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US 7,095,730 B1Granted
Data transmission with interruption phases
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorBernhard Raaf
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for data transmission in a communication system, especially in a CDMA mobile radio system, wherein the data are transmitted structured into frames (1, 4, 5) and a transmitting station transmits the data in such a manner that a receiving station receiving the data is able to perform other functions, especially carrying out measurements via a receiving device, during one or more interruption phases (2) in which it interrupts the reception and/or the processing of received data. It is the object of the invention to allow interruption phases (2) whilst maintaining as good a quality of the data transmission as possible. For this purpose, it is proposed that an individual continuous interruption phase (2) extends over at least sectional-portions of at least two successive frames (4, 5).
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A method for data transmission in a communication system, which comprises:
- using a transmitting station to transmit data in structured frames in a manner such that, in at least one continuous interruption phase, a receiving station receiving the transmitted data can interrupt performing an operation selected from the group consisting of receiving the transmitted data and processing the transmitted data and can perform at least one other function;
- configuring the continuous interruption phase to extend over at least a portion of a first frame and over at least a portion of a second frame that is successive to the first frame;
- transmitting the data at a substantially constant permanent transmission rate, except for the data that are received immediately preceding and immediately following the continuous interruption phase;
- transmitting the data that are to be received immediately preceding the continuous interruption phase at a transmission rate that is higher than the substantially constant permanent transmission rate;
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- transmitting the data that are to be received immediately following the continuous interruption phase at a transmission rate that is higher than the substantially constant permanent transmission rate.
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A method for data transmission in a communication system, which comprises:
- using a transmitting station to transmit data in structured frames in a manner such that, in at least one continuous interruption phase, a receiving station receiving the transmitted data can interrupt performing an operation selected from the group consisting of receiving the transmitted data and processing the transmitted data and can perform at least one other function;
- configuring the continuous interruption phase to extend over at least a portion of a first frame and over at least a portion of a second frame that is successive to the first frame;
- transmitting the data redundantly with a substantially constant standard redundancy factor, except for the data that are received immediately preceding and immediately following the continuous interruption phase;
- transmitting the data that are to be received immediately preceding the continuous interruption phase with a redundancy factor that is lower than the standard redundancy factor;
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- transmitting the data that are to be received immediately following the continuous interruption phase with a redundancy factor that is lower than the standard redundancy factor.
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A method for data transmission in a communication system, which comprises:
- using a transmitting station to transmit data in structured frames in a manner such that, in at least one continuous interruption phase, a receiving station receiving the transmitted data can interrupt performing an operation selected from the group consisting of receiving the transmitted data and processing the transmitted data and can perform at least one other function;
- configuring the continuous interruption phase to extend over at least a portion of a first frame and over at least a portion of a second frame that is successive to the first frame.
A method for data transmission in a communication system, which comprises:
- using a transmitting station to transmit data in structured frames in a manner such that, in at least one continuous interruption phase, a receiving station receiving the transmitted data can interrupt performing an operation selected from the group consisting of receiving the transmitted data and processing the transmitted data and can perform at least one other function;
- configuring the continuous interruption phase to extend over at least a portion of a first frame and over at least a portion of a second frame that is successive to the first frame;
- distributing a plurality of continuous interruption phases in constantly recurring time intervals in at least one higher-level multiframe that includes a plurality of frames;
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- using the receiving station to interrupt performing an operation selected from the group consisting of receiving the transmitted data and processing the transmitted data during the plurality of continuous interruption phases.
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A method for data transmission in a communication system, which comprises:
- using a transmitting station to transmit data in structured frames in a manner such that, in at least one continuous interruption phase, a receiving station receiving the transmitted data can interrupt performing an operation selected from the group consisting of receiving the transmitted data and processing the transmitted data and can perform at least one other function;
- configuring the continuous interruption phase to extend over at least a portion of a first frame and over at least a portion of a second frame that is successive to the first frame;
- configuring a plurality of multiframes such that each of the multiframes includes a predetermined number of frames;
- configuring a plurality of continuous interruption phases such that an interruption phase extends recurringly in a given position of one of the plurality of multiframes;
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- using the receiving station to interrupt performing an operation selected from the group consisting of receiving the transmitted data and processing the transmitted data during the plurality of continuous interruption phases.
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A method for data transmission in a communication system, which comprises:
- using a transmitting station to transmit data in structured frames in a manner such that, in at least one continuous interruption phase, a receiving station receiving the transmitted data can interrupt performing an operation selected from the group consisting of receiving the transmitted data and processing the transmitted data and can perform at least one other function;
- configuring the continuous interruption phase to extend over at least a portion of a first frame and over at least a portion of a second frame that is successive to the first frame using the transmitting station to transmit the data such that no data transmitted thereby arrive at the receiving station during the continuous interruption phase.
A method for data transmission in a communication system, which comprises:
- using a transmitting station to transmit data in structured frames in a manner such that, in at least one continuous interruption phase, a receiving station receiving the transmitted data can interrupt performing an operation selected from the group consisting of receiving the transmitted data and processing the transmitted data and can perform at least one other function;
- configuring the continuous interruption phase to extend over at least a portion of a first frame and over at least a portion of a second frame that is successive to the first frame;
- constructing the receiving station to receive the transmitted data;
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- constructing the receiving station such that during the continuous interruption phase, the receiving station can interrupt performing an operation selected from the group consisting of receiving the transmitted data and processing the transmitted data.
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A method for data transmission in a CDMA mobile radio system, which comprises:
- using a transmitting station of the CDMA mobile radio system to transmit data in structured frames in a manner such that, in at least one continuous interruption phase, a receiving station of the CDMA mobile radio system receiving the transmitted data can interrupt performing an operation selected from the group consisting of receiving the transmitted data and processing the transmitted data and can perform at least one other function;
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- configuring the continuous interruption phase to extend over at least a portion of a first frame and over at least a portion of a second frame that is successive to the first frame.
A method for data transmission in a mobile radio system, which comprises:
- using a base station of the mobile radio system to transmit data in structured frames in a manner such that, in at least one continuous interruption phase, a receiving station in the mobile radio system receiving the transmitted data can interrupt performing an operation selected from the group consisting of receiving the transmitted data and processing the transmitted data and can perform at least one other function;
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- configuring the continuous interruption phase to extend over at least a portion of a first frame and over at least a portion of a second frame that is successive to the first frame.
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