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- This invention relates to wireless communications. More particularly, it relates to wireless communications in multiple frequency bands.
- FIG. 1 is an illustration of the 1390 1395 Mhz, 1427 1429 Mhz, and 2385 2390 Mhz spectrum blocks.
- These disjoint spectral pieces are not contiguous, are small in size, and may be of unequal widths. Such non-contiguous spectral pieces are referred to herein as disjoint spectral blocks.
- a base station may include: at least one controller circuit configured to adaptively assign frequency bands for downlink communication to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) on a time interval basis, wherein for at least one time interval, the WTRU is assigned a plurality of frequency bands for downlink communication, wherein each time interval includes at least one time slot; at least one spreading circuit configured to spread data using at least one code division communication code for each of the assigned plurality of frequency bands in the at least one time interval; and at least one modulator circuit configured to modulate the spread data to each of the respective assigned plurality of frequency bands.
- WTRU wireless transmit/receive unit
- a wireless transmit/receive unit may include: at least one controller circuit configured to be adaptively assigned frequency bands by a base station for downlink communication on a time interval basis, wherein for at least one time interval, the controller is assigned a plurality of frequency bands for downlink communication, and wherein each time interval includes at least one time slot; at least one demodulator circuit configured to demodulate spread data for each of the assigned plurality of frequency bands within the at least one time interval; and at least one despreading circuit configured to despread data for each of the assigned plurality of frequency bands within the at least one time interval using at least one code division communication code.
- a method may include: receiving, by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), an assignment of frequency bands from base station for downlink communication adaptively and on a time interval basis, wherein for at least one time interval, the WTRU is assigned a plurality of frequency bands for downlink communication, and wherein each time interval includes at least one time slot; demodulating, by the WTRU, spread data for each of the assigned plurality of frequency bands within the at least one time interval; and dispreading, by the WTRU, data for each of the assigned plurality of frequency bands within the at least one time interval using at least one code division communication code.
- WTRU wireless transmit/receive unit
- a wireless transmit/receive unit may receive a first transmission in a first band of a first Federal Communication Commission (FCC) spectral block using orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM).
- the first transmission may include reconfiguration information.
- the WTRU may receive, in response to the reconfiguration information, a second transmission in a second band of a second FCC spectral block using OFDM.
- the WTRU may receive, based on a dynamic assignment, transmissions in the first band and the second band.
- FIG. 1A is an illustration of disjoint FCC proposed spectrum blocks.
- FIG. 1B is an illustration of disjoint spectrum blocks showing time slots and communication assignments.
- FIG. 2 is a simplified block diagram of a transmitter and a receiver for use in adaptive frequency division duplex communication.
- FIG. 3 is a simplified block diagram of a transmitter and a receiver for use in adaptive time division duplex communication.
- FIG. 4 is a simplified block diagram of a transmitter and a receiver for use in adaptive code division duplex communication.
- wireless transmit/receive unit includes but is not limited to a user equipment, mobile station, fixed or mobile subscriber unit, pager, STA, or any other type of device capable of operating in a wireless environment.
- base station includes but is not limited to a Node B, site controller, access point or any other type of interfacing device in a wireless environment.
- the available frequency bands are adaptively assigned for the uplink or the downlink.
- the assignment of the bands may be based on the amount of traffic and the size of the bands.
- interference measurements may be used to determine whether the uplink or downlink should be assigned to a particular band.
- one band may experience severe interference in the uplink and mild interference in the downlink. This one band should preferably be used for the downlink.
- the widths of the uplink and downlink frequency bands need not be equal to each other, (2) in case more than two non-contiguous bands of frequencies are being used for the duplex communication, more than one non-contiguous frequency band may be used for uplink or downlink.
- the uplink (or downlink) data is split into and transmitted on different frequency bands.
- the data under consideration may be data from/to the same or different user(s), data from the same or different source (e.g. video file download).
- FIG. 2 is a simplified diagram of a transmitter 10 and a receiver 20 for use in adaptive frequency division duplex communication.
- the transmitter 10 and receiver 20 may be located in a WTRU, base station or both.
- a frequency band controller 18 determines which frequency band or bands are used for the transmissions. By adaptively assigning uplink and downlink communications to certain bands, traffic asymmetry can be handled better. To illustrate, a smaller sized frequency band could be allocated to a low traffic uplink, while a larger sized frequency band allocated to a heavy traffic downlink.
- a spread spectrum device 12 processes the data for transmission. If the frequency bands are of unequal spectrum, the spread spectrum device 12 produces a signal to fit in the corresponding frequency band.
- DSSS direct sequence spread spectrum
- a chip code sequence is mixed with the data to produce a spread signal.
- the chipping rate or filtering coefficients can be adjusted to control the spread.
- the spread signal may be filtered (bandpass, lowpass, highpass, etc.) to fit into the desired frequency band.
- the receiver may experience a degraded performance in synchronizing to the spreading code, due to the energy filtered and hence not transmitted to the receiver.
- a careful engineering tradeoff is preferably utilized in the design of this approach.
- this approach provides clear advantages over the prior art, as traditional spread spectrum systems transmit the entire band of spread frequencies whereas the present invention provides a receiver with a code synchronizer that only has partial spectral information.
- the spread spectrum is fixed, such as 1.5 MHz.
- the number of DSSS frequencies put into a frequency band is based on the size of the band.
- a 2 MHz band may have one 1.5 MHz DSSS frequency and a 5 MHz band may have 2 or 3 1.5 MHz DSSS frequencies.
- the spread spectrum device may spread the data multiple times at the same chipping rate (for equal sized spectrums) or at different chipping rates for different sized spectrums. Alternately, as noted above, the data may be spread over a spectrum spanning both frequency ranges and the non-assigned frequencies are notch filtered out of the resulting spread signal.
- FHSS frequency hopping spread spectrum
- the frequency hopping pattern is constrained to fit within the assigned frequency bands.
- two frequency bands may be assigned for the uplink.
- the frequency hop pattern may hop both frequency bands.
- slow frequency hopping modulation is used.
- Using slow FHSS reduces the spill energy outside of the allocated bands within which the frequencies hop (leaving some guard bands).
- faster frequency hopping may be desirable in certain implementations.
- OFDM orthogonal frequency division multiplex
- multiple overlapping but orthogonal carriers are used to carry the data.
- the number of sub-carriers can be restricted or nulled to control the spectrum used by the resulting signal.
- the OFDM transmission may be assigned to two non-contiguous, but otherwise closely spaced frequency bands.
- the spread OFDM signal may span both frequency bands with the carriers, nulled within the frequency band between the two assigned bands. Alternately, a different OFDM waveform may be produced for each frequency band.
- the resulting spread spectrum signal is modulated to the appropriate frequency by a dynamic modulator 14 and radiated by an antenna 16 or antenna array.
- the dynamic modulator 14 is capable of modulating the spread spectrum signal to any of the frequency bands.
- the receiver 20 receives the radiated signal using an antenna 22 or antenna array over the frequency bands 30 .
- a dynamic demodulator 24 demodulates the received signal to an intermediate frequency.
- the dynamic demodulator 24 is capable of demodulating from any of the frequency bands.
- a despreading device 28 despreads the intermediate frequency signal to recover the transmitted data.
- the demodulated frequencies and the despreading device 28 are controlled by a frequency band controller 26 .
- FIG. 2 Although the components of FIG. 2 are illustrated as separate components, these components may be on an integrated circuit (IC), such as an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), multiple ICs, discrete components, or a combination of discrete components and IC(s).
- IC integrated circuit
- ASIC application specific integrated circuit
- Another approach for using non-continuous frequency bands for duplex communications is a time division duplex based approach.
- the available frequency bands are time divided, such as into time slots, and the time slots are adaptively assigned for the uplink or the downlink.
- FIG. 3 is a simplified diagram of a transmitter 10 and a receiver 20 for use in adaptive time division duplex communication.
- the transmitter 10 and receiver 20 may be located in a WTRU, base station, or both.
- a frequency band/time controller 38 determines which frequency band(s) and time slot(s) are used for the transmissions.
- the assigned frequency band(s)/time slot(s) are preferably adaptively assigned to be used for uplink and downlink across all the frequency bands.
- the time slot allocation is preferably done considering all of the frequency bands. Such an approach can lead to better management of channel assignments, such as slow dynamic channel allocation and radio resource management.
- the adaptation process may be based on the traffic characteristics, RF interference scenarios, and WTRU and network capabilities.
- a spread spectrum device 12 processes the data for transmission. DSSS or OFDM, among other techniques may be used for the spreading.
- the spread signal is modulated to the appropriate frequency band(s) by a dynamic modulator 14 .
- a switch 32 allows the communication to be radiated by the antenna 16 in the appropriate time slot(s).
- the receiver 20 receives the radiated signal using an antenna 22 or antenna array over the frequency bands/time slots 36 .
- a switch 34 effectively couples the antenna output to the remaining receiver components during the appropriate time slot(s).
- a dynamic demodulator 24 demodulates the received signal to an intermediate frequency.
- a despreading device 28 despreads the intermediate frequency signal to recover the transmitted data.
- the demodulated frequencies, the despreading device 28 , and switch 34 are controlled by a frequency band/time controller 40 .
- FIG. 3 Although the components of FIG. 3 are illustrated as separate components, these components may be on an integrated circuit (IC), such as an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), multiple ICs, discrete components, or a combination of discrete components and ICs.
- IC integrated circuit
- ASIC application specific integrated circuit
- FIG. 4 is a simplified diagram of a transmitter and a receiver for use in adaptive code division duplex communication.
- the transmitter and receiver may be located in a WTRU, base station, or both.
- data is received for transmission.
- uplink and downlink communications are separated by channelization codes or frequency hop patterns.
- the uplink and downlink communications can exist simultaneously in the same frequency band. However, the uplink and downlink are assigned different channelization codes or hop patterns to minimize interference between the uplink and downlink communications within the frequency band.
- a frequency band/code controller 42 determines which frequency band(s) and code(s) are used for the transmissions.
- the assigned frequency band(s)/code(s) are preferably adaptively assigned to be used for uplink and downlink.
- the adaptation process may be based on the traffic characteristics, interference considerations, and network capabilities.
- a spread spectrum device 12 processes the data for transmission.
- DSSS or FHSS among other techniques may be used for the spreading.
- the assigned channel code is used in the spreading.
- FHSS the assigned code controls the hopping pattern.
- the spread signal is modulated to the appropriate frequency band(s) by a dynamic modulator 14 and radiated by the antenna 16 or antenna array.
- the receiver 20 receives the radiated signal using an antenna 22 or antenna array over the frequency bands/channelization codes 46 .
- a dynamic demodulator 24 demodulates the received signal to an intermediate frequency.
- a despreading device 28 despreads the intermediate frequency signal to recover the transmitted data. To distinguish the desired signal from other signals, the despreading device 28 uses the appropriate code for the despreading, such as a channelization code for DSSS or hop pattern for FHSS.
- the demodulated frequencies and the despreading device 28 are controlled by a frequency band/code controller 44 .
- FIG. 4 Although the components of FIG. 4 are illustrated as separate components, these components may be on an integrated circuit (IC), such as an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), multiple ICs, discrete components, or a combination of discrete components and ICs.
- IC integrated circuit
- ASIC application specific integrated circuit
- the spatial domain may also be used for utilizing non-contiguous frequency bands.
- MIMO multiple input multiple output
- the antennas at the transmitter and receiver are spatially separated.
- the present invention proposes to use different frequency bands to different antenna elements, thereby using the multiple non-contiguous frequency bands in a simple and efficient manner. This scheme is applicable for both duplex (i.e. two-way) communications as well as broadcast/multicast (i.e. one-way) communications.
- the WTRUs for such communication systems as disclosed in the present invention are designed to be flexible reconfigurable devices, for maximum amount of system efficiency. For example, as the frequency bands are adaptively controlled for varying functions, the WTRU will need to be adaptively reconfigured to be able to transmit and receive on varying spectral bands using varying duplexing techniques.
- a Software Defined Radio (SDR) or Reconfigurable HW/SW approach using programmable array architectures and/or programmable parallel/streaming processors is utilized.
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- This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/287,098, filed on Oct. 6, 2016, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/793,294, filed on Jul. 7, 2015, and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 9,491,761 on Nov. 8, 2016, which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/072,703, filed on Mar. 4, 2005 and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 9,083,436 on Jul. 14, 2015, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/550,492, filed on Mar. 5, 2004, the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein.
- This invention relates to wireless communications. More particularly, it relates to wireless communications in multiple frequency bands.
- New pieces of frequency spectrum have been allocated for wireless communications. For example, a reallocation proposed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission would allocate 27 megahertz of spectrum from the 216 220 Mhz, 1390 1395 Mhz, 1427 1429 Mhz, 1429 1432 Mhz, 1432 1435 Mhz, 1670 1675 Mhz, and 2385 2390 Mhz bands, by transfer of these bands from government to non-government use.
FIG. 1 is an illustration of the 1390 1395 Mhz, 1427 1429 Mhz, and 2385 2390 Mhz spectrum blocks. These disjoint spectral pieces are not contiguous, are small in size, and may be of unequal widths. Such non-contiguous spectral pieces are referred to herein as disjoint spectral blocks. - Accordingly, it is desirable to have more efficient approaches to utilizing disjoint spectrum blocks.
- In an embodiment, a base station is disclosed. The base station may include: at least one controller circuit configured to adaptively assign frequency bands for downlink communication to a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) on a time interval basis, wherein for at least one time interval, the WTRU is assigned a plurality of frequency bands for downlink communication, wherein each time interval includes at least one time slot; at least one spreading circuit configured to spread data using at least one code division communication code for each of the assigned plurality of frequency bands in the at least one time interval; and at least one modulator circuit configured to modulate the spread data to each of the respective assigned plurality of frequency bands.
- In an embodiment, a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) is disclosed. The WTRU may include: at least one controller circuit configured to be adaptively assigned frequency bands by a base station for downlink communication on a time interval basis, wherein for at least one time interval, the controller is assigned a plurality of frequency bands for downlink communication, and wherein each time interval includes at least one time slot; at least one demodulator circuit configured to demodulate spread data for each of the assigned plurality of frequency bands within the at least one time interval; and at least one despreading circuit configured to despread data for each of the assigned plurality of frequency bands within the at least one time interval using at least one code division communication code.
- In an embodiment, a method is disclosed. The method may include: receiving, by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), an assignment of frequency bands from base station for downlink communication adaptively and on a time interval basis, wherein for at least one time interval, the WTRU is assigned a plurality of frequency bands for downlink communication, and wherein each time interval includes at least one time slot; demodulating, by the WTRU, spread data for each of the assigned plurality of frequency bands within the at least one time interval; and dispreading, by the WTRU, data for each of the assigned plurality of frequency bands within the at least one time interval using at least one code division communication code.
- A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may receive a first transmission in a first band of a first Federal Communication Commission (FCC) spectral block using orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM). The first transmission may include reconfiguration information. The WTRU may receive, in response to the reconfiguration information, a second transmission in a second band of a second FCC spectral block using OFDM. The WTRU may receive, based on a dynamic assignment, transmissions in the first band and the second band.
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FIG. 1A is an illustration of disjoint FCC proposed spectrum blocks. -
FIG. 1B is an illustration of disjoint spectrum blocks showing time slots and communication assignments. -
FIG. 2 is a simplified block diagram of a transmitter and a receiver for use in adaptive frequency division duplex communication. -
FIG. 3 is a simplified block diagram of a transmitter and a receiver for use in adaptive time division duplex communication. -
FIG. 4 is a simplified block diagram of a transmitter and a receiver for use in adaptive code division duplex communication. - As used herein, the terminology “wireless transmit/receive unit” (WTRU) includes but is not limited to a user equipment, mobile station, fixed or mobile subscriber unit, pager, STA, or any other type of device capable of operating in a wireless environment. The terminology “base station” includes but is not limited to a Node B, site controller, access point or any other type of interfacing device in a wireless environment.
- DSSS, FHSS, OFDM FDD
- One approach for using non-contiguous frequency bands is a frequency division duplex based approach. The available frequency bands are adaptively assigned for the uplink or the downlink. The assignment of the bands may be based on the amount of traffic and the size of the bands. Additionally, interference measurements may be used to determine whether the uplink or downlink should be assigned to a particular band. To illustrate, one band may experience severe interference in the uplink and mild interference in the downlink. This one band should preferably be used for the downlink. While the usage of a frequency band for uplink and another frequency band for downlink is known prior art, in this invention we are proposing a scheme where (1) in case only a pair of frequency bands is used for duplex communication, the widths of the uplink and downlink frequency bands need not be equal to each other, (2) in case more than two non-contiguous bands of frequencies are being used for the duplex communication, more than one non-contiguous frequency band may be used for uplink or downlink. In other words, the uplink (or downlink) data is split into and transmitted on different frequency bands. The data under consideration may be data from/to the same or different user(s), data from the same or different source (e.g. video file download).
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FIG. 2 is a simplified diagram of atransmitter 10 and areceiver 20 for use in adaptive frequency division duplex communication. Thetransmitter 10 andreceiver 20 may be located in a WTRU, base station or both. At thetransmitter 10, data is received for transmission. Afrequency band controller 18 determines which frequency band or bands are used for the transmissions. By adaptively assigning uplink and downlink communications to certain bands, traffic asymmetry can be handled better. To illustrate, a smaller sized frequency band could be allocated to a low traffic uplink, while a larger sized frequency band allocated to a heavy traffic downlink. Aspread spectrum device 12 processes the data for transmission. If the frequency bands are of unequal spectrum, thespread spectrum device 12 produces a signal to fit in the corresponding frequency band. - To illustrate, one spread spectrum technique is direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS). In DSSS, a chip code sequence is mixed with the data to produce a spread signal. To produce a signal of the desired spectrum size, the chipping rate or filtering coefficients can be adjusted to control the spread. Alternately, the spread signal may be filtered (bandpass, lowpass, highpass, etc.) to fit into the desired frequency band. In this case, the receiver may experience a degraded performance in synchronizing to the spreading code, due to the energy filtered and hence not transmitted to the receiver. Thus, a careful engineering tradeoff is preferably utilized in the design of this approach. At the same time, this approach provides clear advantages over the prior art, as traditional spread spectrum systems transmit the entire band of spread frequencies whereas the present invention provides a receiver with a code synchronizer that only has partial spectral information.
- In another approach, the spread spectrum is fixed, such as 1.5 MHz. The number of DSSS frequencies put into a frequency band is based on the size of the band. To illustrate, a 2 MHz band may have one 1.5 MHz DSSS frequency and a 5 MHz band may have 2 or 3 1.5 MHz DSSS frequencies.
- If the data is being sent over two non-contiguous bands, the spread spectrum device may spread the data multiple times at the same chipping rate (for equal sized spectrums) or at different chipping rates for different sized spectrums. Alternately, as noted above, the data may be spread over a spectrum spanning both frequency ranges and the non-assigned frequencies are notch filtered out of the resulting spread signal.
- Another spread spectrum technique is frequency hopping spread spectrum (FHSS). In FHSS, the data hops over many relatively narrowband frequencies within one or multiple ones of the assigned frequency bands. The frequency hopping pattern is constrained to fit within the assigned frequency bands. To illustrate, two frequency bands may be assigned for the uplink. The frequency hop pattern may hop both frequency bands.
- Preferably, slow frequency hopping modulation is used. Using slow FHSS reduces the spill energy outside of the allocated bands within which the frequencies hop (leaving some guard bands). However, faster frequency hopping may be desirable in certain implementations.
- Another spread spectrum technique is orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM). In OFDM, multiple overlapping but orthogonal carriers are used to carry the data. For an OFDM transmission, the number of sub-carriers can be restricted or nulled to control the spectrum used by the resulting signal. To illustrate, the OFDM transmission may be assigned to two non-contiguous, but otherwise closely spaced frequency bands. The spread OFDM signal may span both frequency bands with the carriers, nulled within the frequency band between the two assigned bands. Alternately, a different OFDM waveform may be produced for each frequency band.
- The resulting spread spectrum signal is modulated to the appropriate frequency by a
dynamic modulator 14 and radiated by anantenna 16 or antenna array. Thedynamic modulator 14 is capable of modulating the spread spectrum signal to any of the frequency bands. - The
receiver 20 receives the radiated signal using anantenna 22 or antenna array over thefrequency bands 30. Adynamic demodulator 24 demodulates the received signal to an intermediate frequency. Thedynamic demodulator 24 is capable of demodulating from any of the frequency bands. Adespreading device 28 despreads the intermediate frequency signal to recover the transmitted data. The demodulated frequencies and thedespreading device 28 are controlled by afrequency band controller 26. - Although the components of
FIG. 2 are illustrated as separate components, these components may be on an integrated circuit (IC), such as an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), multiple ICs, discrete components, or a combination of discrete components and IC(s). - DSSS OFDM TDD
- Another approach for using non-continuous frequency bands for duplex communications is a time division duplex based approach. The available frequency bands are time divided, such as into time slots, and the time slots are adaptively assigned for the uplink or the downlink.
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FIG. 3 is a simplified diagram of atransmitter 10 and areceiver 20 for use in adaptive time division duplex communication. Thetransmitter 10 andreceiver 20 may be located in a WTRU, base station, or both. At thetransmitter 10, data is received for transmission. A frequency band/time controller 38 determines which frequency band(s) and time slot(s) are used for the transmissions. The assigned frequency band(s)/time slot(s) are preferably adaptively assigned to be used for uplink and downlink across all the frequency bands. The time slot allocation is preferably done considering all of the frequency bands. Such an approach can lead to better management of channel assignments, such as slow dynamic channel allocation and radio resource management. The adaptation process may be based on the traffic characteristics, RF interference scenarios, and WTRU and network capabilities. - A
spread spectrum device 12 processes the data for transmission. DSSS or OFDM, among other techniques may be used for the spreading. The spread signal is modulated to the appropriate frequency band(s) by adynamic modulator 14. Aswitch 32 allows the communication to be radiated by theantenna 16 in the appropriate time slot(s). - The
receiver 20 receives the radiated signal using anantenna 22 or antenna array over the frequency bands/time slots 36. Aswitch 34 effectively couples the antenna output to the remaining receiver components during the appropriate time slot(s). Adynamic demodulator 24 demodulates the received signal to an intermediate frequency. Adespreading device 28 despreads the intermediate frequency signal to recover the transmitted data. The demodulated frequencies, thedespreading device 28, and switch 34 are controlled by a frequency band/time controller 40. - Although the components of
FIG. 3 are illustrated as separate components, these components may be on an integrated circuit (IC), such as an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), multiple ICs, discrete components, or a combination of discrete components and ICs. - DSSS FHSS CDD
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FIG. 4 is a simplified diagram of a transmitter and a receiver for use in adaptive code division duplex communication. The transmitter and receiver may be located in a WTRU, base station, or both. At the transmitter, data is received for transmission. In adaptive code division duplex, uplink and downlink communications are separated by channelization codes or frequency hop patterns. The uplink and downlink communications can exist simultaneously in the same frequency band. However, the uplink and downlink are assigned different channelization codes or hop patterns to minimize interference between the uplink and downlink communications within the frequency band. - A frequency band/
code controller 42 determines which frequency band(s) and code(s) are used for the transmissions. The assigned frequency band(s)/code(s) are preferably adaptively assigned to be used for uplink and downlink. The adaptation process may be based on the traffic characteristics, interference considerations, and network capabilities. - A
spread spectrum device 12 processes the data for transmission. DSSS or FHSS, among other techniques may be used for the spreading. For DSSS, the assigned channel code is used in the spreading. For FHSS, the assigned code controls the hopping pattern. The spread signal is modulated to the appropriate frequency band(s) by adynamic modulator 14 and radiated by theantenna 16 or antenna array. - The
receiver 20 receives the radiated signal using anantenna 22 or antenna array over the frequency bands/channelization codes 46. Adynamic demodulator 24 demodulates the received signal to an intermediate frequency. Adespreading device 28 despreads the intermediate frequency signal to recover the transmitted data. To distinguish the desired signal from other signals, thedespreading device 28 uses the appropriate code for the despreading, such as a channelization code for DSSS or hop pattern for FHSS. The demodulated frequencies and thedespreading device 28 are controlled by a frequency band/code controller 44. - Although the components of
FIG. 4 are illustrated as separate components, these components may be on an integrated circuit (IC), such as an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), multiple ICs, discrete components, or a combination of discrete components and ICs. - Space Division Duplex (SDD) Scheme
- In yet another embodiment of the present invention, the spatial domain may also be used for utilizing non-contiguous frequency bands. Consider a MIMO (multiple input multiple output) antenna system. Here, the antennas at the transmitter and receiver are spatially separated. The present invention proposes to use different frequency bands to different antenna elements, thereby using the multiple non-contiguous frequency bands in a simple and efficient manner. This scheme is applicable for both duplex (i.e. two-way) communications as well as broadcast/multicast (i.e. one-way) communications.
- Efficient Implementation of WTRUs
- The WTRUs for such communication systems as disclosed in the present invention are designed to be flexible reconfigurable devices, for maximum amount of system efficiency. For example, as the frequency bands are adaptively controlled for varying functions, the WTRU will need to be adaptively reconfigured to be able to transmit and receive on varying spectral bands using varying duplexing techniques. Thus, in a preferred embodiment, a Software Defined Radio (SDR) or Reconfigurable HW/SW approach using programmable array architectures and/or programmable parallel/streaming processors is utilized.
- Although the features and elements of the present invention are described in the preferred embodiments in particular combinations, each feature or element can be used alone (without the other features and elements of the preferred embodiments) or in various combinations with or without other features and elements of the present invention. Further, the present invention may be implemented in any type of wireless communication system.
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