Method and system for facilitating timing of base stations in an asynchronous CDMA mobile communications system
US6526039B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 2, 1999 |
| Grant date | Feb 25, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 2, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W92/10
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and system are disclosed for facilitating the timing (e.g., the known relative timing differences) of base stations (BSs) in asynchronous CDMA mobile communications systems. A plurality of mobile stations (MSs) measure the relative time differences between various pairs of BSs, and these measurements are stored by the BSs. A source BS sends to an MS, in a neighbor list message, estimates of the relative time difference between the source BS and each of the BSs on the neighboring cell list. Each BS on the list can maintain a relative time difference estimate table, which can be updated continuously from the reports received from MSs. Subsequently, the BSs can send entries from this table to the MS in the neighbor list message. Using this novel technique, the BSs have known relative timing differences. Consequently, when the MS initiates a cell-search for a candidate BS, the MS already has an estimate of the timing of that BS as compared to its source BS. As such, the resulting cell-search procedure has a lower level of complexity and thus can be accomplished much quicker than with prior procedures. In addition, the relative time difference estimates can be compared with cor…
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