Multi-beam cellular base station, mobile station and method for sending spread spectrum signal

A mobile station for communicating with a multi-beam cellular base station for sending a spread spectrum signal, said multi-beam cellular base station comprising first antenna for sending a common channel by a common beam that a directional pattern is formed previously, second antenna for sending a dedicated channel by a dedicated beam that a directional pattern is formed for each mobile station, and switching means for switching a sending time section of said common beam and a sending time section of said dedicated beam so that said sending time sections do not overlap within a time slot, said common beam and said dedicated beam are sent by same frequency,

• said mobile station comprising switching means for switching a received beam to said common channel or said dedicated channel based on a slot synchronization signal.

A cellular system comprising multi-beam cellular base stations and single beam cellular base stations, said multi-beam cellular base station having first antenna for sending a common channel by a common beam that a directional pattern is formed previously, second antenna for sending a dedicated channel by a dedicated beam that a directional pattern is formed for each mobile station, and switching means for switching a sending time section of said common beam and a sending time section of said dedicated beam so that said sending time sections do not overlap within a time slot, said common beam and said dedicated beam are sent by same frequency, and said single beam cellular base station sending said common channel and said dedicated channel by same directional pattern beam,

• wherein said multi-beam cellular base station including a common pilot channel in said common channel, and including a dedicated traffic channel and a dedicated pilot channel in said dedicated channel, and
• wherein said single beam cellular base station sending said dedicated traffic channel in a section of a data format, where said dedicated pilot channel is sent in the case of said multi-beam cellular base station, and sending a dedicated traffic channel data in a same section of a data format, where said dedicated traffic channel is sent in the case of multi-beam cellular base station.

A mobile station for communicating with a cellular system comprising a multi-beam cellular base station and a single beam cellular base station,

• said multi-beam cellular base station having first antenna for sending a common channel by a common beam that a directional pattern is formed previously, second antenna for sending a dedicated channel by a dedicated beam that a directional pattern is formed for each mobile station, and switching means for switching a sending time section of said common beam and a sending time section of said dedicated beam so that said sending time sections do not overlap within a time slot, said common beam and said dedicated beam are sent by same frequency, and
• said single beam cellular base station sending said common channel and said dedicated channel by same directional pattern beam,
• said mobile station comprising means for distinguishing whether said cellular base station for sending a signal is said multi-beam base station or said single beam base station, said signal is processed according to the identification.