Telecommunications – Radiotelephone system – Zoned or cellular telephone system
Reexamination Certificate
2007-04-17
2007-04-17
Feild, Joseph (Department: 2617)
Telecommunications
Radiotelephone system
Zoned or cellular telephone system
C455S447000, C455S501000, C375S341000, C375S347000, C375S144000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10477410
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides improved suppression of co-channel interference (CCI) in a wireless cellular communications system where at least two base stations use the same transmit frequency. The method according to the invention uses the difference in synchronization times between the home signal and the CCI signal to suppress the CCI signal. The method uses a modified known method of estimating time of arrival (TOA) to estimate sync positions for the CCI signal. This enables the use of interference cancelling methods in communications systems using un-synchronized base stations. Receiver performance is improved, which in turn improves data throughput and received speech quality, since interfering signals from base stations using the same frequency can be suppressed.
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Lindoff Bengt
Stenstrom Niklas
Desir Pierre-Louis
Feild Joseph
Potomac Patent Group PLLC
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)
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