JPH06252904A - Radio transmission system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To switch a transmission line without causing any error and to transmit a multicarrier signal in a circuit constitution of a small scale by securing the coincidence of phases among plural incoming frame signals and changing all pointer values into a single equal value. CONSTITUTION:A transmitter end office 30 is provided with a transmitter end office phase matching circuit 3 which can secure the coincidence of phases among those frame signals of six systems incoming to the input terminals of these systems. Each transmitter end office pointer processing circuit 4 changes all pointer values into a single equal value based on the deciding result of a lead-lag deciding network 5. Thus it is possible to acquire a frame signal having coincidence the frame head position and the pointer value. Therefore no data is deteriorated at all even through a faulty working circuit is instantaneously switched to a stand-by circuit. Thus the switching is carried out with no error at all. Meanwhile just a single pointer value extracting circuit will do at a receiver end office 40 because all pointer values are set equal to each other at the office 30.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention is used in digital wireless communication. In particular, it relates to a technology for simplifying and miniaturizing a microwave communication device configuration.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a digital microwave communication system or the like, in order to reduce the influence of the deterioration of line quality, a transmission line has a redundant structure and data signals are transmitted by multicarrier in a wireless section. .

A conventional example will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the structure of a frame signal. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a conventional device. As shown in FIG. 2, the structure of the frame signal has a frame bit F indicating the beginning of the frame and a pointer value P indicating the starting point position of the data D.
And data D.

FIG. 3 shows SDH (Synchronous Digital Hiera).
rchy: A conventional wireless transmission system for transmitting multi-carrier signals in a wireless section in which a transmission line adopting a synchronous digital hierarchy has a redundant configuration.

First, the operation of the transmitting terminal station 30 side will be described. The transmission terminal station frame synchronization circuit 2 has a sub STM-1 (Synchronous Transfer Modu) input from the input terminal 1.
Each frame signal of leLevel 1) is received, and the frame start position of each frame signal is detected. In the transmission terminal station pointer processing circuit 4, each frame signal is transferred to the in-station clock signal S1 and the pointer value in each frame signal is relocated based on the phase difference between the frame start position and the in-station clock signal S2. Each frame signal is selected by the selection circuit 6
Then, one series of frame signals is selected for each redundant configuration unit of the transmission path and transmitted as a multi-carrier to the wireless section.

Next, the operation of the receiving terminal station 40 will be described. The receiving end station frame synchronization circuit 7 receives each frame signal from the wireless section and detects the frame start position of each frame signal. In the reception terminal station pointer processing circuit 9, each frame signal is transferred to the in-station clock signal S2, and the pointer value in each frame signal is relocated based on the phase difference between the frame start position and the in-station clock signal S2. Each frame signal is signal-distributed for each redundant configuration unit of the transmission line and output from the output terminal 11 to the transmission line.

[0007]

When a frame signal from a transmission line having a redundant configuration is switched by an in-station clock, the frame signals arriving via a plurality of different transmission lines have different delay times. Therefore, since the phases of the frame signals do not match, if they are switched by the selection circuit as they are, the frame signals may be switched in the middle, resulting in data loss and an error. Further, in the case of transmitting a signal with multiple carriers in the wireless section, pointer processing circuits corresponding to the number of multiple carriers are required on the transmitting end station side and the receiving end station side, respectively. This is because even if the data has the same content, the pointer values are different depending on the circumstances of the sender. Therefore, the circuit configuration becomes large-scale.

The present invention has been made in view of such a background, and provides a radio transmission system capable of performing multicarrier signal transmission by switching a transmission line without an error with a small-scale circuit configuration. The purpose is to

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention comprises a transmitting terminal station and a receiving terminal station, the transmitting terminal station having a plurality of input terminals for inputting a plurality of incoming frame signals and a plurality of the input terminals. First changing means for converting the speed of the frame signal respectively inputted from the terminal into a clock speed in the own device and changing the pointer value indicating the data information start position of the frame signal to correspond to the clock in the own device. ,
Means for sending the output of the first changing means to a plurality of wireless transmission paths as a wireless signal, wherein the receiving terminal station receives the signals of the plurality of wireless transmission paths, and means for receiving the signals. Means for detecting the pointer value of the frame signal received by the second changing means, and second changing means for converting the speed of the frame signal into the clock speed of the transmission destination and changing the pointer value according to the clock of the transmission destination. It is a wireless transmission system including and.

Here, the feature of the present invention resides in that the transmitting terminal station is provided with means for making the phases of a plurality of frame signals arriving at the plurality of input terminals coincide with each other. The output of the matching means is input, and the first changing means is configured to change all the pointer values to be changed into one equal value, and the receiving terminal station,
The means for matching the phases of the plurality of frame signals received by the means for receiving, respectively, the output of the means for matching is input to the second changing means, and the means for detecting the pointer value is the same. There is provided means for detecting a pointer value for one of the plurality of frame signals output from the means for causing the means to input the pointer value to the second changing means.

The plurality of incoming frame signals are redundant signals for working and protection, and after changing pointer values on the input side of the means for sending to the plurality of wireless transmission lines,
It is desirable to provide a selection circuit for selecting one of the redundant signals.

[0012]

Since the frame signals arriving at the transmitting end station from a plurality of transmission paths pass through different paths even if the transmission timings are the same, the head positions of the frames are slightly shifted when they arrive.

After this shift is matched in the phase matching circuit, it is transferred to the clock in the station. Furthermore, even for the same data, the ponter value indicating the data start point in the frame differs due to the circumstances of each destination, so this deviation is detected and matched, and the pointer value corresponding to the in-station clock is added. Change. At this time, the arrangement order of the data is also circulated in accordance with the change of the pointer value to match the pointer value.

In this way, a frame signal in which the frame head position and the pointer value match is obtained. When the line used as the working line fails, even if this frame signal is immediately switched to the protection line, since the frame head position and the pointer value match, no data is lost and switching can be performed without error.

Next, the frame signal is transmitted as a radio signal in the radio section and input to the receiving terminal station. Since there is a possibility that the frame head may be displaced again in this wireless section, the frame head alignment is performed. At the receiving end station, the clock is transferred to the clock corresponding to the destination, and the pointer value is reassigned to the one corresponding to the clock. At this time, since the pointer values corresponding to the intra-station clock to be replaced are all aligned at the transmitting end station, if one pointer value is extracted from the plurality of frame signals that arrive at the receiving end station, the other The same applies to the pointer value of the frame signal. Therefore, only one circuit is required to extract this.

As a result, the receiving end station needs only one circuit for extracting the pointer value, and the transmitting end station can construct a wireless transmission system in which no data is lost even if the active protection switching is instantaneously performed.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The configuration of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention is provided with a transmitting terminal station 30 and a receiving terminal station 40. The transmitting terminal station 30 has six input terminals 1 for inputting incoming 6-system frame signals, respectively, and these six system input terminals 1. A first modification in which the speed of the frame signal respectively input from the input terminal 1 is converted into a clock speed in the own device and the pointer value indicating the data information start position of this frame signal is changed corresponding to the clock in the own device. The transmitting terminal station pointer processing circuit 4 is included as means, and the transmitting unit 20 is included as means for transmitting the output of the transmitting terminal station pointer processing circuit 4 as a wireless signal to three wireless transmission paths. The receiving unit 22 as a unit for receiving the signals of the wireless transmission lines of the system, and the receiving terminal station as a unit for detecting the pointer value of the frame signal received by the receiving unit 22. A radio including an inter-processing circuit 9 and a pointer replacement circuit 10 as second changing means for converting the speed of the frame signal into the clock speed of the transmission destination and changing the pointer value corresponding to the clock of the transmission destination. It is a transmission method.

Here, the feature of the present invention is that the transmitting terminal station 30 uses the transmitting terminal station phase matching circuit 3 as means for matching the phases of the frame signals of the six systems coming to the input terminals 1 of the six systems. The output of the transmitting terminal station phase adjusting circuit 3 is input to the transmitting terminal station pointer processing circuit 4, and the transmitting terminal station pointer processing circuit 4 determines whether all the pointer values to be changed are equal or equal to one. The configuration is changed based on the determination result of the circuit 5, and the receiving terminal station 40
Is provided with a receiving end station phase adjusting circuit 8 as a means for making the phases of a plurality of frame signals received by the receiving unit 22 coincident with each other, and the output of the receiving end station phase adjusting circuit 8 is input to the pointer replacement circuit 10. The receiving terminal station pointer processing circuit 9 detects a pointer value for one of the plurality of frame signals output from the receiving terminal station phase adjusting circuit 8 and inputs the pointer value to the pointer reassigning circuit 10. Is equipped with.

Next, the operation of the apparatus of the present invention will be described. First, the operation of the transmitting terminal station 30 side will be described. The transmitting terminal station frame synchronization circuit 2 respectively receives the 6 series of sub-STM-1 frame signals input from the input terminal 1 and detects the frame start position of each frame signal.
The transmitting terminal station phase alignment circuit 3 determines the phase relationship between the respective frame signals based on the information of each frame starting position detected by the transmitting terminal station frame synchronization circuit 2, and matches the frame starting positions of the respective frame signals. Phase matching between frame signals is performed. Six series of frame signals in phase,
Each is sent to the transmission terminal station pointer processing circuit 4, where the pointer value is detected. The lead / lag determination circuit 5 determines the magnitude relation of the pointer values of each frame signal. In the transmission terminal station pointer processing circuit 4, each frame signal is transferred to the in-station clock signal S1. At this time, based on the determination result by the advance / delay determination circuit 5, the pointer values in each frame signal are changed so that they are the same value. With respect to the 6-series frame signals to which the pointer values have been changed, the selection circuit 6 selects one-series frame signal for each redundant configuration unit of the transmission path, and transmits the multi-carrier to the wireless section. Normally, one side is used as a working line and the other side is used as a protection line for communication. When a failure occurs on the working line side, switching to the protection line is performed.

Next, the operation of the receiving terminal station 40 will be described. The receiving end station frame synchronization circuit 7 receives each frame signal from the three wireless sections and detects the frame start position of each frame signal. Frame signals arriving via different wireless sections have some deviations. The receiving end station phase alignment circuit 8 determines the phase relationship between the respective frame signals based on the frame start position information detected by the receiving end station frame synchronization circuit 7, and based on the determination result, the frames of the respective frame signals. The head positions are matched and the phase of each frame signal is matched. The reception terminal station pointer processing path 9 detects the pointer value of one series of frame signals from among the frame signals whose frame head positions match. Since the pointer values are all changed to the same value in the lead / lag determination circuit 5 on the side of the transmitting terminal station 30, it is only necessary to detect the pointer value for one frame signal.
Further, a pointer value to be replaced is calculated from the phase relationship between the frame head position and the in-office clock signal S2. The pointer replacement circuit 10 replaces each frame signal with the in-station clock signal S2, and replaces the pointer value with the value calculated by the reception terminal station pointer processing circuit 9. Each frame signal after the pointer value reassignment is signal-distributed for each redundant configuration unit of the transmission path and output from the output terminal 11 to the transmission path.
The transmission line for inputting the frame signal to the input terminal 1 and the transmission line for transmitting the frame signal sent from the output terminal 11 may be configured using optical fibers.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention, since only one pointer processing circuit is required on the receiving terminal side, signal transmission can be performed as a multicarrier in a wireless section with a small circuit configuration. You can Further, since the processing is performed so that the head position and the pointer value of each frame signal become the same value, the active spare switching can be switched without losing data even if the switching is performed without considering the switching timing.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a frame signal.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a conventional device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Input Terminal 2 Transmitting End Station Frame Synchronizing Circuit 3 Transmitting End Station Phase Matching Circuit 4 Transmitting End Station Pointer Processing Circuit 5 Leading / Delaying Judgment Circuit 6 Selection Circuit 7 Receiving End Station Frame Synchronizing Circuit 8 Receiving End Station Phase Matching Circuit 9 Receiving End Station Pointer processing circuit 10 Pointer replacement circuit 11 Output terminal 20 Transmitter 22 Receiver 30 Transmitter terminal 40 Receiver terminal D Data F Frame bit P Pointer value

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A transmission terminal station and a reception terminal station, wherein the transmission terminal station has a plurality of input terminals for inputting a plurality of incoming frame signals, and the frame input from each of the plurality of input terminals. First changing means for converting the signal speed to the clock speed in the own device and changing the pointer value indicating the data information start position of the frame signal to correspond to the clock in the own device, and the first changing means. And a means for transmitting the output to a plurality of wireless transmission paths as a wireless signal, wherein the receiving terminal station receives the signals of the plurality of wireless transmission paths, and the frame signal received by the receiving means. Of the pointer value of the frame signal, and the speed of the frame signal is converted to the clock speed of the destination, and the pointer value is changed to correspond to the clock of the destination. In the wireless transmission system including the second changing means, the transmitting terminal station includes means for matching the phases of a plurality of frame signals arriving at the plurality of input terminals, and the matching means for the first changing means. The output of is input, the first changing means is configured to change all the pointer values to be changed to one equal value, the receiving terminal station, the plurality of frames received by the receiving means. The means for matching the phases of the signals, the output of the matching means is input to the second changing means, and the means for detecting the pointer value is the plurality of frame signals output from the matching means. A wireless transmission system comprising means for detecting a pointer value for one of the two and inputting the pointer value to the second changing means. 2. The plurality of incoming frame signals are redundant signals for working and protection, and are made redundant after changing pointer values on the input side of means for sending to the plurality of wireless transmission lines. The wireless transmission system according to claim 1, further comprising a selection circuit for selecting one of the signals.