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AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
InventorsRajaram Ramesh, Kambiz Zangi, Kumar Balachandran
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A mobile station for operating in a broadcast-centric cellular communication system. The system improves broadcast channel performance by exploiting the benefits of macro-diversity in a cellular communication system having a plurality of base stations that transmit signals within a plurality of associated cells. System-specific control information common to all cells is synchronously and simultaneously broadcast from multiple base stations using a broadcast channel that is identical across the entire system. Cell-specific control information is transmitted individually from each base station. The mobile station uses the broadcast information for initial synchronization to the system, and to obtain most relevant system information. After system synchronization, the mobile station identifies the connected cell through a physical layer characteristic, and performs initial access to the system.
A mobile station for operating in a cellular communication system having a plurality of base stations that transmit signals within a plurality of associated cells, wherein a predefined group of base stations synchronously and simultaneously broadcast system-specific control information common to all cells, and each base station in the group individually transmits cell-specific control information, said mobile station comprising:
In a mobile station, a method of operating in a cellular communication system having a plurality of base stations that transmit signals within a plurality of associated cells, wherein a predefined group of base stations synchronously and simultaneously broadcast system-specific control information common to all cells, and each base station in the group individually transmits cell-specific control information, said method comprising:
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