WO2000002329A1 - Methode permettant de reduire l'evanouissement dans un systeme de telecommunications - Google Patents
Methode permettant de reduire l'evanouissement dans un systeme de telecommunications Download PDFInfo
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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- H04W48/00—Access restriction; Network selection; Access point selection
- H04W48/20—Selecting an access point
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- H04B—TRANSMISSION
- H04B7/00—Radio transmission systems, i.e. using radiation field
- H04B7/02—Diversity systems; Multi-antenna system, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas
- H04B7/04—Diversity systems; Multi-antenna system, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas
- H04B7/0408—Diversity systems; Multi-antenna system, i.e. transmission or reception using multiple antennas using two or more spaced independent antennas using two or more beams, i.e. beam diversity
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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- H04W16/00—Network planning, e.g. coverage or traffic planning tools; Network deployment, e.g. resource partitioning or cells structures
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- the present invention relates to a method for reducing fading in a telecommunication system, and more particularly the down-link fading in a mobile 0 telecommunication system having transmit lobe diversity.
- the signal strength is often subject to so called Rayleigh fading, i.e. rapid changes with deep dips caused by multiple path propagation in a changing environment.
- the purpose of the invention is to eliminate this problem in the down-link direction, i.e. in the communication from the base station to the mobile 5 station. The result is an improved link performance which can be traded for coverage, and capacity improvement as well as reduced power consumption.
- the invention combines measurements in the up-link as well as the downlink for respectively selecting a set of lobes and a communication lobe.
- the base station measures the average path-loss while the mobile station measures the 0 instantaneous path-loss between the base station and the mobile terminal.
- antenna diversity techniques are based on the idea of 5 creating several independent channels. By selecting the best or by combining the channels, the probability of a deep fade can be made small. Most antenna diversity techniques are implemented at the receiver while only a few are implemented at the transmitter. For down-link, i.e. base to mobile communication, transmit diversity techniques are favourable since they put most of the complexity on the 0 base station, where higher costs generally can be tolerated.
- Prior art transmit diversity techniques include delayed signal transmission and antenna array transmission with feed back. Delayed signal transmission has the drawback of increasing the channel delay spread and requiring complex channel equalisation techniques at the receiving end.
- Array transmission with feedback is 5 an attractive alternative.
- US 5,634,199 discloses a method for using feedback to reduce cross-talk between mobile receivers in a wireless communications system comprising an adaptive transmitting antenna array.
- US 5,471,647 discloses a method for using feedback signals to optimise the directional properties of information signals with respect to their intended receivers, where information 0 signals are applied to the transmitting elements of a transmitting antenna array. These methods are based solely on feedback of measurement data resulting in high feedback rates.
- the present invention take advantage of measurements in the up-link signals as well as mobile feedback to gauge the antenna patterns. This significantly reduces the feedback data rates which are otherwise to high to be practical.
- the present invention provides a method for decreasing fading in a telecommunication system comprising at least one base station having an antenna array providing lobe diversity, and communicating with mobile terminal units.
- the average path-loss between the base station and a mobile terminal unit is measured in order to select a set of alternative lobes.
- the instantaneous path-loss between the base station and the mobile terminal unit is also measured in order to select a communication lobe.
- Figure 1 is a schematic illustration of various multipaths between a base station and a mobile station using a set of lobes in accordance with the invention.
- FIG. 1 there is shown a base station (BS) transmitting to a mobile station (MS).
- BS base station
- MS mobile station
- One possible path is represented by a solid line and another possible path by a broken line.
- dips may be caused.
- the base station uses lobe diversity, several lobes are used having different direction characteristics, such as are shown by the two lobes illustrated in Figure 1. Since the lobes have different phase and gain characteristics as a function of angle, the fading dips occur in a different pattern in each lobe. Thus, by appropriately combining the lobes the probability of a fading dip at a particular mobile location can be significantly reduced.
- the base station is equipped with an array of antenna elements being combined into up-link reception lobes.
- a distribution network forms a set of down-link transmission lobes.
- the up- and down-link communication is performed at different frequencies but this is not a requirement in this invention.
- the base station selects a set of lobes (the alternative lobes) to be used in down-link transmission. These lobes should typically be selected to have low average path- loss. Transmission is then performed in the lobe which is estimated to have the lowest instantaneous path-loss among the alternative lobes. Information of which has the lowest instantaneous path-loss is obtained by the base through an arrangement which enables the mobile to measure the instantaneous path-loss of the alternative lobes and feed sufficient information back to the base-station.
- a set of alternative lobes is selected.
- the set includes only two lobes but a greater number of lobes may be used. These lobes are selected to have low average path-loss.
- the average path-loss is defined as the quotient of the power transmitted to the power received, where the powers are averaged over a time interval which is in the order of seconds.
- the average path-loss is typically log-normal distributed and largely independent of frequency. Thus, even if different frequencies are used for the down-link, the up-link signals can be used for the estimation of the average downlink path-loss.
- the base station BS is in charge of measuring the average path-loss and the mobile terminal is not involved.
- a communication lobe has to be selected in which to perform the communication between the base station (BS) and the mobile station (MS).
- the instantaneous path-loss of the alternative lobes must be measured.
- the instantaneous path-loss is defined as the quotient of the power transmitted to the power received, where the powers are averaged over a time interval which is in the order of milliseconds or shorter.
- the measurements of the instantaneous path-loss are made by the mobile-station.
- the base-station measures the correlation of the receiving lobes. Generally, it is better to select lobes having low correlation, such that they complement each other and have their respective dips at different locations.
- lobes having low path-loss but strong correlation are not always the best choice for the alternative set of lobes.
- two alternative lobes are utilised and the mobile sends back a signal to the base station ordering a change of the communication lobe, if necessary. Otherwise, the communication continues in the same lobe.
- the base sends short bursts in the alternative lobe so that the mobile station may perform its measurements.
- the mobile knows when these bursts are sent and no information is carried in them.
- the base station sends whole bursts.
- the present invention provides a methodhaving several advantages over the prior art.
- the method implements down-link antenna diversity without the use of multiple antennas or receivers at the mobile, and utilises measurements by the base as well as the mobile which reduces feedback rates considerably as compared with the use of feed-back only. Furthermore, even though the mobile stations make some measurements, no measurement results are required to be fed back to the base station, except a simple switching signal. This significantly reduces the feedback data rates.
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SE9802414A SE512656C2 (sv) | 1998-07-06 | 1998-07-06 | Förfarande för att minska fädning i ett telekommunikationssystem |
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US5634199A (en) * | 1993-04-14 | 1997-05-27 | Stanford University | Method of subspace beamforming using adaptive transmitting antennas with feedback |
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