Transmitting signals on a channel used for traffic and access in a communications system
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1. A method comprising:
- generating an access control burst to be transmitted from a radio to a first remote radio;
generating a traffic burst to be transmitted from the radio to a second remote radio, the traffic burst being part of an existing logical connection between the radio and the second remote radio; and
transmitting a signal in a single channel times lot of a time division multiple access frame on a single modulation of a modulated radio frequency carrier, the signal including the access control burst and the traffic burst, wherein the access control burst is transmitted on a first spatial channel and the traffic burst is transmitted on a second spatial channel from a plurality of antenna elements using spatial processing.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention can be used to efficiently transmit access control and traffic information. In one embodiment, the invention includes generating an access control burst to be transmitted from a radio to a first remote radio, and generating a traffic burst to be transmitted from the radio to a second remote radio, the traffic burst being part of an existing logical connection between the radio and the second remote radio. Then the inventions can include transmitting a signal including the access control burst and the traffic burst in a timeslot on a carrier. This signal can be transmitted from a plurality of antenna elements using spatial processing.
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119 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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generating an access control burst to be transmitted from a radio to a first remote radio; generating a traffic burst to be transmitted from the radio to a second remote radio, the traffic burst being part of an existing logical connection between the radio and the second remote radio; and transmitting a signal in a single channel times lot of a time division multiple access frame on a single modulation of a modulated radio frequency carrier, the signal including the access control burst and the traffic burst, wherein the access control burst is transmitted on a first spatial channel and the traffic burst is transmitted on a second spatial channel from a plurality of antenna elements using spatial processing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A communications device comprising:
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a processor to generate an access control burst and a traffic burst to be transmitted to a first and second remote radio respectively, the traffic burst being part of an existing logical connection between the radio and the second remote radio, and to generate a signal that includes the access control burst and the traffic burst using spatial processing; an array of antenna elements; and a transmitter coupled to the processor and to the array of antenna elements to transmit the signal from the array of antenna elements in a single channel timeslot of a time division multiple access frame on a single modulation of a modulated radio frequency carrier, wherein the access control burst to transmit on a first spatial channel of the carrier and the traffic burst to transmit on a second spatial channel of the carrier. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An article of manufacture having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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generating an access control burst to be transmitted from a radio to a first remote radio; generating a traffic burst to be transmitted from the radio to a second remote radio, the traffic burst being part of an existing logical connection between the radio and the second remote radio; and transmitting a signal in a single channel timeslot of a time division multiple access frame on a single modulation of a modulated radio frequency carrier, the signal including the access control burst and the traffic burst, wherein the access control burst is transmitted on a first spatial channel and the traffic burst is transmitted on a second spatial channel from a plurality of antenna elements using spatial processing. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method comprising:
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transmitting an access control burst from a radio to a first remote radio in a single channel timeslot of a time division multiple access frame on a communications channel; transmitting a traffic burst from the radio to a second remote radio in the same timeslot with the same single modulation of a modulated radio frequency carrier on the same communications channel with the access control burst, the transmitted traffic burst being part of an existing logical connection between the second remote radio and the radio; and transmitting an access assignment burst in the same timeslot with the same single modulation of a modulated radio frequency carrier on the same communications channel with the access control burst and the traffic burst, the access assignment burst being a response to a request to establish a logical connection between the radio and a third remote radio. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A communications device comprising:
a transmitter to transmit an access control burst to a first remote radio and a traffic burst to a second remote radio respectively in a single channel timeslot of a time division multiple access frame on a communications channel carried on a single modulation of a radio frequency carrier, the access control and traffic bursts overlapping in time, the traffic burst being part of an existing logical connection between the second remote radio and the communications device. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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48. A machine-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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transmitting an access control burst from a radio to a first remote radio in a single channel timeslot carried on a single modulation of a radio frequency carrier of a time division multiple access frame on a first spatial channel of a communications channel; and transmitting a traffic burst from the radio to a second remote radio in the same single channel timeslot on a second spatial channel of the same communications channel overlapping in time with the access control burst, the transmitted traffic burst being part of an existing logical connection between the second remote radio and the radio. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. A method comprising:
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transmitting an access assignment (AA) burst containing an access assignment (AA) message from a base station to a first user terminal on a random access logical channel (RACH), the AA burst being transmitted in a downlink single channel timeslot of a TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) frame on a physical carrier; and transmitting a traffic burst containing a traffic message from the base station to a second user terminal on a traffic logical channel (TCH), the traffic burst being transmitted in the same downlink single channel timeslot of the same TDMA frame on the same single modulation of a modulated radio frequency physical carrier, wherein the AA burst is transmitted on a first spatial channel of the physical carrier and the traffic burst is transmitted on a second spatial channel of the physical carrier. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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63. A base station comprising:
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a processor to generate an access assignment (AA) burst containing an access assignment (AA) message and a traffic burst containing a traffic message; and a transmitter coupled to the processor to transmit the AA burst to a first user terminal on a random access logical channel (RACH), the AA burst to be transmitted in a downlink single channel timeslot of a TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) frame on a physical carrier, and the transmitter to further transmit the traffic burst to a second user terminal on a traffic logical channel (TCH) using the same downlink single channel timeslot of the same TDMA frame on the same single modulation of a modulated radio frequency physical carrier, wherein the AA burst to be transmitted on a first spatial channel of the physical carrier and the traffic burst to be transmitted on a second spatial channel of the physical carrier. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66, 67, 68)
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69. An article of manufacture having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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transmitting an access assignment (AA) burst containing an access assignment (AA) message from a base station to a first user terminal on a random access logical channel (RACH), the AA burst being transmitted in a downlink single channel timeslot of a TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) frame on a physical carrier; and transmitting a traffic burst containing a traffic message from the base station to a second user terminal on a traffic logical channel (TCH), the traffic burst being transmitted in the same downlink single channel timeslot of the same TDMA frame on the same single modulation of a modulated radio frequency physical carrier, wherein the AA burst is transmitted on a first spatial channel of the physical carrier and the traffic burst is transmitted on a second spatial channel of the physical carrier. - View Dependent Claims (70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75)
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76. A method comprising:
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transmitting a page burst containing a paging message from a base station to a first user terminal on a paging logical channel (PCH), the page burst being transmitted in a downlink single channel timeslot of a TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) frame on a physical carrier; and transmitting a traffic burst containing a traffic message from the base station to a second user terminal on single channel traffic logical channel (TCH), the traffic burst being transmitted in the same single channel downlink timeslot of the same TDMA frame on the same single modulation of a modulated radio frequency physical carrier, wherein the page burst is transmitted on a first spatial channel of the physical carrier and the traffic burst is transmitted on a second spatial channel of the physical carrier. - View Dependent Claims (77, 78, 79, 80, 81)
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82. A base station comprising:
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a processor to generate an page burst containing a paging message and a traffic burst containing a traffic message; and a transmitter coupled to the processor to transmit the page burst to a first user terminal on a paging logical channel (PCH), the page burst being transmitted in a downlink single channel timeslot of a TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) frame on a physical carrier, and the transmitter to further transmit the traffic burst to a second user terminal on a traffic logical channel (TCH) using the same downlink single channel timeslot of the same TDMA frame on the same single modulation of a modulated radio frequency physical carrier, wherein the page burst to be transmitted on a first spatial channel of the physical carrier and the traffic burst to be transmitted on a second spatial channel of the physical carrier. - View Dependent Claims (83, 84, 85, 86, 87)
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88. A computer-readable storage medium containing data representing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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transmitting a page burst containing a paging message from a base station to a first user terminal on a paging logical channel (PCH), the page burst being transmitted in a downlink single channel timeslot of a TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) frame on a physical carrier; and transmitting a traffic burst containing a traffic message from the base station to a second user terminal on a traffic logical channel (TCH), the traffic burst being transmitted in the same downlink single channel timeslot of the same TDMA frame on the same single modulation of a modulated radio frequency physical carrier, wherein the page burst is transmitted on a first spatial channel of the physical carrier and the traffic burst is transmitted on a second spatial channel of the physical carrier. - View Dependent Claims (89, 90, 91, 92, 93)
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94. A method in a user terminal comprising:
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generating an access control burst to be transmitted from the user terminal to a remote radio; generating a traffic burst to be transmitted from the user terminal to a second remote radio, the traffic burst being part of an existing logical connection between the user terminal and the second remote radio; and transmitting a signal in a single channel timeslot of a time division multiple access frame on a single modulation of a modulated radio frequency carrier, the signal including the access control burst and the traffic burst, wherein the access control burst is transmitted on a first spatial channel and the traffic burst is transmitted on a second spatial channel. - View Dependent Claims (95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107)
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108. A method in a user terminal comprising:
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receiving a signal transmitted in a single channel timeslot of a time division multiple access frame on a single modulation of a modulated radio frequency carrier, from a base station, wherein the signal transmitted includes an access control burst and a traffic burst, the access control burst having been transmitted on a first spatial channel and the traffic burst having been transmitted on a second spatial channel from a plurality of antenna elements using spatial processing; and decoding the access control burst generated by the base station for transmission to the user terminal from a first portion of the signal transmitted, a remaining portion of the signal transmitted comprising the traffic burst generated by the base station for transmission to a second remote radio, the traffic burst being part of an existing logical connection between the base station and the second remote radio. - View Dependent Claims (109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119)
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