Methods and systems for communicating in a cellular network
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
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국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H04Q-007/27
H04Q-007/00
출원번호
US-0649159
(2000-08-28)
발명자
/ 주소
Wala, Philip M.
출원인 / 주소
ADC Tolocommunications, Inc. and ADC Mobile Systems, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Fogg & Associates, LLC
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50
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A microcellular communications network includes a plurality of base station units and corresponding antenna units. The microcells connected to their respective base station units over a telephone system. The microcells providing received signal strength indication (RSSI) level signals and Supervisor
A microcellular communications network includes a plurality of base station units and corresponding antenna units. The microcells connected to their respective base station units over a telephone system. The microcells providing received signal strength indication (RSSI) level signals and Supervisory, Audio Tone (SAT) frequencies to the base station for hand-in evaluation. The base stations having a scanning receiver for processing the RSSI level signals and SAT frequencies and for performing hand-in for neighboring cells.
대표청구항▼
1. A method for communicating in a cellular network, the cellular network including two or more remote units and a host unit, the method comprising:transmitting messages over a telephone line from a particular remote unit to the host unit, the messages comprising baseband signals and received signal
1. A method for communicating in a cellular network, the cellular network including two or more remote units and a host unit, the method comprising:transmitting messages over a telephone line from a particular remote unit to the host unit, the messages comprising baseband signals and received signal strength indication levels for each channel of the particular remote unit, the messages further comprising received signal strength indication levels for one or more channels of one or more neighboring remote units, the messages identifying an associated supervisory audio tone frequency for each channel; andat the host unit, constructing a broadband signal recognizable by a scanning receiver, the broadband signal including:for each channel of the particular remote unit, a carrier modulated by the baseband signals and the supervisory audio tone frequency, and scaled by its associated received signal strength indication level; andfor each channel of neighboring remote units, a carrier modulated by the supervisory audio tone frequency, scaled by its associated received signal strength indication level. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein constructing a broadband signal recognizable by a scanning receiver further comprises:performing a separate transform on the associated received signal strength indication levels for each supervisory audio tone frequency to generate associated time domain received signal strength indication weighted carriers;for each supervisory audio tone frequency, modulating a carrier having a frequency related to the supervisory audio tone frequency with the associated time domain received signal strength indication weighted carriers to generate a set of supervisory audio tone modulated signals; andcombining the modulated signals corresponding to each supervisory audio tone frequency with the baseband signals to construct the broadband signal. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein performing a separate transform further comprises:generating a separate inverse Fourier transform on a positive frequency representation of the associated received signal strength indication levels for each supervisory audio tone frequency to generate the associated time domain received signal strength indication weighted carriers. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the positive frequency representation is generated by zero padding the input to the separate inverse Fourier transforms above the N/2 position. 5. The method of claim 3 further comprising storing the associated time domain received signal strength indication weighted carriers in a memory. 6. The method of claim 2, wherein modulating a carrier further comprises, for each supervisory audio tone frequency:synthesizing a complex signal, e ix , where x is a tone with frequency approximately equal to a frequency of the supervisory audio tone frequency, to generate a complex representation of a frequency modulated zero hertz signal; andmixing the complex representation with the associated time domain received signal strength indication weighted carriers to generate a modulated signal. 7. The method of claim 6, wherein synthesizing a complex signal comprises:generating a real component and an imaginary component of the complex representation; andstoring the real component and the imaginary component in a memory. 8. The method of claim 2, wherein performing a separate transform further comprises:generating a separate inverse Fourier transform on a positive frequency representation of the associated received signal strength indication levels for each supervisory audio tone frequency to generate the associated time domain received signal strength indication weighted carriers; andstoring the associated time domain received signal strength indication weighted carriers in a memory;wherein modulating a carrier further comprises, for each supervisory audio tone frequency:synthesizing a complex signal, e ix , where x is a tone with frequency approximately equal to a frequency of the supervisory a udio tone frequency, to generate a complex representation of a frequency modulated zero hertz signal; andmixing the complex representation with the associated time domain received signal strength indication weighted carriers to generate a modulated signal. 9. The method of claim, 8 , wherein the time domain received signal strength indication weighted carriers are stored in memory in separate imaginary and real components, and the complex representation is stored in memory in separate imaginary and real components, and wherein mixing the complex representation comprises:multiplying the real components of the received signal strength indication levels and of the complex representation to create a first result;multiplying the imaginary components of the received signal strength indication levels and of the complex representation to create a second result; andsubtracting the second result from the first result to yield the modulated signal. 10. The method of claim 9, wherein the received signal strength indication levels are processed at a rate approximately equal to a rate at which the scanning receiver reads received signal strength indication information. 11. The method of claim 9, wherein the complex representation is calculated once. 12. The method of claim 10, wherein the complex representation real and imaginary components are generated from one coefficient table. 13. The method of claim 8, further comprising:generating a modulated signal for each supervisory audio tone frequency; andadding each modulated signal to a baseband signal to construct the broadband signal. 14. The method of claim 9, wherein the memory is a RAM. 15. The method of claim 9, wherein the memory is a FIFO buffer. 16. The method of claim 8, wherein the time domain received signal strength indication weighted carriers are stored in memory in separate imaginary and real components, and the complex representation is stored in memory in Cos(βSin(ω m t)) and Sin(βSin(ω m t)) components, and wherein mixing the complex representation comprises:multiplying the real component of the received signal strength indication levels and the Cos(βSin(ω m t)) component to create a first result;multiplying the imaginary component of the received signal strength indication levels and the Sin(βSin(ω m t)) component to create a second result; andsubtracting the second result from the first result to yield the modulated signal. 17. The method of claim 8, wherein the time domain received signal strength indication weighted carriers are stored in memory in separate imaginary and real components, and the complex representation is stored in memory in Cos(ω s t+ωβSin(ω m t)) and Sin(ω s t+ωβSin(ω m t)) components, and wherein mixing the complex representation comprises:multiplying the real component of the received signal strength indication levels and the Cos(ω s t+ωβSin(ω m t)) component to create a first result;multiplying the imaginary component of the received signal strength indication levels and the Sin(ω s t+ωβSin(ω m t)) component to create a second result; andsubtracting the second result from the first result to yield the modulated signal;wherein ω s is a frequency shift to offset to a desired frequency. 18. A communications system, comprising:a base station connected to a host unit, the host unit connected to a scanning receiver; andone or more remote units, connected to the host unit over a telephone line, the remote units transmitting tabularized received signal strength indication levels and supervisory audio tone frequency information;wherein the host unit processes the tabularized received signal strength indication levels and supervisory audio tone signaling information to generate a broadband signal for the scanning receiver. 19. The communications system of claim 18, wherein the host unit comprises on e or more memories for storing components used in generating the broadband signal. 20. A remote unit for communicating in a cellular network, comprising:a first digital signal processor demodulator for processing digital representations of signals received by the remote unit on a number of channels associated with the remote unit, thereby generating demodulated channel data;a second digital signal processor demodulator for processing digital representations of signals received by the remote unit on a number of channels associated with one or more neighboring remote units, wherein the second digital signal processor is programmed to detect received signal strength indication information for each received channel associated with the one or more neighboring remote units, thereby generating digitized received signal strength indication information; anda multiplexer coupled to the first and second digital signal processor demodulators for multiplexing the demodulated channel data with the digitized received signal strength indication information. 21. A host unit for communicating in a cellular network, comprising:a demultiplexer for receiving and demultiplexing multiplexed demodulated channel data and digitized received signal strength indication information, wherein the channel data is associated with a first remote unit of the cellular network and the received signal strength indication information is associated with one or more second remote units of the cellular network and wherein the one or more second remote units are each neighboring remote units to the first remote unit;a digital signal processor modulator for modulating the channel data;an N-point inverse fast Fourier transform for processing the received signal strength indication information, thereby generating a real time domain output;a digital upconverter for upconverting the modulated channel data; anda digital-to-analog converter for converting a combined signal, wherein, the combined signal includes the upconverted modulated channel data and the real time domain output. 22. A remote unit for communicating in a cellular network, comprising:a first digital signal processor demodulator for processing digital representations of signals received by the remote unit on a number of channels associated with the remote unit, thereby generating demodulated channel data;a second digital signal processor demodulator for processing digital representations of signals received by the remote unit on a number of channels associated with one or more neighboring remote units, wherein the second digital signal processor is programmed to detect received signal strength indication information, and a supervisory audio tone frequency associated with the received signal strength indication information, for each received channel associated with the one or more neighboring remote units, thereby generating tabularized received signal strength indication information and supervisory audio tone information; anda multiplexer coupled to the first and second digital signal processor demodulators for multiplexing the demodulated channel data with the tabularized received signal strength indication information and supervisory audio tone information. 23. A host unit for communicating in a cellular network, comprising:a demultiplexer for receiving and demultiplexing multiplexed demodulated channel data and tabularized received signal strength indication information and supervisory audio tone information, wherein the channel data is associated with a first remote unit of the cellular network and the tabularized received signal strength indication information and supervisory audio tone information is associated with one or more second remote units of the cellular network and wherein the one or more second remote units are each neighboring remote units to the first remote unit;a digital signal processor modulator for modulating the channel data;at least one N-point inverse fast Fourier transform for proce ssing the received signal strength indication information and generating a real time domain output, wherein one N-point inverse fast Fourier transform is associated with each frequency of the supervisory audio tone information;a digital upconverter for upconverting the modulated channel data;a mixer for mixing each real time domain output with a carrier equal to a supervisory audio tone frequency associated with that real time domain output; anda digital-to-analog converter for converting a combined signal, wherein the combined signal includes the upconverted modulated channel data and the mixed real time domain outputs. 24. A method for communicating in a cellular network, the cellular network including two or more remote units and a host unit, the method comprising:detecting supervisory audio tone frequency data and received signal strength indication level data for a plurality of scanned channels, wherein the supervisory audio tone frequency data includes at least one supervisory audio tone frequency and wherein each scanned channel is associated with one supervisory audio tone frequency;transmitting the supervisory audio tone frequency data and the received signal strength indication level data for the plurality of scanned channels to the host unit;sorting the received signal strength indication level data and channels corresponding to each supervisory audio tone frequency; andfor each supervisory audio tone frequency:constructing a one-sided representation of a frequency domain spectrum of carriers corresponding to that supervisory audio tone frequency;calculating a complex inverse fast Fourier transform for the representation of the frequency domain spectrum and storing real and imaginary time domain results in a memory;calculating a first and second modulated zero Hz complex carrier component waveforms and storing the first and second waveforms in the memory;multiplying the real time domain result by the first waveform to generate a first result;multiplying the imaginary time domain result by the second waveform to generate a second result; andsubtracting the second result from the first result to generate a modulated signal.
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