Virtual cell mapping in macrodiverse wireless networks with frequency hopping

A communication system using wireless signals for communications including downlink signals to and uplink signals from mobile stations, comprising:

• a plurality of base stations to communicate with said mobile stations using said downlink signals and said uplink signals with frequency hopping sequences, and
• hopping sequence control means for controlling said frequency hopping sequences at two or more adjacent ones of said base stations whereby mobile stations in a region between said two or more adjacent ones of said base stations communicate with coordinated orthogonal frequency hopping sequences;
• wherein each of said base stations includes a base station manager comprising:
• a macrodiversity processor for processing modules including fast macrodiversity switching means, hopping management means and timing means,
• a database for storing hopping sequence numbers and sets of mobile allocation index offsets,
• resource and airlink control means for controlling downlink signals to said mobile stations and for controlling uplink signals from said mobile stations, and
• interface means for interfacing communications among said base stations and the hopping sequence control means.

A communication system usinig wireless signals for communications including downlink signals to and unlink signals from mobile station, comprising:

• a plurality of base stations to communicate with said mobile stations using said downlink signals and said uplink signals with frequency hopping sequences, and
• hopping sequence control means for controlling said frequency hopping sequences at two or more adjacent ones of said base stations whereby mobile stations in a region between said two or more adjacent ones of said base stations communicate with coordinated orthogonal frequency hopping sequences;
• each of said base stations operates with SS physical sectors, b1s(s1), b2sS(s2), . . . , bBS(SS) formed of B physical antennas and components,
• virtual cells are formed by sectors from different base stations served by virtual base stations VBS, defined by the following Exp. (1):
• L[b]VBS[b1S(s1), b2S(s2), . . . , bBS(SS)::L[b]HS::L[b]MAIO{kb}] Exp. (1)
• where:
• L[b]VBS is the L(b)th one of virtual base stations, VBS,
• L[b]HS is a hopping sequence number assigned to the L[b]VBS virtual base station,
• L[b]MAIO{kb} is a set of Mobile Allocation Index Offsets (MAIO) available for assignment to mobile stations for the particular hopping sequence assigned to the L[b]VBS virtual base station.

In a communication system using wireless signals for communications including downlink signals to and uplink signals from mobile stations, the method comprising:

• communicating with said mobile stations with a plurality of base stations using said downlink signals and said uplink signals,
• managing the base station frequencies of communications with said mobile stations according to frequency hopping sequences, and
• controlling the frequency hopping sequences for two or more adjacent ones of said base stations to have mobile stations in a region between said two or more adjacent ones of said base stations commnunicate with coordinated orthogonal frequency hopping sequences,
• wherein said managing the base station frequencies is distributed in each of said base stations.

In a communication system using wireless signals for communications including downlink signals to and unlink signals from mobile stations, the method comprising:

• communicating with said mobile stations with a plurality of base stations using said downlink signals and said uplink signals,
• managing the base station frequencies of communications with said mobile stations according to frequency hopping sequences, and
• controlling the frequency hopping sequences for two or more adjacent ones of said base stations to have mobile stations in a region between said two or more adjacent ones of said base stations communicate with coordinated orthogonal frequency hopping sequences,
• each of said base stations operates with a three or more sectors, two or more adjacent ones of said sectors for adjacent ones of said base stations, respectively, have said coordinated orthogonal frequency hopping sequences, and
• three adjacent sectors of three adjacent base stations, respectively, are controlled to form a virtual cell wherein said coordinated orthogonal frequency hopping sequences are used for said three adjacent sectors.