Method and system for data transmission with a macrodiversity reception

Claim 3

The method according to claim 1 , which comprises using respective monitoring procedures in the respective base stations for determining time slots in the uplink direction not allocated to the respective base stations.

Claim 4

The method according to claim 1 , which comprises reporting, from a central unit to the respective base stations, the time slots not allocated to the respective base stations in the uplink direction.

Claim 5

The method according to claim 1 , wherein the respective base stations report among each other the time slots in the uplink direction not allocated to the respective base stations.

Claim 6

The method according to claim 1 , which comprises: providing the respective base stations as base stations for different sector cells; and installing the base stations for the different sector cells at one location.

Claim 7

The method according to claim 1 , which comprises: providing the respective base stations as base stations for different sector cells; and installing the base stations for the different sector cells at different locations.

Claim 8

The method according to claim 1 , which comprises: using a frequency band having a broad band width for the transmitting step; and distinguishing signals transmitted at the same time within the frequency band on the basis of a connection-specific spread code.

Claim 9

The method according to claim 1 , wherein the combining step includes a maximum ratio combination.

Claim 10

The method according to claim 1 , wherein the combining step includes a selective combination.

Claim 11

A radio communications system, comprising: a first base station and a second base station, said first and second base stations having a radio interface for transmitting data in a downlink direction and for receiving data in an uplink direction; a radio resource controller connected to said first and second base stations for allocating radio resources and organizing said radio interface within a frequency band in accordance with a time-division multiplex scheme such that a plurality of time slots constitute a frame, each of said time slots being exclusively used in one of the uplink direction and the downlink direction; said first base station having a transmitter transmitting in a given one of the time slots allocated to said first base station for the downlink direction; said first base station having a first receiver for receiving in a further one of the time slots allocated to said first base station for the uplink direction; said second base station having a second receiver receiving in another one of the time slot allocated to said second base station for the uplink direction and receiving in additional ones of the time slots not allocated to said second base station for the uplink direction; and a combination device connected to said first and second base stations and combining received signals from said first and second base stations for a macrodiversity reception.

Claim 12

A radio communications system, comprising: a first base station and a second base station, said first and second base stations having a radio interface for transmitting data in a downlink direction and for receiving data in an uplink direction; a radio resource controller connected to said first and second base stations for allocating radio resources and organizing said radio interface within a frequency band in accordance with a time-division multiplex scheme such that a plurality of time slots constitute a frame, each of said time slots being exclusively used in one of the uplink direction and the downlink direction; said first base station having a transmitter transmitting in a given one of the time slots allocated to said first base station for the downlink direction; said first base station having a first receiver for receiving in a further one of the time slots allocated to said first base station for the uplink direction; said second base station having a second receiver receiving in another one of the time slot allocated to said second base station for the uplink direction and receiving in additional ones of the time slots not allocated to said second base station for the uplink direction; and a combination device connected to said first and second base stations and combining received signals from said first and second base stations for a macrodiversity reception.

Claim 13

A radio communications system according to claim 10 , wherein said first receiver also receives in time slots not allocated to said first base station for the uplink direction.

Claim 14

A radio communications system according to claim 10 , including a subscriber station receiving in the given one of the time slots allocated to said first base station for the downlink direction and transmitting in the further one of the time slots allocated to said first base station for the uplink direction.