WO1997021316A2 - Communication system with base station transceiver and radio communication units - Google Patents

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WO1997021316A2
WO1997021316A2 PCT/EP1996/004967 EP9604967W WO9721316A2 WO 1997021316 A2 WO1997021316 A2 WO 1997021316A2 EP 9604967 W EP9604967 W EP 9604967W WO 9721316 A2 WO9721316 A2 WO 9721316A2
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  • This invention relates, in general, to a communication system and is particularly, but not exclusively, applicable to a cellular communication system (such as a pico-cellular communication system) having a base station transceiver and multiple radio communication units responsive thereto.
  • a cellular communication system such as a pico-cellular communication system
  • TDM time division multiplexed
  • GSM Global System for Mobile
  • DSPs Digital Signal Processors
  • repeater stations have been developed to co-operate with (and extend the coverage provided by) Radio Channel Units (RCUs).
  • RCUs Radio Channel Units
  • These repeater stations contain an antenna-duplexer-amplifier chain that is coupled (via an expensive, low-loss shielded cable) to a nominal first or last amplifier stage of a transceiver of a RCU.
  • a signal that would otherwise be directly transmitted from the RCU is instead broadcast from the antenna of the repeater station after first having been amplified to an appropriate level to compensate for any loss experienced in the shielded cable.
  • the use of repeater stations has segregated a portion of the analog circuitry from a conventional RCU.
  • this solution does not address the problems relating to power consumption and heat generation arising from, predominantly, the signal processing requirements ofthe RCU.
  • a communication system having a central control unit and at least one remote radio frequency unit interacting with the central control unit, wherein the central control unit comprises at least one processing unit responsible for processing at least one of a channel coding function and a channel decoding function for the at least one remote radio unit.
  • the central control unit is coupled to a plurality of remote radio frequency units and the at least one processing unit is responsible for processing the at least one of a channel coding function and a channel decoding function for the plurality remote radio frequency units. Also, each processing unit ofthe at least one processing unit is arranged to perform multiple channel coding and multiple channel decoding.
  • a central control unit having at least one processing unit arranged to process at least one of a channel coding function and a channel decoding function ofa remote radio frequency unit interacting with the central control unit.
  • a remote radio frequency transceiver unit for reception and transmission of information signals, comprising means for partially processing the information signals for both reception and transmission and means for selectively interacting with a central control unit to allow channel coding and channel decoding ofthe information signals to occur at the central control unit.
  • FIG. 1 shows a prior art cellular communication system.
  • FIG. 2 shows a sectored site typically utilised in the prior art cellular communication system of FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 3 is a depiction of a prior art Radio Channel Unit (RCU), and its interface with a prior art Base Station (BS).
  • RCU Radio Channel Unit
  • BS Base Station
  • FIG. 4 illustrates division of a cellular communication system in accordance with a preferred embodiment ofthe present invention.
  • FIG. 1 shows a typical prior art cellular communications system 10 in which a coverage area is defined by a number of sites (or cells) 12-22 represented by conventional hexagonal fashion.
  • Each site 12-22 has a base station 24-34 responsible for controlling the flow of uni-directional or bi-directional communication traffic in the respective site.
  • the base stations 24-34 will be centrally located, although other positions may be desirable subject to surrounding terrain or propagation conditions (affected by walls of/ ⁇ n buildings, valleys and areas of forestation, or the like).
  • each base station 24-34 may receive 38 and/or transmit 40 signals from/to communication devices 42-46 located in its coverage area.
  • each base station (BS) 24-34 is further responsive to an operations and maintenance centre (OMC) 49 arranged to have overall system control, which OMC 49 may be either on a regional or system basis (dependent upon the size of the communications system 10).
  • OMC 49 may be either on a regional or system basis (dependent upon the size of the communications system 10).
  • the communication devices 42-46 may have the capacity for duplex, simplex or one-way communication, and may have either a roaming capability (allowing movement between sites) or be fixedly located.
  • communication units 42, 44 and 46 may be digital or analog cellular radiotelephones having voice or data capabilities.
  • cellular radio telephone 42 may provide access to a portable computer via a Personal Computer (PC) card interface or the like.
  • communication unit 43 may be a radio pager, whereas communication unit 45 may be located in a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) device responsible for the monitoring of a flow rate or control of a valve 47 in a pipeline 48.
  • SCADA Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
  • each site 12-22 of the cellular communication system 10 of FIG. 1 is typically partitioned into a plurality of operational sectors 50-60 (as shown in FIG. 2), with each sector 50-60 serviced by a radio channel unit (RCU) 62-72 and associated transmit and/or receive antennas 74-84, respectively.
  • the operational sectors are each defined by an area serviced (covered) by a single Broadcast Control Channel (BCCH).
  • BCCH Broadcast Control Channel
  • RCU 90 Radio Channel Unit 90 and its interface 92 with a prior art Base Station 94 is depicted.
  • the prior art RCU 90 shows only some of its major functional blocks, and is described in the context of a transceiver arrangement having a discrete transmitter chain 96 and a discrete receiver chain 98. With respect to the transmitter chain 96 and the receiver chain 98, each contains differing amounts of RF circuitry (identified as blocks 100 and 102, respectively).
  • the transmitter chain 96 ofthe RCU 90 comprises a channel coder 104 that is responsive to an intermediate frequency (IF) signal 106 emanating from the base station 94 (which in this case is a base station transceiver).
  • a channel coded output signal 108 is provided to a modulator 110 which is arranged to generate a modulated output signal 112.
  • a first mixer 114 responsive to both a first frequency signal 116 (generated by a first oscillator 118) and the modulated output signal 112, produces a signal output 120 that is subsequently amplified in amplifier 122 before being routed, via antenna switch (duplexer) 124, to an antenna 124 for transmission.
  • the RF transmit circuitry 100 is represented by modulator 110, first mixer 114, first oscillator 118 and amplifier 122.
  • a received signal is routed through the antenna switch 124 to an amplifier 128 for amplification.
  • a amplified received signal 130 provides a first input to a second mixer 132.
  • a second input signal 133 (provided by a second oscillator 134) is then combined in the second mixer 132 with the amplified received signal 130.
  • frequency f2 will typically be different to frequency fl.
  • an output signal 136 is digitised in an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter 138, with a resultant digital output signal 140 provided to a channel decoder 142 via a channel equaliser 146.
  • A/D analog-to-digital
  • An output from the channel decoder 142 represents an intermediate frequency (IF) input signal 146 that is provided to the base station 94.
  • the RF receive circuitry 102 is represented by amplifier 128, second mixer 132, second oscillator 134, A/D converter 138 and equaUser 144.
  • the interface 92 between the RCU 90 and the base station 94 is realised by a partition after the channel coder 104 and the channel decoder 142, i.e. at a baseband data rate ofthe intermediate frequency signals 106 and 146 (typically, 270k symbols per second (sps) for GSM).
  • the data rate between the equaliser 144 and the channel decoder in the receive chain 98
  • the data rate between the channel coder 104 and the modulator 110 will be 270k sps at 1 bit.
  • the data rate between the A/D converter 138 and the equaUser 144 for the GSM ceUular communication system is represented by a 4 times over-sampling of 8 bits at 270k symbols per second.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates a division of functional responsibilities between a central control unit 158 and at least one remote radio unit ("RF head") of a communication system 159.
  • the central control unit contains at least one processing unit 160 (such as a DSP) that is arranged to accommodate all channel coding and channel decoding for the at least one remote RF head ofthe communication system 160.
  • the DSP 160 (or the bank of DSPs, if required) is coupled to an output interface 161 ofthe central control unit 158 to aUow access to necessary system information or system communication.
  • multiple channel coding and multiple channel decoding is performed on a single DSP.
  • each RF head 162-172 comprises a transmitter chain 180, a receiver chain 182 and an antenna switch 124 for selectively couphng the transmitter chain 180 and the receiver chain 182 to the antenna 126.
  • the transmitter chain 180 and the receiver chain 182 respectively contain RF transmit circuitry 100 and RF receive circuitry 102 (including the channel equaliser), as previously described in relation to FIG. 3.
  • each RF head contains a controller 184, such as a microprocessor, for operational control of the RF transmit circuitry 100 and the RF receive circuitry 102.
  • a multiplexer 190 also operationally response to the controller 184, selectively provides a gateway over a communication resource 192 (and communication resources 193-196 for RF heads 164-172, respectively) to allow information flow between each RF head the central control unit 158.
  • the communication resource 192 is a twisted-pair, High Density Subscriber Line (HDSL) that allows duplex multiplexing at 768k symbols per second.
  • the communication resource also allows multiplexing of control channel info ⁇ nation, the requirement for which will be understood.
  • the communication system of the preferred embodiment ofthe present invention is partitioned at a point in a conventional BTS where the data rate in the receive path is ⁇ 270k sps and the data rate in the transmit rate is ⁇ 270k sps, whereby the central control unit 158 is arranged to undertake signal processing intensive (and hence power intensive) channel coding and channel decoding for each ofthe RF heads, while the RF heads contain, principally, only RF circuitry required for communication.
  • demodulated data is at the baseband rate with one or more bits per symbol.
  • the preferred embodiment of the present invention utilises the time-correction facility provided by the HDSL communication resource.
  • This time-correction facility allows for the correction of propagation delays that arise because of the varying lengths ofthe HDSL between the RF heads 162-172 and the central control unit 158.
  • the preferred embodiment of the present invention contemplates the periodic transmission of a synchronisation word in an identified time-slot ofthe HDSL link. For example, time-slot zero (of the twelve available on the HDSL) may be utilised on an hourly basis.
  • partitioning ofthe communication system 159 in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the preferred embodiment has the effect of cloaking the time-slot number from the channel equaUser.
  • GSM Global System for Mobile communications
  • the present invention is particularly suited for adoption in a pico-cellular environment (such as within floors of buildings in which sites (or cells) have communication coverage areas ofa few hundred metres or less) because each radio channel unit (RF head) is less complex, smaller and relatively inexpensive to manufacture in comparison with conventional RCUs having channel coding and decoding circuitry.
  • RF head radio channel unit
  • the present invention provides a low power radio unit with a single-line interface.

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As exemplified, signal processing for multiple Radio Frequency (RF) heads (162-172) of a communication system (160) is located at a central control unit (158), such as a base station transceiver. More particularly, in the case where the RF head requires transmission and reception capabilities (in a TDM pico-cellular environment, for example), the central control unit is arranged to undertake power intensive channel coding and channel decoding for each of the RF heads, while the RF heads principally contain RF circuitry required for communication. As such, power consumption and heat generation arising from signal processing is restricted to the central control unit (158), thereby allowing a reduction in the cost and physical size of the RF heads (162-172).

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COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH BASE STATION TRANSCEIVER AND RADIO COMMUNICATION UNITS
Background of the Invention
This invention relates, in general, to a communication system and is particularly, but not exclusively, applicable to a cellular communication system (such as a pico-cellular communication system) having a base station transceiver and multiple radio communication units responsive thereto.
Summary of the Prior Art
In communication systems, such as the time division multiplexed (TDM) pan- European Global System for Mobile (GSM) cellular communication system and other frequency re-use systems, there is a seemingly relentless drive towards both a reduction in power consumption and a miniaturisation of infrastructure equipment.
In infrastructure equipment particularly, advances in system technology and architecture have led to increased signal processing and the necessity for arrays of dedicated Digital Signal Processors (DSPs) that consume considerable amounts of power. Consequently, housings for the infrastructure equipment have needed to be sufficiently large to facilitate cooling processes, as will be understood. Furthermore, power consumption is a major issue with respect to remotely-located, battery-powered devices, since any drain of current from the battery reduces its operational life-span.
In an attempt to reduce size, repeater stations have been developed to co-operate with (and extend the coverage provided by) Radio Channel Units (RCUs). These repeater stations contain an antenna-duplexer-amplifier chain that is coupled (via an expensive, low-loss shielded cable) to a nominal first or last amplifier stage of a transceiver of a RCU. More particularly, when considering a transmit path in a repeater station, a signal that would otherwise be directly transmitted from the RCU is instead broadcast from the antenna of the repeater station after first having been amplified to an appropriate level to compensate for any loss experienced in the shielded cable. In this way, the use of repeater stations has segregated a portion of the analog circuitry from a conventional RCU. However, this solution does not address the problems relating to power consumption and heat generation arising from, predominantly, the signal processing requirements ofthe RCU.
Summary ofthe Invention
According to a first aspect of the present invention there is provided a communication system having a central control unit and at least one remote radio frequency unit interacting with the central control unit, wherein the central control unit comprises at least one processing unit responsible for processing at least one of a channel coding function and a channel decoding function for the at least one remote radio unit.
In preferred embodiment the central control unit is coupled to a plurality of remote radio frequency units and the at least one processing unit is responsible for processing the at least one of a channel coding function and a channel decoding function for the plurality remote radio frequency units. Also, each processing unit ofthe at least one processing unit is arranged to perform multiple channel coding and multiple channel decoding.
In a second aspect of the present invention there is provided a central control unit having at least one processing unit arranged to process at least one of a channel coding function and a channel decoding function ofa remote radio frequency unit interacting with the central control unit.
In another aspect of the present invention there is provided a remote radio frequency transceiver unit for reception and transmission of information signals, comprising means for partially processing the information signals for both reception and transmission and means for selectively interacting with a central control unit to allow channel coding and channel decoding ofthe information signals to occur at the central control unit.
An exemplary embodiment ofthe present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Brief Description ofthe Drawings FIG. 1 shows a prior art cellular communication system.
FIG. 2 shows a sectored site typically utilised in the prior art cellular communication system of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a depiction of a prior art Radio Channel Unit (RCU), and its interface with a prior art Base Station (BS).
FIG. 4 illustrates division of a cellular communication system in accordance with a preferred embodiment ofthe present invention.
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FIG. 1 shows a typical prior art cellular communications system 10 in which a coverage area is defined by a number of sites (or cells) 12-22 represented by conventional hexagonal fashion. Each site 12-22 has a base station 24-34 responsible for controlling the flow of uni-directional or bi-directional communication traffic in the respective site. Typically, the base stations 24-34 will be centrally located, although other positions may be desirable subject to surrounding terrain or propagation conditions (affected by walls of/ϊn buildings, valleys and areas of forestation, or the like). As will be understood, each base station 24-34 may receive 38 and/or transmit 40 signals from/to communication devices 42-46 located in its coverage area. Typically, each base station (BS) 24-34 is further responsive to an operations and maintenance centre (OMC) 49 arranged to have overall system control, which OMC 49 may be either on a regional or system basis (dependent upon the size of the communications system 10). With respect to the communication devices 42-46, these may have the capacity for duplex, simplex or one-way communication, and may have either a roaming capability (allowing movement between sites) or be fixedly located. For example, communication units 42, 44 and 46 may be digital or analog cellular radiotelephones having voice or data capabilities. Indeed, cellular radio telephone 42 may provide access to a portable computer via a Personal Computer (PC) card interface or the like. Furthermore, communication unit 43 may be a radio pager, whereas communication unit 45 may be located in a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) device responsible for the monitoring of a flow rate or control of a valve 47 in a pipeline 48. Taking a cellular telephony system by way of example, each site 12-22 of the cellular communication system 10 of FIG. 1 is typically partitioned into a plurality of operational sectors 50-60 (as shown in FIG. 2), with each sector 50-60 serviced by a radio channel unit (RCU) 62-72 and associated transmit and/or receive antennas 74-84, respectively. Usually, the operational sectors are each defined by an area serviced (covered) by a single Broadcast Control Channel (BCCH).
Referring to FIG. 3, a prior art Radio Channel Unit (RCU) 90 and its interface 92 with a prior art Base Station 94 is depicted. For the sake of brevity, the prior art RCU 90 shows only some of its major functional blocks, and is described in the context of a transceiver arrangement having a discrete transmitter chain 96 and a discrete receiver chain 98. With respect to the transmitter chain 96 and the receiver chain 98, each contains differing amounts of RF circuitry (identified as blocks 100 and 102, respectively).
The transmitter chain 96 ofthe RCU 90 comprises a channel coder 104 that is responsive to an intermediate frequency (IF) signal 106 emanating from the base station 94 (which in this case is a base station transceiver). A channel coded output signal 108 is provided to a modulator 110 which is arranged to generate a modulated output signal 112. A first mixer 114, responsive to both a first frequency signal 116 (generated by a first oscillator 118) and the modulated output signal 112, produces a signal output 120 that is subsequently amplified in amplifier 122 before being routed, via antenna switch (duplexer) 124, to an antenna 124 for transmission. In the transmitter chain 96, the RF transmit circuitry 100 is represented by modulator 110, first mixer 114, first oscillator 118 and amplifier 122.
In the receiver chain 98, a received signal is routed through the antenna switch 124 to an amplifier 128 for amplification. After amplification, a amplified received signal 130 provides a first input to a second mixer 132. A second input signal 133 (provided by a second oscillator 134) is then combined in the second mixer 132 with the amplified received signal 130. As will be appreciated, frequency f2 will typically be different to frequency fl. Then, after combination in the second mixer 132, an output signal 136 is digitised in an analog-to-digital (A/D) converter 138, with a resultant digital output signal 140 provided to a channel decoder 142 via a channel equaliser 146. An output from the channel decoder 142 represents an intermediate frequency (IF) input signal 146 that is provided to the base station 94. In the receiver chain 96, the RF receive circuitry 102 is represented by amplifier 128, second mixer 132, second oscillator 134, A/D converter 138 and equaUser 144.
As will be understood, use of either one ofthe transmitter chain 96 or the receiver chain 98 in isolation is sufficient to realise either a transmitter or a receiver; neither of which strictly require the use ofthe antenna switch 124.
Referring to the figure, it can bee seen that the interface 92 between the RCU 90 and the base station 94 is realised by a partition after the channel coder 104 and the channel decoder 142, i.e. at a baseband data rate ofthe intermediate frequency signals 106 and 146 (typically, 270k symbols per second (sps) for GSM). Furthermore, as will be appreciated, the data rate between the equaliser 144 and the channel decoder (in the receive chain 98) will be either 270k sps at 1 bit for hard-decision data or 270k sps at 4 bits for soft-decision data, whereas the data rate between the channel coder 104 and the modulator 110 will be 270k sps at 1 bit. Additionally, the data rate between the A/D converter 138 and the equaUser 144 for the GSM ceUular communication system is represented by a 4 times over-sampling of 8 bits at 270k symbols per second.
In accordance with a preferred embodiment ofthe present invention, FIG. 4 illustrates a division of functional responsibilities between a central control unit 158 and at least one remote radio unit ("RF head") of a communication system 159. The central control unit contains at least one processing unit 160 (such as a DSP) that is arranged to accommodate all channel coding and channel decoding for the at least one remote RF head ofthe communication system 160. The DSP 160 (or the bank of DSPs, if required) is coupled to an output interface 161 ofthe central control unit 158 to aUow access to necessary system information or system communication. In fact, in the preferred embodiment, multiple channel coding and multiple channel decoding is performed on a single DSP.
In this specific instance of FIG. 4, the communication system 160 has been shown with six identical RF heads 162-172, only one (RF head 162) of which has been shown in exploded detail. Basically, each RF head 162-172 comprises a transmitter chain 180, a receiver chain 182 and an antenna switch 124 for selectively couphng the transmitter chain 180 and the receiver chain 182 to the antenna 126. The transmitter chain 180 and the receiver chain 182 respectively contain RF transmit circuitry 100 and RF receive circuitry 102 (including the channel equaliser), as previously described in relation to FIG. 3. Furthermore, each RF head contains a controller 184, such as a microprocessor, for operational control of the RF transmit circuitry 100 and the RF receive circuitry 102. Additionally, a multiplexer 190, also operationally response to the controller 184, selectively provides a gateway over a communication resource 192 (and communication resources 193-196 for RF heads 164-172, respectively) to allow information flow between each RF head the central control unit 158.
In the preferred embodiment, the communication resource 192 is a twisted-pair, High Density Subscriber Line (HDSL) that allows duplex multiplexing at 768k symbols per second. The communication resource also allows multiplexing of control channel infoπnation, the requirement for which will be understood.
As such, the communication system of the preferred embodiment ofthe present invention is partitioned at a point in a conventional BTS where the data rate in the receive path is ~270k sps and the data rate in the transmit rate is ~270k sps, whereby the central control unit 158 is arranged to undertake signal processing intensive (and hence power intensive) channel coding and channel decoding for each ofthe RF heads, while the RF heads contain, principally, only RF circuitry required for communication. At this point, demodulated data is at the baseband rate with one or more bits per symbol.
To maintain synchronisation between the various RF heads 162-172 and the central control unit 158, the preferred embodiment of the present invention utilises the time-correction facility provided by the HDSL communication resource. This time-correction facility allows for the correction of propagation delays that arise because of the varying lengths ofthe HDSL between the RF heads 162-172 and the central control unit 158. More particularly, the preferred embodiment of the present invention contemplates the periodic transmission of a synchronisation word in an identified time-slot ofthe HDSL link. For example, time-slot zero (of the twelve available on the HDSL) may be utilised on an hourly basis. As will be appreciated, some form of synchronisation is required because equalised data associated with a time-slot ofa TDM frame (for example) must be decoded with reference to a time-slot number. Therefore, partitioning ofthe communication system 159 in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the preferred embodiment has the effect of cloaking the time-slot number from the channel equaUser. Furthermore, with particular regard to GSM, there is a need to have the ability to synchronise transmissions between sites.
As will be appreciated, the present invention is particularly suited for adoption in a pico-cellular environment (such as within floors of buildings in which sites (or cells) have communication coverage areas ofa few hundred metres or less) because each radio channel unit (RF head) is less complex, smaller and relatively inexpensive to manufacture in comparison with conventional RCUs having channel coding and decoding circuitry. Indeed, the present invention provides a low power radio unit with a single-line interface.
It will, of course, be understood that the above description has been given by way of example only and that modifications in detail, such as the number of RF heads serviced by a single central control unit, may be made within the scope ofthe present invention. Indeed, although the RF heads of FIG. 4 have been described in relation to a transceiver, the present invention is clearly applicable to separate receivers or transmitters, with the skilled addressee appreciating the mere need for the elimination of either a receiver chain or a transmitter chain from the illustrated RF head configuration. Furthermore, other forms of communication resource (192-196) may be substituted, e.g. coaxial cables, fibre-optic links, El links (i.e. European or (CEPTl) 32 x 64k bps leased lines) or radio Unks). In all cases, the communication resources 192-196 allow interleaving of coded baseband data from the central control unit 158 to the RF heads (162-172).

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1. A communication system having a central control unit and at least one remote radio frequency unit interacting with the central control unit, wherein the central control unit comprises at least one processing unit responsible for processing at least one of a channel coding function and a channel decoding function for the at least one remote radio unit.
2. The communication system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the central control unit is coupled to a pluraUty of remote radio frequency units and the at least one processing unit is responsible for processing the at least one of a channel coding function and a channel decoding function for the pluraUty remote radio frequency units.
3. The communication system as claimed in claim 1 or 2, wherein each processing unit of the at least one processing unit is arranged to perform multiple channel coding and multiple channel decoding,
4. The communication system as claimed in claim 1, 2 or 3, further comprising a High Density Subscriber Line, coupled between the at least one remote radio frequency unit to the central control unit, arranged to allow the interacting.
5. The communication system of any preceding claim, wherein the communication system is a pico-cellular communication system.
6. The communication system of any preceding claim, wherein the at least one remote radio frequency unit is a transceiver
7. The communication system of any preceding claim, wherein the at least one radio frequency unit is a receiver
8. The communication system of any preceding claim, wherein the at least one radio frequency unit is a transmitter
9. A central control unit having at least one processing unit arranged to process at least one of a channel coding function and a channel decoding
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