Predictive collision avoidance in macrodiverse wireless networks with frequency hopping using switching
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- extracting frequency hopping information from frequency hopping sequences used in communications between a plurality of mobile stations and a plurality of transceiver stations over dedicated channels, wherein the plurality of transceiver stations are positioned at macrodiverse locations relative to each other, and wherein said extracting includes monitoring for one or more channel activation messages, each indicating activation of a dedicated channel;
forming a collision prediction of radio channel interference between first and second dedicated channels, said first dedicated channel providing communications between a first one of the plurality of mobile stations and a first one of the plurality of transceiver stations, and said second dedicated channel providing communications between a second one of the plurality of mobile stations and the first transceiver station, and wherein said forming includes tracking hopping frequencies for each of the plurality of mobile stations over a prediction period; and
responsive to said collision prediction, dynamically switching said first dedicated channel to provide communications between the first mobile station and a second one of the plurality of transceiver stations to avoid said radio channel interference.
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Abstract
A communication system using fast macrodiversity switching (FMS) and frequency hopping (FH) for wireless signals including downlink signals to and uplink signals from mobile stations. Frequency hopping sequences are determined for the uplink and downlink signals for the mobile stations. A plurality of transceiver stations employ broadcast channels and dedicated channels for communications with the mobile stations. A zone manager controls fast macrodiversity switching of dedicated channels among the mobile stations while broadcast channels remain unswitched. The zone manager extracts frequency hopping information to form predictions of dedicated channel collisions, and based upon the predictions, controls the dynamic switching of dedicated channels to avoid collisions.
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39 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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extracting frequency hopping information from frequency hopping sequences used in communications between a plurality of mobile stations and a plurality of transceiver stations over dedicated channels, wherein the plurality of transceiver stations are positioned at macrodiverse locations relative to each other, and wherein said extracting includes monitoring for one or more channel activation messages, each indicating activation of a dedicated channel; forming a collision prediction of radio channel interference between first and second dedicated channels, said first dedicated channel providing communications between a first one of the plurality of mobile stations and a first one of the plurality of transceiver stations, and said second dedicated channel providing communications between a second one of the plurality of mobile stations and the first transceiver station, and wherein said forming includes tracking hopping frequencies for each of the plurality of mobile stations over a prediction period; and responsive to said collision prediction, dynamically switching said first dedicated channel to provide communications between the first mobile station and a second one of the plurality of transceiver stations to avoid said radio channel interference. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising:
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extracting frequency hopping information from frequency hopping sequences used in communications over dedicated channels between a plurality of mobile stations and a plurality of transceiver stations, wherein said plurality of transceiver stations are positioned at macrodiverse locations relative to each other; forming a collision prediction of radio channel interference between first and second dedicated channels, said first dedicated channel providing communications between a first one of the plurality of mobile stations and a first one of the plurality of transceiver stations, and said second dedicated channel providing communications between a second one of the plurality of mobile stations and the first transceiver station, and wherein said forming includes; tracking hopping frequencies for each of the plurality of mobile stations over a prediction period; and calculating a set of burst frequencies for use over the prediction period; and updating the set of burst frequencies by calculating an updated set of burst frequencies over the prediction period, wherein said calculating the updated set occurs at a frame rate; and responsive to said collision prediction, dynamically switching said first dedicated channel to provide communications between the first mobile station and a second one of the plurality of transceiver stations to avoid said radio channel interference. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 32, 34, 36, 38, 39)
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24. A management unit for a wireless communications system, the management unit comprising:
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a hopping extraction unit configured to extract frequency hopping information from frequency hopping sequences used in communications between first and second ones of a plurality of mobile stations and a first one of a plurality of transceiver stations over first and second dedicated channels, respectively, wherein extracting frequency hopping information includes monitoring for a presence of one or more channel activation messages, each indicating activation of a dedicated channel, and wherein the plurality of transceiver stations are positioned at macrodiverse locations relative to each other; a collision prediction unit configured to form a collision prediction of radio channel interference between said first and second dedicated channels, wherein forming a collision prediction includes tracking hopping frequencies for the first and second ones plurality of mobile stations over a prediction period; and a switching control unit configured, responsive to said collision prediction, to dynamically switch said first dedicated channel to provide communications between the first mobile station and a second one of the plurality of transceiver stations to avoid said radio channel interference. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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33. A management unit for a wireless communications system, the management unit comprising:
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a hopping extraction unit configured to extract frequency hopping information from frequency hopping sequences used in communications over dedicated channels between a plurality of mobile stations and a plurality of macrodiverse transceiver stations, said communications including communications between a first one of the plurality of mobile stations and a first one of the plurality of transceiver stations over a first dedicated channel and communications between a second one of the plurality of mobile stations and the first transceiver station over a second dedicated channel; a collision prediction unit configured to; form a collision prediction of radio channel interference between said first and second dedicated channels; track hopping frequencies for the plurality of mobile stations, including the first and second mobile stations, over a prediction period; calculate a set of burst frequencies for use over the prediction period; and update the set of burst frequencies by calculating an updated set of burst frequencies over the prediction period, wherein calculating the updated set occurs at a frame rate; and a switching control unit configured to dynamically switch said first dedicated channel to provide communications between the first mobile station and a second one of the plurality of transceiver stations responsive to said prediction in order to avoid said radio channel interference. - View Dependent Claims (35, 37)
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