analog data into digital data; and

a control unit that controls the converter.

13. The system of claim 6, wherein the baseband modem determines whether the communication system is in the transmission mode or is in the reception mode, the baseband modem determines whether or not a control command is received from an upper layer when the communication system is in the reception mode, and the baseband modem generates the control signals based on the control command when the control command is received from the upper layer.

8. An automatic control method for a time division duplex (TDD) based mobile terminal, comprising:

determining whether the mobile terminal is in a transmission mode or is in a reception mode;

determining whether or not an automatic control command is received from an upper layer when the mobile terminal is in the reception mode;

generating automatic control signals based on the automatic control command if the automatic control command is received from the upper layer;

transmitting the automatic control signals across a transmission data line to an RF processing module when the mobile terminal is in the reception mode, wherein transmitting the automatic control signals across the transmission data line includes;

routing the automatic control signal to associated elements of a transmission/reception unit of the RF processing module when the automatic control signal transmitted across the transmission data line is an APC signal or an AGC signal, and routing the automatic control signal to an oscillator of the RF processing unit when the automatic control signal transmitted across the transmission data line is an AFC signal;

transmitting transmission data across the transmission data line to the RF processing module when the mobile terminal is in the transmission mode; and

setting a quality of a transmission channel based on the automatic control signals transmitted across the transmission data line.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the automatic control signals are transmitted across the transmission data line connecting a baseband modem and the RF processing module.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the automatic control signals are transmitted to the RF processing module before the mobile terminal enters the reception mode.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the automatic control signals include an automatic power control (APC) signal, an automatic gain control (AGC) signal, and an automatic frequency control (AFC) signal.