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Apparatus and method of synchronizing a transmitter in a subscriber terminal of a wireless communications system
Assignee: Gilbarco Inc
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Filing: 1997-08-08
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Granted: 2000-02-22
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Expires: 2017-08-08
Abstract
Abstract A wireless telecommunications system (1) includes a central terminal (10) for transmitting and receiving radio frequency signals to and from a subscriber terminal (20). A downlink communication path is established from a transmitter (200) of the central terminal (10) to a receiver (202) of the subscriber terminal (20). A downlink signal (212) is transmitted from the transmitter (200) to the receiver (202) during setup and operation of the wireless telecommunications system (1). The downlink signal (212) includes an overhead channel (224) having a code synchronization signal (234). The code synchronization signal (234) is capable of adjusting a phase of a transmitter (204) in the subscriber terminal (20). A receiver (206) in the central terminal (10) monitors an uplink signal (214) transmitted by the transmitter (204) in the subscriber terminal and provides changes to the code synchronization signal (234) such that the transmitter (204) is synchronized to the receiver (206). Synchronization of the transmitter (204) in the subscriber terminal (20) to the receiver (206) in the central terminal (10) facilitates establishment of an uplink communication path from the subscriber terminal (20) to the central terminal (10).
Inventors
- 👤 Joemmane Chi Cheung Yeung
- 👤 Ian L. Cooper
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CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W56/00; G; G06; G06F; G06F9/00; G06F9/06; G06F9/46; G06F9/54; G06F9/546; H04B; H04B1/00; H04B1/69; H04B1/707; H04B1/7073; H04B1/7075; H04B1/7077; H04B1/7085; H04J; H04J13/00; H04J3/00; H04J3/02; H04J3/06; H04J3/0635; H04J3/0682; H04L; H04L12/00; H04L12/66; H04L41/00; H04L41/02; H04L41/0226; H04L41/0233; H04L41/08; H04L41/0803; H04L41/0813; H04L41/0816; H04L41/22; H04L43/00; H04L69/00; H04L69/14; H04L9/00; H04L9/06; H04L9/065; H04L9/12; H04L9/40; H04Q; H04Q11/00; H04Q11/04; H04W52/00; H04W52/04; H04W52/18; H04W52/24; H04W52/52; H04B1/70735; H04B1/70775; H04B2001/70706; H04B2201/00; H04B2201/69; H04B2201/707; H04B2201/70702; H04B2201/70706; H04B2201/70707; H04B2201/7071; H04B2201/70711; H04B2201/7097; H04B2201/709709; H04L2209/00; H04L2209/80; H04L69/08; H04Q2213/00; H04Q2213/1305; H04Q2213/13093; H04Q2213/13098; H04Q2213/13109; H04Q2213/1319; H04Q2213/13196; H04Q2213/13199; H04Q2213/13202; H04Q2213/13204; H04Q2213/13216; H04Q2213/13292; H04Q2213/13296; H04Q2213/13298; H04Q2213/13299; H04Q2213/13335; H04Q2213/13376; H04W52/06; H04W52/08; H04W84/00; H04W84/02; H04W84/10; H04W84/14
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 28
Claim 1
Independent Claim
122 words
A method of synchronizing a transmitter in a subscriber terminal of a wireless telecommunications system, comprising the steps of: transmitting an uplink signal; receiving a downlink signal, the downlink signal including a code synchronization signal having a value in response to a phase of the uplink signal; identifying the code synchronization signal within the downlink signal; adjusting a phase of the uplink signal in response to the code synchronization signal; inserting an overhead channel into the downlink signal, the overhead channel including the code synchronization signal, wherein the code synchronization signal is a multi-bit value specifying forward or backward incremental adjustments of the phase of the uplink signal, the multi-bit value enabling incremental adjustments of more than one size to be specified.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
122 words
A method of synchronizing a transmitter in a subscriber terminal of a wireless telecommunications system, comprising the steps of: transmitting an uplink signal; receiving a downlink signal, the downlink signal including a code synchronization signal having a value in response to a phase of the uplink signal; identifying the code synchronization signal within the downlink signal; adjusting a phase of the uplink signal in response to the code synchronization signal; inserting an overhead channel into the downlink signal, the overhead channel including the code synchronization signal, wherein the code synchronization signal is a multi-bit value specifying forward or backward incremental adjustments of the phase of the uplink signal, the multi-bit value enabling incremental adjustments of more than one size to be specified.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the code synchronization signal adjusts the phase of the uplink signal in a coarse adjustment mode having one half increments of a chip period.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
74 words
The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of: receiving the uplink signal at a receiver; comparing a phase of the uplink signal to a phase of the receiver; transmitting the code synchronization signal in response to the phase of the uplink signal not matching the phase of the receiver, the code synchronization signal having a value indicating that a further adjustment is to be made to the phase of the uplink signal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
51 words
The method of claim 3, wherein the comparing step includes measuring a combined power of the phase of the uplink signal and the phase of the receiver and determining a maximum combined power value that indicates a match between the phase of the uplink signal and the phase of the receiver.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
A method according to claim 4, wherein the step of measuring the combined power comprises performing a correlation operation between PN codes of the uplink signal and a receiver reference signal.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
81 words
The method of claim 4, further comprising the steps of: receiving the uplink signal at a receiver in phase with a phase of the receiver, receipt of the uplink signal matching the phase of the receiver indicating that a phase delay has been determined, determination of the phase delay indicating that an uplink communication path has been established; and transmitting the code synchronization signal having a values indicating that no further adjustments are needed to the phase of the uplink signal.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
57 words
The method of claim 6, further comprising the steps of: continuously comparing the phase of the uplink signal to the phase of the receiver; transmitting the code synchronization signal having a value indicating that a slight readjustment is to be made to the phase of the uplink signal in response to a change in the path delay.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method of claim 7, wherein the code synchronization signal adjusts the phase of the uplink signal in a fine adjustment mode having one sixteenth increments of a chip period in response to changes in the path delay.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 8, wherein the code synchronization signal adjusts the phase of the uplink signal either forward or backward by one sixteenth increments.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
46 words
The method of claim 6, further comprising the steps of: monitoring the uplink communication path; resetting the phase of the uplink signal to a previous value in response to an interruption in the uplink communication path in order to facilitate reestablishment of the uplink communication path.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 6, wherein the overhead channel is decoded in one bit of every ten bit positions of the downlink signal.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
241 words
A system for synchronizing communications in a wireless communication system, comprising: a transmitter in a central terminal operable to transmit a downlink signal; a receiver in a subscriber terminal operable to receive the downlink signal; a transmitter in the subscriber terminal operable to transmit an uplink signal, the downlink signal including a code synchronization signal having a value determined in response to a phase of the transmitter in the subscriber terminal, the receiver in the subscriber terminal operable to extract the code synchronization signal from the downlink signal, the transmitter in the subscriber terminal operable to receive the code synchronization signal from the receiver in the subscriber terminal, the code synchronization signal operable to adjust the phase of the transmitter in the subscriber terminal; a receiver in the central terminal operable to receive the uplink signal, the receiver in the central terminal operable to compare its phase to the phase of the transmitter in the subscriber terminal in response to the uplink signal to determine a match between the phase of the receiver in the central terminal and the phase of the transmitter in the subscriber terminal, the receiver in the central terminal operable to set a value for the code synchronization signal used to adjust the phase of the transmitter in the subscriber terminal in order to obtain a match of the phase of the receiver in the central terminal with the phase of the transmitter in the subscriber terminal.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
241 words
A system for synchronizing communications in a wireless communication system, comprising: a transmitter in a central terminal operable to transmit a downlink signal; a receiver in a subscriber terminal operable to receive the downlink signal; a transmitter in the subscriber terminal operable to transmit an uplink signal, the downlink signal including a code synchronization signal having a value determined in response to a phase of the transmitter in the subscriber terminal, the receiver in the subscriber terminal operable to extract the code synchronization signal from the downlink signal, the transmitter in the subscriber terminal operable to receive the code synchronization signal from the receiver in the subscriber terminal, the code synchronization signal operable to adjust the phase of the transmitter in the subscriber terminal; a receiver in the central terminal operable to receive the uplink signal, the receiver in the central terminal operable to compare its phase to the phase of the transmitter in the subscriber terminal in response to the uplink signal to determine a match between the phase of the receiver in the central terminal and the phase of the transmitter in the subscriber terminal, the receiver in the central terminal operable to set a value for the code synchronization signal used to adjust the phase of the transmitter in the subscriber terminal in order to obtain a match of the phase of the receiver in the central terminal with the phase of the transmitter in the subscriber terminal.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
25 words
The system of claim 12, further comprising; means for inserting an overhead channel into the downlink signal, the overhead channel including the code synchronization signal.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
44 words
The system of claim 13, wherein the code synchronization signal is a multi-bit value specifying forward or backward incremental adjustments of the phase of the transmitter in the subscriber terminal, the multi-bit value enabling incremental adjustments of more than one size to be specified.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
23 words
The system of claim 13, wherein the overhead channel is decoded in one bit of every ten bit positions of the downlink signal.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
38 words
The system of claim 12, wherein the code synchronization signal incrementally adjusts the phase of the transmitter in the subscriber terminal either forward or backward in a coarse adjustment mode having one half increments of a chip period.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
73 words
The system of claim 12, wherein the receiver in the central terminal continuously compares the phase of the transmitter in the subscriber terminal to a phase of the receiver in the central terminal, the receiver in the central terminal altering the code synchronization signal in response to the comparison to maintain the match between the phase of the transmitter in the subscriber terminal and the phase of the receiver in the central terminal.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
38 words
The system of claim 17, wherein the code synchronization signal incrementally adjusts the phase of the transmitter in the subscriber terminal either forward or backward in a fine adjustment mode having one sixteenth increments of a chip period.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
72 words
The system of claim 12, wherein the receiver in the central terminal measures a combined power of the phase of the transmitter in the subscriber terminal and the phase of the receiver in the central terminal, the receiver in the central terminal determining a maximum combined power value that indicates a match between the phase of the transmitter in the subscriber terminal and the phase of the receiver in the central terminal.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
145 words
A subscriber terminal in a wireless telecommunications system, comprising: a transmitter for transmitting an uplink signal to a central terminal; a receiver operable to receive a downlink signal, the downlink signal including a code synchronization signal having a value determined in response to a phase of the uplink signal, the receiver operable to extract the code synchronization signal from the downlink signal; the transmitter operable to receive the code synchronization signal from the receiver and the transmitter operable to adjust a phase of the transmitter in response to the code synchronization signal; means for inserting an overhead channel into the downlink signal, the overhead channel including the code synchronization signal, wherein the code synchronization signal is a multi-bit value specifying forward or backward incremental adjustments of the phase of the transmitter, the multi-bit value enabling incremental adjustments of more than one size to be specified.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
145 words
A subscriber terminal in a wireless telecommunications system, comprising: a transmitter for transmitting an uplink signal to a central terminal; a receiver operable to receive a downlink signal, the downlink signal including a code synchronization signal having a value determined in response to a phase of the uplink signal, the receiver operable to extract the code synchronization signal from the downlink signal; the transmitter operable to receive the code synchronization signal from the receiver and the transmitter operable to adjust a phase of the transmitter in response to the code synchronization signal; means for inserting an overhead channel into the downlink signal, the overhead channel including the code synchronization signal, wherein the code synchronization signal is a multi-bit value specifying forward or backward incremental adjustments of the phase of the transmitter, the multi-bit value enabling incremental adjustments of more than one size to be specified.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
24 words
The subscriber terminal of claim 20, wherein the overhead channel is decoded into one bit of every ten bit positions of the downlink signal.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
35 words
The subscriber terminal of claim 20, wherein the code synchronization signal incrementally adjusts the phase of the transmitter either forward or backward in a coarcse adjustment mode having one half increments of a chip period.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
35 words
The subscriber terminal of claim 20, wherein the code synchronization signal incrementally adjusts the phase of the transmitter either forward or backward in a fine adjustment mode having one sixteenth increments of a chip period.
Claim 27
Independent Claim
187 words
A method of synchronizing a transmitter in a subscriber terminal of a wireless telecommunications system, comprising: establishing a downlink communication path from a central terminal to the subscriber terminal by adjusting a phase of a slave code sequence of a receiver in the subscriber terminal to match a phase of a downlink signal from the central terminal; transmitting an uplink signal from a transmitter in the subscriber terminal; transmitting the downlink signal from a transmitter in the central terminal, the downlink signal including a code synchronization signal having a value determined as a result of comparing the phase of the uplink signal with phase of receiver in the central terminal; receiving the downlink signal at the receiver in the subscriber terminal and identifying the code synchronization signal within the downlink signal; adjusting a phase of a slave code sequence of the transmitter in the subscriber terminal in response to the code synchronization signal; establishing an uplink communication path in response to the phase of the slave code sequence of the transmitter in the subscriber terminal being equivalent to the phase of the receiver in the central terminal.
Claim 28
Independent Claim
187 words
A method of synchronizing a transmitter in a subscriber terminal of a wireless telecommunications system, comprising: establishing a downlink communication path from a central terminal to the subscriber terminal by adjusting a phase of a slave code sequence of a receiver in the subscriber terminal to match a phase of a downlink signal from the central terminal; transmitting an uplink signal from a transmitter in the subscriber terminal; transmitting the downlink signal from a transmitter in the central terminal, the downlink signal including a code synchronization signal having a value determined as a result of comparing the phase of the uplink signal with phase of receiver in the central terminal; receiving the downlink signal at the receiver in the subscriber terminal and identifying the code synchronization signal within the downlink signal; adjusting a phase of a slave code sequence of the transmitter in the subscriber terminal in response to the code synchronization signal; establishing an uplink communication path in response to the phase of the slave code sequence of the transmitter in the subscriber terminal being equivalent to the phase of the receiver in the central terminal.
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