High-data-rate supplemental channel for CDMA telecommunications system

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6173007
  • Patent Number
    6,173,007
  • Date Filed
    Wednesday, January 15, 1997
    27 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, January 9, 2001
    23 years ago
Abstract
A novel and improved method for implementing a high-transmission-rate over-the-air interface is described. A transmit system provides an in-phase channel set and a quadrature-phase channel set. The in-phase channel set is used to provide a complete set of orthogonal medium rate control and traffic channels. The quadrature-phase channel set is used to provide a high-rate supplemental channel and an extended set of medium rate channels that are orthogonal to each other and the original medium rate channels. The high-rate supplemental channel is generated over a set of medium rate channels using a short channel code. The medium rate channel are generated using a set of long channel codes.
Description




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




I. Field of the Invention




The present invention relates to wireless telecommunications. More particularly, the present invention relates to a novel and improved method for implementing a high-transmission-rate over-the-air interface.




II. Description of the Related Art




The IS-95 standard from the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), and its derivatives such as IS-95A and ANSI J-STD-008 (referred to herein collectively as IS-95), define an over-the-air interface suitable for implementing a bandwidth-efficient digital cellular telephone system. To this end, IS-95 provides a method for establishing multiple radio frequency (RF) traffic channels, each having a data transmission rate of up to 14.4 kilobits per second. The traffic channels can be used for conducting voice telephony or for conducting digital data communications including small file transfer, electronic mail, and facsimile.




While 14.4 kilobits per second is adequate for these types of lower data rate applications, the increasing popularity of more data intensive applications such as worldwide web and video conferencing has created a demand for much higher transmission rates. To satisfy this new demand, the present invention is directed towards providing an over-the-air interface capable of higher transmission rates.





FIG. 1

illustrates a highly simplified digital cellular telephone system configured in a manner consistent with the use of IS-95. During operation, telephone calls and other communications are conducted by exchanging data between subscriber units


10


and base stations


12


using RF signals. The communications are further conducted from base stations


12


through base station controllers (BSC)


14


and mobile switching center (MSC)


16


to either public switch telephone network (PSTN)


18


, or to another subscriber unit


10


. BSC's


14


and MSC


16


typically provide mobility control, call processing, and call routing functionality.




In an IS-95 compliant system, the RF signals exchanged between subscriber units


10


and base stations


12


are processed in accordance with code division multiple access (CDMA) signal processing techniques. The use of CDMA signal processing techniques allows adjacent base stations


12


to use the same RF bandwidth which, when combined with the use of transmit power control, makes IS-95 more bandwidth efficient than other cellular telephone systems.




CDMA processing is considered a “spread spectrum” technology because the CDMA signal is spread over a wider amount of RF bandwidth than is generally used for non-spread spectrum systems. The spreading bandwidth for an IS-95 system is 1.2288 MHz. A CDMA-based digital wireless telecommunications system configured substantially in accordance with the use of IS-95 is described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,103,459 entitled “SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING SIGNAL WAVEFORMS IN A CDMA CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEM,” assigned to the assignee of the present invention and incorporated herein by reference.




It is anticipated that the demand for higher transmission rates will be greater for the forward link than for the reverse link because a typical user is expected to receive more data than he or she generates. The forward link signal is the RF signal transmitted from a base station


12


to one or more subscriber units


10


. The reverse link signal is the RF signal transmitted from subscriber unit


10


to a base station


12


.





FIG. 2

illustrates the signal processing associated with an IS-95 forward link traffic channel, which is a portion of the IS-95 forward link signal. The forward link traffic channel is used for the transmission of user data from a base station


12


to a particular subscriber unit


10


. During normal operation, the base station


12


generates multiple forward link traffic channels, each of which is used for communication with a particular subscriber unit


10


. Additionally, the base station


12


generates various control channels including a pilot channel, a sync channel, and a paging channel. The forward link signal is the sum of the traffic channels and control channels.




As shown in

FIG. 2

, user data is input at node


30


and processed in


20


millisecond (ms) blocks called frames. The amount of data in each frame may be one of four values with each lower value being approximately half of the next higher value. Also, two possible sets of frame sizes can be utilized, which are referred to as rate set one and rate set two.




For rate set two the amount of data contained in the largest, or “full-rate,” frame corresponds to a transmission rate of 13.35 kilobits per second. For rate set one the amount of data contained in the full rate frame corresponds to a transmission rate of 8.6 kilobits per second. The smaller sized frames are referred to as half-rate, quarter-rate, and eighth-rate frames. The various frame rates are used to adjust for the changes in voice activity experienced during a normal conversation.




CRC generator


36


adds CRC data with the amount of CRC data generated dependent on the frame size and rate set. Tail byte generator


40


adds eight tail bits of known logic state to each frame to assist during the decoding process. For full-rate frames, the number of tail bits and CRC bits brings the transmission rate up to 9.6 and 14.4 kilobits per second for rate set one and rate set two.




The data from tail byte generator


40


is convolutionally encoded by encoder


42


to generate code symbols


44


. Rate 1/2, constraint length (K) 9, encoding is performed.




Puncture


48


removes 2 of every 6 code symbols for rate set two frames, which effectively reduces the encoding performed to rate 2/3. Thus, at the output of puncture


48


code symbols are generated at 19.2 kilosymbols per second (ksps) for both rate set one and rate set two full-rate frames.




Block interleaver


50


performs block interleaving on each frame, and the interleaved code symbols are modulated with a Walsh channel code from Walsh code generator


54


generating sixty-four Walsh symbols for each code symbol. A particular Walsh channel code W


i


is selected from a set of sixty-four Walsh channel codes and typically used for the duration of an interface between a particular subscriber unit


10


and a base station


12


.




The Walsh symbols are then duplicated, and one copy is modulated with an in-phase PN spreading code (PN


I


) from spreading code generator


52


, and the other copy is modulated with a quadrature-phase PN spreading code (PN


Q


) from spreading code generator


53


. The in-phase data is then low-pass filtered by LPF


58


and modulated with an in-phase sinusoidal carrier signal. Similarly, the quadrature-phase data is low-pass filtered by LPF


60


and modulated with a quadrature-phase sinusoidal carrier. The two modulated carrier signals are then summed to form signal s(t) and transmitted as the forward link signal.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




The present invention is a novel and improved method for implementing a high-transmission-rate over-the-air interface. A transmit system provides an in-phase channel set and a quadrature-phase channel set. The in-phase channel set is used to provide a complete set of orthogonal medium rate control and traffic channels. The quadrature-phase channel set is used to provide a high-rate supplemental channel and an extended set of medium rate channels that are orthogonal to each other and the original medium rate channels. The high-rate supplemental channel is generated over a set of medium rate channels using a short channel code. The medium rate channel are generated using a set of long channel codes.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS




The features, objects, and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the detailed description set forth below when taken in conjunction with the drawings in which like reference characters identify correspondingly throughout and wherein:





FIG. 1

is a block diagram of a cellular telephone system;





FIG. 2

is a block diagram of the forward link signal processing associated with the IS-95 standard;





FIG. 3

is a block diagram of a transmit system configured in accordance with one embodiment of the invention;




FIGS.


4


A-


4


D is a list of the set of 64-symbol Walsh codes and associated indexes used in a preferred embodiment of the invention.





FIG. 5

is a block diagram of the channel coding performed in accordance with one embodiment of the invention;





FIG. 6

is a block diagram of a receive system configured in accordance with one embodiment of the invention; and





FIG. 7

is a block diagram of a decoding system configured in accordance with one embodiment of the invention.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS





FIG. 3

is a block diagram of a transmit system configured in a manner consistent with use of the invention. Typically, the transmit system will be used to generated the forward link signal in a cellular telephone system and therefore would be incorporated into a base station


12


. In the exemplary configuration shown, the transmit system generates a forward link signal that includes a complete set of IS-95, or medium rate, channels as well as a high-speed supplemental channel. Additionally, in the embodiment described, an extended set of IS-95 channels is provided. Alternative embodiments of the invention could provide more than one high-speed supplemental channel, or not provide the use of an additional set of IS-95 channels, or both. Also, while providing IS-95 channels is preferred, other embodiments of the invention may incorporate other channel types and processing protocols.




In the exemplary embodiment provided, the transmit system provides an in-phase channel set


90


and a quadrature-phase channel set


92


. The in-phase channel set


90


is used to provide the complete set of orthogonal IS-95 control and traffic channels. Orthogonal channel to not interfere with one another when transmitted via the same path. The quadrature-phase channel set


92


is used to provide a high-rate supplemental channel and an extended set of IS-95 channels that are orthogonal to each other and the original IS-95 channels. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, all the signals and data shown in

FIG. 3

are formed by positive and negative integer values represented by binary digital data or voltages, which correspond to a logic low and a logic high, respectively.




For the in-phase channel set


90


, IS-95 control channel system


100


performs various functions associated with one of the standard IS-95 control channels including encoding and interleaving, the processing of which is described in IS-95 incorporated herein by reference. In this case, since the Walsh


1


channel code is used, the processing will be in accordance with the use of a paging channel. The resulting code symbols from IS-95 control channel system


100


are modulated with a Walsh code from Walsh


1


generator


102


by multiplier


104


. The Walsh generators


102


are used to generate the orthogonal in-phase channels.




Walsh generator


102


repeatedly generates a Walsh code of index 1 (Walsh


1


) from a set of Walsh codes of indexes 0 to 63 (Walsh


0-63


). FIGS.


4


A-


4


D are a list of the set of 64-symbol Walsh codes and associated indexes used in a preferred embodiment of the invention. A Walsh chip corresponds to a Walsh symbol and a Walsh chip value of 0 corresponds to a positive (+) integer while a Walsh chip value of 1 corresponds to a negative (−) integer. Under IS-95 Walsh


1


code corresponds to the paging channel. The Walsh symbols generated by modulation with the Walsh


1


code are gain adjusted by channel gain


108


(2).




The pilot channel is generated by gain adjusting a positive


1


value using channel gain


108


(1). No encoding is performed for the pilot channel in accordance with IS-95, as the Walsh


0


code used for the pilot channel is all plus 1 values, and therefore equivalent to no modulation at all.




Additional control channels are generated in similar fashion using additional IS-95 control channel systems, additional Walsh generators, and additional channel gains (all not shown). Such control channels include a synchronization channel, which is modulated with the Walsh


32


code. The processing associated with each type of IS-95 control channel is described in IS-95.




The processing associated with one of the IS-95 traffic channels in the in-phase channel set is illustrated with IS-95 traffic channel system


110


, which performs various functions associated with an IS-95 traffic channel including convolutional encoding and interleaving as described above to generate a sequence of symbols at 19.2 kilosymbols per second. The code symbols from IS-95 traffic channel system


110


are modulated with the 64-symbol Walsh


63


code from Walsh


63


generator


112


by multiplier


114


to generate a sequence of symbols at 1.2288 Megasymbols per second. The Walsh symbols from multiplier


114


are gain adjusted by gain adjust


108


(64).




The outputs of all gain adjusts including gain adjusts


108


(1)-(64) are summed by summer


120


generating in-phase data D


I


. Each gain adjust


108


increases or decreases the gain of the particular channel with which it is associated. The gain adjust can be performed in response to a variety of factors including power control commands from the subscriber unit


10


processing the associated channel, or to differences in the type of data being transmitted over the channel. By keeping the transmit power of each channel at the minimum necessary for proper communication, interference is reduced and the total transmit capacity increased. In one embodiment of the invention, gain adjusts


108


are configured by a control system (not shown) which could take the form of a microprocessor.




Within quadrature-phase channel set


92


, an extended set of 64−2


N


IS-95 traffic channels are provided using IS-95 channel systems


124


. N is a integer value based on the number of Walsh channels allocated for the supplemental channel and is described in greater detail below. Each code symbols from the IS-95 channel systems


124


(2)-(64−2


N


) is modulated with a Walsh code from Walsh generators


126


by multipliers


128


, except for IS-95 traffic channel system


124


(1), which is placed on Walsh


0


channel, and therefore does not require modulation.




To provide the high-rate supplemental channel, supplemental channel system


132


generates code symbols at a rate R


S


, which is 2N times that of a full-rate IS-95 traffic channel. Each code symbol is modulated with a supplemental Walsh code (Walsh


S


) from supplemental Walsh code generator


134


using multiplier


140


. The output of multiplier


140


is gain adjusted by gain adjust


130


. The outputs of the set of gain adjusts


130


are summed by summer


150


yielding quadrature-phase data D


Q


. It should be understood that the extended set of IS-95 traffic channel could be completely or partially replaced with one or more additional supplemental channels.




The processing performed by supplemental channel system


132


is described in greater detail below. The Walsh


S


code generated by supplemental Walsh code generator


134


depends the number of Walsh codes allocated for the high-rate supplemental channel in quadrature-phase channel set


92


. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the number of Walsh channels allocated for the high-rate supplemental channel can be any value 2


N


where N={2, 3, 4, 5, 6}. The Walsh


S


codes are 64/2


N


symbols long, rather than the 64 symbols used with the IS-95 Walsh codes. In order for the high-rate supplemental channel to be orthogonal to the other quadrature-phase channels with 64-symbol Walsh codes, 2


N


of the possible 64 quadrature-phase channels with 64-symbol Walsh codes cannot be used for the other quadrature-phase channels. Table I provides a list of the possible Walsh


S


codes for each value of N and the corresponding sets of allocated 64-symbol Walsh codes.














TABLE I











Allocated 64-Symbol






N




Walsh


i






Walsh Codes











2




+,+,+,+,+,+,+,+,+,+,+,+,+,+,+,+




0, 16, 32, 48







+,−,+,−,+,−,+,−,+,−,+,−,+,−,+,−




1, 17, 33, 49







+,+,−,−,+,+,−,−,+,+,−,−,+,+,−,−




2, 18, 34, 50







+,−,−,+,+,−,−,+,+,−,−,+,+,−,−,+




3, 19, 35, 51







+,+,+,+,−,−,−,−,+,+,+,+,−,−,−,−




4, 20, 36, 52







+,−,+,−,−,+,−,+,+,−,+,−,−,+,−,+




5, 21, 37, 53







+,+,−,−,−,−,+,+,+,+,−,−,−,−,+,+




6, 22, 38, 54







+,−,−,+,−,+,+,−,+,−,−,+,−,+,+,−




7, 23, 39, 55







+,+,+,+,+,+,+,+,−,−,−,−,−,−,−,−




8, 24, 40, 56







+,−,+,−,+,−,+,−,−,+,−,+,−,+,−,+




9, 25, 41, 57







+,+,−,−,+,+,−,−,−,−,+,+,−,−,+,+




10, 26, 42, 58 







+,−,−,+,+,−,−,+,−,+,+,−,−,+,+,−




11, 27, 43, 59 







+,+,+,+,−,−,−,−,−,−,−,−,+,+,+,+




12, 28, 44, 60 







+,−,+,−,−,+,−,+,−,+,−,+,+,−,+,−




13, 29, 45, 61 







+,+,−,−,−,−,+,+,−,−,+,+,+,+,−,−




14, 30, 46, 62 







+,−,−,+,−,+,+,−,−,+,+,−,+,−,−,+




15, 31, 47, 63 






3




+,+,+,+,+,+,+,+




0, 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56







+,−,+,−,+,−,+,−




1, 9, 17, 25, 33, 41, 49, 57







+,+,−,−,+,+,−,−




2, 10, 18, 26, 34, 42, 50, 58







+,+,−,−,+,+,−,−




3, 11, 19, 27, 35, 43, 51, 59







+,−,−,+,+,−,−,+




4, 12, 20, 28, 36, 44, 52, 60







+,+,+,+,−,−,−,−




5, 13, 21, 29, 37, 45, 53, 61







+,+,−,−,−,−,+,+




6, 14, 22, 30, 38, 46, 54, 62







+,−,−,+,−,+,+,−




7, 15, 23, 31, 39, 47, 55, 63






4




+,+,+,+




0, 4, 8, . . ., 60







+,−,+,−




1, 5, 9, . . ., 61







+,+,−,−




2, 6, 10, . . ., 62







+,−,−,+




3, 7, . . ., 63






5




+,+




0, 2, 4, . . ., 62







+,−




1, 3, 5, . . ., 63






6




+




0, 1, 2, . . ., 63














The + and − indicate a positive or negative integer value, where the preferred integer is 1. As is apparent, the number of Walsh symbols in each Walsh


S


code varies as N varies, and in all instances is less than the number of symbols in the IS-95 Walsh channel codes. Thus, the supplemental channel is formed using a short Walsh channel code and the IS-95 channels are formed using longer Walsh channel codes. Regardless of the length of the Walsh


S


code, in the described embodiment of the invention the symbols are applied at a rate of 1.2288 Megachips per second (Mcps). Thus, shorter length Walsh


S


codes are repeated more often.




Data channels D


I


and D


Q


are complex multiplied, as the first real and imaginary terms respectively, with spreading codes PN


I


and PN


Q


, as the second real and imaginary terms respectively, yielding in-phase (or real) term X


I


and quadrature-phase (or imaginary) term X


Q


. Spreading codes PN


I


and PN


Q


are generated by spreading code generators


152


and


154


. Spreading codes PN


I


and PN


Q


are applied at 1.2288 Mcps. Equation (1) illustrates the complex multiplication performed.






(


X




I




+jX




Q


)=(


D




I




+jD




Q


)(


PN




I




+jPN




Q


)  (1)






In-phase term X


I


is then low-pass filtered to a 1.2288 MHz bandwidth (not shown) and upconverted by multiplication with in-phase carrier COS(ω


c


t). Similarly, quadrature-phase term X


Q


is low-pass filtered to a 1.2288 MHz bandwidth (not shown) and upconverted by multiplication with quadrature-phase carrier SIN(ω


c


t). The upconverted X


I


and X


Q


terms are summed yielding forward link signal s(t).




The complex multiplication allows quadrature-phase channel set


92


to remain orthogonal to the in-phase channel set


90


and therefore to be provided without adding additional interference to the other channels transmitted over the same path with perfect receiver phase recovery. Thus, a complete set of sixty-four Walsh


i


channels is added in an orthogonal manner to the original IS-95 channel set, and this channel set can be used for the supplemental channel. Additionally, by implementing the supplemental channel in the orthogonal quadrature-phase channel set


92


, a subscriber unit


10


configured to process the normal IS-95 forward link signal will still be able to processes the IS-95 channels within in-phase channel set


90


thus providing the high-transmission-rate channel while maintaining backwards compatibility with previously existing systems.




While the embodiment of the invention shown in

FIG. 3

uses a single set of in-phase and quadrature-phase carriers to generate the in-phase and quadrature-phase channel set, separate sets of sinusoids could be used to independently generate the in-phase and quadrature-phase channel sets, with the second set of carriers offset from the first set by 90°. For example, the D


Q


data could be applied to the second set of carrier sinusoids where the D


Q


in-phase (PNI) spread data is applied to COS(ω


c


t-90°) and the D


Q


quadrature-phase (PNQ) spread data is applied to SIN(ω


c


t-90°). The resulting signals are then summed to produce the quadrature-phase channel set


92


, which in turn are summed with the in-phase channel set


90


.




The use of the Walsh


S


channels as set forth in Table I. also allows simplified implementation of the supplemental channel within quadrature-phase channel set


92


. In particular, the use of the Walsh


S


codes listed in Table I allows the supplemental channel to use whole subsets of 64 symbol Walsh


i


codes without the need to generate each and everyone of those Walsh codes.




For example, when N=5 the Walsh


S


codes specified by Table I allocate a set of 32 64-symbol Walsh


i


codes for the supplemental channel. That is, all the even-indexed


64


-symbol Walsh codes or all of the odd-indexed 64-symbol Walsh codes are allocated for the supplemental channel. This leaves the odd-indexed or even-index channels, respectively, for implementing the extended IS-95 traffic channel set. In

FIG. 3

, the supplemental channel uses the odd 64-symbol Walsh code channels when Walsh


S


={+,−} and the even channels are available for the extended IS-95 traffic channel set.




In another example, when N=4, the associated Walsh


S


codes allocate a set of sixteen 64-symbol Walsh


i


codes. This leaves a set of forty-eight remaining Walsh


i


codes for implementing the extended IS-95 traffic channels or for implementing additional supplemental channels. In general, the use of the Walsh


S


code that corresponds to a particular value N allocates 2


N


64-symbol Walsh


i


codes for the supplemental channel using only a single, and shorter, Walsh


S


code.




The allocation of whole subsets of Walsh


i


codes using a single Walsh


S


code is facilitated by even distribution the 64-symbol Walsh


i


codes within the subset. For example, when N=


5


the Walsh


i


codes are separated by 2, and when N=4 the Walsh


i


codes are separated by 4. Only by providing a complete set of quadrature-phase channels


92


for implementing the supplemental channel can the allocation of large set of evenly spaced Walsh


i


channels be performed, and therefore implemented using a single Walsh


S


code.




Also, allocating a subset of 64-symbol Walsh


i


codes using a single shorter Walsh


S


code reduces the complexity associated with providing a high-rate supplemental channel. For example, performing actual modulation using the set of 64-symbol Walsh


i


codes, and summing of the resulting modulated data would require a substantial increase in signal processing resources when compared with the use of the single Walsh


S


generator used in the implementation of the invention described herein.




Sets of evenly spaces Walsh


i


channels could not be allocated as easily if the supplemental channel were placed in the in-phase channel set


90


of the previously existing IS-95 forward link, or in the in-phase and quadrature-phase channels with QPSK modulation. This is because certain sixty-four symbol Walsh


i


channels are already allocated for control functions such as the paging, pilot, and sync channels on the in-phase channel. Thus, using a new quadrature-phase Walsh code space allows for simplified implementation of the supplemental channel.




Also, the use of the a single Walsh


S


code improves the performance of the high-rate supplemental channel because the variance in the amplitude of the supplemental channel is minimized. In the embodiment described herein, the amplitude is simply based on the positive or negative integer associated with the Walsh


S


code. This is in contrast to performing the modulation with a set of 2


N


64-symbol Walsh


i


codes, which would result in the set of amplitudes 0, +2, −2, +4, −4, . . . , 2


N


, and −2


N


.




Among other improvements, reducing the variance in the amplitude reduces the peak-to-average power ratio, which increases the range at which the forward link signal can be received for a given maximum transmit power of the base station


12


, or other forward link transmit system.





FIG. 5

is a block diagram of the supplemental channel system


132


of

FIG. 1

when configured in accordance with one embodiment of the invention. User data is received by CRC checksum generator


200


which adds checksum information to the data received. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the data is processed in 20 ms frames as is performed for IS-95, and 16 bits of checksum data is added. Tail bits


202


adds eight tail bits to each frame. The output of tail bits


202


is received at a data rate D by convolutional encoder


204


which performs convolutional encoding at rate R


c


on each frame. R


c


differs for different embodiments of the invention as described in greater detail below.




Block interleaver


206


interleaves the code symbols from convolutional encoder


204


and repeater


208


repeats the code symbol sequence from interleaver


206


by a repeat amount M. The repeat amount M varies in different embodiments of the invention, and will typically depend on the coding rate R


c


and the supplemental channel rate R


S


(see FIG.


3


). The repeat amount is discussed further below. Mapper


210


receives the code symbols from repeater


208


and converts the logic zeros and logic ones into positive and negative integer values which are output at the supplemental channel rate R


S


.




Table II provides a list of data input rates D, encoding rates R


c


, repeat amounts M, and supplemental channel rates R


S


that can be used in different embodiments of the invention. In some embodiments multiple rates are used.



















TABLE II









Convol-





Walsh




Convol-





Walsh





Number of






utional





Channels




utional





Symbols/




Convol-




Channel






Encoder





for Supp.




Code




Repetition




Code




utional




Bits






Input Rate





Channel




Rate




Amount




Symbols




Encoder




per






(D) kbps




(N)




(2


N


)




(R


c


)




(M)




(W/S)




Input Bits




Frame











38.4




2




 4




_1/2




1




16/1 




  768




 1,536






38.4




3




 8









1




8/1




  768




 3,072






38.4




4




16









2




4/1




  768




 6,144






38.4




5




32









4




2/1




  768




12,288






38.4




6




64









8




1/1




  768




24,576






76.8




3




 8









1




8/1




1,536




 3,072






76.8




4




16









1




4/1




1,536




 6,144






76.8




5




32









2




2/1




1,536




12,288






76.8




6




64









4




1/1




1,536




24,576






153.6 




4




16









1




4/1




3,072




 6,144






153.6 




5




32




  ¼




1




2/1




3,072




12,288






153.6 




6




64









2




1/1




3,072




24,576














Three encoder input rates D for the supplemental channel are shown: 38.4, 76.8, and 153.6 kilobits per second. For each of these encoder input rates D, a set of encoder rates R


c


, N values, and repeat amounts M are provided which achieve the desired encoder input rate D. Additionally, the ratio of Walsh


S


symbols to code symbols is provided, which corresponds to the length of the Walsh


S


code. Also, the number of encoder input bits per 20 frame is provided, as is the number of code symbols transmitted per 20 ms frame. The actual data transmission rate will be equal to the encoder input rate D, less the overhead necessary for the CRC bits and tail bits and any other control information provided. The use of Reed-Soloman encoding in addition to, or instead of, CRC checksum encoding is also contemplated.




In general, it is desirable to use the largest value of N possible for the supplemental channel in order to spread the supplemental channel over the greatest number of Walsh


i


channels. Spreading the supplemental channel out over a larger set of Walsh


i


channels minimizes the effect of inter-channel interference between the two corresponding Walsh


i


channels on the in-phase channel set


90


and the quadrature-phase channel set


92


. This inter-channel interference is created by imperfect phase alignment experienced during receive processing. By spreading out the supplemental channel over a larger set of Walsh


i


channels, the amount of inter-channel interference experience for any particular Walsh


i


channel in the in-phase channel set


90


is minimized, because the portion of the supplemental channel in that Walsh


i


channel is small. Also, spreading the supplemental channel over a larger set of Walsh


i


channels with a larger total channel symbol rate allows for a higher symbol diversity, which improves performance in fading channel conditions.




When the number of Walsh channels needed for the desired encoder input rate D using rate 1/2 encoding is less than the number of available Walsh channels by at least a factor of two, performance is improved by spreading the signal over more Walsh channels. The higher channel symbol rate for the larger number of Walsh channels is obtained by using a rate 1/4, rather than a rate 1/2, code, or by sequence repetition, or both. The rate 1/4 code provides additional coding gain over that of a rate 1/2 code in benign and fading channel conditions and the sequence repetition provides improved performance in fading channel conditions due to the increased diversity.




In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a supplemental channel having an encoder input rate of 76.8 kilobits per second is provided using N=5, an encoder rate R


c


of 1/4, and a repetition amount of M=2. Such an implementation provides data transfer rates on the order of an ISDN channel including sufficient bandwidth for signaling. Also, using N=5 maintains 32 additional Walsh


i


channels for providing extended IS-95 channels.




The actual sustainable transmission rate of the supplemental channel will vary depending on a variety of environmental conditions including the amount of multipath experienced by the forward link transmission. The supplemental transmission rate depends of the amount of multipath because forward link signals that arrive via different paths are no longer orthogonal and therefore interfere with one another. This interference increases with increased transmission rates because of the additional transmit power necessary. Thus, the more multipath interference experienced, the less the sustainable transmission rate of the supplemental channel. Therefore, a lower transmission rate for the supplemental channel is preferred for high multipath environments.




In one embodiment of the invention, a control system that measures the various environmental factors and which selects the optimal supplemental channel processing characteristics is contemplated. Also, the use of signal cancellation is contemplated for removing noise due to multipath transmissions. A method and apparatus for performing such noise cancellation is described in copending U.S. Pat. No. 5,978,413 entitled “METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING A PLURALITY OF MULTIPLE ACCESS TRANSMISSIONS” assigned to the assignee of the present invention and incorporated herein by reference.





FIG. 6

is a block diagram of a receive processing system for processing the high-rate supplemental channel in accordance with one embodiment of the invention. Typically, the receive processing system will be implemented in a subscriber unit


10


of a cellular telephone system.




During operation, RF signals received by antenna system


300


are downconverted with in-phase carrier


302


and quadrature-phase carrier


304


generating digitized in-phase receive samples R


I


and quadrature-phase receive samples R


Q


. These receive samples are provided to the finger processor module shown and to other finger processors (not shown) in accordance with the use of a rake receiver. Each finger processor processes one instance of the supplemental forward link signal received, with each instance generated by multipath phenomena.




The in-phase and quadrature-phase receive samples R


I


and R


Q


are multiplied with the complex conjugate of the PN spreading codes generated by in-phase spreading code generator


306


and quadrature-phase spreading code generator


308


yielding receive terms Y


I


and Y


Q


. The receive terms Y


I


and Y


Q


are modulated with the Walsh


S


code generated by Walsh generator


310


, and the resulting modulated data is summed over the number of Walsh symbols in the Walsh


S


code by summers


312


. Additionally, the receive terms Y


I


and Y


Q


are summed and filtered (averaged) by pilot filters


316


.




The outputs of summers


312


are then multiplied with the complex conjugate of the filter pilot data, and the resulting quadrature-phase term is used at the supplemental channel soft-decision data


320


. Supplemental soft-decision data


320


can then be combined with soft-decision data from other finger processors (not shown) and the combined soft-decision data decoded.





FIG. 7

is a block diagram of decoder system used to decode the supplemental soft-decision data


320


in accordance with one embodiment of the invention. The soft-decision data is received by accumulator


400


which accumulates samples of the soft-decision data by the repeat amount M. The accumulated data is then deinterleaved by block deinterleaver


402


and decoded by trellis decoder


404


. Various types of decoders are well known including Viterbi decoders.




The user data in the hard-decision data from trellis decoder


404


is then checked with the CRC checksum data by CRC check system


406


, and the resulting user data is output along with check results indicating whether the user data was consistent with the check sum data. The receive processing system or user can then determine whether to use the user data based on the CRC checksum results.




Thus, a high data rate transmission system particularly suited for use in conjunction with the IS-95 forward link has been described. The invention can be incorporated into both terrestrial as well as satellite based wireless communication systems, as well as wire based communication systems over which sinusoidal signals are transmitted such as coaxial cable systems. Also, while the invention is described in the context of a 1.2288 MHz bandwidth signal, the use of other bandwidths is consistent with the operation of the invention including 2.5 MHz and 5.0 MHz systems.




Similarly, while the invention is described using transmission rates on the order of 10 kbps and 70 kbps, the use of other channel rates may be employed. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the various systems described herein are implemented using semiconductor integrated circuits coupled via conduct, inductive, and capacitive connections, the use of which is well known in the art.




The previous description is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present invention. The various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without the use of the inventive faculty. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.



Claims
  • 1. A method for operating a multichannel communication system using direct sequence spread spectrum signal processing comprising:generating a complex data source having a multichannel term and a high-rate term; generating a set of medium rate channels in response to a set of medium rate data sources and a set of long channel codes; generating said multichannel term by summing said set of medium rate channels; generating a high-rate channel in response to a high-rate data source and a short channel code; generating a complex spreading code having an in-phase term and quadrature-phase term; complex multiplying said complex data source and said complex spreading code yielding a real term and an imaginary term; modulating said real term with an in-phase carrier; and modulating said imaginary term with a quadrature-phase carrier.
  • 2. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the step of generating a set of medium rate channels in response to a set of medium rate data sources and a set of long channel codes, is comprised of the step of modulating said set of medium rate data sources with said set of long channel codes.
  • 3. The method as set forth in claim 1 further comprising the step of adjusting the amplitude of said set of medium rate channels and said high-rate channel.
  • 4. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein the step of generating a high-rate channel in response to a high-rate data source and a short channel code, is comprised of the step of transmitting said high-rate data over a set of medium rate channels.
  • 5. The method as set forth in claim 1 further comprising:generating a second set of medium rate channels in response to a second set of medium rate channels and a second set of long channel codes; and summing said second set of medium rate channels with said high-rate channel.
  • 6. A direct sequence spread spectrum communications system comprising:first long channel code modulator for generating first channel data in response to first user data; first short channel code modulator for generating second channel data in response to second user data; first in-phase spreader for generating first in-phase data in response to said first channel data; second in-phase spreader for generating second in-phase data in response to said second channel data; first quadrature-phase spreader for generating first quadrature-phase data in response to said first user data; second quadrature-phase spreader for generating second quadrature-phase data in response to second user data; first summer for generating an in-phase term in response to said first in-phase data and a n inverted instance of said second quadrature-phase user data; second summer for generating a quadrature-phase term in response to said first quadrature-phase data and said second in-phase data; in-phase carrier sinusoid modulator for generating an in-phase signal in response to said first term; quadrature-phase carrier sinusoid modulator for generating a quadrature-phase signal in response to said second term; and summer for summing said in-phase signal and said quadrature-phase signal.
  • 7. The system as set forth in claim 6 where in said first channel has a lower data rate than said second channel.
  • 8. An apparatus for conducting a high-rate communication in conjunction with a set of medium rate communications using direct sequence spread spectrum signal processing comprising:first signal processing means for transmitting the set of medium rate communications over a first set of medium rate channels in a radio frequency bandwidth; and second signal processing means for transmitting the high-rate communication over a second set of medium rate channels in said radio frequency bandwidth, wherein said second set of medium rate channels is orthogonal to said first set of medium rate channels.
  • 9. The apparatus in accordance with claim 8 wherein said first set of medium rate channels is defined by a first set of channel codes, and said second set of medium rate channels is defined by a second set of channel codes, and the high-rate communication is transmitted over an evenly distributed subset of said second set of channel codes.
  • 10. The apparatus in accordance with claim 9 further comprising:third signal processing means for transmitting a second set of medium communications using another subset of said second set of medium rate channels.
  • 11. The apparatus in accordance with claim 8 wherein:said first signal processing means is further for generating said set of medium rate channels using a corresponding set of long channel codes; and said second signal processing means is further for generating a high-rate channel with a short channel code.
  • 12. The apparatus in accordance with claim 1 wherein said high-rate communication is comprised of a set of high-rate code symbols, and each high-rate code symbol is modulated with an instance of said short channel code.
  • 13. The apparatus in accordance with claim 11 wherein said first signal processing means further comprises:summer for generating summed data in response to said first set of medium rate channels; first spreader means for generating first spread data in response to said summed data; and second spreader means for generating second spread data in response to said high-rate channel.
  • 14. An apparatus for transmitting data using direct sequence spread spectrum signal processing, comprising:first channel generation system for generating a set of medium rate channels; and second channel generation system for generating a high speed channel that is orthogonal to the set of medium rate channels, wherein said second channel generation system comprises a means for transmitting data via a set of evenly distributed long code channels.
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