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Digital mobile telephone communication method, communication channel switching method, and mobile station and base station for implementing same methods
Assignee: Fujitsu Ltd
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Filing: 1995-07-07
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Granted: 1998-04-14
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Expires: 2015-07-07
Abstract
Abstract Data signals such as a pseudo noise pattern and character data are transmitted along with voice signals over one voice signal channel, thereby allowing an accurate measurement of communication channel quality during communication or enabling concurrent transmission of both voice and character information over one communication channel. At the transmitting end, a silence interval is detected by a voice detector, and a selector is controlled so that a PN pattern, with a start signal and an end signal appended at the start and end thereof, is substituted in the silence interval. At the receiving end, the start signal and end signal are detected by a silence notification frame detector, and a selector is controlled so that background noise is substituted in the intervening period.
Inventors
- 👤 Yasushi Okada
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 14:44
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04J; H04J3/00; H04J3/17; H04W; H04W72/00; H04W72/50; H04W72/54; H04W76/00; H04W76/20; H04W92/00; H04W92/04; H04W92/10
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 25
Claim 1
Independent Claim
93 words
A digital mobile telephone communication method for transmission and reception of digitized voice signals between a mobile station and a base station, comprising the steps of: a) at the transmitting end, detecting a silence interval in the voice signals to be transmitted to the receiving end; b) at the transmitting end, inserting in said silence interval a data signal in place of a digitized voice signal; c) at the receiving end, detecting said data signal; and d) inserting in place of said data signal the digitized voice signal corresponding to said silence interval.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
93 words
A digital mobile telephone communication method for transmission and reception of digitized voice signals between a mobile station and a base station, comprising the steps of: a) at the transmitting end, detecting a silence interval in the voice signals to be transmitted to the receiving end; b) at the transmitting end, inserting in said silence interval a data signal in place of a digitized voice signal; c) at the receiving end, detecting said data signal; and d) inserting in place of said data signal the digitized voice signal corresponding to said silence interval.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
43 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said data signal includes a pattern signal for measuring channel quality, said method further comprising the step of e) evaluating channel quality based on said pattern signal included in the data signal detected in step c).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
54 words
A method according to claim 2, wherein step a) includes detecting at the base station the digitized voice signal corresponding to said silence interval, said method further comprising the step of f) at the mobile station, determining whether to perform or not perform channel switching based on the channel quality evaluated in step e).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
93 words
A method according to claim 3, wherein step f) includes the substeps of: i) comparing a reception level from the serving base station with reception levels from other base stations in adjacent areas; ii) when the reception level from any one of said other base stations is greater than the reception level from the serving base station, judging whether said evaluated channel quality satisfies a required condition; and iii) if it is judged in substep ii) that the channel quality does not satisfy the required condition, deciding that channel switching must be performed.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
A method according to claim 2, wherein step a) includes detecting at the mobile station said silence interval in analog voice signals.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
13 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said data signal includes character data.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
62 words
A method according to claim 6, wherein step a) includes detecting at the base station a digitized voice signal corresponding to said silence interval, said method further comprising the steps of: e) extracting said character data included in the data signal detected in step c); and f) displaying characters corresponding to the extracted character data on a display of the mobile station.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
45 words
A method according to claim 6, wherein step a) includes detecting at the mobile station said silence interval in analog voice signals, and the character data included in the data signal inserted in step b) is input from an input device of the mobile station.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
71 words
A mobile station for digital mobile telephone communications for transmission and reception of digitized voice signals to and from a base station, comprising: a data signal detector for detecting a data signal inserted at the base station and contained in a received signal received from the base station; and a silence signal inserter for inserting in place of said detected data signal a digitized voice signal corresponding to a silence interval.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
71 words
A mobile station for digital mobile telephone communications for transmission and reception of digitized voice signals to and from a base station, comprising: a data signal detector for detecting a data signal inserted at the base station and contained in a received signal received from the base station; and a silence signal inserter for inserting in place of said detected data signal a digitized voice signal corresponding to a silence interval.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
46 words
A mobile station according to claim 9, wherein said data signal includes a pattern signal for measuring channel quality, further comprising a channel quality evaluator for evaluating channel quality based on said pattern signal included in the data signal and detected by said data signal detector.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
33 words
A mobile station according to claim 10, further comprising a centralized controller for judging whether to perform or not perform channel switching based on the channel quality evaluated by said channel quality evaluator.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
93 words
A mobile station according to claim 11, wherein said centralized controller includes: means for comparing a reception level from the serving base station with reception levels from other base stations in adjacent areas; means for, when the reception level from any one of said other base stations is greater than the reception level from the serving base station, judging whether the channel quality evaluated by said channel quality evaluator satisfies a required condition; and means for deciding that channel switching must be performed if the channel quality does not satisfy the required condition.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
59 words
A mobile station according to claim 9, wherein said data signal includes character data inserted at the base station, further comprising: a character data extractor for extracting the character data included in the data signal detected by said data signal detector; and a character display for displaying characters corresponding to the character data extracted by said character data extractor.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
42 words
A mobile station according to claim 9, further comprising: a voice detector for detecting a silence interval in analog voice signals; and a data signal inserter for inserting in said silence interval a data signal in place of the digitized voice signal.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
25 words
A mobile station according to claim 14, wherein the data signal inserted by said data signal inserter includes a pattern signal for measuring channel quality.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
29 words
A mobile station according to claim 14, wherein the data signal inserted by said data signal inserter includes character data input from an input device of the mobile station.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
73 words
A base station for digital mobile telephone communications for transmission and reception of digitized voice signals to and from a mobile station, comprising: a silence interval detector for detecting a digitized voice signal corresponding to a silence interval included in the digitized voice signals to be transmitted to the mobile station; and a data signal inserter for inserting a data signal in place of the digitized voice signal corresponding to said silence interval.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
73 words
A base station for digital mobile telephone communications for transmission and reception of digitized voice signals to and from a mobile station, comprising: a silence interval detector for detecting a digitized voice signal corresponding to a silence interval included in the digitized voice signals to be transmitted to the mobile station; and a data signal inserter for inserting a data signal in place of the digitized voice signal corresponding to said silence interval.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
25 words
A base station according to claim 17, wherein the data signal inserted by said data signal inserter includes a pattern signal for measuring channel quality.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
20 words
A base station according to claim 17, wherein the data signal inserted by said data signal inserter includes character data.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
57 words
A base station according to claim 17, further comprising: a data signal detector for detecting a data signal inserted at the mobile station and contained in a received signal received from the mobile station; and a silence signal inserter for inserting in place of said detected data signal a digitized voice signal corresponding to a silence interval.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
45 words
A base station according to claim 20, wherein said data signal includes a pattern signal for measuring channel quality, further comprising a channel quality evaluator for evaluating channel quality based on said pattern signal included in the data signal detected by said data signal detector.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
19 words
A base station according to claim 20, wherein said data signal includes character data inserted at the base station.
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