Cell search process for wireless communication system
First Claim
1. A method of cell search in a wireless communication systems having a plurality of base stations and a mobile station, each of the plurality of base stations serving a separate cell within a service area and transmitting a common primary synchronization code (PSC) in a primary synchronization channel within a slot of a radio frame, the method including the steps of:
- (a) scanning through radio channels in scanning increments corresponding to a standard channel raster;
(b) estimating the PSC signal-to-noise ratio of each radio channel;
(c) when a PSC signal-to-noise ratio is above a first predetermined threshold level, completing a cell search procedure including slot synchronization, frame synchronization and scrambling code detection steps for that radio channel;
(d) when the cell search procedure is successfully completed for the radio channel in step (c), increasing the scanning increments to the broadcast frequency separation between cells;
(e) when all radio channels are scanned in step (d), sorting the scanned radio channels in descending order by PSC signal-to-noise ratio; and
(f) performing the cell search-procedure on each sorted radio channel in descending order.
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Abstract
A method of cell search in a wireless communication systems having a plurality of base stations and a mobile station, each of the plurality of base stations serving a separate cell within a service area and transmitting a common primary synchronization code (PSC) in a primary synchronization channel within a slot of a radio frame, the method including the steps of: (a) scanning (72) through radio channels in scanning increments corresponding to a standard channel raster; (b) estimating (98) the PSC signal-to-noise ratio of each radio channel; (c) if a PSC signal-to-noise ratio is above a first predetermined threshold level (100), completing a cell search procedure including slot synchronization, frame synchronization and scrambling code detection steps for that radio channel; (d) if the cell search procedure is successfully completed (112) for the radio channel in step (c), increasing the scanning increments to the broadcast frequency separation between cells; (e) when all radio channels are scanned in step (d), sorting (74) the scanned radio channels in descending order by PSC signal-to-noise ratio; and (f) performing (76) the cell search procedure on each sorted radio channel in descending order.
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1. A method of cell search in a wireless communication systems having a plurality of base stations and a mobile station, each of the plurality of base stations serving a separate cell within a service area and transmitting a common primary synchronization code (PSC) in a primary synchronization channel within a slot of a radio frame, the method including the steps of:
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(a) scanning through radio channels in scanning increments corresponding to a standard channel raster; (b) estimating the PSC signal-to-noise ratio of each radio channel; (c) when a PSC signal-to-noise ratio is above a first predetermined threshold level, completing a cell search procedure including slot synchronization, frame synchronization and scrambling code detection steps for that radio channel; (d) when the cell search procedure is successfully completed for the radio channel in step (c), increasing the scanning increments to the broadcast frequency separation between cells; (e) when all radio channels are scanned in step (d), sorting the scanned radio channels in descending order by PSC signal-to-noise ratio; and (f) performing the cell search-procedure on each sorted radio channel in descending order. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A mobile station for use in a wireless communication system including a plurality of base stations, each of the plurality of base stations serving a separate cell within a service area and transmitting a common primary synchronization code (PSC) in a primary synchronization channel within a slot of a radio frame, the mobile station including:
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scanning means for scanning through possible radio channels; cell search means for completing a cell search procedure including slot synchronization means, frame synchronization means and scrambling code detection means; and processing means for controlling operation of the mobile station, wherein the scanning means scans through possible radio channels in scanning increments corresponding to a standard channel raster; the slot synchronization means estimates the PSC signal-to-noise ratio of each radio channel; the cell search means acts to complete the cell search procedure for that radio channel, when the processing means determines that the PSC signal-to-noise ratio is above a first predetermined threshold level; the processing means increasing the scanning increments to the broadcast frequency separation between cells, when the cell search procedure is successfully completed for that radio channel; the processing means further acting to sort the scanned radio channels in descending order by PSC signal-to-noise ratio when all radio channels are scanned; and the cell search means performing the cell search procedure on each sorted radio channel in descending order. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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