Synchronization method and system for transmitting voice data in a mobile communication system

• US 7,738,505 B2
• Filed: 07/12/2004
• Issued: 06/15/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Chang, Yong
• Primary Examiner(s): Ngo; Ricky
• Assistant Examiner(s): HAN, CLEMENCE S
• Application Number:
  US10/531,636
• Publication Number:
  US 20060154679A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,164 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/507
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/2668 Arrangements for Wireless Code-Division Multiple Access [CDMA] System Synchronisation, for code acquisition H04B1/7075, for code tracking H04B1/7085
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/2678 Time synchronisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 3/0658 Clock or time synchronisation among packet nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1026 at the edge
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/103 in the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1036 at the edge
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/104 in the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1101 Session protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/0075 based on arrival time vs. expected arrival time

Abstract

A method and system for synchronizing transmission/reception timings delayed during transmission/reception of data frames for voice signals in a mobile communication system including a media gateway with a transcoder and a base station controller for exchanging digital voice signals with the media gateway. The media gateway or the base station controller performs synchronization control by detecting synchronization of forward data frames for the voice signals. As the base station controller requests synchronization, the media gateway adjusts transmission timing and acquires synchronization according to the adjusted transmission timing, thereby correctly transmitting/receiving data frames for the voice signals.

Claims

1. A method for synchronizing transmission/reception time by a base station controller for delay in transmission/reception of a data frame of a digital voice signal in a mobile communication system which includes a media gateway and the base station controller, the media gateway including a trans-coder for converting an analog voice signal and a coded digital voice signal into each other, the base station controller transmitting/receiving the digital voice signal to/from the media gateway, the method comprising:

checking whether or not forward data frames of the digital voice signal received from the media gateway are synchronized;

appointing information of a forward delay when the forward data frames are not synchronized, and notifying the media gateway of the appointed forward delay information and a reverse data frame of the voice signal received from a mobile station;

requesting time synchronization to the media gateway when synchronization is not established for the forward data frames received in sequence;

receiving information of transmission timing adjusted by the media gateway according to the requested time synchronization; and

synchronizing the forward data frames using the transmission timing information and transmitting the forward data frames to the mobile station.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, the information of the forward delay is set as a difference value which is calculated using an expected arrival time and an actual arrival time of the forward data frames of the digital voice signal received from the media gateway.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, in the step of requesting time synchronization to the media gateway, the base station controller appoints information of requesting synchronization of the reverse data frames during a predetermined period of time in a reverse frame message, and transmits the reverse frame message together with a transmission frame of a predetermined frame protocol.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein, the reverse frame message is transmitted through an interface through which the data frames of the digital voice signal are transmitted, and includes reverse layer-3 data information including information elements of time synchronization and a time delay.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein, in the step of requesting time synchronization to the media gateway, the base station controller appoints information of requesting synchronization of the reverse data frames during a predetermined period of time in a reverse frame message, and transmits the reverse frame message separately from a transmission frame of a predetermined frame protocol.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5, wherein, the reverse frame message is transmitted through a second interface established separately from a first interface, through which the data frames of the digital voice signal are transmitted, and includes time synchronization information and information a mobile station identification number.

7. A method for synchronizing transmission/reception time by a media gateway for delay in transmission/reception of a data frame of a digital voice signal in a mobile communication system which includes the media gateway and a base station controller, the media gateway including a trans-coder for converting an analog voice signal and a coded digital voice signal into each other, the base station controller transmitting/receiving the digital voice signal to/from the media gateway, the method comprising:

checking whether or not reverse data frames of the digital voice signal received from the base station controller are synchronized;

appointing information of a reverse delay when the reverse data frames are not synchronized, and notifying the base station controller of the appointed reverse delay information and a forward data frame of the digital voice signal;

receiving a synchronization request from the base station controller when synchronization is not established for the reverse data frames received in sequence;

adjusting transmission timing of the reverse data frame according to the synchronization request, and transmitting the adjusted information to the base station controller; and

receiving the reverse data frame synchronized according to the adjusted transmission timing information from the base station controller.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein, the information of the reverse delay is set as a difference value which is calculated using an expected arrival time and an actual arrival time of the reverse data frames of the digital voice signal received from the base station controller.

9. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein, in the step of receiving a synchronization request from the base station controller, the media gateway receives a reverse frame message together with a transmission frame of a predetermined frame protocol from the base station controller, in which information of requesting synchronization of the reverse data frames during a predetermined period of time has been appointed in the reverse frame message by the base station controller.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein, the reverse frame message is transmitted through an interface through which the data frames of the digital voice signal are transmitted, and includes reverse layer-3 data information including information elements of time synchronization and a time delay.

11. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein, in the step of receiving a synchronization request from the base station controller, the media gateway receives a reverse frame message separately from a transmission frame of a predetermined frame protocol, in which information of requesting synchronization of the reverse data frames during a predetermined period of time has been appointed in the reverse frame message by the base station controller.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein, the reverse frame message is transmitted through a second interface established separately from a first interface, through which the data frame of the digital voice signal are transmitted, and includes time synchronization information and information of a mobile station identification number.

13. A system for synchronizing transmission/reception time for delay in transmission/reception of a data frame of a digital voice signal in a mobile communication system which includes a media gateway and a base station controller, the media gateway including a trans-coder for converting an analog voice signal and a coded digital voice signal into each other, the base station controller transmitting/receiving the digital voice signal to/from the media gateway, the system comprising:

the base station controller for transmitting information of a forward delay and reverse data frames of the digital voice signal, which is received from a mobile station, to the media gateway, receiving the information of the forward delay and the reverse delay, and performing a control for the synchronization; and

the media gateway for transmitting information of a reverse delay to the base station controller when the media gateway receives forward data frames of voice signals from a called party, receiving the information of the forward delay and the reverse delay, and performing a control for the synchronization,

wherein the base station controller checks whether or not forward data frames of the digital voice signal received from the media gateway are synchronized, requests time synchronization to the media gateway when synchronization is not established for the forward data frames received in sequence, receives information of transmission timing adjusted by the media gateway according to the time synchronization request, synchronizes the forward data frames, and transmits the forward data frames to the mobile station.

14. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein, the information of the forward delay is set as a difference value which is calculated using an expected arrival time and an actual arrival time of the forward data frames of the digital voice signal received from the media gateway.

15. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein, the information of the reverse delay is set as a difference value which is calculated using an expected arrival time and an actual arrival time of the reverse data frames of the digital voice signal received from the base station controller.

16. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein, when the base station controller requests time synchronization to the media gateway, the base station controller appoints information of requesting synchronization of the reverse data frames during a predetermined period of time in a reverse frame message, and transmits the reverse frame message together with a transmission frame of a predetermined frame protocol.

17. The system as claimed in claim 16, wherein, the reverse frame message is transmitted through an interface through which the data frames of the digital voice signal are transmitted, and includes reverse layer-3 data information including information elements of time synchronization and a time delay.

18. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein, when the base station controller requests time synchronization to the media gateway, the base station controller appoints information of requesting synchronization of the reverse data frames during a predetermined period of time in a reverse frame message, and transmits the reverse frame message separately from a transmission frame of a predetermined frame protocol.

19. The system as claimed in claim 18, wherein, the reverse frame message is transmitted through a second interface established separately from a first interface, through which the data frames of the digital voice signal are transmitted, and includes time synchronization information and information a mobile station identification number.

20. The system as claimed in claim 13, wherein, the media gateway checks whether or not reverse data frames of the digital voice signal received from the base station controller are synchronized, receives a synchronization request from the base station controller when synchronization is not established for the reverse data frames received in sequence, adjusts transmission timing of the reverse data frame according to the synchronization request, transmits the adjusted information to the base station controller, and receives the reverse data frames synchronized according to the adjusted transmission timing information from the base station controller.

21. The system as claimed in claim 20, when the media gateway receives a synchronization request from the base station controller, the media gateway receives a reverse frame message together with a transmission frame of a predetermined frame protocol from the base station controller, in which information of requesting synchronization of the reverse data frames during a predetermined period of time has been appointed in the reverse frame message by the base station controller.

22. The system as claimed in claim 21, wherein, the reverse frame message is transmitted through an interface through which the data frames of the digital voice signal are transmitted, and includes reverse layer-3 data information including information elements of time synchronization and a time delay.

23. The system as claimed in claim 20, wherein, when the media gateway receives a synchronization request from the base station controller, the media gateway receives a reverse frame message separately from a transmission frame of a predetermined frame protocol, in which information of requesting synchronization of the reverse data frames during a predetermined period of time has been appointed in the reverse frame message by the base station controller.

24. The system as claimed in claim 23, wherein, the reverse frame message is transmitted through a second interface established separately from a first interface, through which the data frame of the digital voice signal are transmitted, and includes time synchronization information and information of a mobile station identification number.