JP3179431B2 - Radio selective call receiver - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bit synchronization control method for a radio selective call receiver, and more particularly to a radio selective call receiver for surely acquiring a message and a bit synchronization control method therefor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a radio selective calling receiver is commonly called a "pager" or a "pager", and transmits a selective calling signal from a base station at a different frequency for each small zone. Since a portable radio selective calling receiver does not know the transmission frequency of a selective calling signal from a calling base station, it is necessary to perform a sweeping process of frequently switching the reception frequency to search for the transmission frequency.

[0003] As a method of using the frequency of the radio selective calling system, for example, in Tokyo, there are a plurality of base stations in Tokyo, which covers the whole of Tokyo. Is the same. On the other hand, the service area of one base station has a radius of approximately 5 to 10 km.
For this reason, there is a possibility that the radio selective calling receiver receives signals having the same frequency and different phases according to the distance from the base station. For example, there is a possibility that a signal from a base station in Ginza and a signal from a base station in Hachioji will be received at the same time. By the way, in Kanagawa and Saitama, there is no influence of the phase because it is transmitting at another frequency.

On the other hand, as a prior art, in order to reduce the power consumption of this radio selective calling receiver, Patent Publication 2
According to 503946, each of the plurality of frequency channels is swept once until a synchronization signal is detected, and immediately after the power of the radio selective calling receiver is turned on, the sweep is executed a plurality of times, and as a result, the synchronization signal can be detected. If not, the operation of the radio unit is stopped for a predetermined time, and the sweep and stop are repeated as a unit sweep pattern. When a synchronization signal is detected, the reception frequency of the radio unit can be locked to the frequency channel where the synchronization signal is detected. Has been described. Further, it is described that the detection of the synchronization signal is performed only once.

Next, an example for detecting the synchronization signal and detecting a message following the synchronization signal will be described. The bit synchronization of the radio selective calling receiver operates so that the transition point of the received data coincides with the rising edge of the clock.

First, a bit synchronization operation will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8A shows a correction operation when the data change point is in the “Hi” section of the clock before the bit synchronization operation. In this case, the bit synchronization is corrected by extending the “Lo” section of the clock by a predetermined time, and the correction is repeated until the transition point of the rise or fall of the data coincides with the rise of the clock. Next, FIG. 8B shows a correction operation when the data change point is in the “Lo” section of the clock before the bit synchronization operation. In this case, the bit synchronization is performed by setting the clock to “Hi”.
The correction is performed by extending the section by a predetermined time, and the correction is repeated until the data change point coincides with the rising edge of the clock.

In the example of FIG. 8, however, the bit synchronization correction frequency is shown for each bit as shown by the correction arrow of each clock, but it is possible to correct every few bits depending on the setting. The bit synchronization speed is determined by changing the correction frequency and the "predetermined time".

In the radio selective calling system, the same paging signal is transmitted from a plurality of base stations to cover a wide service area. In general, when a receiver receives a radio wave from a distant station, a propagation delay time occurs according to the distance from the base station to the receiver. At this time, when receiving a radio wave from a nearby station that contains the same signal, the data received from both stations will be switched in the receiver, depending on the terrain and reception conditions, and the phase may appear to be advanced or delayed instantaneously. Become. As a result, the phenomenon that the bit synchronization of the receiver becomes unstable has been seen. To solve this, regardless of the radio wave received by either station, the signal is quickly resynchronized, Is required.

[0009]

However, if the speed of bit synchronization is normally increased, bit synchronization reacts to noise in places where radio waves are unstable, such as in a weak electric field area, and the direction opposite to the original direction is reversed. There is a problem that the data is corrected.

In the present invention, in order to solve such a problem, the speed of bit synchronization is not usually set faster than necessary, and only when there is a possibility of the influence (bit synchronization deviation) due to the existence of a plurality of phases, This speeds up bit synchronization. This bit synchronization speed switching uses a system that transmits the same call signal a plurality of times, and if the restoration of the message fails in the first reception, a method of changing the bit synchronization speed in the second reception Take.

[0011]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a radio selective calling receiver for receiving a message, an antenna for receiving a radio signal from a base station, a receiving section for demodulating the radio signal, and a demodulated demodulated signal. A decoder section for decoding a signal and controlling the bit synchronization frequency of the received message; and a second section for receiving the decoded signal a plurality of times when the received message cannot be restored in the first reception.
A control unit for restoring the received message after the first time, and an identification storage unit (ID-RO) for storing its own received identifier.
Includes a M), and a notification control unit that drives the notification instruction from the control unit, and a notification unit which outputs the notification instruction, before
The decoder unit selects the bit synchronization frequency by the control unit
A bit synchronization frequency control unit for
The message cannot be restored correctly
Before the bit synchronization frequency differs from the set bit synchronization frequency
The bit synchronization frequency is selected .

[0012]

In the above-mentioned radio selective calling receiver,
The decoder section is replaced with the bit synchronization frequency control section.
Te, comprising the control unit bit synchronous correction amount control unit selected bit synchronization correction amount by the bit synchronization correction amount restore message is set to the bit synchronization correction amount if it can not accurately at said first receiver The bit synchronization correction amount different from the above is selected. Also,
The present invention relates to a bit synchronization control method for a receiver that receives the same message a plurality of times, wherein a decoder connected to a receiver decodes the demodulated signal and receives the decoded signal a plurality of times to restore the message. and, restoring the message at the first receiving takes bit synchronization for the second time upon reception by changing the bit synchronization frequency number of the decoded signal by the decoder unit if it can not accurately restores the message a second time received, comparing the message you Keru message <br/> over di and the second time received by the first receiving one
If they do not match, the bit synchronization frequency
The frequency is changed to the synchronization frequency .

The present invention also provides a bit synchronization control method for a receiver that receives the same message a plurality of times, wherein the decoder connected to the receiver decodes the demodulated signal and receives the decoded signal a plurality of times. If the restoration of the message is not accurate in the first reception, the bit synchronization correction amount of the decoder unit is changed, the message of the second reception is restored, and the first reception is performed. Contact Keru comparing the messages in the message and the second time received, if it does not match and changes to the bit synchronization correction amount of the basis of the bit synchronization correction amount.

[0015]

[0016] Thus, when there is a receiver at a position where the same paging signal arrives from a plurality of stations, it is possible to reduce the influence (bit synchronization deviation) due to the existence of a plurality of phases.

In the radio selective calling receiver according to the present invention, referring to FIG. 1, a radio signal from a base station is received by an antenna 101, demodulated by a receiving section 102, and demodulated by a decoder section 103. Decode the signal. Control unit 10
In the case where the message cannot be restored in the first reception during the multiple receptions, the output of the notification instruction to the notification control unit 106 is suspended until the message can be correctly restored using the second and subsequent received messages. At this time, the control unit 105 checks the bit synchronization frequency after the first reception is completed, and if the frequency is set low, operates the bit synchronization frequency control unit 108 in the second reception to increase the frequency. Conversely, if the frequency is set to be high, the bit synchronization frequency control unit 108 is operated in the second reception to reduce the frequency. Further, when the message cannot be correctly restored even in the second reception, the bit synchronization frequency control unit 108 is operated again in the third reception to return the frequency to the same state as in the first reception. Thereafter, this operation is repeated every time reception is performed.

[0018]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments according to the present invention will be described.
This will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[First Embodiment] (Configuration of the present embodiment) Referring to FIG.
1, the receiving unit 102, the decoder unit 103, and the identification storage unit (ID-ROM) 104 have the same configuration as that of a general radio selective calling receiver, and a description thereof will be omitted.

Next, the control unit 105 shown in FIG. 1 and its connection will be described below. The control unit 105 controls the power supply of the receiving unit 102 to prolong the battery life, and performs the receiving operation only when the base station transmits its own calling signal.

The control unit 105 performs call number collation and message restoration. If the call number is normal, the control unit 105 drives the notification unit 107 using the notification control unit 106 to notify the receiver of the call. .

When the message cannot be restored by the signal from the decoder 103, the control unit 105 suspends the notification operation and simultaneously sets the bit synchronization frequency control unit 10
8 to change the frequency of bit synchronization. The frequency of bit synchronization is the number of pulses to be corrected, so to speak.
When sampling and demodulating for each of a plurality of clocks corresponding to the clock in the decoder 103, the frequency of bit synchronization is changed by changing the number of clocks of the plurality of clocks.

(Operation of the Present Embodiment) Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. The present invention
By transmitting the same paging signal a plurality of times for one paging at a base station that sends out a paging signal, it is effective for a system that compensates the reception rate.

Here, in order to simplify the description, the first embodiment will be described by limiting the number of transmissions to two.

FIG. 2 is an example showing transmission timings of the first transmission signal and the second transmission signal when the number of transmissions is two.

The base station has a total of 128 from 0 to 127.
Although the frame is repeatedly transmitted, the receiver performs the receiving operation only on the frame specified in advance and the frame according to the receiving cycle. The signal transmitted twice is always transmitted continuously for the received frame.

In FIG. 1, the calling signal (202,
203) will be described.

The first signal (202) is received by the antenna 101 by an amount corresponding to the antenna gain.
Sent to The receiving unit 102 amplifies the signal to a voltage that can be demodulated, and sends the demodulated signal to the decoder unit 103 after demodulation. The decoder unit 103 decodes the demodulated signal and sends it to the control unit 105. Here, the control unit 105 transmits the ID-
The call number of the specific self ID stored in the ROM 104 is compared with the call signal sent from the decoder unit 103, and if the match is found, the subsequently transmitted message is restored, and the match is found by the match. If not, the received information is discarded, and the bit synchronization frequency is changed through the bit synchronization frequency control unit 108 at the same time.

Next, when the message can be correctly restored, the control unit 105 sends the notification unit 1 through the notification control unit 106.
07 is notified to notify the receiver carrier of the call. This call notification is displayed on a display such as a liquid crystal display,
The notification is performed by a sound output unit such as a speaker or a notification unit such as a vibrator that notifies by vibration.

However, if the message cannot be restored correctly, the notification instruction is suspended, the second reception is waited, and the bit synchronization frequency is changed through the bit synchronization frequency control unit 108.

When the notification operation is performed at the first time when the second signal (203) is received, the second signal is transmitted to the control unit 105.
Discarded by When the notification is suspended for the first time, the message recovery operation is performed. When the restoration can be accurately performed by the first and second combining, the notification unit 107 is driven through the notification control unit 106. 1 if restoration failed
Discard both the first and second messages. At this time, the bit synchronization frequency is simultaneously changed through the bit synchronization frequency control unit 108.

Next, the detailed operation at the time of transmission twice will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. FIG. 3 shows the operation at the time of the first reception after the transmission twice.

When the receiver receives the first signal of the two transmissions (301), the control unit 105 sets the ID-ROM 10
4 is compared with the received call number (302), and when they do not match (N in 302), it is determined that there is no call and there is no notification (304). If the own call number matches the received data (Y of 302), the message is restored (30).
3) If all data can be restored (Y in 303), a notification operation is performed (305).

However, if any part of the data cannot be restored (N in 303), the second reception is waited for (3).
09) Before that, the bit synchronization frequency is confirmed through the bit synchronization frequency control unit 108 (306). At this time, if the bit synchronization frequency is every A (A is an integer) bits (Y in 306), the control unit 105 passes the bit synchronization frequency to B (B is an integer A <
B) Change for each bit (307). Conversely, when the bit synchronization frequency is every B bits (N in 306), the control unit 105 changes the bit synchronization frequency every A bits through the bit synchronization frequency control unit 108 (308).

According to FIG. 3, the bit synchronization frequency control unit 10
In this example, an accurate synchronization signal and message detection are performed using either one of the two bit synchronization frequencies A and B, which is effective for simplifying the hardware configuration and for detecting data at high speed. is there. However, if a plurality of types of bit synchronization frequencies are provided, the bit synchronization frequencies can be changed in the direction of increasing the number of bits or in the order of decreasing.

Next, FIG. 4 shows an operation at the time of the second reception at the time of the second transmission.

When the receiver receives the second signal of the two transmissions (401), the control unit 105 makes the ID-ROM 10
4 is compared with its own calling number stored in the received data (402). If they do not match (N in 402), it is determined that reception has failed, and the received message is discarded (405). There is no notification (406). The operation after step 406 will be described later.

If the own call number ID and the received data match (Y in 402), the message is restored (403). If the first and second times have been completely restored, the message is restored (403). Y), a notification operation is performed (404).
However, if any part of the message cannot be restored (N in 403), the received message is discarded (405) and no notification is made (406). Thereafter, the control unit 105 checks the bit synchronization frequency through the bit synchronization frequency control unit 108 (407), and if the bit synchronization frequency is every A bits (Y in 407), the bit synchronization frequency control unit 108, the bit synchronization frequency is changed for each B bit (40
8). Conversely, if the bit synchronization frequency is every B bits (N in 407), the bit synchronization frequency is changed every A bits through the bit synchronization frequency control unit 108 (40).
9).

In the first embodiment of the present invention, the number of transmissions is 2
Although the number of transmissions has been described, the number of transmissions is not limited.
To increase the number of transmissions, apply the present invention only to the last two transmissions, or apply FIG. 3 to all transmissions except the last transmissions, and apply FIG. 4 to the last transmissions. good. Alternatively, a method may be adopted in which the above-described embodiment is continuously operated from the beginning until an error does not occur in the message for a plurality of times of transmission, and when the messages match, the subsequent received message is discarded.

Although the bit synchronization frequency is taken as an example of the means for changing the bit synchronization speed, as shown in FIG. 5, the bit synchronization frequency control unit 108 in FIG. The amount of correcting the number of bits of the synchronizing signal at a time may be made variable to achieve this. For example,
Normally, 1/10 bit correction for 1 bit of the synchronization signal can be changed to 3/10 bit (3 times).

Since the bit synchronization frequency of the bit synchronization frequency control unit 108 is set to two types of A and B, the bit synchronization correction amount of the bit synchronization correction amount control unit 508 is set to two types of A and B, This can contribute to the simplicity of the configuration, the easiness of the software program, and the reduction in the amount of memory depending on the amount to be determined. Or
Even when two or more types of bit synchronization frequencies and bit synchronization correction amounts are used, which bit synchronization frequency to select, or which bit synchronization correction amount to select, is more accurately and quickly assured. The main purpose is to detect a unique message. For example, if the bit error rate (BER) of the first message is high, the bit synchronization frequency is set to the maximum frequency number, or the bit synchronization correction amount is selected to be the minimum bit correction.

[Second Embodiment] Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Also in the second embodiment, the number of transmissions will be limited to two in order to simplify the description.

FIG. 5 shows a block configuration of the second embodiment. The difference from FIG. 1 is that the bit synchronization frequency control unit 1
08 is replaced with a bit synchronization correction amount control unit 508. Although this part does not need to be changed from the first embodiment, it is intentionally changed in order to explain a bit synchronization correction amount changing method. In FIG. 5, the selective paging receiver includes an antenna 501, a receiving section 502, a decoder section 503 having a bit synchronization correction amount control section 508, an ID-RO
M504, a control unit 505, a notification control unit 506, and a notification unit 507. The configuration of each unit is the same except for the selective call receiver and the bit synchronization correction amount control unit 508 shown in FIG. Description is omitted.

The detailed operation at the time of transmitting twice will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 6 shows the operation at the time of the first reception after the transmission twice.

When the selective call receiver receives the first signal of the two transmissions from the base station (601), the control unit 505 determines its own call number ID stored in the ID-ROM 504 and the reception number. The compared data is compared (60
2) If they do not match (N in 602), it is determined that there is no call, and no notification is made (604). Own calling number I
If D and the received data match (Y in 602),
The message is restored (603), and if all messages have been restored (Y in 603), a notification operation is performed (605).

However, if any part of the data cannot be restored (N in 603), the second reception is waited (6).
07) Before that, the bit synchronization correction amount is controlled, for example, from 1/10 bit to 3/3 through the bit synchronization correction amount control unit 508.
Change to 10 bits (606).

FIG. 7 shows the operation at the time of the second reception at the time of the second transmission. When the selective call receiver receives the second signal of the two transmissions from the base station (70)
1) The control unit 505 compares its own calling number ID stored in the ID-ROM 504 with the received data (702), and when they do not match (N in 702), determines that the reception has failed. And discards the received message (70
5), no notification is made (706). Thereafter, the control unit 50
5 returns the bit synchronization correction amount to 1/10 bit through the bit synchronization correction amount control unit 508 (707).

Next, if the own calling number and the received data match (Y in 702), the message is restored (703), and if all the messages have been restored by combining the first and second times. Performs a notification operation (Y in 703) (704). Thereafter, the control unit 505 reduces the bit synchronization correction amount to 1/1 through the bit synchronization correction amount control unit 508.
It returns to 0 bits (707). On the other hand, if any part of the message cannot be restored (N in 703), the received message is discarded (705), and no notification is made (706). Thereafter, the control unit 505 returns the bit synchronization correction amount to 1/10 bit through the bit synchronization correction amount control unit 508 (707).

According to the above embodiment, the bit synchronization correction amount is controlled by the bit synchronization correction amount
Although the description is made on the assumption that the control unit 505 of the control unit 505 is simpler and the selection speed in the configuration is increased, a plurality of bit synchronization correction amounts are set, and An appropriate bit synchronization correction amount may be selected according to the received signal level and the bit error degree of the received signal.

In each of the above embodiments, the description has been given of the radio selective calling receiver.
al Handyphone System) may be applied to the function of message calling of selective calling, and if it has the function of receiving selective calling, it is not necessary to limit to a so-called pager or pager.

The selection of the frequency of bit synchronization and the amount of bit synchronization correction by the radio selective calling receiver according to the present invention can be applied not only to message reception but also to data reception. Not only 1
Even in the case of data transmission / reception only once, the first time of data transmission / reception lacks reliability, but by appropriately selecting the bit synchronization frequency and the bit synchronization correction amount of the receiver in the same radio wave environment, it is possible to reduce the It is possible to accurately decode the synchronization signal even during the first time or even during the first time to detect accurate data reception.

[0052]

According to the present invention, as a first effect, when the radio selective call receiver is at a position where it can receive the same call signal arriving from a plurality of stations, the effect of the existence of a plurality of phases (bit synchronization shift). ) Can be reduced. This is because by increasing the speed of the bit synchronization, the followability of the bit synchronization is improved.

[0053]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram of a selective call receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of an operation of the selective call receiver according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an operation flowchart of the selective call receiver according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is an operation flowchart of the selective call receiver according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a configuration block diagram of a selective call receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is an operation flowchart of the selective call receiver according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is an operation flowchart of the selective call receiver according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of an operation of a conventional bit synchronization.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101, 501 Antenna 102, 502 Receiving section 103, 503 Decoder section 104, 504 ID-ROM 105, 505 Control section 106, 506 Broadcast control section 107, 507 Broadcast section 108 Bit synchronization frequency control section 508 Bit synchronization correction amount control section

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] An antenna for receiving a radio signal from a base station, a receiving section for demodulating the radio signal, and decoding and receiving the demodulated signal. A decoder for controlling a bit synchronization frequency of a message, and a controller for restoring the received message for the second time or later when the received message cannot be restored in the first reception while receiving the decoded signal a plurality of times. And an identification storage unit (ID-ROM) for storing its own reception identifier; a notification control unit for driving a notification command from the control unit; and a notification unit for outputting the notification command. A bit synchronization frequency control unit for selecting a bit synchronization frequency by the control unit, so that the message can be accurately restored in the first reception. Radio selective calling receiver and selects the bit synchronization frequency of the bit synchronization frequency different from the bit synchronization frequency set for the case are. 2. The radio selective calling receiver according to claim 1, wherein the decoder section is configured to select a bit synchronization correction amount by the control section instead of the bit synchronization frequency control section. And selectively selecting the bit synchronization correction amount different from the set bit synchronization correction amount when the message cannot be accurately restored in the first reception. Machine.