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Handoff supporting apparatus and method in CDMA communication system supporting multi-frequency assignment

US6721351B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 15, 2000
Grant dateApr 13, 2004
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Expiry dateMar 15, 2020

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W72/0453
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for producing a plurality of pilot signals corresponding to a multi-frequency assignment (FA) of a small-capacity base transceiver station supporting only the primary frequency assignment (FA1) to perform a hand-off in a CDMA communication system which supports the multi-frequency assignment (FA). The apparatus includes a first phase locked loop (PLL) synthesizer having a first PLL for synthesizing the primary frequency assignment (FA1) signal by controlling the first PLL, a second PLL synthesizer having a second PLL for synthesizing the multi-frequency assignment (FA) signals by controlling the second PLL, and an up-converter for modulating the transmission data with the primary frequency assignment signal provided from the first PLL synthesizer and producing the pilot signals corresponding to the multi-frequency assignment by modulating a signal, prior to RF modulation, with the multi-frequency assignment signals provided from the second PLL synthesizer.

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