US20010044303A1 - Cordless telephony device - Google Patents
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- a radio telephone as defined in the opening paragraph above is known from the document EP-A-0 055 097. According to this document, a cellular telephone receives data indicating, for example, the channel number used by the transmitter.
- a parasitic modulation is likely to occur during a scanning phase, if one entity, base or handset, transmits a carrier on a given channel, which modulation results in the fact that the receiver in the scanning mode may then receive this carrier although the receiver has settled on another channel. This receiver may thus be led to an error and be put in the receive mode on an unsuitable channel. To avoid this, there is habitually provided that the receiver reads the number indicated in the data, verifies the correspondence thereof with the channel on which it is settled and, if there is no correspondence, discards the reception and continues the scanning operation.
- each module comprises means for reading from the data of the analyzed channel during a scanning operation the data that corresponds to the channel number and for immediately settling on the channel that carries this number if this channel number is different from that of the analyzed channel.
- the invention is thus based on the idea of utilizing data, possibly received by error, for deriving useful information therefrom.
- FIG. 1 represents the diagram of a telephony device to which the invention is applied.
- the telephony device represented in FIG. 1 comprises two elements: a base in A and a handset in B.
- the base comprises an interface element 2 to a telephone line L, which interface element is known per se and is connected for communication with the handset to a radio transmitting element 3 and a radio receiving element 4 , the two being connected to an antenna 6 .
- a decoder 41 is connected to the radio receiving element 4 for decoding digital data.
- a coder 31 is connected to the radio transmitting element 3 .
- the base has a known frequency synthesizer 5 with a phase measuring loop for controlling the frequency, called Phase-Locked Loop PLL.
- It further includes a microprocessor 1 for managing various functions, inter alia, the management of a scanning process. This microprocessor 1 is connected by a bus at least to the elements 2 , 5 , 31 , 41 of the base for controlling them or receiving data from them.
- the handset comprises a microphone 91 and an earphone 92 for the transmission of acoustic signals, both connected to an audio processing element 9 known per se.
- the handset For the radio communication with the base, the handset comprises a radio transmission element 101 and a radio receiving element 111 , the two being connected to an antenna 7 .
- a decoder 11 is connected to the radio receiving element 111 for decoding digital data.
- a coder 10 is connected to the radio transmitting element 101 for coding digital data.
- the handset also includes a known frequency synthesizer 12 which includes a phase-locked loop PLL.
- a module which may be the base as well as the mobile, wishes to establish a radio connection called link, it first searches for a free channel according to a technique known per se and which does not form part of the present invention.
- the party requesting the link thus sends on this channel a carrier which contains digital data formed by fixed-length frames.
- a frame contains, inter alia, an identification code of the module, a code for the request for setting up a link, a code indicating the channel number on which the transmitter is settled and on which transmitter wishes to set up the link.
- Such a request may be sent both by the handset and by the base.
- the scanning element mentioned above is formed by software of the processor 1 or 8 .
- the operation of this software is illustrated by FIG. 2 and comprises the following steps:
- a routine SCN ⁇ N controls the positioning of the PLL circuit on a channel called N and then switches on the data detection and decoding
- the carrier level is measured and there is tested whether a carrier is present on the channel.
- L>T if the channel is free, the process turns back to the routine SCN ⁇ N to pass to the next channel N, whereas, if a carrier is detected on the channel, the processor further waits during a period of time of a delay D 2 ,
- the processor goes to the routine SET which controls the positioning of the PLL circuit on the channel L, and then to the routine CO which establishes the communication.
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Abstract
A cordless telephony device is disclosed which includes a base module and at least one handset module. Each of the modules includes a transmitting and a receiving circuit with scanning means for analyzing the various channels (N) in turns so as to examine whether a request for a connection has been emitted on a channel. A definition (L) of the channel used is indicated in the data of a request for a connection emitted by a transmitter. Each module includes means for searching for the channel number (L) in the received data during a scanning operation in the receive mode, and for immediately settling on the channel that carries this number (L) if this channel number L is different from that (N) of the analyzed channel.
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- The present invention relates to a cordless telephony device comprising a module called base and at least a module called handset, in which each module includes a transmitting and a receiving circuit comprising, inter alia, means for settling on a channel of a plurality of channels which have different frequencies, an element called scanning element for receiving and analyzing the various channels in turns so as to examine whether a request for a connection is sent out on a channel by another module, and means for incorporating in the data of a data transmission on a given channel a data that defines the channel used.
- A radio telephone as defined in the opening paragraph above is known from the document EP-A-0 055 097. According to this document, a cellular telephone receives data indicating, for example, the channel number used by the transmitter.
- In a cordless telephony device, a parasitic modulation is likely to occur during a scanning phase, if one entity, base or handset, transmits a carrier on a given channel, which modulation results in the fact that the receiver in the scanning mode may then receive this carrier although the receiver has settled on another channel. This receiver may thus be led to an error and be put in the receive mode on an unsuitable channel. To avoid this, there is habitually provided that the receiver reads the number indicated in the data, verifies the correspondence thereof with the channel on which it is settled and, if there is no correspondence, discards the reception and continues the scanning operation.
- It is an object of the invention to render the response to a request for a connection between the base and the handset faster.
- For this purpose, each module comprises means for reading from the data of the analyzed channel during a scanning operation the data that corresponds to the channel number and for immediately settling on the channel that carries this number if this channel number is different from that of the analyzed channel.
- The invention is thus based on the idea of utilizing data, possibly received by error, for deriving useful information therefrom.
- These and other aspects of the invention will be apparent from and elucidated with reference to the embodiments described hereinafter.
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- FIG. 1 represents the diagram of a telephony device to which the invention is applied; and
- FIG. 2 is a flow chart of the scanning process.
- The telephony device represented in FIG. 1 comprises two elements: a base in A and a handset in B.
- The base comprises an interface element2 to a telephone line L, which interface element is known per se and is connected for communication with the handset to a radio transmitting
element 3 and a radio receiving element 4, the two being connected to an antenna 6. Adecoder 41 is connected to the radio receiving element 4 for decoding digital data. For coding digital data, acoder 31 is connected to the radio transmittingelement 3. For allowing the choice of a channel frequency on request, the base has a knownfrequency synthesizer 5 with a phase measuring loop for controlling the frequency, called Phase-Locked Loop PLL. It further includes a microprocessor 1 for managing various functions, inter alia, the management of a scanning process. This microprocessor 1 is connected by a bus at least to theelements - The handset comprises a
microphone 91 and anearphone 92 for the transmission of acoustic signals, both connected to anaudio processing element 9 known per se. For the radio communication with the base, the handset comprises aradio transmission element 101 and aradio receiving element 111, the two being connected to anantenna 7. Adecoder 11 is connected to theradio receiving element 111 for decoding digital data. Acoder 10 is connected to the radio transmittingelement 101 for coding digital data. For allowing the choice of a channel frequency on request, the handset also includes a knownfrequency synthesizer 12 which includes a phase-locked loop PLL. It further includes amicroprocessor 8 for managing various functions, inter alia, the management of a scanning process. Thismicroprocessor 8 is connected by a bus at least to theelements - When a module which may be the base as well as the mobile, wishes to establish a radio connection called link, it first searches for a free channel according to a technique known per se and which does not form part of the present invention. The party requesting the link thus sends on this channel a carrier which contains digital data formed by fixed-length frames. A frame contains, inter alia, an identification code of the module, a code for the request for setting up a link, a code indicating the channel number on which the transmitter is settled and on which transmitter wishes to set up the link. Such a request may be sent both by the handset and by the base.
- The scanning element mentioned above is formed by software of the
processor 1 or 8. The operation of this software is illustrated by FIG. 2 and comprises the following steps: - a routine SCN→N controls the positioning of the PLL circuit on a channel called N and then switches on the data detection and decoding,
- after a delay D1, the carrier level is measured and there is tested whether a carrier is present on the channel. At the start of the test denoted L>T, if the channel is free, the process turns back to the routine SCN→N to pass to the next channel N, whereas, if a carrier is detected on the channel, the processor further waits during a period of time of a delay D2,
- after this delay, during the test M?, there is examined whether data have been detected. If data have not been detected, the processor comes back to the routine SCN→N to pass to the next channel. If data have been detected, then the processor waits during a period of time of a new delay D3,
- then, during a test denoted L?, there is examined whether a request frame for a complete link has been received and detected, with a correct identification code of the mobile and a channel number in the data called number L.
- then:
- if the channel numbers L and N are identical, the communication CO between base and mobile is initiated.
- if the channel number L is different from N, the processor goes to the routine SET which controls the positioning of the PLL circuit on the channel L, and then to the routine CO which establishes the communication.
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1. A cordless telephony device comprising a module called base and at least a module called handset, in which each module includes a transmitting and a receiving circuit comprising, inter alia, means for settling on a channel of a plurality of channels which have different frequencies, an element called scanning element for receiving and analyzing the various channels in turns so as to examine whether a request for a connection is emitted on a channel by another module, and means for incorporating in the data of a data transmission on a given channel, a data that defines the channel used, characterized in that each module comprises means for reading from the data of the analyzed channel during a scanning operation the data that corresponds to the channel number and for immediately settling on the channel that carries this number if this channel number is different from that of the analyzed channel.
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