Cyclic time hopping in time division multiple access communication system
US6041046A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 14, 1995 |
| Grant date | Mar 21, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 14, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B2001/6908
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A technique for cyclic time hopping in a multiple access communication system, wherein each time frame of a TDMA system is divided into multiple time slots. A plurality of user stations, one for each time slot, communicate with a base station. Each user station regularly varies its relative time slot position in a pseudo-random pattern. Orthogonal time hopping patterns are determined from a root pattern according to a predetermined equation or relationship. The effect of transmitting bursts in a pseudo-random pattern is to break up the otherwise strict periodicity of TDMA bursts, and to produce a more noiselike spectrum for switching transients, thereby reducing the level of interfering spectral components from a TDMA transmission source. In some embodiments, the time hopping pattern may be restricted to only odd or even time slots. In such embodiments, a dead time slot may be declared periodically so as to increase the apparent randomness of the user station transmission patterns. In a preferred embodiment, spread spectrum communication is employed for base station and user station transmissions.
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