Transmission system comprising a plurality of subscriber arrangements
Abstract
This transmission system includes a plurality of subscriber devices tied to at least two transmission-reception stations (STM1, STM2) exchanging information by means of a time-division multiplex in which there are provided series of T traffic time intervals to be assigned to a variable number C of channels depending on the number and type of subscriber devices to be connected. This system is notable in that there is provision for a check time interval (XCCH) situated between these series of time intervals. …<??>Application : private radio networks. …<IMAGE>…

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- 1THE CLAIMS DEFINING THE INVENTION ARE AS FOLLOWS:1. Transmission system comprising a first transceiver stsiron termed base station and at least two transceiver stations termed mobile stations the transceiver stations exchanging information in a time-division multiplex mode transmitted over a time-division multiplex radio channel in which series of T traffic time intervals occur which are to be allocated to a variable number of C of channels depending on the number and type of subscriber arrangements to be connected, wherein a control time interval (XCCH) is provided situated between these series of time intervals, characterized in that the time interval (XCCH) can be used for communications in the half duplex mode for transmitting information signals from mobile station to mobile station without the intervention of the base station, these communications being synchronised with and under control of the base station in a same time interval (XCCH), the base station in this case managing establishing or terminating the communication and the distribution of the frequencies and time intervals.
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132 paragraphs in 13 sections, as filed
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
FOR A STANDARD PATENT
OrtlGINAL
PHF90570
N. V. PHILIPS' GLOEILAMPENFABRIEKEN
JEAN-FRANCOIS TRAVERS, JACQUES BRIAND, & YVON GUEDES,
Address for Service: PATENT AND TRADE MARKS DIVISION,
PHILIPS INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS LIMITED 15 BLUE STREET,
NORTH SYDNEY, NSW 2060
TRANSMISSION SYSTEM COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SUBSCRIBER ARRANGEMENTS
The following statement is a full description of this invention including the best method of performing it known to us.
-1FIELD OF THE INVENTION.
The present invention relates to a transmission system comprising a plurality of subscriber arrangements connected to at least two transceiver stations exchanging information in a time-division multiplex mode transmitted over a time-division multiplex radio channel in which series of T traffic time intervals occur which are to be allocated to a variable number C of channels depending on the number and type of subscriber arrangements to be connected.
Such a system finds important applications, more specifically, in 4 .* the transmission system utilizing radio links.
9 • 9 »♦··'' ' . ,’ BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION.
*·*’· A prior-art system is described in European Patent Application 0
261 127. Although this system provides advantages with respect to its possibilities to adapt to different speech coders/decoders available on the market c by allocating a convenient number of time intervals to each channel, it is ♦ & ' : ' estimated, however, that this prior-art system does not properly manage the use ” * of these channels.
Thus, because this system has the structure in which one ;···· 20 transceiver station is considered the base station and the other transceiver stations ... the auxiliary stations usually portable or radio stations on board mobile vehicles, * ’ ‘ it requires the intervention of the base station for the exchange of traffic information between two of the auxiliary stations. This is considered a disadvantage because the traffic is increased by the information exchanges between auxiliary station/base station and base station/auxiliary station.
This is all the more disadvantageous because these systems are private radio transmission systems (as opposed to public systems) where the radio • · * « · c · f • · · · : ·ΐ5 β e « c « e • · I
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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION.
In order to provide a proper management of radio means, the transmission system in accordance with the invention comprises a first transceiver station termed base station and at least two transceiver stations termed mobile stations the transceiver stations exchanging information in a time-division multiplex mode transmitted over a time-division multiplex radio channel in which series of T traffic time intervals occur which are to be allocated to a variable number of C of channels depending on the number and type of subscriber arrangements to be connected, wherein a control time interval (XCCH) is provided situated between these series of time intervals, characterized in that the time interval (XCCH) can be used for communications in the half duplex mode for transmitting information signals from mobile station to mobile station without the intervention of the base station, these communications being synchronised with and under control of the base station in a same time interval (XCCH), the base station in this case managing establishing or terminating the communication and the distribution of the frequencies and time intervals. The invention has the advantage that the time interval XCCH makes communication in the half duplex mode possible without intervention of the base station.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The following description with respect to the annexed drawings all given by way of a non-limiting example, will make it better understood how the invention can be realised, in which:
Fig. 1 shows a transmission system in accordance with the invention;
Fig. 2 shows the diagram of what is commonly referred to as a base station;
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Fig. 3 shows the diagram of an auxiliary station;
Fig. 4 shows the spectral position of the frequency channels used by the
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Fig. 5 shows the organisation of the multiplex mode;
Fig. 6 shows how the control time interval according to the invention is inserted;
Fig. 7 shows another way of how the control time interval is inserted according to the invention; and
Fig. 8 shows how a full-duplex or half-duplex link is set up.
DESCRIPTION OF (PREFERRED) EMBODIMENTS.
Fig. 1 shows a system according to the invention. This system is formed by a set of transceiver stations STB, STM1 and STM2. Needless to observe that the number of stations may be any number. STB is a base • · « • · « • · · · • s • ·
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Generally, the channel F<sub>BM</sub> is used by communications in the direction from the base station STB to the mobile stations STM1 and STM2 and the channel <sup>f</sup>mb by the communications from the mobile stations to the base station. The communications established over these frequency channels are organised in a time-division multiplex mode of the TDMA type which provides communication channels further termed time-division channels.
For a proper understanding of the interest of the invention it is useful to explain several notions.
In effect, a distinction is to be made between the mode of communication and type of communication.
The mode of communication is termed duplex when the communication between two subscribers of the stations STM1 and STM2 respectively, passes through the base station STB. In that case the two frequency channels are used, the channel <sup>f</sup>mb also termed upstream channel and the channel F<sub>BM</sub> also termed downstream channel.
The mode of communication is termed half- duplex when the communication takes place directly between the two mobile stations.
The type of communication is called duplex (or full-duplex) if the subscribers of the mobile stations can transmit or receive (talk or listen) simultaneously, which is realised, for example, within the concept of this invention, by dividing the channel in time (that is to say, one time interval for speaking and another time interval for listening).
The type of communication is called half-duplex if the subscribers of the stations can only transmit or receive in the same time interval.
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Fig. 2 shows a block diagram of the base station STB.
It is formed by a transceiver set 10 controlled by two reference oscillators 13 and 15 oscillating with the frequencies F<sub>MB</sub> and F<sub>BM</sub>. This set creates a TDMA frame by means of a frame generator 17. Subscriber sets or other links may be connected to input ports, II, 12, ..., Im and output ports 01, 02, ..., On. A connecting element 20 connecting the outputs Oi to the inputs Ij makes it possible to establish communications between mobile stations which communications pass through the base station (duplex mode). A duplex filter 22 makes it possible to transmit with a frequency and receive with the frequency F<sub>BM</sub> different from over the same aerial 24. A transmitter amplifier 25 and a receiver amplifier 26 are connected to this coupler 22.
The set 10 is formed by a transmitter section 40 cooperating with a filter 41, centred at an intermediate frequency FI, and a modulator 42. The modulator centres the information signals produced by the section 40 at the carrier frequency fixed by the oscillator 13. The section 40 arranges the information signals to be transmitted in accordance with the commands given by the TDMA frame generator 17, and phase, frequency or amplitude modulates the information signals on an intermediate frequency FI. This frame generator 17 makes it also possible to recover the different information signals contained in the TDMA frame received by a receiver ensemble 44. The input of this ensemble is connected to the output of a filter, centred at the frequency FI, connected to the output of a demodulator 48. This demodulator 48 receives the signals from the amplifier 26 and the oscillator 15. The outputs 01.....On are constituted by the outputs of the ensemble 44.
The block diagram of one of said mobile stations STMi is shown in Fig. 3. This station is formed in a similar manner to that of the base station with respect to the elements 74, 75, 76, 50, 80, 81, 82, 84, 86, 88 which are to be compared to the elements 24, 25, 26, 10, 40, 41, 42, 44, 46, 48 of Fig. 2. The differences relateto the aerial coupling, the reference oscillator and the © Μ ft * a»* ft » < 15 ft X J « ♦ ©
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- The connection to the aerial is realised by means of a switch (diode switch) 92 controlled by the frame generator 95 depending on whether transmission or reception takes place. A switch is used in lieu of a duplex filter for reasons of costs of the mobile stations; the duplex communications are realised by means of time-division (a time interval for transmission with Fj^g and another time interval for reception with F<sub>BM</sub>). This will be explained in more detail hereinafter with the description of Fig. 8.
- The reference oscillator 97 may generate frequencies equal to F<sub>MB</sub> for transmission (F<sub>BM</sub> for reception) in the duplex communication mode and Fmb <sup>(</sup>><sup>r f</sup>bm f°<sup>r</sup> transmission (F<sub>BM</sub> or Fj^ for reception) in the halfduplex communication mode. The frequency change is made possible by a frequency synthesizer capable of generating frequencies equal to F<sub>BM</sub> or <sup>f</sup>mb and constituting the generator 97.
- The ΤΡΊΑ frame generator 95 controls the sections 80 and 84 but also the choice between the frequencies <sup>f</sup>bm and <sup>f</sup>mb and the aerial switch 92.
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Fig. 4 shows the frequency channels centred around the carrier frequencies <sup>f</sup>mb and <sup>f</sup>bm> used to accommodate TDMA frames.
The passband BP around these carrier frequencies is 25 kHz. The carrier frequencies are included in the band ranging from about 400 MHz to 900 MHz.
' Fig. 5 shows the organisation of this TDMA multiplex. It is constituted by a multi-frame MTR formed by M frames TR in turn consisting of T time intervals TCHi (i = 1, ..., T) and also a time interval XCCH. The time interval XCCH is used for organising the multiplex, whereas the time intervals TCHi are there for transmitting the useful traffic. Each of these time intervals TCHj to TCH<sub>T</sub> comprises neb bits.
Within the scope of the described example the multiplex is to be
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, M = 60 <sup>r</sup>ames per multi-frame,
T = 19 ti e intervals TCH per frame, that is to say, a total of 20 intervals including the time interval XCCH, neb = 190 bits, 46 of which are used for recovering 144 traffic bits and for communication management
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M is chosen in such a way that it is the lowest common multiple of the numbers 1 to Cmax.
According to the invention, the value T is a prime number for all <20 the numbers ranging between 1 and Cmax· e - 1 „ Thus, a variation or a channel rotation is obtained around the time interval XCCH; that is to say, that all the channels are directly to precede (or directly succeed) the channel XCCH once every C times. This is represented in Fig. 6 for C = 2, .,., 6.
Although in this example the value T is equal to 19, other values may also be suitable, for example, T = 7, 11, .... 23, .... The value T is finally fixed by the rate one wishes to give to the control channel XCCH and to the efficiency of the rate of channel XCCH relative to the overall rate. Preferably, the time interval XCCH has a number of bits also’ equal to neb which facilitates the
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Fig. 7 shows this variation in a different manner.
Due to this variation each channel is sure to obtain the information signals transmitted by the base station in XCCH (F<sub>BM</sub>), in this case once every C, and to transmit in the direction of the base station in XCCH (F<sub>MB</sub>) once every C (Fig. 8).
In effect, the time intervals XCCH being shifted, the mobile station which transmits to the base station in the time interval TCH (F^), simultaneously with a time inter · ίχ XCCH (F<sub>BM</sub>), is unable to receive the information signals coming from this time interval XCCH (F<sub>BM</sub>). The mobile station, however, may transmit in the next time interval, that is to say, XCCH (W
In the same fashion any mobile station which is to receive in the time interval TCH (F<sub>BM</sub>), following the dme interval XCCH (F<sub>BM</sub>) of the base station, is unable to transmit over the channel XCCH (F’mb). However, it has been able to receive the information signals transmitted by the base station in the time interval XCCH (F<sub>BM</sub>).
Thus, the variation of the channels relative to the time interval XCCH makes it possible at one instant to receive the information signals transmitted by the base station (XCCH with F<sub>BM</sub>) and at another instant to transmit the information signals in the direction of the base station (XCCH with <sup>f</sup>Mb)·
The time interval XCCH may find important applications.
It makes a communication in the half-duplex mode possible without intervention of the base station. This is made possible if the base station with the downstream frequency <sup>f</sup>bm leaves 1 or 2 time intervals free, that is to say, that it does not transmit during this time interval and that it reserves one or tv/o time intervals wi'-h the upstream frequency <sup>f</sup>mb· This being observed, the mobile stations are to remain synchronized with the base station in order not to overlap in the adjacent time intervals. This is rendered possible if the base station is sure'to trahsinit in several time intervals, which are the time intervals XCCH (Fbm), used both as a resyhchronization time interval and a control rime interval.
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These control time intervals are also used for synchronizing half-duplex communications.
This case is shown in a diagram in Fig. 8 in which the time interval XCCH is represented. In this time interval the station STB may transmit to the mobile stations in the TDMA multiplex mode transmitted with the frequency <sup>f</sup>BM and it may receive information signals coming from the TDMA frame transmitted in the multiplex mode with the frequency <sup>f</sup>mb·
The time intervals TCHi allocated to the mobile stations communicating in half-duplex, make it possible more or less to communicate as a function of their type:
for the full-duplex mode (Fig. 8a) in a time interval TCHi, the mobile station STM1 transmits with F<sub>BM</sub>, arrow Fl, whereas the mobile station STM2, arrow F2, listens with the same frequency and, reciprocally, in another time interval the mobile station STM2 transmits with F<sub>MB</sub>, arrow F3, whereas STM1 listens with the same frequency, arrow F4. for the half-duplex mode (Fig. 8b) in a time interval TCHi, the mobile station STMΪ transmits with F<sub>BM</sub>, arrow F10, in the direction of STM2, arrow Fll, and in another time interval the mobile station STM3 transmits with Fj^, arrow F12, in the direction of STM4, arrow F13. In this manner the capacity of the RF channel has been augmented by a factor of 2 on the basis of the same TDMA frame.
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| US5231635A | United States of America | A | |
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Titles
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- Transmission system comprising a plurality of subscriber arrangements
Classification
- CPC, 1
- H04B7/2643
- IPC, 5
- H04W16 02
- H04B7 26
- H04J3 00
- H04W16 04
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