USH2106H1 - Method and apparatus for multiple access communication - Google Patents
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- the field of the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for multiple access communication.
- a variety of techniques are known for allowing multiple users to communicate with one or more fixed stations (i.e., base stations) by making use of shared communication resources.
- multiple access communication systems include, for example, cellular telephone networks and local wireless communication systems, such as wireless private branch exchange (PBX) networks.
- PBX wireless private branch exchange
- transmissions from different sources may be distinguished in a variety of manners, such as on the basis of different frequencies, time slots, and/or codes, for example.
- a communication system in which transmissions are distinguished according to the transmission frequency may be referred to as a frequency division multiple access (FDMA) communication system.
- FDMA frequency division multiple access
- FDD frequency division duplex
- a communication system in which transmissions are distinguished according to the relative timing of the transmission may be referred to as a time division multiple access (TDMA) communication system.
- TDMA time division multiple access
- a communication system in which a forward link transmission during one time slot (or time segment) is paired with a reverse link transmission occurring during a different time slot (or time segment) may be referred to as a time division duplex (TDD) communication system.
- the DECT system is an example of a well known type of TDD communication system.
- a communication system in which transmissions are distinguished according to which code is used to encode the transmission may be referred to as a code division multiple access (CDMA) communication system.
- CDMA code division multiple access
- the data to be transmitted is generally encoded in some fashion, in a manner which causes the signal to be “spread” over a broader frequency range and also typically causes the signal power to decrease as the frequency bandwidth is spread.
- the signal is decoded, which causes it to be “despread” and allows the original data to be recovered.
- Distinct codes can be used to distinguish transmissions, thereby allowing multiple simultaneous communication, albeit over a broader frequency band and generally at a lower power level than “narrowband” FDMA or TDMA systems. Different users may thereby transmit simultaneously over the same frequency without necessarily interfering with one another.
- a GSM system may be viewed as a “hybrid” communication system utilizing aspects of both FDD and TDMA.
- each base station is assigned a transmission frequency band and reception frequency band.
- the base station transmits to each of its mobile stations using a transmission frequency within its assigned frequency band, and the mobile stations transmit to the base station using a frequency within the base station's reception frequency band.
- the transmissions to the user stations are sent in assigned time slots over the base station's transmission frequency, and the transmissions from the user stations are sent in corresponding assigned time slots over the base station's reception frequency.
- While multiple access communication may be achieved using techniques of either FDMA, TDMA or CDMA, or certain variations (e.g., FDD or TDD) or combinations thereof, problems can occur if an equipment manufacturer or operator desires to migrate from one type of multiple access communication to a different type.
- This problem results from the fact that equipment manufactured specifically for any one type of multiple access communication system typically cannot be used with another type of multiple access system because of inherent differences in the nature of the communication techniques, leading to incompatibilities between the physical hardware as well as the communication protocols employed by the two communication systems.
- a base station designed for TDD communication cannot be expected to communicate properly with an FDD handset, nor can it be expected that a TDD handset will communicate properly with a base station designed for FDD communication.
- TDD multiple access communication service
- FDD FDD
- the invention provides in certain aspects techniques for using or converting multiple access communication equipment to serve in a different multiple access communication environment.
- a base station within a communication system comprises two base station sub-units, preferably collocated, for performing virtual FDD communication.
- Each of the two base station sub-units comprises a base station transmitter and a base station receiver.
- the first base station sub-unit transmits base-to-user messages to user stations only during a first half of a repeating time frame, and receives user-to-base messages from the user stations only during a second half of the time frame.
- the second base station sub-unit is preferably collocated with the first base station sub-unit, and transmits base-to-user messages to user stations only during the second half of the time frame, while receiving user-to-base messages from the user stations only during the first half of said time frame.
- the two base station sub-units are preferably synchronized so as to maintain proper alignment of the time frame and of the time slots within the time frame.
- a base station also comprises two base station sub-units.
- a time frame comprises a plurality of base transmit time slots defined with respect to a base transmit frequency band and a plurality of user transmit time slots defined with respect to a user transmit frequency band.
- the time frame is divided between the two base station sub-units such that the first base station sub-unit and second base station sub-unit each are assigned one half of the base transmit time slots and one half of the user transmit time slots.
- the base transmit time slots assigned to each base station sub-unit may form a contiguous block, or may alternate with one or more base transmit time slots assigned to the other base station sub-unit.
- Duplex communication channels are preferably defined by correlating a base transmit time slot with a user transmit time slot, with the base transmit time slots and user transmit time slot preferably separated by a sufficient amount of time to allow transmit/receive switching by a user station between the base transmit time slot and the user transmit time slot. Multiple time slots may be aggregated to a single user station in certain embodiments.
- a base station comprises a pair of modified TDD base station sub-units.
- One of the modified TDD base station sub-units is adapted to transmit continuously over a base transmit frequency band using its base station transmitter, while the other of the modified TDD base station sub-units is adapted to receive continuously over a user transmit frequency band using its base station receiver.
- a backhaul interface transmits information over a backhaul line from the modified TDD base station sub-unit that receives continuously, and transmits information from the backhaul line to the modified TDD base station sub-unit that transmits continuously, so as to support a plurality of duplex communication channels.
- the two modified TDD base station sub-units may, in one embodiment, pass appropriate synchronization and error correction information to one another over a signal interface.
- a TDD base station is adapted to support FDD communication.
- the TDD base station comprises a radio transceiver, an over-the-air controller, a memory buffer and backhaul interface.
- the over-the-air controller switches the transmit and receive operating frequency between a base transmit frequency band and a user transmit frequency band in accordance with a defined time slot communication pattern comprising base transmit time slots and user transmit time slots, and at the same time ensures that the base transmitter and base receiver are appropriately switched back and forth for connection with the base station antenna (or antennas).
- the modified TDD base station may toggle back and forth between base transmit time slots and user transmit time slots on a slot-by-slot basis, or else may switch the base transmit frequency band and user transmit frequency band after a predefined number of transmit time slots or user transmit time slots.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram of a cellular system.
- FIG. 2 is a diagram of an exemplary TDD frame structure as known in the art.
- FIG. 3 is a diagram of a GSM frame structure.
- FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a base station as known in the art for carrying out time division duplex communication.
- FIG. 5 is a diagram of a frame structure for half-capacity FDD communication that can be supported by modifying the base station shown in FIG. 4 .
- FIG. 6 is a diagram of an alternative frame structure for half-capacity FDD communication that can be supported by modifying the base station shown in FIG. 4 .
- FIG. 7 is a block diagram of one embodiment of a base station comprising two base station sub-units for achieving “virtual” FDD communication.
- FIG. 8 is a diagram of a frame structure that can be supported by the base station shown in FIG. 7 .
- FIG. 9 is a diagram of an alternative frame structure that can be supported by the base station shown in FIG. 7 .
- FIG. 10 is a diagram showing additional details of one of the base station sub-units that may be utilized in the base station shown in FIG. 7 .
- FIG. 11 is a block diagram of another embodiment of a base station for achieving FDD communication.
- FIG. 12 is a diagram of another frame structure for FDD communication that can be supported by modifying a TDD base station.
- FIG. 13 is a diagram for a frame structure for FDD communication illustrating slot aggregation.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram of a cellular communication system 101 having base stations and user stations.
- a communication system 101 for communication among a plurality of user stations 102 includes a plurality of cells 103 , each with a base station 104 , typically located at or near the center of the cell 103 .
- Each station (both the base stations 104 and the user stations 102 ) may generally comprise a receiver and a transmitter.
- the user stations 102 and base stations 104 preferably communicate using frequency division duplex (FDD) techniques as further described herein, in which base stations 104 communicate over one frequency band and user stations 102 communicate over another frequency band. Communication is also conducted such that different user stations 102 transmit at different times (i.e., during different time slots), as further described herein.
- FDD frequency division duplex
- the communication system 101 may also comprise a base station controller 105 which connects to the base stations 104 in a particular geographic region.
- the base station controller 105 aggregates inputs from multiple base stations 104 and relays information from the base stations 104 to a mobile switching center (MSC) (not shown) and ultimately to a public switched telephone network (PSTN, or “network”) (not shown).
- the base station controller 105 also relays information from the network to the individual base stations 104 .
- the base station controller 105 may, if necessary, perform conversion of signaling messages relating to such things as mobility management and call control, to make the signaling messages compatible with the communication protocol used by the base stations 104 .
- FIG. 2 is a diagram of a particular TDD frame structure as known in the art.
- a repeating major time frame 201 comprises a plurality of time slots (or minor time frames) 202 .
- Each time slot 202 can be assigned by the base station 104 to a user station 102 .
- User stations 102 can be assigned more than one time slot 202 if desired, and the time slots 202 so assigned may or may not be contiguous.
- each time slot 202 comprises two time segments 205 , 206 .
- the user station 102 to which the time slot 202 is assigned transmits a user-to-base message 211 to the base station 104 .
- the base station 104 transmits a base-to-user message 212 to the user station 102 to which the time slot 202 is assigned.
- Each user station 102 thereby transmits and receives in its assigned time slot 202 , thus allowing multiple user stations 102 to communicate with the same base station 104 .
- FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a base station 401 as known in the art for communicating according to an over-the-air TDD protocol such as shown in FIG. 2 .
- the base station 401 comprises a radio transceiver 405 (comprising a transmitter 415 and a receiver 416 ), an antenna 406 connected to the radio transceiver 405 , and an over-the-air controller 410 also connected to the radio transceiver 405 .
- the over-the-air controller 410 is connected to a memory buffer 411 , which the over-the-air controller 410 shares with a backhaul line controller 412 .
- the over-the-air controller 410 oversees retrieval of information from the memory buffer 411 by the radio transceiver 405 for transmission to the various user stations 102 with which the base station 401 communicates, and storage of information into the memory buffer 411 by the radio transceiver 405 when such information is received from the user stations 102 .
- the backhaul line controller 412 removes information from the memory buffer 411 to transmit over a backhaul line 430 to the network, and stores information from the backhaul line 430 received from the network in the memory buffer 411 , so as to make it available for the radio transceiver 405 . In this manner, information is passed from the user stations 102 to the network, and back, so that telephone calls or similar communication links can be supported.
- FIG. 4 also shows further details of the over-the-air controller 410 .
- the over-the-air controller 410 comprises a clock 420 connected to a time frame counter 421 and a time slot counter 422 .
- the time frame counter 421 and time slot counter 422 are connected to control logic 423 , which uses outputs from the time frame counter 421 and time slot counter 422 to format messages for over-the-air communication.
- the radio transceiver 405 Under control of the over-the-air controller 410 , stores and removes information from the memory buffer 411 .
- the radio transceiver 405 further comprises a transmit/receive (T/R) switch 417 to allow selection between a transmission mode and a reception mode.
- the control logic 423 of the over-the-air controller 410 controls the T/R switch 417 , and thereby selects between the transmission mode and reception mode based, for example, upon the current portion of the time frame.
- the over-the-air controller 410 selects a reception mode during the user transmission time segment 205 of each time slot 202 , and selects the position of the T/R switch 417 accordingly.
- the over-the-air controller 410 selects a transmission mode during the base transmission time segment 206 of each time slot 202 , and selects the position of the T/R switch 417 accordingly.
- the memory buffer 411 may be partitioned into memory segments 429 , each memory segment 429 corresponding to one time slot 202 .
- the current time slot (as output from, for example, the slot counter 422 ) can be used as a pointer offset to control which memory segment 429 the radio transceiver 405 is accessing at a given time.
- the memory segments 429 can be organized such that the data for the user transmission time segment 206 and data for the base transmission time segment 205 are stored adjacent to one another.
- the memory segments 429 can be organized such that the data for all of the user transmission time segments 206 are stored in one half of the memory buffer 411 , and the data for all of the base transmission time segments 205 are stored in the other half of the memory buffer 411 .
- the control signal for the T/R switch 417 can be used as an additional pointer offset to control whether the radio transceiver 405 will access the “upper” half of the memory buffer 411 or the “lower” half of the memory buffer 411 (i.e., the user transmission data or the base transmission data).
- the base station 401 shown in FIG. 4 may also provide for selection of transmission and reception frequency, so as to allow deployment of the base station 401 in a cellular environment in which different cells 103 (see FIG. 1) are assigned a different frequencies (consistent with a repeating pattern, such as a three-cell or seven-cell repeating pattern, as disclosed, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 5,402,413, incorporated herein by reference as if set forth fully herein).
- the base station 401 can be deployed with the desired frequency by, for example, selecting external switches on the base station 401 or programming the desired frequency using software or firmware of the over-the-air controller 410 .
- FIG. 4 may also provide for selection of transmission and reception frequency, so as to allow deployment of the base station 401 in a cellular environment in which different cells 103 (see FIG. 1) are assigned a different frequencies (consistent with a repeating pattern, such as a three-cell or seven-cell repeating pattern, as disclosed, for example, in U.S. Pat.
- the radio transceiver 405 comprises a programmable voltage-controlled oscillator 418 , which is responsive to a control signal (e.g., control bits) from the over-the-air controller 410 and generates an output frequency according to such a control signal. Because the base station 401 implements a TDD time frame 201 such as shown in FIG. 2, it uses the same frequency for transmission and reception.
- a control signal e.g., control bits
- FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a different over-the-air frame structure 301 , commonly associated with a conventional GSM system.
- a base transmission time frame 302 is defined over a base transmission frequency 311
- a user transmission time frame 303 is defined over a base reception frequency 312 .
- the base transmission frequency 311 and base reception frequency 312 are separated by a predefined frequency separation (e.g., 45 MHz).
- the base transmission time frame 302 comprises a number of base transmission time slots 306 of equal duration.
- the user transmission time frame 303 comprises a number of user transmission time slots 307 of equal duration. Both the base transmission time frame 302 and the user transmission time frame 303 have the same number of time slots 306 , 307 , such as eight time slots 306 , 307 apiece.
- a GSM base station transmits forward-link transmissions during the base transmission time slots 306 and receives reverse-link transmissions during the user transmission time slots 307 .
- the user transmission time frame 303 is “offset” by a predefined duration 305 (e.g., three time slots 306 or 307 ) from the base transmission time frame 302 , so as to allow the user stations 302 a sufficient “turn-around” switching time and information processing time, and also to allow propagation of the forward-link messages to the user stations 102 .
- a TDD base station (such as base station 401 shown in FIG. 4) which is otherwise capable of supporting a TDD time frame (such as time frame 201 shown in FIG. 2) is adapted to operate in an FDD environment and in general accordance with an FDD frame structure such as shown in, for example, FIG. 3 (or other suitable FDD frame structure).
- the TDD base station 401 is modified so as to transmit and receive in a repeating pattern as shown by the frame structure 501 in FIG. 5 . As shown in FIG.
- a time frame 502 comprises a plurality of base transmit time slots 505 over a base transmission frequency band 511 , and a plurality of base receive time slots 506 over a user transmission frequency band 512 (also referred to as a base reception frequency band). Transmissions from user stations 102 , conducted over the user transmission frequency band 512 , alternate in time with transmissions from the base station 104 , conducted over the base transmission frequency band 511 . Thus, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 5, the user stations 102 transmit in the odd time slots 506 a over the user transmission frequency band 512 , and the base station 104 transmits in the even time slots 505 b over the base transmission frequency band 511 . The even time slots 506 b for the user transmission frequency band 512 and the odd time slots 505 a for the base transmission frequency band 511 remain “dark” or unused.
- a duplex pairing of transmissions occurs in adjacent time slots.
- a first user station (designated “M 1 ”) transmits to the base station (designated “B”) in a first odd time slot 506 a
- the base station B transmits to the first user station M 1 in the first even time slot 505 b (i.e., the second base transmit time slot 505 , the first one being “dark”).
- the second user station (designated “M 2 ”) transmits to the base station B in a second odd time slot 506 a (i.e., the third base receive time slot 506 ), and the base station B transmits to the second user station M 2 in the second even time slot 505 b (i.e., the fourth base transmit time slot 505 , the third one being “dark”).
- This pattern is repeated for the entirety of the time frame 502 , and again for each succeeding time frame 502 .
- a TDD base station (such as the base station 401 shown in FIG. 4) may be adapted to support the frame structure 501 shown in FIG. 5 by certain adjustments or modifications, including adjustments or modifications (in hardware, software or both) to the over-the-air controller 410 .
- the over-the-air controller 410 may be modified such that it toggles the programmable VCO 418 between the base transmission frequency band 511 and the base reception frequency band 512 , synchronized with the timing of the base transmit time slots 505 and base receive time slots 506 . Via a control signal, the over-the-air controller 410 selects the base transmission frequency band 511 for the even time slots 505 b and the base reception frequency band 512 for the odd time slots 506 a .
- the over-the-air controller 410 controls the T/R switch 417 of the base station 401 in the same manner as for the frame structure 201 shown in FIG. 2, by selecting it to be in a transmission mode during the even time slots 505 b and in a reception mode during the odd time slots 506 a.
- FIG. 12 An alternative frame structure 1201 is depicted in FIG. 12 which addresses this problem of limited transmit/receive switching time in the user stations 102 .
- the frame structure 1201 shown in FIG. 12 is quite similar to the frame structure 501 shown in FIG. 5, in that user stations 102 transmit in odd time frames 1206 a and the base station 104 transmits in even time frames 1205 b .
- a user station 102 does not receive a base transmission from the base station 104 in the base transmit time slot 505 b immediately following the user station's user transmit time slot 506 a . Rather, the user transmit time slot 506 a for a particular user station 102 is paired with a base transmit time slot 505 b occurring more than one time slot 505 later, so as to allow the user station 102 time to switch between its transmission frequency and its reception frequency.
- a user station 102 transmits during its assigned user transmit time slot 506 a , and later receives during a base transmit time slot 505 b occurring, for example, three time slots 505 later, giving the user station 102 a time period equal to two time slots 505 to switch between the transmit and receive frequencies.
- This same principle can be extended, by pairing the user transmit time slot 506 a with a base transmit time slot 505 b occurring even later in the time frame 1201 .
- the over-the-air controller 410 of the base station 401 is preferably modified in this embodiment so that the mapping of information into and out of the memory buffer 411 carried out by the radio transceiver 405 (under control of the over-the-air controller 410 ) is adjusted to account for the time separation between the forward link and reverse link transmissions.
- the over-the-air controller 410 may be configured so that it causes the radio transceiver 405 to store and extract packet data in the proper memory segment 429 of the memory buffer 411 corresponding to the particular user station 102 .
- This can be achieved is through software, by use of a slot offset parameter.
- the over-the-air controller 410 instructs radio transceiver 405 to extract information from the memory buffer 411 for the base transmit time slot 505 b
- the slot offset parameter is applied such that the information is extracted from the proper location (i.e., proper memory segment 429 ) in the memory buffer 411 .
- the backhaul line controller 412 no modifications are necessary for the backhaul line controller 412 (with the possible exception of a timing adjustment to account for the increase in delay between the forward and reverse link information).
- the backhaul line controller 412 may be configured so that it stores information received from the network to be transmitted to a particular user station 102 in the appropriate memory segment 429 of the memory buffer 411 .
- the backhaul line controller 412 would store information received from the network, not in the memory segment 429 for the immediately following base time slot 505 b , but in the memory segment 429 for the next occurring base time slot 505 b.
- the over-the-air controller 410 then causes the radio transceiver 405 to transmit the information in the correct base transmit time slot 505 b.
- the over-the-air controller 410 is still preferably modified or configured to associate the proper user transmit time slot 506 a and base transmit time slot 505 a pair as a single duplex channel, so that the over-the-air controller 410 knows when to instruct the radio transceiver 405 to transmit (or receive) and when to remain dormant or inactive (or to otherwise transmit a dummy pattern) because no user station 102 is assigned to a particular time slot 505 or 506 .
- FIG. 6 shows an alternative inventive frame structure 601 that can be supported using a single TDD base station (such as the base station 401 shown in FIG. 4) with suitable modifications.
- a repeating time frame 602 comprises a plurality of base transmit time slots 605 and a plurality of user transmit time slots 606 .
- Each of the base transmit time slots 605 is preferably paired with a corresponding one of the user transmit time slots 606 , with such a pair defining a duplex channel for communication (up to N total duplex channels).
- the base station 104 transmits over a base transmission frequency band 611 in each of the base transmit time slot 605 in succession.
- the first half 602 a of the time frame 602 is “dark” or unused.
- the user stations 102 transmit in succession over the user transmission frequency band 612 .
- the second half 602 b of the time frame 602 is “dark” or unused.
- TDD base station such as the base station 401 shown in FIG. 4
- the over-the-air controller 410 would be modified such that it causes the programmable VCO 418 to toggle between the base transmission frequency 611 and the base reception frequency 612 each half of the time frame 602 .
- the over-the-air controller 410 may, for example, use the output of the time slot counter 422 to determine when to switch between frequencies.
- the over-the-air controller 410 may further be modified such that it causes the radio transceiver 405 to extract data from the appropriate memory segments 429 of the memory buffer 411 during successive base transmit time slots 605 , and to store data in the appropriate memory segments 429 of the memory buffer 411 during successive user transmit time slots 606 .
- the backhaul line controller 412 of the base station 401 may, however, need to be modified to account for delays introduced by the separation of the forward link and reverse link transmissions over the TDD time frame 201 of FIG. 2 .
- the frame structure 601 shown in FIG. 6 should be capable of supporting at least as many user stations 102 as the frame structure 501 shown in FIG. 5 .
- the frame structure 601 of FIG. 6 actually has increased capacity over the frame structure 501 shown in FIG. 5 .
- the base station 104 needs to switch between transmit and receive frequencies in between each time slot 506 a , 505 b.
- the transmit/receive switch time results in either less data being transmitted during each time slot 506 a , 505 b , or else fewer total user stations 102 being supported for a given time frame 502 (i.e., fewer total time slots 505 , 506 ).
- the base station 104 needs to switch between transmit and receive frequencies only twice during an entire time frame 602 (i.e., at the end of the first half 602 a of the time frame 602 and at the end of the second half 602 b of the time frame 602 ).
- the base transmit time slots 605 and/or user transmit time slots 606 can be made slightly shorter, if necessary, to accommodate the base station transmit/receive turnaround time. If the transmit/receive switch time is significant, an entire base transmit time slot 605 and/or a user transmit time slot 606 of time slot 602 can be made “dark” or unavailable for communication to allow the base station 104 time to switch frequencies during that time slot 605 or 606 .
- the base station 104 can use the free base transmit time slot 605 to transmit control or signaling information, or to broadcast current traffic conditions, or for other similar purposes.
- the frame structure 601 of FIG. 6 also saves power, because each transmit/receive frequency switch consumes additional power.
- the pattern of transmit and receive time slots for the base station can vary, and need not be symmetric.
- an asymmetric time slot pattern may comprise two base transmit time slots, followed by two user transmit time slots, followed by one base transmit time slot, followed by one user transmit time slot, and so on.
- the number of base transmit time slots and user transmit time slots need not be equal, if it is desired to have more bandwidth in one direction than the other.
- Some modifications may be necessary to the communication protocol for which the TDD base station was originally designed in order to support an FDD frame structure, such as the virtual FDD frame structures shown in FIGS. 5 or 6 .
- the TDD base station as originally designed supports aggregation of time slots 202 to a single user station 102 , and such a capability is desired in the FDD system, then the over-the-air controller 410 may be modified to allow such. Assuming a transmit/receive frequency switching time of one time slot or less, the number of aggregated time slots possible in the FDD frame structures of FIGS. 5 and 6 depends primarily upon the offset between the transmit and receive slots for the user stations 102 .
- the FDD frame structure 601 shown in FIG. 6 may comprise a total of 32 time slots, with 16 of these time slots being base transmit time slots 605 and 16 of these time slots being user transmit time slots 606 .
- An offset of 16 time slots may be provided between the base transmit time slot 605 and a corresponding user transmit time slot 606 .
- a single user station 102 may be assigned up to 15 consecutive duplex time slots (i.e., 15 base transmit time slots 605 and their corresponding user transmit time slots 605 ), with the remaining base transmit time slot 605 being set aside for the user station 102 to switch between the base transmission frequency 611 (a user reception mode) and the user transmission frequency 612 (a user transmission mode), and the remaining user transmit time slot 606 being set aside for the user station 102 to switch between the user transmission frequency 612 (a user transmission mode) and the base transmission frequency 611 (a user reception mode).
- the above example assumes a timing offset of 16 time slots between the base transmit time slots 605 and the corresponding user transmit time slots 606 .
- the amount of potential slot aggregation might be less.
- the time slot pattern for the frame structure would involve the following: 8 base transmit time slots 1305 , followed by 8 user transmit time slots 1306 , followed by 8 additional base transmit time slots 1305 , followed by 8 additional user transmit time slots 1306 .
- the maximum slot aggregation allowed to a single user station 102 is 14 duplex time slots, seven duplex time slots from the first half 1320 of the time frame 1301 , and seven duplex time slots from the second half 1321 of the time frame.
- One duplex time slot i.e., one base transmit time slot 1305 and one user transmit time slot 1306 ) from each half 1320 , 1321 of the time frame is set aside for the user station 102 to switch between the reception and transmission frequencies 1311 , 1312 and back again, as necessary.
- the time slots 1308 , 1309 designated “T/R” in FIG. 13 are used for transmit/receive frequency switching by the user station 102 , assuming maximum slot aggregation.
- a total of up to 14 duplex time slots may be aggregated to a single user station 102 , with two duplex time slots (four individual or half-duplex time slots 1308 , 1309 ) being used for transmit/receive frequency switching.
- an offset of four time slots between the base transmit time slot and the user transmit time slot would allow a maximum aggregation of 12 full duplex time slots, with eight half-duplex time slots being used for transmit/receive frequency switching.
- An offset of two time slots between the base transmit time slot and the user transmit time slot would allow a maximum aggregation of 8 full duplex time slots, with 16 half-duplex time slots being used for transmit/receive frequency switching.
- a user station 102 with a radio transceiver that can transmit and receive simultaneously is not necessarily limited to the number of FDD time slots that can be aggregated in the various FDD frame structures.
- user stations 102 with such a capability are substantially more costly to build.
- user stations 102 e.g., handsets
- constructed for use in a TDD system do not have a capability to transmit and receive simultaneously, because such a feature is unnecessary in a TDD environment.
- handsets adapted from a TDD setting to an FDD environment would typically be subject to the slot aggregation limitations discussed above.
- the amount of slot offset (i.e., timing offset) between base transmit time slots and user transmit time slots may also affect other aspects of the performance of the base station 104 , including control traffic.
- the base station 104 exchanges control traffic information with a user station 102 in multiple time slots within a time frame.
- the control traffic can involve alternating transmissions between the base station 104 and the user station 102 .
- each control traffic message must be processed by the recipient before a responsive control traffic message is transmitted.
- control traffic exchanges may be relatively slow due to the size of the offset (i.e., 16 time slots) between the base transmit time slot 605 and the user transmit time slot 606 .
- control traffic exchanges Ordinarily, only one control traffic exchange will be possible between a base station 104 and a user station 102 within a time frame 602 of the FIG. 6 FDD frame structure 601 .
- the base station 104 and user station 102 could exchange control traffic messages in as many time slots 505 , 506 as available, subject to the processing time needed to analyze each control traffic message.
- the base station 104 and user station 102 therefore could exchange a maximum of 16 control traffic messages, for example, in the FDD frame structure 501 shown in FIG. 5 .
- a more realistic number of control traffic exchanges might be four, allowing for transmit/receive frequency switching time and control traffic message processing time.
- maximum potential slot aggregation generally increases by the largest possible slot offset between the base transmit time slot and the corresponding user transmit time slot. Consequently, a tradeoff may need to be made in terms of control traffic speed and maximum possible slot aggregration when considering the timing offset between base transmit time slots and user transmit time slots.
- the slot offset may ultimately be selected according to the needs of the overall communication system, taking into account whether it is more important within a particular system to have faster control traffic or greater potential slot aggregation.
- Converting a base station from a TDD environment to an FDD environment may affect error correction mechanisms employed at the physical (i.e., RF) layer.
- an ARQ error correction mechanism may be implemented whereby the recipient of the most recently transmitted data packet sends, along with its next data packet transmission, an indication of whether the most recently transmitted data packet was received error free. This indication may take the form of a single field in the message header.
- the ARQ field may comprise as little as a single bit, with an ARQ acknowledgment (“ACK”) bit value indicating successful receipt of the data and an ARQ non-acknowledgment (“NAK”) bit value indicating unsuccessful receipt of the data.
- ACK ARQ acknowledgment
- NAK ARQ non-acknowledgment
- the ARQ error correction method may be applied in a TDD system, regardless of whether time slots are aggregated.
- an ARQ error correction method may also be used, but its working may be somewhat more complicated in situations where FDD slot aggregation is permitted.
- an aggregated data mode i.e., slot aggregation mode
- the ARQ error correction method described above for a TDD environment i.e., using header bits to indicate successful receipt of the previously received data packet
- a recipient discovering a packet in error requests its retransmission using an ARQ indicator.
- the sender retransmits the data packet in the same time slot of the next time frame.
- the receiver is preferably configured so as to allow insertion of the corrected data packet back into the received stream of data in the same time slot of the time frame following its original transmission. While such a technique allows the ARQ principles of operation to be adapted from the TDD environment to an FDD environment, there potentially can be an impact on data latency, particularly if multiple retransmissions in the same time slot are required.
- the receiver is preferably configured with a buffer large enough to hold all data packets received since the oldest unresolved error.
- asymmetric data transmission generally involves the allocation of a greater amount of a TDD time slot to one link of the duplex channel than to the other link. For example, the forward link transmission of a TDD time slot may be allocated 75% of the time slot, while the reverse link transmission may in such a case be allocated 25% of the time slot.
- Asymmetric data transmission while possible in some TDD systems, is more difficult to implement in an FDD system.
- channels are assigned in FDD systems as duplex pairs (i.e., one base transmit time slot and one user transmit time slot), and the unused portion of the base transmit time slot cannot, by definition, be used by the user station for transmission, and vice versa, due to the frequency separation between the base station 104 and the user station 102 .
- control traffic messages may be used to support error correction.
- the recipient of the larger amount of data may send a control traffic message (e.g., a CT-ARQ message) to the sender providing an acknowledge or non-acknowledge (ACK/NAK) for each time slot of information that has been transmitted since the last CT-ARQ message.
- a control traffic message e.g., a CT-ARQ message
- ACK/NAK acknowledge or non-acknowledge
- CT-ARQ control traffic
- the periodicity of the CT-ARQ message depends primarily on the length of the control traffic message (requiring, in the above-described embodiment, one ARQ bit for each time slot), and the size of the data message buffer at the receiver.
- a TDD base station can be adapted to support an FDD frame structure, thereby allowing use of the same equipment to achieve different types of multiple access communication. Being able to employ the same equipment in different multiple access communication environments can achieve reduced cost of equipment design and manufacturing, and may allow those equipment manufacturers and/or service providers that have developed or deployed TDD systems to, in many cases, readily and rapidly convert to FDD systems without substantial re-design effort.
- multiple TDD base stations are combined to support full “virtual” FDD communication capability.
- a preferred embodiment of a virtual FDD base station 701 is shown in FIG. 7, in which a pair of virtual base station sub-units 702 a , 702 b interact to support FDD communication.
- Each virtual base station sub-unit 702 a , 702 b may comprise a TDD base station (such as base station 401 shown in FIG. 4) that has been modified to provide for FDD (or virtual FDD) communication according to principles previously described herein.
- the virtual base station sub-units 702 a , 702 b may, if desired, share a common antenna 706 , or may alternatively use separate antennas.
- a backhaul coordinator 711 may be provided to assist in multiplexing data and control information over a common backhaul line 720 .
- the two virtual base station sub-units 702 a , 702 b are preferably synchronized, and may, for example, be connected to a common synchronization unit 710 , as shown in FIG. 7 .
- FIG. 8 depicts an example of a frame structure 801 that can be supported with the virtual FDD base station 701 shown in FIG. 7 .
- communication is carried out over a base transmission frequency band 821 and a user transmission frequency band 822 .
- a time frame 802 comprises, with respect to the base transmission frequency band 821 , a first half 807 during which the first base station sub-unit 702 a transmits, and a second half 808 during which the second base station sub-unit 702 b transmits.
- the time frame 802 further comprises, with respect to the user transmission frequency band, a first half 811 during which user stations 102 transmit user-to-base messages to the second base station sub-unit 702 b , and a second half 812 during which user stations 102 transmit user-to-base messages to the first base station sub-unit 702 a.
- the first base station sub-unit 702 a essentially communicates according to the pattern of the frame structure 601 shown in FIG.
- the frame structure of FIG. 8 may therefore be viewed as an “interleaved” frame structure.
- the net effect of the frame structure 801 shown in FIG. 8 is to double the capacity over the frame structure 601 of FIG. 6, by adding a second “modified” TDD base station (i.e., base station sub-unit 702 b ) which is active during the periods that the first “modified” TDD base station (i.e., base station sub-unit 702 a ) is inactive, and vice versa.
- a second “modified” TDD base station i.e., base station sub-unit 702 b
- the two base station sub-units 702 a , 702 b support twice as many user stations 102 as either alone could support, using the same frequency resources.
- each base station sub-unit 702 a , 702 b supports 16 user stations 102 in full duplex
- the two base station sub-units 702 a , 702 b together may support up to 32 user stations in full duplex.
- FIG. 9 shows an alternative frame structure 901 that can be supported by the virtual FDD base station 701 shown in FIG. 7 .
- a time frame 902 is divided into a series of base transmit time slots 905 with respect to a base transmission frequency band 921 and a series of user transmit time slots 906 with respect to a user transmission frequency band 922 .
- the two base station sub-units 702 a , 702 b transmit and receive in alternate time slots.
- the first base station sub-unit 702 a transmits during the odd-numbered base transmit time slots 905 a , and receives during the even-numbered user transmit time slots 906 b .
- the second base station sub-unit 702 b transmits during the even-numbered base transmit time slots 905 b , and receives during the odd-numbered user transmit time slots 906 a .
- Each of the base station sub-units 702 a , 702 b is essentially configured to support a frame structure similar to that of FIG. 5 (except that the base transmission precedes, rather than follows, the corresponding user transmission), with the effective time frame of the second base station unit 702 b offset by one time slot from that of the first base station sub-unit 702 a .
- the virtual FDD base station 701 achieves twice the capacity over the base station configured to support the frame structure of either FIG. 5 or FIG. 6 alone.
- the virtual base station sub-units 702 a , 702 b are, as previously indicated, preferably synchronized such that the start of each time frame and time slot is coordinated.
- a synchronization unit 710 is connected to each of the virtual base station sub-units 702 a , 702 b to maintain frame and slot synchronization between them.
- one of the virtual base station sub-units e.g., 702 a
- the first virtual base station sub-unit 702 a sends only a start-of-frame marker to the other virtual base station sub-unit 702 b , which then may synchronize its own internal clock(s) using a phase-locked loop.
- synchronization may be achieved in each virtual base station sub-unit 702 a , 702 b by using a timing marker from an external source (such as a base station controller (not shown)) that connects to the base station sub-units 702 a , 702 b through the backhaul line 720 .
- a base station controller can also, if desired, connect to other base stations in the same geographic region.
- Synchronization may also be achieved by providing a GPS receiver in each base station sub-unit 702 a , 702 b , or using a similar external timing reference, and communicating start-of-frame information between the two base station sub-units 702 a , 702 b if otherwise not provided by the external timing reference.
- the base stations 104 can be synchronized by receiving a timing marker over a backhaul connection from a common base station controller, or from some other system component connected over the backhaul path.
- base stations 104 within a geographical region are both frame-synchronized and slot-synchronized, which can lead to higher potential capacity, potentially reduced interference, and faster handoffs between base stations 104 .
- FIG. 10 depicts another embodiment of an FDD base station 1011 .
- the FDD base station 1011 comprises a pair of base station sub-units 1012 a , 1012 b .
- the base sub-units 1012 a , 1012 b can be connected to a backhaul coordinator 1021 in a manner similar to the base station 701 of FIG. 7, and can also be synchronized using a synchronization unit 1020 similar to that shown in FIG. 7, or by using any other of the aforementioned synchronization methods.
- Each of the base station sub-units 1012 a , 1012 b in FIG. 10 may comprise a TDD base station (such as base station 401 of FIG.
- FIG. 11 depicts an example of an FDD frame structure that can be supported by the base station 1011 of FIG. 10 .
- the first base station sub-unit 1012 a (designated “BS 1 ”) transmits, over a base transmission frequency 1121 , in each of a plurality of base transmit time slots 1105 of an FDD time frame 1102 .
- the second base station sub-unit 1012 b (designated “BS 2 ”) receives, over a user transmission frequency 1122 , in each of a plurality of user transmit time slots 1106 of the FDD time frame 1102 .
- User stations 102 communicating with the base station 1011 are assigned a pair of time slots (a base transmit time slot 1105 and a user transmit time slot 1106 ) in order to carry out duplex communication.
- the base transmit time slot 1105 is offset from the corresponding user transmit time slot 1106 in each duplex pair by a predefined duration, such as, e.g., eight time slots (or any other suitable duration).
- the base station 1011 may conduct FDD communication using two “modified” TDD base stations as base station sub-units 1012 a , 1012 b.
- the backhaul coordinator 1021 interfaces with the next hardware link in the chain to the network.
- the backhaul coordinator 1021 sends information received over the backhaul line 1025 to the first base station sub-unit 1012 a for transmission to the user stations 102 , and receives information received by the second base station sub-unit 1012 b from user stations 102 for transmission over the backhaul line 1025 .
- Certain software or firmware modifications may be employed in the base station sub-units 1012 a , 1012 b in order to achieve FDD compatibility.
- the base station sub-units 1012 a , 1012 b each comprise hardware originally developed for a TDD base station 401 (such as shown in FIG. 4 )
- the first (transmitting) base station sub-unit 1012 a may be modified such that all of the memory segments 429 in its memory buffer 411 are treated as transmit memory segments
- the second (receiving) base station sub-unit 1012 b may be modified such that all of the memory segments 429 in its memory buffer 411 are treated as receive memory segments.
- the backhaul interface 412 of the first base station sub-unit 1012 a is thereby provided with capability to store information received from the backhaul coordinator 1021 in all of the memory segments 429 of the memory buffer 411 (one memory segment 429 for each base transmit time slot 1105 ), and the over-the-air controller 410 is modified so that it removes information from all of the memory segments 429 of the memory buffer 411 as appropriate for the sending of data packets in the base transmit time slots 1105 .
- the backhaul interface 412 of the second base station sub-unit 1012 b is provided with the capability to remove information from all of the memory segments 429 (one memory segment 429 for each user transmit time slot 1106 ) of the memory buffer 411 as appropriate for sending to the backhaul coordinator 1021 and, ultimately, to the network, and the over-the-air controller 410 is modified so that it stores information in all of the memory segments 429 of the memory buffer 411 , each data packet of information being stored in a memory segment 429 according to the user transmit time slot 1106 in which it was received.
- the base station 1011 of FIG. 10 may also comprise a mechanism for coordinating error correction between the two base station sub-units 1012 a , 1012 b .
- the second base station sub-unit 1012 b may send the first base station sub-unit 1012 a an indication that an error was received and which time slot the error occurred in.
- the first base station sub-unit 1012 a then may send an ARQ message (i.e., a re-transmit request) to the user station 102 in the appropriate base transmit time slot 1105 .
- the second base station sub-unit 1012 b receives an ARQ message from a user station 102 , it will send the ARQ message and a time slot indicator to the first base station sub-unit 1012 a , which can then re-send the data packet in the appropriate base transmit time slot 1105 .
- the principles of the present invention are applicable to both mobile and fixed systems, and the embodiments disclosed herein may be deployed in a mobile communication environment or a fixed wireless local-loop system.
- the base station 104 and user stations 102 communicate using spread spectrum communication.
- Each of the embodiments previously described can be configured to operate using spread spectrum communication. Suitable spread spectrum transmission and reception techniques are described, for example, in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,016,255, 5,022,047 or 5,659,574, each of which is assigned to the assignee of the present invention, and each of which is hereby incorporated as if fully set forth herein.
- Different cells 103 may be assigned different spread spectrum codes (or different sets of spread spectrum codes, from which individual codes may be temporarily assigned to individual user stations 102 ), thereby obtaining benefits of CDMA.
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