Enhanced coexistence beacon protocol (ECBP) for precise intercell synchronization of overlapping wireless base stations
First Claim
1. A method for synchronizing overlapping cells, the method comprising:
- receiving, from a first customer premise equipment (CPE), a first data packet and a transmission offset indicating the difference in a time domain between the beginning of a transmission data frame and the first data packet, wherein the first CPE is located in a first cell covered by a first base station;
receiving, from a second CPE located in a second cell covered by a second base station, a reception offset recorded in response to the reception of the first data packet and indicating the difference in time domain between the beginning of a frame at the second base station and the first data packet, the second CPE different than and physically separated from the first CPE;
obtaining a propagation delay between the first CPE served by the first base station and the second CPE served by the second base station;
calculating, at the second base station, a frame slide by adding the transmission offset and the propagation delay, and subtracting the reception offset; and
synchronizing the first base station and the second base station based upon the calculated frame slide,wherein the obtaining of the propagation delay between the first CPE and the second CPE comprises;
receiving, from the first CPE, a second data packet carrying information regarding the geographical location of the first CPE; and
receiving, from the second CPE, the propagation delay of the first data packet calculated in response to reception of the second data packet based on the information regarding the location of the first CPE.
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Abstract
A method for synchronizing overlapping cells covered by different base stations include obtaining a propagation delay between a first base station and a second base station, scheduling by the first base station a selected one of first users located in a first cell covered by the first base station to transmit a first data packet which is a part of a transmission data frame, transmitting at the selected one the first users a transmission offset indicating the difference in a time domain between the beginning of the transmission data frame and the first data packet, in response to the reception of the first data packet, recording a reception offset at a selected one of second users located in a second cell covered by the second base station, the reception offset indicating the difference in time domain between the beginning of a reception data frame and the first data packet, transmitting at the selected one of the second users the reception offset to the second base station, calculating at the second base station a frame slide by adding the transmission offset and the propagation delay, and subtracting the reception offset, and synchronizing the first cell and the second cell based upon the calculated frame slide.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for synchronizing overlapping cells, the method comprising:
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receiving, from a first customer premise equipment (CPE), a first data packet and a transmission offset indicating the difference in a time domain between the beginning of a transmission data frame and the first data packet, wherein the first CPE is located in a first cell covered by a first base station; receiving, from a second CPE located in a second cell covered by a second base station, a reception offset recorded in response to the reception of the first data packet and indicating the difference in time domain between the beginning of a frame at the second base station and the first data packet, the second CPE different than and physically separated from the first CPE; obtaining a propagation delay between the first CPE served by the first base station and the second CPE served by the second base station; calculating, at the second base station, a frame slide by adding the transmission offset and the propagation delay, and subtracting the reception offset; and synchronizing the first base station and the second base station based upon the calculated frame slide, wherein the obtaining of the propagation delay between the first CPE and the second CPE comprises; receiving, from the first CPE, a second data packet carrying information regarding the geographical location of the first CPE; and receiving, from the second CPE, the propagation delay of the first data packet calculated in response to reception of the second data packet based on the information regarding the location of the first CPE. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A wireless communication system, comprising:
a first base station configured to; schedule a selected one of a plurality of first CPEs located within a first cell to transmit a first data packet as part of a transmission data frame, the first base station corresponding to the first cell, wherein the selected one of the first CPEs is configured to transmit a transmission offset indicating a difference in a time domain between a beginning of the transmission data frame and the first data packet, wherein a selected one of a plurality of second CPEs located in a second cell is configured to record a reception offset in response to reception of the first data packet, the reception offset indicating a difference in the time domain between a beginning of a data frame received at the second cell and reception of the first data packet, wherein the second CPE different than and physically separated from the first CPE, wherein the selected one of the second CPEs is configured to transmit the reception offset to a second base station corresponding to the second cell, and wherein the second base station is configured to; obtain a propagation delay between the selected one of the first CPEs served by the first base station and the selected one of the second CPEs served by the second base station; calculate a frame slide by adding the transmission offset and the propagation delay and subtracting the reception offset; and synchronize the first base station and the second base station based upon the calculated frame slide, wherein the obtaining of the propagation delay by the second base station comprises; the one of the first CPEs located in the first cell configured to transmit a second data packet carrying information regarding the geographical location of the one of the first CPEs, and the one of the second CPEs located in the second cell configured to calculate the propagation delay of the data packet in dependence upon the information regarding the geographical location of the transmitter in response to reception of the second data packet, and to transmit the propagation delay to the second base station. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method for synchronizing base stations with overlapping cells, the method comprising:
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receiving, from a first CPE, a first data packet with location information of the first CPE and a transmission offset indicating the difference in a time domain between the beginning of a transmission data frame and the first data packet in a first base station corresponding to a first cell, wherein the first data packet is received by a second CPE which records the location information of the first CPE and a reception offset indicating the difference in a time domain between a beginning of a data frame and reception of the first data packet in a second base station corresponding to a second cell, the second CPE different than and physically separated from the first CPE; and obtaining a propagation delay between the first CPE served by the first base station and the second CPE served by the second base station based on the recorded location information of the first CPE, and wherein a frame slide is calculated by adding the transmission offset and the propagation delay and subtracting the reception offset, wherein the obtaining of the propagation delay between the first CPE and the second CPE comprises; receiving, from the first CPE, a second data packet carrying information regarding the geographical location of the first CPE; and receiving, from the second CPE, the propagation delay of the first data packet calculated in response to reception of the second data packet based on the information regarding the location of the first CPE. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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22. A wireless communication system comprising:
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a first base station constituting a first cell; and a second base station constituting a second cell, wherein the second base station is configured to be synchronized with the first base station by; receiving from a first CPE a first data packet with location information of the first CPE and a transmission offset indicating a difference in a time domain between a beginning of a transmission data frame and the first data packet in the first base station corresponding to the first cell, wherein the first data packet is received by the second CPE, which records the location information of the first CPE and a reception offset indicating the difference in the time domain between the beginning of a frame and reception of the first data packet in the second base station corresponding to the second cell, the second CPE different than and physically separated from the first CPE; obtaining a propagation delay between the first CPE served by the first base station and the second CPE served by the second base station based on the recorded location information of the first CPE; and calculating a frame slide by adding the transmission offset and the propagation delay and subtracting the reception offset, wherein the obtaining of the propagation delay by the second base station comprises; the one of the first CPEs located in the first cell configured to transmit a second data packet carrying information regarding the geographical location of the one of the first CPEs, and the one of the second CPEs located in the second cell configured to calculate the propagation delay of the first data packet in dependence upon the information regarding the geographical location of the transmitter in response to reception of the second data packet, and to transmit the propagation delay to the second base station. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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