Claims
- 1. An adaptive radio system comprising:a plurality of mobile stations and at least one base station, at least the base station in the radio system having a plurality of independent transmitting and receiving branches for transfer of signals between the base station and mobile stations, said radio system including first device for connecting said transmission branches and receiving branches in parallel, wherein in that the radio system additionally includes second device for determining, on the basis of predetermined criteria, the number of parallel transmission and receiving branches to be allocated for a single signal, said second device controlling said first device for dynamically allocating a certain number of parallel transmission and receiving branches to transfer a single signal.
- 2. The radio system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first device include a signal processing block for processing the signals of the transmitting branches and receiving branches, and the second device include control means for controlling the signal processing block to connect signal processing of one or more parallel transmitting or receiving branches in parallel.
- 3. The radio system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the control device is responsive to the quality of the transferred signal.
- 4. The radio system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the control device is responsive to the channel width of the transferred signal.
- 5. The radio system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the control device is responsive to the load on the radio network.
- 6. The radio system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the control device is responsive to the channel type used for the signal transfer.
- 7. The radio system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the radio system couples the transmitting and receiving branches of the base station in parallel and for numerical, dynamic assigning thereof to a plurality of simultaneous, independent connections for transfer of signals between the base station and mobile stations.
- 8. The radio system as claimed in claim 7, wherein said simultaneous connections are on different frequencies.
- 9. A method for assigning transmitting and receiving branches in a radio system comprising:transferring signals between a plurality of mobile stations and at least one base station, at least the base station in the radio system having a plurality of independent transmitting and receiving branches for transfer of the signals between the base station and mobile stations, wherein determining the number of transmitting and receiving branches to be allocated to signal transfer between a base station and a mobile station, and assigning a number of said transmitting and receiving branches to transfer of a single signal between a base station and a mobile station on the basis of the determination, said number changing dynamically depending on the signal.
- 10. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein signal quality of a connection between the base station and a mobile station is determined and the signal quality required by the connection is determined, and wherein assigning at least such a number of transmitting and receiving branches to the connection, wherein the required signal quality on the connection is obtained.
- 11. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein assigning, on the basis of the channel width used, such a number of transmitting and receiving branches to a connection between the base station and a mobile station, by means of which an adequate signal quality on the connection is obtained.
- 12. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein reducing a number of parallel transmitting and receiving branches assigned to a connection between the base station and a mobile station when a network load exceeds a preset threshold level.
- 13. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein transmitting and receiving branches are assigned connection-specifically to a traffic channel, and individually to a control channel, the number of the branches being at least that required by each service.
- 14. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein assigning transmitting and receiving branches timeslot-specifically.
- 15. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein assigning transmitting and receiving branches hash code specifically.
- 16. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein assigning one transmitting branch to the control channel.
- 17. The method as claimed in claim 9, wherein numerical, dynamic assigning of transmitting and receiving branches of the base station to a plurality of simultaneous, independent connections between the base station and mobile stations.
- 18. The method as claimed in claim 17, wherein numerical, dynamic assigning of transmitting and receiving branches of the base station to a plurality of simultaneous connections between the base station and mobile stations, wherein connections are on different frequencies.
Priority Claims (1)
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This patent is a continuation of PCT/FI98/00643 which was filed on Aug. 21, 1998, and claims priority of Finland application 973478 filed on Aug. 22, 1997.
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