Mobile radio device synchronization

• US 8,780,884 B2
• Filed: 04/05/2007
• Issued: 07/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Mobile Communications GmbH (Intel Corporation)
• Inventors: Choi, Hyung-Nam, Schmidt, Andreas, Eckert, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): HTUN, SAN A
• Application Number:
  US11/696,837
• Publication Number:
  US 20080247339A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,658 Days
• Field of Search: 370/281, 370/310.2, 370319-324, 370/326, 370328-331, 370335-338, 370342-350, 370351-356, 370432-442, 370503-514, 370/520, 370/524, 455/434, 455/522, 455/553, 455436-439, 455/442, 455/450, 455/11.1, 455/422.1, 455436-4521, 455/464, 455/13.2, 455/502, 455/509, 455/515, 455/76, 455/208, 455/265, 375/343, 709/231
• US Class Current: 370/350
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/2681 Synchronisation of a mobile station with one base station
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/0015 one node acting as a reference for the others
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 92/10 between terminal device and access point, i.e. wireless air interface

Abstract

Method for synchronizing a plurality of mobile radio devices, mobile radio devices and a method for synchronizing a mobile radio device. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for synchronizing a plurality of mobile radio devices is provided including transmitting a downlink synchronization signal in a shared downlink synchronization channel to a plurality of mobile radio devices, and receiving a plurality of uplink synchronization signals via a plurality of dedicated uplink synchronization channels.

Claims

1. A method for synchronizing a plurality of mobile radio devices, comprising:

transmitting a downlink synchronization signal in a shared downlink synchronization channel a plurality of mobile radio devices, wherein the downlink synchronization signal is common to the plurality of mobile radio devices; and

receiving a plurality of uplink synchronization signals via a plurality of dedicated uplink synchronization channels, wherein each uplink synchronization signal indicates that a respective mobile radio device has synchronized to the shared downlink synchronization channel;

wherein the method is carried out during a handover procedure from a first mobile radio communication system to a second mobile radio communication system;

wherein the downlink synchronization signal is received by the plurality of mobile radio devices; and

wherein each mobile radio device of the plurality of mobile radio devices transmits a respective uplink synchronization signal via a respective dedicated uplink synchronization channel of the plurality of dedicated uplink synchronization channels; and

wherein the first mobile radio communication system is a Global Systems for Mobile Communications mobile radio communication system or a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System and wherein the second mobile radio communication system is a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Long Term Evolution mobile radio communication system;

or

wherein the first mobile radio communication system is a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Long Term Evolution mobile radio communication system and wherein the second mobile radio communication system is a Global Systems for Mobile Communications mobile radio communication system or a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the shared downlink synchronization channel is a shared downlink synchronization control channel.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the shared downlink synchronization channel is a frequency division duplex shared downlink synchronization control channel.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of dedicated uplink synchronization channels are a plurality of dedicated uplink synchronization control channels.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of dedicated uplink synchronization channels are a plurality of dedicated physical control channels.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the downlink synchronization signal comprises transmit power control information indicating a power control procedure to be used.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the downlink synchronization signal comprises pilot signal information shared by the plurality of mobile radio devices.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is carried out in a frequency division duplex mode.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is carried out in a cellular mobile radio communication system.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the method is carried out in accordance with a mobile radio communication system selected from a group of mobile radio communication systems consisting of Universal Mobile Telecommunications System mobile radio communication system;

Code Division Multiple Access 2000 mobile radio communication system; and

Freedom of Mobile Multimedia Access mobile radio communication system.

11. A mobile radio device, comprising:

a transmitter configured to transmit a downlink synchronization signal in a shared downlink synchronization channel to a plurality of mobile radio devices during a handover procedure from a first mobile radio communication system to a second mobile radio communication system, wherein the downlink synchronization signal is common to the plurality of mobile radio devices, wherein the downlink synchronization signal is received by the plurality of mobile radio devices; and

a receiver configured to receive a plurality of uplink synchronization signals via a plurality of dedicated uplink synchronization channels during the handover procedure, wherein each uplink synchronization signal indicates that a respective mobile radio device has synchronized to the shared downlink synchronization channel, each uplink synchronization signal transmitted by the respective mobile radio device via a respective dedicated uplink synchronization channel of the plurality of dedicated uplink synchronization channels;

and

wherein the first mobile radio communication system is a Global Systems for Mobile Communications mobile radio communication system or a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System and wherein the second mobile radio communication system is a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Long Term Evolution mobile radio communication system;

or

wherein the first mobile radio communication system is a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Long Term Evolution mobile radio communication system and wherein the second mobile radio communication system is a Global Systems for Mobile Communications mobile radio communication system or a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System.

12. The mobile radio device of claim 11, wherein the shared downlink synchronization channel is a shared downlink synchronization control channel.

13. The mobile radio device of claim 11, wherein the shared downlink synchronization channel is a frequency division duplex shared downlink synchronization control channel.

14. The mobile radio device of claim 11, wherein the plurality of dedicated uplink synchronization channels are a plurality of dedicated uplink synchronization control channels.

15. The mobile radio device of claim 11, wherein the plurality of dedicated uplink synchronization channels are a plurality of dedicated physical control channels.

16. The mobile radio device of claim 11, wherein the downlink synchronization signal comprises transmit power control information indicating a power control procedure to be used.

17. The mobile radio device of claim 11, herein the downlink synchronization signal comprises pilot signal information shared by the plurality of mobile radio devices.

18. The mobile radio device of claim 11, wherein the mobile radio device is a cellular mobile radio device.

19. The mobile radio device of claim 11, wherein the mobile radio device is a mobile radio device selected from a group of mobile radio devices consisting of Universal Mobile Telecommunications System mobile radio device;

Code Division Multiple Access 2000 mobile radio device; and

Freedom of Mobile Multimedia Access mobile radio device.

20. The mobile radio device of claim 11, being a Global Systems for Mobile Communications mobile radio device or a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System mobile radio device or a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Long Term Evolution mobile radio device.

21. The mobile radio device of claim 11, being a mobile radio network unit.

22. The mobile radio device of claim 21, being a mobile radio base station.

23. A mobile radio device, comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a downlink synchronization signal in a shared downlink synchronization channel shared by a plurality of mobile radio devices during a handover procedure from a first mobile radio communication system to a second mobile radio communication system, wherein the downlink synchronization signal is common to the plurality of mobile radio devices, wherein the downlink synchronization signal is received by the plurality of mobile radio devices; and

a transmitter configured to transmit an uplink synchronization signal via a dedicated uplink synchronization channel during the handover procedure, wherein each uplink synchronization signal indicates that a respective mobile radio device has synchronized to the shared downlink synchronization channel, each uplink synchronization signal transmitted by the respective mobile radio device via a respective dedicated unlink synchronization channel of the plurality of dedicated uplink synchronization channels;

and

wherein the first mobile radio communication system is a Global Systems for Mobile Communications mobile radio communication system or a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System and wherein the second mobile radio communication system is a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Long Term Evolution mobile radio communication system;

or

wherein the first mobile radio communication system is a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Long Term Evolution mobile radio communication system and wherein the second mobile radio communication system is a Global Systems for Mobile Communications mobile radio communication system or a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System.

24. The mobile radio device of claim 23, wherein the shared downlink synchronization channel is a shared downlink synchronization control channel.

25. The mobile radio device of claim 23, wherein the shared downlink synchronization channel is a frequency division duplex shared downlink synchronization control channel.

26. The mobile radio device of claim 23, wherein the dedicated uplink synchronization channel is a dedicated uplink synchronization control channel.

27. The mobile radio device of claim 23, wherein the dedicated uplink synchronization channel is a dedicated physical control channel.

28. The mobile radio device of claim 23, wherein the downlink synchronization signal comprises transmit power control information indicating a power control procedure to be used.

29. The mobile radio device of claim 23, wherein the downlink synchronization signal comprises pilot signal information shared by the plurality of mobile radio devices.

30. The mobile radio device of claim 23, wherein the mobile radio device is a cellular mobile radio device.

31. The mobile radio device of claim 23, wherein the mobile radio device is mobile radio device selected from a group of mobile radio devices consisting of:

Universal Mobile Telecommunications System mobile radio device;

Code Division Multiple Access 2000 mobile radio device; and

Freedom of Mobile Multimedia Access mobile radio device.

32. The mobile radio device of claim 23, being a Global Systems for Mobile Communications mobile radio device or a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System mobile radio device or a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Long Term Evolution mobile radio device.

33. The mobile radio device of claim 23, being a mobile radio terminal device.

34. The mobile radio device of claim 33, being a mobile radio user equipment.

35. A method for synchronizing a mobile radio device, comprising:

transmitting a downlink synchronization signal in a shared downlink synchronization channel to a mobile radio device, wherein the downlink synchronization signal is common to the plurality of mobile radio devices; and

receiving an uplink synchronization signal via a dedicated uplink synchronization channel, wherein each uplink synchronization signal indicates that a respective mobile radio device has synchronized to the shared downlink synchronization channel;

wherein the method is carried out during a handover procedure from a first mobile radio communication system to a second mobile radio communication system;

wherein the downlink synchronization signal is received by the plurality of mobile radio devices; and

wherein each mobile radio device of the plurality of mobile radio devices transmits a respective uplink synchronization signal via a respective dedicated uplink synchronization channel of the plurality of dedicated uplink synchronization channels;

and

wherein the first mobile radio communication system is a Global Systems for Mobile Communications mobile radio communication system or a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System and wherein the second mobile radio communication system is a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Long Term Evolution mobile radio communication system;

or

wherein the first mobile radio communication system is a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Long Term Evolution mobile radio communication system and wherein the second mobile radio communication system is a Global Systems for Mobile Communication mobile communication system or a Universal Mobile Telecommunications System.