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Spread-spectrum based cellular mobile radio system, and a control arrangement, a radio based station, and a mobile radio station

Assignee: US Philips Corp
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Filing: 1995-03-14
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Granted: 1999-11-16
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Expires: 2015-03-14
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Abstract

Abstract A spread-spectrum based cellular mobile radio system resolves average mutual interferences (I u (j) av , I d (j) av ) between radio zones j, j') from a total interference experienced in a radio zone (j), using statistical methods. First, interference measurements are carried out in the radio zones (Z1, Z2), and data is transmitted to a central control arrangement (CA) which resolves the average mutual interferences. Then, these average mutual interference (I u (j) av , I d (j) av ) are used in an optimization process for acquiring access control parameters (x) for controlling traffic per radio zone (Z1, Z2). In the optimizing process various objective functions may be applied so as to fulfil system operator demands. Thus, system overload is avoided, and further, a flexible tool is provided for satisfying operator demands.

Inventors

  • 👤 Jesus-Manuel Duque-Anton
  • 👤 Dietmar W. Kunz
  • 👤 Bernhard J. Ruber
  • 👤 Meinhard D. Ullrich

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-08 17:07
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W16/00; H04W16/02; H04W16/06

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim 74 words
A spread-spectrum based cellular mobile radio system comprising: at least two radio base stations covering radio zones each of said base stations including a spread-spectrum transceiver; a plurality of mobile radio stations, each of which include a spread-spectrum transceiver; and means for dynamically establishing inter-zone interference information introduced in a given zone per unit of traffic in another zone and for controlling and optimizing access of said mobile radio stations to the radio zones.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 74 words
A spread-spectrum based cellular mobile radio system comprising: at least two radio base stations covering radio zones each of said base stations including a spread-spectrum transceiver; a plurality of mobile radio stations, each of which include a spread-spectrum transceiver; and means for dynamically establishing inter-zone interference information introduced in a given zone per unit of traffic in another zone and for controlling and optimizing access of said mobile radio stations to the radio zones.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 37 words
A spread-spectrum based cellular mobile radio system according to claim 1, wherein the interference information is stored in a matrix (A) of elements (I u (j) av , I d (j) av ) which express the interference.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 66 words
The spread-spectrum based cellular mobile radio system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the interference per element is established as an average interference power (I u (j) av , I d (j) av ) in the given zone per unit of traffic in the other zone, the average interference power being decomposed with regard to a number of active mobile radio stations in the other zone.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 91 words
The spread-spectrum based cellular mobile radio system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the interference information is stored in a matrix of elements (I u (j) av , I d (j) av ) which express the interference and the interference per element is established as an average interference power (I u (j) av , I d (j) av ) in the given zone per unit of traffic in the other zone, the average interference power being decomposed with regard to a sum of data rates over all active mobile radio stations.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 71 words
A spread-spectrum radio system according to claim 3, wherein the average interference power per unit of traffic (I u (j) av , I d (j) av ) is determined from the average interference power (I u (j) S ,av, I d (j) S ,av) in the given zone per unit of transmitting power per unit of traffic in the other zone, multiplied by an average transmitting power per unit of traffic.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 68 words
The spread-spectrum based cellular mobile radio system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the interference information is stored in a matrix of elements (I u (j) av , I d (j) av ) which express the interference and the interference per element (I u (j) av , I d (j) av ) is determined by means of a linear regression applied to a number of interference measuring points.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 119 words
A spread-spectrum based cellular mobile radio system comprising: at least two radio base stations covering radio zones; a plurality of mobile radio stations; and statistics based inter-zone interference establishing means for establishing inter-zone interference information introduced in a given zone per unit of traffic in another zone, wherein the interference information is stored in a matrix of elements (I u (j) av , I d (j) av ) which express the interference; and access control means for controlling access of mobile radio stations to radio zones, the access control means using the established interference matrix for optimizing access per radio zone, under the constraints of given upper limits for interference levels per radio zone, and a given optimizing criterion.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 119 words
A spread-spectrum based cellular mobile radio system comprising: at least two radio base stations covering radio zones; a plurality of mobile radio stations; and statistics based inter-zone interference establishing means for establishing inter-zone interference information introduced in a given zone per unit of traffic in another zone, wherein the interference information is stored in a matrix of elements (I u (j) av , I d (j) av ) which express the interference; and access control means for controlling access of mobile radio stations to radio zones, the access control means using the established interference matrix for optimizing access per radio zone, under the constraints of given upper limits for interference levels per radio zone, and a given optimizing criterion.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 25 words
The spread-spectrum radio system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the optimizing criterion is a maximizing of a total allowed traffic in the radio zones.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 158 words
A spread-spectrum based cellular mobile radio system comprising: at least two radio base stations covering radio zones; a plurality of mobile radio stations; and statistics based inter-zone interference establishing means for establishing inter-zone interference information introduced in a given zone per unit of traffic in another zone, said interference information being stored in a matrix of elements I u (j) av , I d (j) av ) which express the interference; access control means for controlling access of mobile radio stations to radio zones, the access control means using the established interference matrix (A) for optimizing access per radio zone, under the constraints of given upper limits (b) for interference levels per radio zone, and a given optimizing criterion, the optimizing criterion being a maximizing of a total allowed traffic (Σx i =max) in the radio zones; wherein an additional optimizing criterion (x'≦y) is a minimizing of rejected traffic in radio zones based upon a traffic demand vector.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 158 words
A spread-spectrum based cellular mobile radio system comprising: at least two radio base stations covering radio zones; a plurality of mobile radio stations; and statistics based inter-zone interference establishing means for establishing inter-zone interference information introduced in a given zone per unit of traffic in another zone, said interference information being stored in a matrix of elements I u (j) av , I d (j) av ) which express the interference; access control means for controlling access of mobile radio stations to radio zones, the access control means using the established interference matrix (A) for optimizing access per radio zone, under the constraints of given upper limits (b) for interference levels per radio zone, and a given optimizing criterion, the optimizing criterion being a maximizing of a total allowed traffic (Σx i =max) in the radio zones; wherein an additional optimizing criterion (x'≦y) is a minimizing of rejected traffic in radio zones based upon a traffic demand vector.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 31 words
A spread-spectrum radio system according to claim 7, wherein the optimizing criterion is a maximizing of a total allowed traffic per traffic demand (Σx i /y i ) per radio zone.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 32 words
A spread-spectrum radio system according to claim 10, wherein an additional optimizing criterion is that the allowed traffic per traffic demand (x i /y i ) exceeds a given threshold value (1-y).
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 21 words
A spread-spectrum radio system according to claim, wherein priority is given to an incoming handover traffic entering a given radio zone.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 122 words
A control arrangement for use in a spread-spectrum based cellular mobile radio system comprising at least two radio base stations covering radio zones, a plurality of mobile radio stations, and means for establishing inter-zone interference information introduced in a given zone per unit of traffic in another zone, said interference information being stored in a matrix of elements which express the interference, and for controlling access of the mobile radio stations to radio zones, wherein the control arrangement comprises: means for exchanging data with the radio base stations and the mobile radio stations; and means for optimizing access per radio zone using said matrix under constraints of a given upper limit for interference levels per radio zone and a given optimizing criterion.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 122 words
A control arrangement for use in a spread-spectrum based cellular mobile radio system comprising at least two radio base stations covering radio zones, a plurality of mobile radio stations, and means for establishing inter-zone interference information introduced in a given zone per unit of traffic in another zone, said interference information being stored in a matrix of elements which express the interference, and for controlling access of the mobile radio stations to radio zones, wherein the control arrangement comprises: means for exchanging data with the radio base stations and the mobile radio stations; and means for optimizing access per radio zone using said matrix under constraints of a given upper limit for interference levels per radio zone and a given optimizing criterion.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 97 words
A radio base station for use in a spread-spectrum based cellular mobile radio system comprising at least two radio base stations covering radio zones each of said base stations including a spread-spectrum transceiver, a plurality of mobile radio stations, each of which include a spread-spectrum transceiver, and statistics based inter-zone interference establishing means for establishing inter-zone interference information introduced in a given zone per unit of traffic in another zone, wherein said radio base station is arranged for establishing interference components from radio zones other than a radio zone into which the radio base station is located.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 97 words
A radio base station for use in a spread-spectrum based cellular mobile radio system comprising at least two radio base stations covering radio zones each of said base stations including a spread-spectrum transceiver, a plurality of mobile radio stations, each of which include a spread-spectrum transceiver, and statistics based inter-zone interference establishing means for establishing inter-zone interference information introduced in a given zone per unit of traffic in another zone, wherein said radio base station is arranged for establishing interference components from radio zones other than a radio zone into which the radio base station is located.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 98 words
A mobile radio station for use in a spread-spectrum based cellular mobile radio system comprising at least two radio base stations covering radio zones each of said base stations including a spread-spectrum transceiver, a plurality of mobile radio stations, each of which include a spread-spectrum transceiver, and statistics based inter-zone interference establishing means for establishing inter-zone interference information introduced in a given zone per unit of traffic in another zone, wherein said mobile radio station is arranged for establishing information as to interference components for radio zones other than a current radio zone the mobile radio is visiting.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim 98 words
A mobile radio station for use in a spread-spectrum based cellular mobile radio system comprising at least two radio base stations covering radio zones each of said base stations including a spread-spectrum transceiver, a plurality of mobile radio stations, each of which include a spread-spectrum transceiver, and statistics based inter-zone interference establishing means for establishing inter-zone interference information introduced in a given zone per unit of traffic in another zone, wherein said mobile radio station is arranged for establishing information as to interference components for radio zones other than a current radio zone the mobile radio is visiting.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim 81 words
A spread-spectrum based cellular mobile radio system comprising: at least two radio base stations covering radio zones, each of said base stations including a spread-spectrum transceiver; a plurality of mobile radio stations, each of which include a spread-spectrum transceiver; and means for establishing interference components for radio zones other than a current radio zone the mobile radio station is visiting and for dynamically measuring and establishing inter-zone interference information introduced in a given zone per unit of traffic in another zone.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim 81 words
A spread-spectrum based cellular mobile radio system comprising: at least two radio base stations covering radio zones, each of said base stations including a spread-spectrum transceiver; a plurality of mobile radio stations, each of which include a spread-spectrum transceiver; and means for establishing interference components for radio zones other than a current radio zone the mobile radio station is visiting and for dynamically measuring and establishing inter-zone interference information introduced in a given zone per unit of traffic in another zone.

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