Up link macro diversity method and apparatus in a digital mobile radio communication system
US5867791A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 23, 1997 |
| Grant date | Feb 2, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 23, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W92/12
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A digital cellular mobile radio communication system includes a mobile station transmitting an information block and a set of base stations receiving information blocks corresponding to the transmitted information block at each base station in the set. This communication system contains an up link macro diversity system with a device in each base station for determining a quality measure representing the reliability of each respective received information block, and a decision device for choosing the received information block with the best quality measure as a common output information block of the set of base stations.
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