High reliability redundant voting system for a signal received by voting processors in a communication system
First Claim
1. A method for providing a redundant voting system for voting on a signal received by a plurality of base stations in a communication system, the method comprising:
- a first voting processor transmitting a downstream message to a plurality of base stations indicating a return base station to voting processor (BS-VP) group associated with the first voting processor and a second voting processor;
receiving a plurality of group messages addressed to the return group from the plurality of base stations and associated with a particular signal received from a signal source by each of the plurality of base stations, the particular signal including an address of a target device to which the particular signal is directed;
the first voting processor determining a recovered signal, wherein the recovered signal comprises a representation of the received particular signal of at least one of the plurality of base stations having a quality measure better than a quality measure associated with each received particular signal from all other of the plurality of base stations; and
responsive to the first voting processor determining that the second voting processor is no longer operational, the first voting processor transmitting the recovered signal to a voting processor to infrastructure (VP-IN) group associated with an infrastructure device and the first and second voting processors.
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Abstract
Disclosed are methods and systems for providing improved reliability via redundant voting systems. The voting systems are operable to vote on a signal received by a plurality of base stations in a communication system. A first voting processor transmits a message to the plurality of base stations indicating a return base station to voting processor (BS-VP) multicast address. A plurality of multicast messages addressed to the return multicast address are then received from the plurality of base stations and associated with a particular signal received from a signal source by each of the plurality of base stations. The first voting processor determines a recovered signal, and responsive to the first voting processor determining that the second voting processor is no longer operational, transmits the recovered signal to a voting processor to infrastructure (VP-IN) multicast address associated with an infrastructure device and the first and second voting processors.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing a redundant voting system for voting on a signal received by a plurality of base stations in a communication system, the method comprising:
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a first voting processor transmitting a downstream message to a plurality of base stations indicating a return base station to voting processor (BS-VP) group associated with the first voting processor and a second voting processor; receiving a plurality of group messages addressed to the return group from the plurality of base stations and associated with a particular signal received from a signal source by each of the plurality of base stations, the particular signal including an address of a target device to which the particular signal is directed; the first voting processor determining a recovered signal, wherein the recovered signal comprises a representation of the received particular signal of at least one of the plurality of base stations having a quality measure better than a quality measure associated with each received particular signal from all other of the plurality of base stations; and responsive to the first voting processor determining that the second voting processor is no longer operational, the first voting processor transmitting the recovered signal to a voting processor to infrastructure (VP-IN) group associated with an infrastructure device and the first and second voting processors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 19, 20)
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13. A communication system for providing a redundant voting processors for voting on a signal received by a plurality of base stations in a communication system, the communication system comprising:
a first voting processor configured to; transmit a message to a plurality of base stations indicating a return base station to voting processor (BS-VP) group associated with the first voting processor and a second voting processor; receive a plurality of group messages addressed to the return group from the plurality of base stations and associated with a particular signal received from a signal source by each of the plurality of base stations, the particular signal including an address of a target device; determine a recovered signal, wherein the recovered signal comprises a representation of the received particular signal of at least one of the plurality of base stations having a quality measure better than a quality measure associated with each received particular signal from all other of the plurality of base stations; and responsive to making a determination that the second voting processor is no longer operational, transmit the recovered signal to a voting processor to infrastructure (VP-IN) group associated with an infrastructure device and the first and second voting processors. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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