CA2090740C - Base-site synchronization in a communication system - Google Patents
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Abstract
A central-site (100) has located within it a synchronization system for purposes of backing-up a GPS external synchronization system. The central-site (100) is coupled to a plurality of base-sites (102, 103) which are required to be synchronized to one another. When the GPS signal is lost, the synchronization system within the central-site (100) allows the plurality of base-sites (102, 103) to maintain synchronization to one another. In this manner, the necessity for a synchronization system within each of the plurality of base-sites (102, 103) is eliminated.
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sA~m ~YNÇ~ N IN A
COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
S Field of the Invention The inv~ ion relates generally to c~.. -.. ;c~t;on system~
and more specifically to synchronization of base-sites in C,~----~----;C~t;Qn~ ~y~ 8.
Ba~o. ~ of the Invention In many co nmunic~t~ n4 systems, and more spe~fic~lly, 15 cell~ r radiotelephone ~y~l~s~ tr~n~mi~ion~ from a base-site to a mobile either has the c~p~bility to adjust tr~n~miss;on ~;ming~ or does not ieq~,Ule any adjl~t n^nt at all. However, in other cellular radiot~lerhQne ~y~ 8, Bpecifically code-diviBion multiple access (CDMA) cellular radiotelephone systems, 2 0 ~hsolllte ~;ming between the base-site and a subscriber unit iB
es~ l for effective 0~ tion of the system. The re~luil~ ent for absolute synchroni7~tiQn is seen, not 80 much from a single base-site to subscriber ~lnit perspective, but more from two or more base-sites to subscriber unit perspective. This is true since 2 5 CDMA subscriber units are capable of diversity receiving tr~n~missions from at least two base-sites, and m~king l~c~JI ion ~ieC~ upon either one, or both, of the tr:~n~mi~ion~
as required. Clearly, to achieve this l~ulpose, the two base-sites which perform the tr~n~mi~sion of a signal must be 3 0 sync~--i7ed absolutely in time 80 that the subscriber uI~it may receive both tr~n4mi~sion~ at the ~ame time and perform ecel,Lion as lC~lUil~d.
One method of assuring synchrori7~t;on between base-sites in a CDMA cellular radiotelephone sy~tem is to use the 20907~0 global posit;nnine system (GPS) which has been traditionally used for navi~t;Qnol ~ul~oses. GPS is a series of satellites synchrQni~e~ in time and cont;nllQusly transmitting, inter alia, time, date, and positioning inform-ot;on~ By supplying GPS
5 receivers at the base-sites, absolute synchronization of the cu~.. ,nication system can be achieved. However, several inherent problems with GPS may occur. First, GPS may tel.l~olarily go out of service as the cesium or rubidium ston-l~rds ~.i~i~ the sAt~lliteE require mo-int~nonce. Second, 10 not every CO~tl,~ in the world can leceive a tro-n~miRsion from a GPS ~o~lite.
To ~ c~vellt the inherent problemR of GPS, co-located ston-lords such as rubidium, cesium, or ovenized oscillAtQrs may be inPtolle~l at the base-sites for backup purposes. However, 15 as co~unication systems grow, the effect of having a GPS
l~,c~ ;ver and a ston~lord for GPS ~rL ,Jl. in each base-Rite can become very eYpP-nRive when analyzed on a per-rh-o-nn~l basis for small and medium cell-sites. In fact, the ston-l-ord and its related L~ it,l ~ is one of the major costs for the base-site during 2 0 both instollot;Qn and mointqnonce of the 8~8l~.
Thus, a need eYists for a GPS hor~ r configuration for use in a commltnication system that is centrally located 80 as to decrease the per-rhonnQl cost of the ston~lo~rd while effectively mAintoining absolute base-site synchronization in the 2 5 cQmm-lni~Ation system.
Sllmmory of the Invention 3 0 A co~ nication ~blem has a central-site coupled to a plurality of base-sites. The comml~nicAt;on system has meAns, at the central-site, for providing a synchrc~ni7At;on si~nol, and el-ns, coupled to the meAn~ for providing, for synchronizing 20907~0 the plurality of base-sites to one anotber utili~ing the synchrQni7.A~;on ~ignol, S Brief Dee~ ,1 ion of the Drawings FIG. 1 generally depicts a communication system employing centralized st~n~rd l,Dr~ in accordance with the illV~ n FIG. 2 generally illustrates the centralized stsn~l~rd for GPS backup technique based on a synchroni7e~ me~sllrement of a round-trip time delay by both central-site 100 and base-siteA
102.
FM. 3 generally depicts a flow diagram of the steps taken by a cU~n~nic~tion system to synchronize base-sites to one another using a centralized st~nd~rd in accordance with the inventiQn, 2 0 Det~ile~ Dc3cl;l.lion of a nefelled F.mhoflimant FIG. 1 generally depicts a - communication system employing centralized st~n~l~rd backup in accordance with the invent;on- In the preferred embo~limerlt, the commllnic~t;on 25 ~y~ is a CDMA cellular radiotel.ept o ne system. AB depicted, a central-site 100 is coupled to at least two base-sites, base-siteA
102 and base-siteg 103. Base-siteA 102 and base-siteg 103 are synchronized to one another by an external synchroni~t;on system, which in the preferred embodiment is the global 30 positioning system (GPS). Also depicted in FIG. 1 is the commllnic~t;on link which is used as the collplin~ me~n~
be~wee.. central-site 100 and base-sites 102, 103. In the l.lefelled ~mho~iment~ the commllnication link is a T1 link. In alternate ~mho~lime~tp~ the c~ ic~;on link may be, inter alia, a JT1 link, a CEPT link, and a mic,o. ~ve link. Co~lh~ g, T1A link 105 co-lplev central-site 100 to base-siteA 102. AIBO~ T1B link 106 is shown coupling central-site 100 to base-siteg 103. In the preferred embo~im~nt, T1 links are employed between the S central-site 100 and base-siteA 102 and base-siteg 103 hecæ~ Q-e these links already exist and are the most common and in~ ve me~ lm for such dist~bution.
Distributing synchrQni7~t;-~ information from central-site 100 through T1A link 105 and T1B link 106 in an ordinary updating fashion does not perform properly due to the cha~aclel;stics of a generic T1 link. This is true since the T1 delay as a function of time, and the delay di~cl~ .ces between the two dire_l:onQ, on a T1 link, add an uncertainty of several hundred microseconds (~lsec) to the synchroni7~otion update 1 5 process.
A T1 link could be routed through several clock reconstruction elementQ, such as a multiplexer, a microwave tr~n-Q-miaaion, and 2-wire ping-pong devices. These possible clock reco- atruction elçm~n~P are shown in T1A link 105 aB NA1-2 0 NA~ 111-115. Clock reconstruction elçmentQ, are also l ~picte-l in T1B ];nk 106 as alementQ NB1-NB3 121-123. TO dete~ ne the delay on a T1 link, the delay contribution of a typical T1 link as a fi~nct;oJ~ of time can be e~lessed as:
2 5 Delay(t) = (miles)(5.411sec) + (K+1)(wander~t)) + (K+1X~itter(t)) + (KX125 ~lsec slip) (1) where K=the nllml)er of clock reConQtruction element~ and the 125 llsec slip is a ron-lom slip. From equation (1), the first term 3 0 is a con~tont that i8 varied be~ ee., central ~ite 100 and base-site~
102, 103 and the two directions on the co~e~ponding T1 link. The wander delay vo.~on in time is co-n~e~ by both a variation in elastic buffer size at a rate that is slower than the 10 Hz, and by the T1 link wander contribution ç-oll~e-l mainly by long term ` - s te~ e~ature effPcts. In some c;lc~ Pt~nces~ the wander could ros~;hly contribute up to 18 ~lsec (by each clock reconstruction element) in a cycle of up to days.
The jitter delay i8 a short term variation delay that is S cAIl~e~l by both the size of the elA~t;c buffer variation at a rate hif~her than the 10 Hz, and by the variation in clock ec~-.ctruction thre~hol~l4 in T1 termin~t;Qn and repeAters. For a more co~ U~ehenRive eYrlAnAtion of jitter and wander, a jitter/wander model is described ccm G823/G824. For more 1 0 i,.fol...~t;~n, see ccm BlllebQolr, pllbli~heA November 26, 1988 in Geneva, S..i~lland.
The oc~ L~.ce of a 125 ~lsec slip is a slip of one frame which is neceRfl~ry to m~int~in frame synchronization in a t~ -o~ netwo.k instability P;tV~ n The most difficult terms 1 5 to u~,elco ~e in order to m~int~in the CDMA synchrQni~Atior-acc~ ry are the wander contribllt~onR, the fr_me slips, and the di~el~uce in delay l,el~ eell eceive and transmit direct;on~ on a T1 link.
FIG. 2 generally illustrates the centralized st~n-i~rd for 2 0 GPS backup te^hnique based on a B,~uCIl~'O-~;7~l measurement of a round-trip time delay by both central-site 100 and, for this example, base-siteA 102. The same process occurs between central-site 100 and base-siteg 103, but iB not lliacllRse~l here for the sake of convenience. The techni~ue capit~ es on the fact 2 5 that rubidium ~t~ntls~rd 104 used in central-site 100 will provide a more accurate clock than will the clock used in base-siteA 102, and by having each site 100, 102 m~A~llre round-trip time delay, the better clock in central-site 100 can be used to co..~ Ate for the clock in base-siteA 102. The msARllred round-trip time delay 3 0 is given by (M)(df~t) + dr(t)), where M is the number of 100PB or round-trips, df~t) iB the forward delay (central-site 100 to base-siteA 102), and dr(t) iB the L~.elbe delay (base-siteA 102 to central-site 100). When GPS is lost, base-siteA 102 informs central-site 100 on the occ.ul~.lce of a GPS fault and sends an ini~;Ate bArkllr message 201. The sync~..i7~t;Qn of the ~liP~nce m~^a-llrement between base-siteA 102 and central-site 100 iB e8a~ent;~l for long-term wander c~ncell~tion. Also, aiEnific~nt to note is that synchrQni7~t;on between baac ~iteA 102 and central-site 100 can 5 be done by ~lalLi, g the lJrOCedule at the same time, based on the ne~lecte l short-term drift of the chosen st~ n~rd in central-site 100 and base-siteA 102. In the ~.ef~e.l emhoflim^ t, the central standard for GPS backup 1~ 1 at central-site 100 is a rubidium standard. G4~ ;~, in this case, the phase di~elellce between 1 0 the two me~a~lrem^nt~e- will be the delay for only one direct;on Using an ~ltern~ synchro~i7~t;on te- hni-lue, base-siteA 102 can invoke a measurement by ~ynclllv..i7ing to a master sequence sent by central-site 100. In this case, the phase di~e~ellce ~ ,e~l the me~a~ r-.-e-~a= will be one round-trip .
1 5 Upon lec~i~t of ~ ~cL~ i7~tiQn ~e~r~ge 201, central-site 100 will start a measurement counter within measurement .,~L~ 107 and will send a m~ater sequence 202 to base-siteA
102 via T1A link 105. Upon l¢ce;pt and correlation of master sequence 202, base-siteA 102 starts it~ own counter within 20 measurement c;l~h~ 116 at a time specifie~l by message 201, and also sends a sequence 203 to central-site 100. In the ~ f~lLed çmho~iim~ master sequence 202 and sequence 203 are the same sequence; in alternate çmho~lim~ntav~ they need not be the same sequence. P~a~e ~iteA 102 loops back m~ater sequence 2 5 202 to central-site 100, while central-site 100 loops back sequence 203 to base-siteA 102. After M loops, both central-site 100 and base-siteA 102 stop collnt;ne, and central-site 100 sends its mer~e~lred round-trip time delay to base-siteA 102 in r~eEE~ge 204.
Base-siteA 102 then pelfol" s a drift cA~ lAt;on between its own 3 0 round-trip time delay and that m^~Q-lred by oentral-site 100. The nnmber of loops M le~ c-l is ~Alcul~tF l based on the ~qnt;~p7~te~l absolute drift in base-siteA 102 n ocessAry to m~;..t9;.. an adequate ~;min~ adjugtmo~nt for resolution and jitter/wander averaging contribution of less than 1 ~Q~ecQnll The determin~;on of the nnmher of 1OOPB is given by (clock drift)(M)(dfft) + dr(t)) >> (local adjustment resolnt~ ). RAAe oiteA 102 then c~ teE for the di~e"~ es bcl,..~l, the round-trip time delay mea~urem~ntF
by adjusting its local clock. By l~ent:..E this techni-lue between S central-~ite 100 and basc oiteg 103 via T1B link 106, and any other base-site cor1r~ected to central-site 100, absolute ~Yl.clno..i7s~tiQn of l~a~e uites to one ~n~her is achieved without the use of GPS.
In this m~nnQr, eYi~ting T1 links _ay be employed to m~int~in absolute syncL,o .i7p*on be~.. ecn base-siteA 102 and base-siteg 1 0 103 upon removal of GPS from a single rubidium st~n-l~rd loc~ed at central-site 100.
FIG. 3 generally depicts a flow diagram of the step~ taken by a commllnic~t;on system to synchronize base-sites to one another using a centralized .7t~n~3~rd in accordance with the 1 5 illv~lion. In general, the cv~ ication system measures, at .,tep 330, a first round-trip time delay at central-site 100, measures, at step 331, a secon~l round-trip time delay at each of a plurality of base-sites, and compensates, at step 332, for dis~,le~-~ncies in the measured round-trip time delays between 2 0 the central-site 100 and each of the plurality of ~a~e aites. More sperific~lly, the techni(lue starts at 300 when base-sites 102, 103 noti_es, at step 301, central-site 100 of the ~limin~t;on of GPS and sends an init;~te backup ~Eaa~e 201 to central-site 100. GPS
may be elimin~ted by, inter alia, maint~n~nce on the GPS
2 5 ~t~llite~ non cv~ela~e dul~ a s~e~ific time of day, loss of a GPS
,ec~iver 101, 118, 125,etc. Central-sitethenstartsacounterand sends ...A~Lv-- sequence 202 to base-sites 102, 103 at step 303. Ba~e-sites 102, 103 l'lDCeiVe, at step 306, m~eter sequence 202; start their own counter; loop back master sequence 202 to central-site 100;
3 0 and send their own sequence 203 to central-site 100. (~entral-site 100 measures, at step 309, delay for M loops of m~ter sequence 202 and also sends back sequence 203 to base-site~ 102, 103. Base-sites 102, 103 measure, at step 312, delay for M loops of their sequence 203. After M loops, central-aite 100 sends, at step 315, its me~Ql~red round-trip time delay in mesaAge 204. Base-sitea 102, 103 compare, at step 318, the round-trip time delay measured by central-site 100 to their own measure round-trip time delay and adjust, at step 321, their clock ba~ed on the c~ .;eon.
The technique employed in both FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 has several inherent a.l~,~tages. First, a frame slip, where a frame in a CDMA radiotelephone s~OI~ is 125 ~sec, can be fletected by col.~l~. ;.~ the last loop or round-trip time delay to the previous one for N x 125 llsec delay dirre.dllces. This value will then be l 0 ~ubtracted from the last loop or round-trip time delay measurement. Also, the technique employs an adaptive correl~t;^n terhnique used by the looping sequence in order to a,limin~te the impact of tr~n~mia~ion error~ on the measule ent process.
1 5 Thus, it will be ap~e.lt to one e~ le~l in the art that there has been provided in accordance with the invent;Qn, a method and al.~atus for synchro li~ng base-siteg in a c~ .icAt;4n system llt;li7ing a centralized ~t~n~l~rd that fully sati~fies the ob~E~s, aims, and alv~tages set forth above.
2 0 While the invention has been de~cribed in con,jullction with Bpecific emholliment~ thereof, it i~ evident that many alterAt,~ona, m~ificAt;Qna, and vari~t;on~ will be ap~al~nt to those ~lrille~l in the art in light of the rore6oing description. Accoldillgly, it ia inte~le-l to embrace all such alterations, mo~lificAt;ona, and 2 5 vari~t; ~na in the al,~e .~1~ l rl~im~.
What I claim is
COMMUNICATION SYSTEM
S Field of the Invention The inv~ ion relates generally to c~.. -.. ;c~t;on system~
and more specifically to synchronization of base-sites in C,~----~----;C~t;Qn~ ~y~ 8.
Ba~o. ~ of the Invention In many co nmunic~t~ n4 systems, and more spe~fic~lly, 15 cell~ r radiotelephone ~y~l~s~ tr~n~mi~ion~ from a base-site to a mobile either has the c~p~bility to adjust tr~n~miss;on ~;ming~ or does not ieq~,Ule any adjl~t n^nt at all. However, in other cellular radiot~lerhQne ~y~ 8, Bpecifically code-diviBion multiple access (CDMA) cellular radiotelephone systems, 2 0 ~hsolllte ~;ming between the base-site and a subscriber unit iB
es~ l for effective 0~ tion of the system. The re~luil~ ent for absolute synchroni7~tiQn is seen, not 80 much from a single base-site to subscriber ~lnit perspective, but more from two or more base-sites to subscriber unit perspective. This is true since 2 5 CDMA subscriber units are capable of diversity receiving tr~n~missions from at least two base-sites, and m~king l~c~JI ion ~ieC~ upon either one, or both, of the tr:~n~mi~ion~
as required. Clearly, to achieve this l~ulpose, the two base-sites which perform the tr~n~mi~sion of a signal must be 3 0 sync~--i7ed absolutely in time 80 that the subscriber uI~it may receive both tr~n4mi~sion~ at the ~ame time and perform ecel,Lion as lC~lUil~d.
One method of assuring synchrori7~t;on between base-sites in a CDMA cellular radiotelephone sy~tem is to use the 20907~0 global posit;nnine system (GPS) which has been traditionally used for navi~t;Qnol ~ul~oses. GPS is a series of satellites synchrQni~e~ in time and cont;nllQusly transmitting, inter alia, time, date, and positioning inform-ot;on~ By supplying GPS
5 receivers at the base-sites, absolute synchronization of the cu~.. ,nication system can be achieved. However, several inherent problems with GPS may occur. First, GPS may tel.l~olarily go out of service as the cesium or rubidium ston-l~rds ~.i~i~ the sAt~lliteE require mo-int~nonce. Second, 10 not every CO~tl,~ in the world can leceive a tro-n~miRsion from a GPS ~o~lite.
To ~ c~vellt the inherent problemR of GPS, co-located ston-lords such as rubidium, cesium, or ovenized oscillAtQrs may be inPtolle~l at the base-sites for backup purposes. However, 15 as co~unication systems grow, the effect of having a GPS
l~,c~ ;ver and a ston~lord for GPS ~rL ,Jl. in each base-Rite can become very eYpP-nRive when analyzed on a per-rh-o-nn~l basis for small and medium cell-sites. In fact, the ston-l-ord and its related L~ it,l ~ is one of the major costs for the base-site during 2 0 both instollot;Qn and mointqnonce of the 8~8l~.
Thus, a need eYists for a GPS hor~ r configuration for use in a commltnication system that is centrally located 80 as to decrease the per-rhonnQl cost of the ston~lo~rd while effectively mAintoining absolute base-site synchronization in the 2 5 cQmm-lni~Ation system.
Sllmmory of the Invention 3 0 A co~ nication ~blem has a central-site coupled to a plurality of base-sites. The comml~nicAt;on system has meAns, at the central-site, for providing a synchrc~ni7At;on si~nol, and el-ns, coupled to the meAn~ for providing, for synchronizing 20907~0 the plurality of base-sites to one anotber utili~ing the synchrQni7.A~;on ~ignol, S Brief Dee~ ,1 ion of the Drawings FIG. 1 generally depicts a communication system employing centralized st~n~rd l,Dr~ in accordance with the illV~ n FIG. 2 generally illustrates the centralized stsn~l~rd for GPS backup technique based on a synchroni7e~ me~sllrement of a round-trip time delay by both central-site 100 and base-siteA
102.
FM. 3 generally depicts a flow diagram of the steps taken by a cU~n~nic~tion system to synchronize base-sites to one another using a centralized st~nd~rd in accordance with the inventiQn, 2 0 Det~ile~ Dc3cl;l.lion of a nefelled F.mhoflimant FIG. 1 generally depicts a - communication system employing centralized st~n~l~rd backup in accordance with the invent;on- In the preferred embo~limerlt, the commllnic~t;on 25 ~y~ is a CDMA cellular radiotel.ept o ne system. AB depicted, a central-site 100 is coupled to at least two base-sites, base-siteA
102 and base-siteg 103. Base-siteA 102 and base-siteg 103 are synchronized to one another by an external synchroni~t;on system, which in the preferred embodiment is the global 30 positioning system (GPS). Also depicted in FIG. 1 is the commllnic~t;on link which is used as the collplin~ me~n~
be~wee.. central-site 100 and base-sites 102, 103. In the l.lefelled ~mho~iment~ the commllnication link is a T1 link. In alternate ~mho~lime~tp~ the c~ ic~;on link may be, inter alia, a JT1 link, a CEPT link, and a mic,o. ~ve link. Co~lh~ g, T1A link 105 co-lplev central-site 100 to base-siteA 102. AIBO~ T1B link 106 is shown coupling central-site 100 to base-siteg 103. In the preferred embo~im~nt, T1 links are employed between the S central-site 100 and base-siteA 102 and base-siteg 103 hecæ~ Q-e these links already exist and are the most common and in~ ve me~ lm for such dist~bution.
Distributing synchrQni7~t;-~ information from central-site 100 through T1A link 105 and T1B link 106 in an ordinary updating fashion does not perform properly due to the cha~aclel;stics of a generic T1 link. This is true since the T1 delay as a function of time, and the delay di~cl~ .ces between the two dire_l:onQ, on a T1 link, add an uncertainty of several hundred microseconds (~lsec) to the synchroni7~otion update 1 5 process.
A T1 link could be routed through several clock reconstruction elementQ, such as a multiplexer, a microwave tr~n-Q-miaaion, and 2-wire ping-pong devices. These possible clock reco- atruction elçm~n~P are shown in T1A link 105 aB NA1-2 0 NA~ 111-115. Clock reconstruction elçmentQ, are also l ~picte-l in T1B ];nk 106 as alementQ NB1-NB3 121-123. TO dete~ ne the delay on a T1 link, the delay contribution of a typical T1 link as a fi~nct;oJ~ of time can be e~lessed as:
2 5 Delay(t) = (miles)(5.411sec) + (K+1)(wander~t)) + (K+1X~itter(t)) + (KX125 ~lsec slip) (1) where K=the nllml)er of clock reConQtruction element~ and the 125 llsec slip is a ron-lom slip. From equation (1), the first term 3 0 is a con~tont that i8 varied be~ ee., central ~ite 100 and base-site~
102, 103 and the two directions on the co~e~ponding T1 link. The wander delay vo.~on in time is co-n~e~ by both a variation in elastic buffer size at a rate that is slower than the 10 Hz, and by the T1 link wander contribution ç-oll~e-l mainly by long term ` - s te~ e~ature effPcts. In some c;lc~ Pt~nces~ the wander could ros~;hly contribute up to 18 ~lsec (by each clock reconstruction element) in a cycle of up to days.
The jitter delay i8 a short term variation delay that is S cAIl~e~l by both the size of the elA~t;c buffer variation at a rate hif~her than the 10 Hz, and by the variation in clock ec~-.ctruction thre~hol~l4 in T1 termin~t;Qn and repeAters. For a more co~ U~ehenRive eYrlAnAtion of jitter and wander, a jitter/wander model is described ccm G823/G824. For more 1 0 i,.fol...~t;~n, see ccm BlllebQolr, pllbli~heA November 26, 1988 in Geneva, S..i~lland.
The oc~ L~.ce of a 125 ~lsec slip is a slip of one frame which is neceRfl~ry to m~int~in frame synchronization in a t~ -o~ netwo.k instability P;tV~ n The most difficult terms 1 5 to u~,elco ~e in order to m~int~in the CDMA synchrQni~Atior-acc~ ry are the wander contribllt~onR, the fr_me slips, and the di~el~uce in delay l,el~ eell eceive and transmit direct;on~ on a T1 link.
FIG. 2 generally illustrates the centralized st~n-i~rd for 2 0 GPS backup te^hnique based on a B,~uCIl~'O-~;7~l measurement of a round-trip time delay by both central-site 100 and, for this example, base-siteA 102. The same process occurs between central-site 100 and base-siteg 103, but iB not lliacllRse~l here for the sake of convenience. The techni~ue capit~ es on the fact 2 5 that rubidium ~t~ntls~rd 104 used in central-site 100 will provide a more accurate clock than will the clock used in base-siteA 102, and by having each site 100, 102 m~A~llre round-trip time delay, the better clock in central-site 100 can be used to co..~ Ate for the clock in base-siteA 102. The msARllred round-trip time delay 3 0 is given by (M)(df~t) + dr(t)), where M is the number of 100PB or round-trips, df~t) iB the forward delay (central-site 100 to base-siteA 102), and dr(t) iB the L~.elbe delay (base-siteA 102 to central-site 100). When GPS is lost, base-siteA 102 informs central-site 100 on the occ.ul~.lce of a GPS fault and sends an ini~;Ate bArkllr message 201. The sync~..i7~t;Qn of the ~liP~nce m~^a-llrement between base-siteA 102 and central-site 100 iB e8a~ent;~l for long-term wander c~ncell~tion. Also, aiEnific~nt to note is that synchrQni7~t;on between baac ~iteA 102 and central-site 100 can 5 be done by ~lalLi, g the lJrOCedule at the same time, based on the ne~lecte l short-term drift of the chosen st~ n~rd in central-site 100 and base-siteA 102. In the ~.ef~e.l emhoflim^ t, the central standard for GPS backup 1~ 1 at central-site 100 is a rubidium standard. G4~ ;~, in this case, the phase di~elellce between 1 0 the two me~a~lrem^nt~e- will be the delay for only one direct;on Using an ~ltern~ synchro~i7~t;on te- hni-lue, base-siteA 102 can invoke a measurement by ~ynclllv..i7ing to a master sequence sent by central-site 100. In this case, the phase di~e~ellce ~ ,e~l the me~a~ r-.-e-~a= will be one round-trip .
1 5 Upon lec~i~t of ~ ~cL~ i7~tiQn ~e~r~ge 201, central-site 100 will start a measurement counter within measurement .,~L~ 107 and will send a m~ater sequence 202 to base-siteA
102 via T1A link 105. Upon l¢ce;pt and correlation of master sequence 202, base-siteA 102 starts it~ own counter within 20 measurement c;l~h~ 116 at a time specifie~l by message 201, and also sends a sequence 203 to central-site 100. In the ~ f~lLed çmho~iim~ master sequence 202 and sequence 203 are the same sequence; in alternate çmho~lim~ntav~ they need not be the same sequence. P~a~e ~iteA 102 loops back m~ater sequence 2 5 202 to central-site 100, while central-site 100 loops back sequence 203 to base-siteA 102. After M loops, both central-site 100 and base-siteA 102 stop collnt;ne, and central-site 100 sends its mer~e~lred round-trip time delay to base-siteA 102 in r~eEE~ge 204.
Base-siteA 102 then pelfol" s a drift cA~ lAt;on between its own 3 0 round-trip time delay and that m^~Q-lred by oentral-site 100. The nnmber of loops M le~ c-l is ~Alcul~tF l based on the ~qnt;~p7~te~l absolute drift in base-siteA 102 n ocessAry to m~;..t9;.. an adequate ~;min~ adjugtmo~nt for resolution and jitter/wander averaging contribution of less than 1 ~Q~ecQnll The determin~;on of the nnmher of 1OOPB is given by (clock drift)(M)(dfft) + dr(t)) >> (local adjustment resolnt~ ). RAAe oiteA 102 then c~ teE for the di~e"~ es bcl,..~l, the round-trip time delay mea~urem~ntF
by adjusting its local clock. By l~ent:..E this techni-lue between S central-~ite 100 and basc oiteg 103 via T1B link 106, and any other base-site cor1r~ected to central-site 100, absolute ~Yl.clno..i7s~tiQn of l~a~e uites to one ~n~her is achieved without the use of GPS.
In this m~nnQr, eYi~ting T1 links _ay be employed to m~int~in absolute syncL,o .i7p*on be~.. ecn base-siteA 102 and base-siteg 1 0 103 upon removal of GPS from a single rubidium st~n-l~rd loc~ed at central-site 100.
FIG. 3 generally depicts a flow diagram of the step~ taken by a commllnic~t;on system to synchronize base-sites to one another using a centralized .7t~n~3~rd in accordance with the 1 5 illv~lion. In general, the cv~ ication system measures, at .,tep 330, a first round-trip time delay at central-site 100, measures, at step 331, a secon~l round-trip time delay at each of a plurality of base-sites, and compensates, at step 332, for dis~,le~-~ncies in the measured round-trip time delays between 2 0 the central-site 100 and each of the plurality of ~a~e aites. More sperific~lly, the techni(lue starts at 300 when base-sites 102, 103 noti_es, at step 301, central-site 100 of the ~limin~t;on of GPS and sends an init;~te backup ~Eaa~e 201 to central-site 100. GPS
may be elimin~ted by, inter alia, maint~n~nce on the GPS
2 5 ~t~llite~ non cv~ela~e dul~ a s~e~ific time of day, loss of a GPS
,ec~iver 101, 118, 125,etc. Central-sitethenstartsacounterand sends ...A~Lv-- sequence 202 to base-sites 102, 103 at step 303. Ba~e-sites 102, 103 l'lDCeiVe, at step 306, m~eter sequence 202; start their own counter; loop back master sequence 202 to central-site 100;
3 0 and send their own sequence 203 to central-site 100. (~entral-site 100 measures, at step 309, delay for M loops of m~ter sequence 202 and also sends back sequence 203 to base-site~ 102, 103. Base-sites 102, 103 measure, at step 312, delay for M loops of their sequence 203. After M loops, central-aite 100 sends, at step 315, its me~Ql~red round-trip time delay in mesaAge 204. Base-sitea 102, 103 compare, at step 318, the round-trip time delay measured by central-site 100 to their own measure round-trip time delay and adjust, at step 321, their clock ba~ed on the c~ .;eon.
The technique employed in both FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 has several inherent a.l~,~tages. First, a frame slip, where a frame in a CDMA radiotelephone s~OI~ is 125 ~sec, can be fletected by col.~l~. ;.~ the last loop or round-trip time delay to the previous one for N x 125 llsec delay dirre.dllces. This value will then be l 0 ~ubtracted from the last loop or round-trip time delay measurement. Also, the technique employs an adaptive correl~t;^n terhnique used by the looping sequence in order to a,limin~te the impact of tr~n~mia~ion error~ on the measule ent process.
1 5 Thus, it will be ap~e.lt to one e~ le~l in the art that there has been provided in accordance with the invent;Qn, a method and al.~atus for synchro li~ng base-siteg in a c~ .icAt;4n system llt;li7ing a centralized ~t~n~l~rd that fully sati~fies the ob~E~s, aims, and alv~tages set forth above.
2 0 While the invention has been de~cribed in con,jullction with Bpecific emholliment~ thereof, it i~ evident that many alterAt,~ona, m~ificAt;Qna, and vari~t;on~ will be ap~al~nt to those ~lrille~l in the art in light of the rore6oing description. Accoldillgly, it ia inte~le-l to embrace all such alterations, mo~lificAt;ona, and 2 5 vari~t; ~na in the al,~e .~1~ l rl~im~.
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1. A communication system having a central-site coupled to a plurality of base-sites, the communication system comprising:
means, at the central-site, for providing a synchronization signal;
means, at the central-site and coupled to said means for providing, for measuring a round-trip time delay between the central-site and each of the plurality of base sites;
means, at each of the plurality of base-sites, for measuring a round-trip time delay; and means, at either the central-site or each of the plurality of base-sites, for compensating the discrepancies in said measured round-trip time delays between the central-site and each of the plurality of base-sites.
means, at the central-site, for providing a synchronization signal;
means, at the central-site and coupled to said means for providing, for measuring a round-trip time delay between the central-site and each of the plurality of base sites;
means, at each of the plurality of base-sites, for measuring a round-trip time delay; and means, at either the central-site or each of the plurality of base-sites, for compensating the discrepancies in said measured round-trip time delays between the central-site and each of the plurality of base-sites.
2. The communication system of claim 1 wherein said means for providing synchronization further comprises either a rubidium standard, a cesium standard, or an oscillator.
3. The communication system of claim 1 wherein said means for synchronizing the plurality of base-sites to one another utilizing said synchronization signal is located at the central-site.
4. The communication system of claim 1 wherein said communication system is a code-division multiple access (CDMA) radiotelephone system.
5. The communication system of claim 1 wherein said central-site is one of either a earth-based central-site or a space-based central-site.
6. A code-division multiple access (CDMA) radiotelephone system having a central-site coupled to a plurality of base-sites, the communication system comprising:
means, at the central-site, for providing a synchronization signal;
means, at the central-site and coupled to said means for providing, for measuring a round-trip time delay between the central-site and each of the plurality of base-sites;
means, at each of the plurality of base-sites, for measuring a round-trip time delay; and means, at either the central-site or each of the plurality of base-sites, for compensating the discrepancies in said measured round-trip time delays between the central-site and each of the plurality of base-sites.
means, at the central-site, for providing a synchronization signal;
means, at the central-site and coupled to said means for providing, for measuring a round-trip time delay between the central-site and each of the plurality of base-sites;
means, at each of the plurality of base-sites, for measuring a round-trip time delay; and means, at either the central-site or each of the plurality of base-sites, for compensating the discrepancies in said measured round-trip time delays between the central-site and each of the plurality of base-sites.
7. The CDMA radiotelephone system of claim 6 wherein said central-site is coupled to the plurality of base-sites via a T1 link.
8. A method of synchronization in a communication system, the communication system having a central-site coupled to a plurality of base-sites, the method comprising the steps of:
providing, at the central-site, a synchronization signal;
measuring, at the central-site and coupled to said means for providing, a round-trip time delay between the central-site and each of the plurality of base-sites;
measuring, at each of the plurality of base-sites, a round-trip time delay; and compensating, at either the central-site or each of the plurality of base-sites, the discrepancies in said measured round-trip time delays between the central-site and each of the plurality of base-sites.
providing, at the central-site, a synchronization signal;
measuring, at the central-site and coupled to said means for providing, a round-trip time delay between the central-site and each of the plurality of base-sites;
measuring, at each of the plurality of base-sites, a round-trip time delay; and compensating, at either the central-site or each of the plurality of base-sites, the discrepancies in said measured round-trip time delays between the central-site and each of the plurality of base-sites.
9. A method of maintaining synchronization in a communication system, the communication system having a central-site coupled to a plurality of base-sites, the plurality of base-sites synchronized to one another by an external synchronization system, the method comprising the steps of:
providing, at the central-site, a synchronization signal;
measuring, at the central-site, a first round-trip time delay between the central-site and each of the plurality of base-sites;
measuring, at each of the plurality of base-sites, a second round-trip time delay;
comparing said first round-trip time delay and said second round-trip time delay;
compensating, at either the central-site or each of the plurality of base-sites, the discrepancies in said measured round-trip time delays between the central-site and each of the plurality of base-sites; and repeating said steps of measuring a first round-trip time delay and measuring a second round-trip time delay.
providing, at the central-site, a synchronization signal;
measuring, at the central-site, a first round-trip time delay between the central-site and each of the plurality of base-sites;
measuring, at each of the plurality of base-sites, a second round-trip time delay;
comparing said first round-trip time delay and said second round-trip time delay;
compensating, at either the central-site or each of the plurality of base-sites, the discrepancies in said measured round-trip time delays between the central-site and each of the plurality of base-sites; and repeating said steps of measuring a first round-trip time delay and measuring a second round-trip time delay.
10. A method of maintaining synchronization in a communication system, the communication system having a central-site coupled to a plurality of base-sites, the plurality of base-sites having been previously synchronized to one another by an external synchronization system, the external synchronization system having been subsequently removed, the method of maintaining synchronization comprising the steps of:
sending, from each of the plurality of base-sites, an initiate backup message to the central-site upon loss of the external synchronization system;
measuring, at the central-site, a round-trip time delay between the central-site and the plurality of base-sites;
measuring, at each of the plurality of base-sites, a round-trip time delay between each of the plurality of base-sites and the central-site.
comparing, at each of the plurality of base-sites, said round-trip delays measured by each of the plurality of base-sites and the central-site; and maintaining synchronization among the plurality of base-sites based on said step of comparing.
sending, from each of the plurality of base-sites, an initiate backup message to the central-site upon loss of the external synchronization system;
measuring, at the central-site, a round-trip time delay between the central-site and the plurality of base-sites;
measuring, at each of the plurality of base-sites, a round-trip time delay between each of the plurality of base-sites and the central-site.
comparing, at each of the plurality of base-sites, said round-trip delays measured by each of the plurality of base-sites and the central-site; and maintaining synchronization among the plurality of base-sites based on said step of comparing.
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