Channel selection in wireless telecommunication system

• US 7,720,029 B2
• Filed: 03/04/2004
• Issued: 05/18/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: WSOU Investments, LLC (WSOU Holdings, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Orava, Pekko, Posti, Jarkko
• Primary Examiner(s): D AGOSTA, STEPHEN M
• Application Number:
  US10/793,191
• Publication Number:
  US 20040218562A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,266 Days
• Field of Search: 370/328, 370/329, 370/338, 370/341, 455/41.2, 455/41.3, 455/63.1, 455/67.13, 455/550.1, 455/552.1, 455/553.1
• US Class Current: 370/329
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/109 by improving strong signal performance of the receiver when strong unwanted signals are present at the receiver input
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/406 with more than one transmission mode, e.g. analog and digital modes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/20 for optimising the interference level
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/02 Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal

Abstract

Channel selection in a wireless telecommunication system includes determining at least one transmission frequency used by a first transceiver from information on the first transceiver. The harmonics of the transmission frequency are determined and at least one channel used by the second transceiver is selected by at least taking into account the harmonics of the transmission frequency of the first transceiver.

Claims

1. A method in a wireless terminal comprising:

receiving information about at least one traffic channel regarding transmission power and at least one transmission frequency of a first transceiver,

determining at least one harmonic of the at least one transmission frequency of the first transceiver for obtaining at least one barred frequency range, the barred frequency range comprising the determined at least one harmonic,

measuring signal strength transmitted by the first transceiver,

calculating a quality factor for the at least one traffic channel as a ratio of the measured signal strength and the information regarding the transmission power,

selecting at least one channel for use in a second transceiver by taking into account the at least one barred frequency range and the quality factor, and

determining for a transmission of a second transceiver a maximum data rate by using the information regarding the transmission power and the measured signal strength.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

submitting an inquiry from the second transceiver to the first transceiver about transmission frequencies used,

sending information about at least one transmission frequency of the first transceiver to the second transceiver, and

determining harmonics in the second transceiver.

3. A method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

sending information about a transmission frequency of at least one channel from the first transceiver to the second transceiver in response to a change in at least one of the following;

the transmission frequency and transmission power.

4. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a change of a transmission frequency used by the second transceiver is initiated in response to a harmonic of at least one transmission frequency of the first transceiver residing on a reception channel used by the second transceiver.

5. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one channel is selected for use in the second transceiver such that no harmonics of the transmission frequencies of the first transceiver exist in the frequency range of the at least one channel, further comprising:

checking transmission frequencies of access points capable of communicating wirelessly with the second transceiver,

selecting an access point at whose transmission frequency no harmonics of the first transceiver reside, and

setting up a connection to the access point.

6. A method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

determining distances between frequencies of the channels available to the second transceiver and the at least one harmonic of at least one transmission frequency of the first transceiver, and

selecting a channel amongst the channels available to the second transceiver, distance of which is the largest to the at least one harmonic of the at least one transmission frequency of the first transceiver.

7. A wireless terminal comprising a first transceiver and a second transceiver, the wireless terminal being configured to:

determine transmission power and at least one transmission frequency used in the first transceiver,

determine at least one harmonic of the at least one transmission frequency and determine at least one barred frequency range, the barred frequency range comprising the at least one harmonic,

measure signal strength transmitted by the first transceiver,

calculate a quality factor for at least one traffic channel as a ratio of the measured signal strength and the determined transmission power,

select at least one channel for the second transceiver by taking into account the at least one barred frequency range and the quality factor, and

determine for a transmission of a second transceiver a maximum data rate by using the transmission power and the measured signal strength.

8. A wireless terminal as claimed in claim 7, further comprising a first transceiver controller and a second transceiver controller, the wireless terminal configured to submit an inquiry from the second transceiver controller to the first transceiver controller about the frequencies used, and wherein

the first transceiver controller is configured to submit information about at least one transmission frequency of the first transceiver to the second transceiver controller, and

the second transceiver controller is configured to determine the harmonics on the basis of the information from the first transceiver controller.

9. A wireless terminal as claimed in claim 7, wherein the wireless terminal further comprises a first transceiver controller and a second transceiver controller, the first transceiver controller configured to submit information about the transmission frequency of at least one channel to the second transceiver controller in response to a change in at least one of the following:

the transmission frequency transmission power.

10. A wireless terminal as claimed in claim 7, configured to initiate a change of a channel used by the second transceiver in response to a harmonic of at least one transmission frequency of the first transceiver residing on a reception channel used by the second transceiver.

11. A wireless terminal as claimed in claim 7, configured to select at least one channel for use in the second transceiver such that no harmonics of the transmission frequencies of the first transceiver exist in the frequency range of the at least one channel,

configured to check transmission frequencies of access points capable of communicating wirelessly with the second transceiver,

configured to select an access point at whose transmission frequency no harmonics of the first transceiver reside, and

configured to set up a connection to the access point.

12. A wireless terminal as claimed in claim 7, configured to:

determine distances between frequencies of the channels available to the second transceiver and harmonics of at least one transmission frequency of the first transceiver, and

channels available to the second transceiver based on the determined distances.

13. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory storing a computer program code, the memory and computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to;

determine transmission power and at least one transmission frequency used in a first transceiver,

specify at least one harmonic of at least one transmission frequency used in a first transceiver on the basis of the at least one transmission frequency of the first transceiver for obtaining at least one barred frequency range, the barred frequency range comprising the specified at least one harmonic,

measure signal strength transmitted by the first transceiver,

calculate a quality factor for at least one traffic channel by using a ratio of the measured signal strength and the transmission power,

select at least one channel for a second transceiver by taking into account the at least one barred frequency range and the quality factor, and

determine for a transmission of a second transceiver a maximum data rate by using the transmission power and the measured signal strength.

14. An apparatus as claimed in claim 13, further configured to submit an inquiry to a transceiver controller about frequencies used.

15. An apparatus as claimed in claim 13, further configured to receive information about a change of a transmission frequency of at least one channel.

16. An apparatus as claimed in claim 13, further configured to initiate a change of a channel used by the second transceiver in response to a harmonic of at least one transmission frequency of the first transceiver residing on a reception channel used by the second transceiver.

17. An apparatus as claimed in claim 13, further configured to select at least one channel for use in the second transceiver such that no harmonics of the transmission frequencies of the first transceiver exist in a frequency range of the channel.

18. An apparatus as claimed in claim 13, further configured to:

check transmission frequencies of access points capable of communicating wirelessly with the second transceiver,

select an access point at whose transmission frequency no harmonics of the first transceiver reside, and

control set-up of a connection to the access point.

19. An apparatus as claimed in claim 13, further configured to:

determine distances between frequencies of the channels available to the second transceiver and harmonics of at least one transmission frequency of the first transceiver, and

determine channels available to the second transceiver based on the determined distances.

20. An apparatus as claimed in claim 13, comprising a transceiver for cellular mobile communications as the first transceiver and another transceiver for wireless local area network communications as the second transceiver.