CA2043705C - Multiple access protocol - Google Patents
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Abstract
The mobile station to base station access in a cellular radio system is a classical problem of random multiple access using a shared common channel. Many multiple access protocols have been invented in the past with varied degrees of success in improving the throughput of the multiple access channel. The current invention is a new multiple access protocol which enhances the throughput and reduces the access delay by providing feedback of the detailed status of the access channel from the base station to the mobile station. The feedback mechanism and multiple access protocol are also applicable to other types of radio or wire-based channels.
Description
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Background of the Invention Many multiple access schemes have been devised to allow a group of terminals to communicate with a central station using a shared channel. One of these schemes, called random multiple access, relies on randomly transmitted messages from a group of terminals to a central station without perfect coordination between terminals.
For example, in a cellular radio environment, each cell is served by a base station communicating with multiple mobile stations. Each cell has the use of a set of radio frequency channels. At least one channel is dedicated for the purpose of setting up radio phone calls in each cell.
This "setup" channel is shared by a11 the mobile stations to communicate with the base station. The setup channel is a full duplex channel with separate frequencies in the forward (base to mobile) and reverse (mobile to base) directions. The forward setup channel is used by the base station to transmit messages to a11 the mobiles. This channel is a broadcast channel in which all the mobile stations can receive a11 the messages transmitted from the base station. The reverse channel is a random contention multiple access channel, in which mobile stations may transmit messages to the base station with relatively little coordination. The access is random in the sense that mobile stations are not assigned a fixed transmission schedule. The access is based on contention in which mobile stations with messages to transmit will try to seize channel openings as they appear. If multiple mobile stations decide to transmit at the same time, the messages may collide and mutually destroy each other. There is also a possibility that one of the messages is received with significantly higher power than the others and is correctly received at the base station. In any case the mobile stations whose transmissions are not successful have to retransmit after some random delay.
Background of the Invention Many multiple access schemes have been devised to allow a group of terminals to communicate with a central station using a shared channel. One of these schemes, called random multiple access, relies on randomly transmitted messages from a group of terminals to a central station without perfect coordination between terminals.
For example, in a cellular radio environment, each cell is served by a base station communicating with multiple mobile stations. Each cell has the use of a set of radio frequency channels. At least one channel is dedicated for the purpose of setting up radio phone calls in each cell.
This "setup" channel is shared by a11 the mobile stations to communicate with the base station. The setup channel is a full duplex channel with separate frequencies in the forward (base to mobile) and reverse (mobile to base) directions. The forward setup channel is used by the base station to transmit messages to a11 the mobiles. This channel is a broadcast channel in which all the mobile stations can receive a11 the messages transmitted from the base station. The reverse channel is a random contention multiple access channel, in which mobile stations may transmit messages to the base station with relatively little coordination. The access is random in the sense that mobile stations are not assigned a fixed transmission schedule. The access is based on contention in which mobile stations with messages to transmit will try to seize channel openings as they appear. If multiple mobile stations decide to transmit at the same time, the messages may collide and mutually destroy each other. There is also a possibility that one of the messages is received with significantly higher power than the others and is correctly received at the base station. In any case the mobile stations whose transmissions are not successful have to retransmit after some random delay.
Description of the Prior Art Existing multiple access protocols of this sort include the ALOHA, CSMA, CSMA-CD access protocols, among others. Because of the random transmission nature and inevitable collisions that may occur, no random access protocols can reach 100 throughput efficiency. The random delay after a collision also introduces additional messaging delay between a terminal and a central station.
In the North American analog cellular system the base station and mobile stations transmit on separate frequencies to form a full duplex channel. The base station broadcasts the status of the multiple access setup channel to a11 the mobiles communicating with the base periodically. A busy/idle bit inserted every 11 bits in the base to mobile transmission indicates if the mobile station (terminal) to base station multiple access channel was busy or idle in the last period. Such timely feedback enables a mobile station to make sure the channel is idle before transmitting again. A mobile station continues to monitor the busy/idle bit during transmission. If the busy/idle bit does not change from indicating idle to indicating busy within a short window at the beginning of a message transmission, the transmitting mobile station assumes a collision and the transmission is immediately aborted. However, the problem associated with this approach is that the busy/idle bit does not distinguish between a collision state and a real idle state. Without such information, the mobile station cannot make more efficient decisions on when to start or abort a transmission.
Many of the multiple access protocols have a slotted variation. In a slotted protocol, the channel is divided into fixed size time slots. In the slotted ALOHA
protocol, each slot is long enough to include a fixed size message. A variation of the slotted ALOHA called Reservation ALOHA allows a message of multiple slots (words) in length to be transmitted without interruption B
In the North American analog cellular system the base station and mobile stations transmit on separate frequencies to form a full duplex channel. The base station broadcasts the status of the multiple access setup channel to a11 the mobiles communicating with the base periodically. A busy/idle bit inserted every 11 bits in the base to mobile transmission indicates if the mobile station (terminal) to base station multiple access channel was busy or idle in the last period. Such timely feedback enables a mobile station to make sure the channel is idle before transmitting again. A mobile station continues to monitor the busy/idle bit during transmission. If the busy/idle bit does not change from indicating idle to indicating busy within a short window at the beginning of a message transmission, the transmitting mobile station assumes a collision and the transmission is immediately aborted. However, the problem associated with this approach is that the busy/idle bit does not distinguish between a collision state and a real idle state. Without such information, the mobile station cannot make more efficient decisions on when to start or abort a transmission.
Many of the multiple access protocols have a slotted variation. In a slotted protocol, the channel is divided into fixed size time slots. In the slotted ALOHA
protocol, each slot is long enough to include a fixed size message. A variation of the slotted ALOHA called Reservation ALOHA allows a message of multiple slots (words) in length to be transmitted without interruption B
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once the first word of the message is successfully transmitted. In Reservation ALOHA, if a station has successfully transmitted in a predetermined time slot, all the subsequent slots are implicitly reserved for that station until the station stops transmission. The problem with this scheme is that it expends one idle slot to indicate the channel s relinquishment. Such use of channel resources is inefficient.
There is accordingly a need for a new multiple access protocol which will enhance transmission efficiency, while reducing the access delay.
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a new access protocol which improves transmission efficiency, while reducing access delay.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a new multiple access protocol in which a short data field is used to send feedback information from the central station to terminals providing information on the status of the access channel.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new multiple access protocol in which a short data field is used in every base to mobile station burst to indicate the relinquishment of the multiple access channel and eliminates the necessary idle slot between messages.
Summary of the Invention One aspect of the present invention provides a method for controlling use of a reverse channel by a plurality of terminals to transmit messages to a central station the reverse channel comprising a plurality of successive time slots, the method comprising: providing a forward channel for transmitting messages from the central station to the plurality of terminals, the forward channel comprising a plurality of successive time slots, each time slot of the forward channel being between two successive time slots of the reverse channel; transmitting a burst in each time slot of the forward channel, each said burst B
~~4~~'~5 comprising a code indicating whether the next time slot of the reverse channel is reserved for use by a particular terminal or open for contention by a11 terminals; and transmitting bursts in time slots of the reverse channel, each said burst comprising a code indicating whether the transmitting terminal requires at least one further time slot of the reverse channel to complete transmission of a message to the central station.
Another aspect of the present invention provides a communication system, comprising: a multiple access channel having a forward channel and a reverse channel, the forward channel and the reverse channel having time slots which are spaced and offset in time such that the time slots of the reverse channel are interleaved with the time slots of the forward channel; a central station connected to the multiple access channel, the central station being operable to transmit forward bursts in time slots of the forward channel and to receive reverse bursts in time slots of the reverse channel, each forward burst comprising a code indicating whether the next time slot of the reverse channel is reserved for use by a particular remote station or open for contention by all remote stations; and a plurality of remote stations connected to the multiple access channel, each remote station being operable to transmit reverse bursts in time slots of the reverse channel to and to receive forward bursts in time slots of the forward channel, each reverse burst comprising a code indicating whether the transmitting remote station requires at least one further time slot of the reverse channel to complete transmission of a message to the central station.
Another aspect of the present invention provides a central station for a communication system comprising the central station, a plurality of remote stations and a multiple access channel between the remote stations and the central station, the multiple access channel comprising a forward channel for transmission of messages from the central station to the remote stations and a reverse B
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channel for transmission of messages from the remote stations to the central station, the forward channel and the reverse channel having time slots which are spaced and offset in time such that the time slots of the reverse channel are interleaved with the time slots of the forward channel, the central station comprising: means for transmitting forward bursts in time slots of the forward channel, each forward burst comprising a code indicating whether the next time slot of the reverse channel is reserved for use by a particular remote station or open for contention by a11 remote stations; and means for receiving reverse bursts in time slots of the reverse channel.
Another aspect of the present invention provides a remote station for a communication system comprising a central station, a plurality of remote stations and a multiple access channel between the remote stations and the central station, the multiple access channel comprising a forward channel for transmission of messages from the central station to the remote station and a reverse channel for transmission of messages from the remote stations to the central station, the forward channel and the reverse channel having time slots which are spaced and offset in time such that the time slots of the reverse channel are interleaved with the time slots of the forward channel, the remote station comprising: means for transmitting reverse bursts in time slots of the reverse channel, each reverse burst comprising a code indicating whether the transmitting remote station requires at least one further time slot of the reverse channel to complete transmission of a message to the central station; and and means for receiving forward bursts in time slots of the forward channel.
These aspects of the invention combine to provide a new access protocol which utilizes a feedback field to provide the status of the multiple access channel from the base station to the transmitting mobile station to improve performance. This feedback information identifies the outcome of the last mobile to base transmission slot as B
being either - idle, - containing one successful transmission, or - a collision.
In the case of a field containing one successful transmission, the feedback information also identifies the transmitting mobile station. The detailed feedback information allows a11 mobiles to make better decisions regarding whether to start a new message transmission or to continue transmission of the current message. This will in turn improve the throughput and delay performance of the protocol.
The new protocol also uses a short field in every base to mobile station burst to indicate if the multiple access channel is open for contention in the next slot.
This eliminates the necessary idle slot between messages and further enhances the throughput and delay performance of the protocol, especially at transmitting short messages.
Brief Description of the Drawings Figure 1 is an illustration showing the relative timing of forward and reverse channel transmission bursts according to the access protocol of the present invention;
Figure 2a is an illustration showing a successful burst transmission without collision on the reverse channel;
Figure 2b is an illustration of a burst transmission resulting in collision of bursts from two terminals, followed by a successful retransmission;
Figure 2c is an illustration of burst transmission with one successful and unsuccessful transmission, with retransmission after random delay by the unsuccessful terminal; and Figure 3 is an illustration of the use of the new protocol where multiple access channels are being used.
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Description of the Preferred Embodiment As indicated above, in a cellular radio environment each cell is served by a base station communicating with multiple mobile stations. The setup channel is a full duplex channel with separate frequencies in the forward (base to mobile) and reverse (mobile to base) directions. The forward setup channel is used by the base station to transmit messages to the mobiles. This channel is a broadcast channel in which a11 the mobile stations can receive a11 the messages transmitted from the base station. The reverse channel is a random contention multiple access channel, in which mobile stations may transmit messages to the base station with relatively little coordination.
In the present embodiment of the invention, a new multiple access protocol is used in the setup channel. As shown in Figure 1, both the forward channel 10 and reverse channel 11 are divided into timeslots. The forward and reverse channel time slots are arranged in such a way that after a mobile station transmits a burst 12 on reverse channel 11, an acknowledgement burst 13 from the base station will be transmitted and received by the mobile station before the mobile transmits burst 14. The time slots need not occupy the complete channel. Duration not used by the forward or reverse channel can be allocated to other services or form other pairs of time divisional multiple access channels.
For each burst of transmission in both directions, two fields are used to support the multiple access protocol. In the forward direction, these are the forward access/acknowledgement (FAA) field 15 and the forward "more" (FM) field 16. In the reverse direction, these are the reverse access/ acknowledgement (RAA) field 17 and the reverse "more" (RM) field 18.
In the reverse channel, the RAA field carries an abbreviated identifier of the mobile station. This identifier need not uniquely identify the mobile station as B
s long as the probability of mis-identification is much less than the probability of correct identification. If the identifier in the RAA field does not uniquely identify the transmitting mobile station, the rest of the message must contain a full identifier which will uniquely identify the mobile station. Messages in either direction may be of one or more bursts (words). The RM is a binary field which is set to Open if the current message is not continued on the next burst, otherwise the RM is set to Reserved.
In the forward direction, the FAA field is used to reflect the result of access in the last received slot in the reverse channel. If the last received slot in the reverse channel contained a successful transmission burst, the FAA will provide an acknowledgement code which is the same as the content of the RAA field of the last slot received by the base station. If the last reverse channel slot received is idle, the FAA will contain a distinct idle code which is different from a11 possible abbreviated identities of mobiles. If multiple mobile stations transmitted in the last reverse channel slot resulting in mutual destruction of the collided messages, a distinct Collision code which is different from all possible abbreviated mobile identities will be transmitted.
The FM field holds a the binary value representing either an Open or Reserved state. The value or state representing Open indicates the next reverse channel slot is available for contention access. The value representing Reserved indicates the next reverse channel slot is reserved for the mobile station whose abbreviated identifier is transmitted in the FAA field of the current forward burst. The base station will set the FAA and FM
Fields according to the result of the last reversed slot, as follows:
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Last Reverse Access RM FM FAA
Channel Slot Status Idle n/a Open Idle Code Single Successful Open Open Abbr.identifier Transmission Reserved Reserved Abbr.identifier Multiple Open Open Abbr.identifier Transmission with on Multiple X Open Collision Code Transmission without success Transmission X Open Collision Code by radio channel errors n/a indicates not applicable, X indicates don't care.
A mobile station with a message to send to the base station will use the following algorithm to determine when to transmit:
1) Wait until the FM field indicates the next slot is open for contention.
2) Transmit the first word of the message in the next reverse slot with RAA set to the mobile station's abbreviated identifier.
3) in the next forward burst check if the FAA
field is equal to the mobile station's abbreviated identifier, if true continue to transmit the current message in the consecutive reverse slots.
g if false abort the transmission of the rest of the message and wait a random period according to some retransmission algorithm.
go to step 1 and try again.
As an example of implementation, the FAA can be assigned a 7-bit field which can hold an arbitrary value ranging from 0 to 127 (decimal). The abbreviated identifier uses the last two digits of the telephone number of a mobile station. The valid abbreviated identifier therefore can range between 00 (decimal) to 99 (decimal).
The idle and Collision codes for the FAA field must be set to numbers that are greater than 99, since numbers 00 to 99 are reserved for abbreviated identifiers. In this embodiment, an idle code field number of 120 .(decimal) and a collision code field number of 127 (decimal) is used. It will be understood by those knowledgeable in this art that the above idle and collision codes are arbitrary and may be assigned differently.
The RAA field can have the same length as the FAA
with a valid abbreviated identifier range of 0 to 99 decimal. Both the RM and FM can be assigned a one bit field with 0 indicating Open and 1 indicating Reserved.
Figure 2(a) shows a successful transmission of bursts without collisions. In the forward channel 20, bursts 21 and 22 are transmitted and received to and by mobile stations A, B and C. Mobile A sends a burst 23 to the base station. It contains an abbreviated identifier RAA = 72 i.e. the mobile's last two telephone number digits and a reverse field RM = 0 indicating only one burst is sent. In the acknowledgment burst 24 sent by the base station, on the forward channel, the FAA field indicates that transmission was received since station's A
abbreviated identifier is transmitted. The FM field is set to 0 indicating to a11 mobiles that the next reverse channel slot is available for contention access since only one burst was to be sent by station A. Upon receiving burst 24 from the forward channel, mobile station B
identifies that the reverse channel is available and sends a burst 25 having a field with the identifier RAA = 37 and RM = 1. A field with RM = 1 indicates that at least one additional burst will be transmitted. The next burst 26 sent on the forward channel 20 by the base station includes an acknowledgment field identifier FAA = 37 and a reserved field FM = 1 indicating to a11 mobiles that the next burst is reserved for the mobile with ID 37. Upon receiving burst 26, mobile station B identifies that the previous burst was successfully received by the base station and sends burst 27, again including the identifier RAA = 37 and reserved field RM = 1. The base station responds again in the forward channel with a similar burst 28. Mobile station B sends its last burst 29 for that message. The burst includes the same identifier field R.AA = 37 but includes a field RM = 0 indicating that again the next reverse channel slot will be available for contention access. The base station responds with a burst 30 indicating to a11 mobiles that the next reverse channel slot is now available for contention access. If no mobile station sends a burst, the next two bursts 31 and 32 from the base station indicate the status of the channel as being idle.
Figure 2(b) shows a burst transmission scenario in which a collision destroys messages from mobile station B
and C. A subsequent successful retransmission of the messages is also shown. Upon receiving burst 40 from the base station indicating that the channel is idle, station B
sends burst 41 and station C sends burst 42. Since both are sent simultaneously, a collision occurs resulting in destruction of the bursts. At the base station, a status burst 43 indicating that a collision has occurred is transmitted. Upon receipt of burst 43, transmission from both mobiles is terminated. After a randomly selected delay, both mobile stations will try a retransmission of a B
burst. In the example of Figure 2(b), mobile station C is the first to retransmit its burst after identifying that the channel is IDLE again. In this example, a one-word message is sent by station C. Again after a random delay, mobile B sends its message, which consist of a two-word message, i.e. bursts 44 and 45.
Figure 2 (c) shows a burst transmission in which a prospective collision event results in the successful transmission of one message to the base station but the loss of the other burst. This is reflected in the next burst transmitted by the base station with the FAA code set to the abbreviated identifier of the successful mobile station ( i.e. station A). The above scenario can occur even though both messages where sent at the same time.
This is possible if the burst of one station is of much greater relative power than that of the other station. The burst from the station having lower power will be discarded as noise by the base station.
In figure 2 (C), station A transmits burst 50 and station B transmits burst 51. Since the base station's acknowledgement burst includes identifier 72, station A
identifies a successful transmission. However, station B
identifies an unsuccessful transmission and therefore terminates the transmission of its second burst. After a random delay, mobile station B will retransmit its message, i.e. bursts 52 and 53.
Figure 3 illustrate a number of systems which can make use of the protocol defined herein. For example, the protocol of the present invention could be used in a cellular communication system, in the "setup" channel between a base station 60 and a mobile station 61.
Similarly, it could be used in the communication access channel of trunk line 62 between base station 60 and an MTX
switch 63. Also, between MTX switch 63 and a central office 64 or between the central office 64 and a satellite ground station 65. As with the cellular communication system, the protocol can be used in a wireless communication access channel between the ground base station 65 and a satellite 66. The protocol of the present invention is thus not limited to either wire or wireless based communication access channels.
Therefore, it will be understood to those knowledgeable in the art that, while the invention has been described with reference to a particular embodiment, modifications may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention.
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once the first word of the message is successfully transmitted. In Reservation ALOHA, if a station has successfully transmitted in a predetermined time slot, all the subsequent slots are implicitly reserved for that station until the station stops transmission. The problem with this scheme is that it expends one idle slot to indicate the channel s relinquishment. Such use of channel resources is inefficient.
There is accordingly a need for a new multiple access protocol which will enhance transmission efficiency, while reducing the access delay.
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a new access protocol which improves transmission efficiency, while reducing access delay.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a new multiple access protocol in which a short data field is used to send feedback information from the central station to terminals providing information on the status of the access channel.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new multiple access protocol in which a short data field is used in every base to mobile station burst to indicate the relinquishment of the multiple access channel and eliminates the necessary idle slot between messages.
Summary of the Invention One aspect of the present invention provides a method for controlling use of a reverse channel by a plurality of terminals to transmit messages to a central station the reverse channel comprising a plurality of successive time slots, the method comprising: providing a forward channel for transmitting messages from the central station to the plurality of terminals, the forward channel comprising a plurality of successive time slots, each time slot of the forward channel being between two successive time slots of the reverse channel; transmitting a burst in each time slot of the forward channel, each said burst B
~~4~~'~5 comprising a code indicating whether the next time slot of the reverse channel is reserved for use by a particular terminal or open for contention by a11 terminals; and transmitting bursts in time slots of the reverse channel, each said burst comprising a code indicating whether the transmitting terminal requires at least one further time slot of the reverse channel to complete transmission of a message to the central station.
Another aspect of the present invention provides a communication system, comprising: a multiple access channel having a forward channel and a reverse channel, the forward channel and the reverse channel having time slots which are spaced and offset in time such that the time slots of the reverse channel are interleaved with the time slots of the forward channel; a central station connected to the multiple access channel, the central station being operable to transmit forward bursts in time slots of the forward channel and to receive reverse bursts in time slots of the reverse channel, each forward burst comprising a code indicating whether the next time slot of the reverse channel is reserved for use by a particular remote station or open for contention by all remote stations; and a plurality of remote stations connected to the multiple access channel, each remote station being operable to transmit reverse bursts in time slots of the reverse channel to and to receive forward bursts in time slots of the forward channel, each reverse burst comprising a code indicating whether the transmitting remote station requires at least one further time slot of the reverse channel to complete transmission of a message to the central station.
Another aspect of the present invention provides a central station for a communication system comprising the central station, a plurality of remote stations and a multiple access channel between the remote stations and the central station, the multiple access channel comprising a forward channel for transmission of messages from the central station to the remote stations and a reverse B
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channel for transmission of messages from the remote stations to the central station, the forward channel and the reverse channel having time slots which are spaced and offset in time such that the time slots of the reverse channel are interleaved with the time slots of the forward channel, the central station comprising: means for transmitting forward bursts in time slots of the forward channel, each forward burst comprising a code indicating whether the next time slot of the reverse channel is reserved for use by a particular remote station or open for contention by a11 remote stations; and means for receiving reverse bursts in time slots of the reverse channel.
Another aspect of the present invention provides a remote station for a communication system comprising a central station, a plurality of remote stations and a multiple access channel between the remote stations and the central station, the multiple access channel comprising a forward channel for transmission of messages from the central station to the remote station and a reverse channel for transmission of messages from the remote stations to the central station, the forward channel and the reverse channel having time slots which are spaced and offset in time such that the time slots of the reverse channel are interleaved with the time slots of the forward channel, the remote station comprising: means for transmitting reverse bursts in time slots of the reverse channel, each reverse burst comprising a code indicating whether the transmitting remote station requires at least one further time slot of the reverse channel to complete transmission of a message to the central station; and and means for receiving forward bursts in time slots of the forward channel.
These aspects of the invention combine to provide a new access protocol which utilizes a feedback field to provide the status of the multiple access channel from the base station to the transmitting mobile station to improve performance. This feedback information identifies the outcome of the last mobile to base transmission slot as B
being either - idle, - containing one successful transmission, or - a collision.
In the case of a field containing one successful transmission, the feedback information also identifies the transmitting mobile station. The detailed feedback information allows a11 mobiles to make better decisions regarding whether to start a new message transmission or to continue transmission of the current message. This will in turn improve the throughput and delay performance of the protocol.
The new protocol also uses a short field in every base to mobile station burst to indicate if the multiple access channel is open for contention in the next slot.
This eliminates the necessary idle slot between messages and further enhances the throughput and delay performance of the protocol, especially at transmitting short messages.
Brief Description of the Drawings Figure 1 is an illustration showing the relative timing of forward and reverse channel transmission bursts according to the access protocol of the present invention;
Figure 2a is an illustration showing a successful burst transmission without collision on the reverse channel;
Figure 2b is an illustration of a burst transmission resulting in collision of bursts from two terminals, followed by a successful retransmission;
Figure 2c is an illustration of burst transmission with one successful and unsuccessful transmission, with retransmission after random delay by the unsuccessful terminal; and Figure 3 is an illustration of the use of the new protocol where multiple access channels are being used.
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Description of the Preferred Embodiment As indicated above, in a cellular radio environment each cell is served by a base station communicating with multiple mobile stations. The setup channel is a full duplex channel with separate frequencies in the forward (base to mobile) and reverse (mobile to base) directions. The forward setup channel is used by the base station to transmit messages to the mobiles. This channel is a broadcast channel in which a11 the mobile stations can receive a11 the messages transmitted from the base station. The reverse channel is a random contention multiple access channel, in which mobile stations may transmit messages to the base station with relatively little coordination.
In the present embodiment of the invention, a new multiple access protocol is used in the setup channel. As shown in Figure 1, both the forward channel 10 and reverse channel 11 are divided into timeslots. The forward and reverse channel time slots are arranged in such a way that after a mobile station transmits a burst 12 on reverse channel 11, an acknowledgement burst 13 from the base station will be transmitted and received by the mobile station before the mobile transmits burst 14. The time slots need not occupy the complete channel. Duration not used by the forward or reverse channel can be allocated to other services or form other pairs of time divisional multiple access channels.
For each burst of transmission in both directions, two fields are used to support the multiple access protocol. In the forward direction, these are the forward access/acknowledgement (FAA) field 15 and the forward "more" (FM) field 16. In the reverse direction, these are the reverse access/ acknowledgement (RAA) field 17 and the reverse "more" (RM) field 18.
In the reverse channel, the RAA field carries an abbreviated identifier of the mobile station. This identifier need not uniquely identify the mobile station as B
s long as the probability of mis-identification is much less than the probability of correct identification. If the identifier in the RAA field does not uniquely identify the transmitting mobile station, the rest of the message must contain a full identifier which will uniquely identify the mobile station. Messages in either direction may be of one or more bursts (words). The RM is a binary field which is set to Open if the current message is not continued on the next burst, otherwise the RM is set to Reserved.
In the forward direction, the FAA field is used to reflect the result of access in the last received slot in the reverse channel. If the last received slot in the reverse channel contained a successful transmission burst, the FAA will provide an acknowledgement code which is the same as the content of the RAA field of the last slot received by the base station. If the last reverse channel slot received is idle, the FAA will contain a distinct idle code which is different from a11 possible abbreviated identities of mobiles. If multiple mobile stations transmitted in the last reverse channel slot resulting in mutual destruction of the collided messages, a distinct Collision code which is different from all possible abbreviated mobile identities will be transmitted.
The FM field holds a the binary value representing either an Open or Reserved state. The value or state representing Open indicates the next reverse channel slot is available for contention access. The value representing Reserved indicates the next reverse channel slot is reserved for the mobile station whose abbreviated identifier is transmitted in the FAA field of the current forward burst. The base station will set the FAA and FM
Fields according to the result of the last reversed slot, as follows:
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Last Reverse Access RM FM FAA
Channel Slot Status Idle n/a Open Idle Code Single Successful Open Open Abbr.identifier Transmission Reserved Reserved Abbr.identifier Multiple Open Open Abbr.identifier Transmission with on Multiple X Open Collision Code Transmission without success Transmission X Open Collision Code by radio channel errors n/a indicates not applicable, X indicates don't care.
A mobile station with a message to send to the base station will use the following algorithm to determine when to transmit:
1) Wait until the FM field indicates the next slot is open for contention.
2) Transmit the first word of the message in the next reverse slot with RAA set to the mobile station's abbreviated identifier.
3) in the next forward burst check if the FAA
field is equal to the mobile station's abbreviated identifier, if true continue to transmit the current message in the consecutive reverse slots.
g if false abort the transmission of the rest of the message and wait a random period according to some retransmission algorithm.
go to step 1 and try again.
As an example of implementation, the FAA can be assigned a 7-bit field which can hold an arbitrary value ranging from 0 to 127 (decimal). The abbreviated identifier uses the last two digits of the telephone number of a mobile station. The valid abbreviated identifier therefore can range between 00 (decimal) to 99 (decimal).
The idle and Collision codes for the FAA field must be set to numbers that are greater than 99, since numbers 00 to 99 are reserved for abbreviated identifiers. In this embodiment, an idle code field number of 120 .(decimal) and a collision code field number of 127 (decimal) is used. It will be understood by those knowledgeable in this art that the above idle and collision codes are arbitrary and may be assigned differently.
The RAA field can have the same length as the FAA
with a valid abbreviated identifier range of 0 to 99 decimal. Both the RM and FM can be assigned a one bit field with 0 indicating Open and 1 indicating Reserved.
Figure 2(a) shows a successful transmission of bursts without collisions. In the forward channel 20, bursts 21 and 22 are transmitted and received to and by mobile stations A, B and C. Mobile A sends a burst 23 to the base station. It contains an abbreviated identifier RAA = 72 i.e. the mobile's last two telephone number digits and a reverse field RM = 0 indicating only one burst is sent. In the acknowledgment burst 24 sent by the base station, on the forward channel, the FAA field indicates that transmission was received since station's A
abbreviated identifier is transmitted. The FM field is set to 0 indicating to a11 mobiles that the next reverse channel slot is available for contention access since only one burst was to be sent by station A. Upon receiving burst 24 from the forward channel, mobile station B
identifies that the reverse channel is available and sends a burst 25 having a field with the identifier RAA = 37 and RM = 1. A field with RM = 1 indicates that at least one additional burst will be transmitted. The next burst 26 sent on the forward channel 20 by the base station includes an acknowledgment field identifier FAA = 37 and a reserved field FM = 1 indicating to a11 mobiles that the next burst is reserved for the mobile with ID 37. Upon receiving burst 26, mobile station B identifies that the previous burst was successfully received by the base station and sends burst 27, again including the identifier RAA = 37 and reserved field RM = 1. The base station responds again in the forward channel with a similar burst 28. Mobile station B sends its last burst 29 for that message. The burst includes the same identifier field R.AA = 37 but includes a field RM = 0 indicating that again the next reverse channel slot will be available for contention access. The base station responds with a burst 30 indicating to a11 mobiles that the next reverse channel slot is now available for contention access. If no mobile station sends a burst, the next two bursts 31 and 32 from the base station indicate the status of the channel as being idle.
Figure 2(b) shows a burst transmission scenario in which a collision destroys messages from mobile station B
and C. A subsequent successful retransmission of the messages is also shown. Upon receiving burst 40 from the base station indicating that the channel is idle, station B
sends burst 41 and station C sends burst 42. Since both are sent simultaneously, a collision occurs resulting in destruction of the bursts. At the base station, a status burst 43 indicating that a collision has occurred is transmitted. Upon receipt of burst 43, transmission from both mobiles is terminated. After a randomly selected delay, both mobile stations will try a retransmission of a B
burst. In the example of Figure 2(b), mobile station C is the first to retransmit its burst after identifying that the channel is IDLE again. In this example, a one-word message is sent by station C. Again after a random delay, mobile B sends its message, which consist of a two-word message, i.e. bursts 44 and 45.
Figure 2 (c) shows a burst transmission in which a prospective collision event results in the successful transmission of one message to the base station but the loss of the other burst. This is reflected in the next burst transmitted by the base station with the FAA code set to the abbreviated identifier of the successful mobile station ( i.e. station A). The above scenario can occur even though both messages where sent at the same time.
This is possible if the burst of one station is of much greater relative power than that of the other station. The burst from the station having lower power will be discarded as noise by the base station.
In figure 2 (C), station A transmits burst 50 and station B transmits burst 51. Since the base station's acknowledgement burst includes identifier 72, station A
identifies a successful transmission. However, station B
identifies an unsuccessful transmission and therefore terminates the transmission of its second burst. After a random delay, mobile station B will retransmit its message, i.e. bursts 52 and 53.
Figure 3 illustrate a number of systems which can make use of the protocol defined herein. For example, the protocol of the present invention could be used in a cellular communication system, in the "setup" channel between a base station 60 and a mobile station 61.
Similarly, it could be used in the communication access channel of trunk line 62 between base station 60 and an MTX
switch 63. Also, between MTX switch 63 and a central office 64 or between the central office 64 and a satellite ground station 65. As with the cellular communication system, the protocol can be used in a wireless communication access channel between the ground base station 65 and a satellite 66. The protocol of the present invention is thus not limited to either wire or wireless based communication access channels.
Therefore, it will be understood to those knowledgeable in the art that, while the invention has been described with reference to a particular embodiment, modifications may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention.
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1. A method for controlling use of a reverse channel by a plurality of terminals to transmit messages to a central station the reverse channel comprising a plurality of successive time slots, the method comprising:
providing a forward channel for transmitting messages from the central station to the plurality of terminals, the forward channel comprising a plurality of successive time slots, each time slot of the forward channel being between two successive time slots of the reverse channel;
transmitting a burst in each time slot of the forward channel, each said burst comprising a code indicating whether the next time slot of the reverse channel is reserved for use by a particular terminal or open for contention by all terminals; and transmitting bursts in time slots of the reverse channel, each said burst comprising a code indicating whether the transmitting terminal requires at least one further time slot of the reverse channel to complete transmission of a message to the central station.
providing a forward channel for transmitting messages from the central station to the plurality of terminals, the forward channel comprising a plurality of successive time slots, each time slot of the forward channel being between two successive time slots of the reverse channel;
transmitting a burst in each time slot of the forward channel, each said burst comprising a code indicating whether the next time slot of the reverse channel is reserved for use by a particular terminal or open for contention by all terminals; and transmitting bursts in time slots of the reverse channel, each said burst comprising a code indicating whether the transmitting terminal requires at least one further time slot of the reverse channel to complete transmission of a message to the central station.
2. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein each burst transmitted in a time slot of the forward channel further comprises a code indicating whether or not a burst was successfully received by the central station on the last time slot of the reverse channel.
3. A method as defined in claim 2, wherein the code indicating whether or not a burst was successfully received by the central station comprises a terminal identifier when a burst was successfully received by the central station on the last time slot of the reverse channel.
4. A method as defined in claim 2, wherein the code indicating whether or not a burst was successfully received by the central station comprises a first code when no burst was received by the central station on the last time slot of the reverse channel and a second code distinct from the first code when at least two bursts were received by the central station on the last time slot of the reverse channel and said at least two bursts collided such that neither burst could be successfully received by the central station.
5. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein:
the central station responds to receipt of a code indicating that a terminal requires at least one further time slot of the reverse channel to complete transmission of a message to the central station by transmitting a code indicating that the next time slot of the reverse channel is reserved for use by the terminal;
the central station responds to receipt of a code indicating that a terminal does not require at least one further time slot of the reverse channel to complete transmission of a message to the central station by transmitting a code indicating that the next time slot of the reverse channel is open for contention by a11 terminals; and the central station responds to receipt of no burst by transmitting a code indicating that the next time slot of the reverse channel is open for contention by all terminals.
the central station responds to receipt of a code indicating that a terminal requires at least one further time slot of the reverse channel to complete transmission of a message to the central station by transmitting a code indicating that the next time slot of the reverse channel is reserved for use by the terminal;
the central station responds to receipt of a code indicating that a terminal does not require at least one further time slot of the reverse channel to complete transmission of a message to the central station by transmitting a code indicating that the next time slot of the reverse channel is open for contention by a11 terminals; and the central station responds to receipt of no burst by transmitting a code indicating that the next time slot of the reverse channel is open for contention by all terminals.
6. A communication system, comprising:
a multiple access channel having a forward channel and a reverse channel, the forward channel and the reverse channel having time slots which are spaced and offset in time such that the time slots of the reverse channel are interleaved with the time slots of the forward channel;
a central station connected to the multiple access channel, the central station being operable to transmit forward bursts in time slots of the forward channel and to receive reverse bursts in time slots of the reverse channel, each forward burst comprising a code indicating whether the next time slot of the reverse channel is reserved for use by a particular remote station or open for contention by all remote stations; and a plurality of remote stations connected to the multiple access channel, each remote station being operable to transmit reverse bursts in time slots of the reverse channel to and to receive forward bursts in time slots of the forward channel, each reverse burst comprising a code indicating whether the transmitting remote station requires at least one further time slot of the reverse channel to complete transmission of a message to the central station.
a multiple access channel having a forward channel and a reverse channel, the forward channel and the reverse channel having time slots which are spaced and offset in time such that the time slots of the reverse channel are interleaved with the time slots of the forward channel;
a central station connected to the multiple access channel, the central station being operable to transmit forward bursts in time slots of the forward channel and to receive reverse bursts in time slots of the reverse channel, each forward burst comprising a code indicating whether the next time slot of the reverse channel is reserved for use by a particular remote station or open for contention by all remote stations; and a plurality of remote stations connected to the multiple access channel, each remote station being operable to transmit reverse bursts in time slots of the reverse channel to and to receive forward bursts in time slots of the forward channel, each reverse burst comprising a code indicating whether the transmitting remote station requires at least one further time slot of the reverse channel to complete transmission of a message to the central station.
7. A communication system as defined in claim 6, wherein the central station is operable:
to respond to receipt of a code indicating that a terminal requires at least one further time slot of the reverse channel to complete transmission of a message to the central station by transmitting a code indicating that the next time slot of the reverse channel is reserved for use by the terminal;
to respond to receipt of a code indicating that a terminal does not require at least one further time slot of the reverse channel to complete transmission of a message to the central station by transmitting a code indicating that the next time slot of the reverse channel is open for contention by all terminals; and to respond to receipt of no burst by transmitting a code indicating that the next time slot of the reverse channel is open for contention by a11 terminals.
to respond to receipt of a code indicating that a terminal requires at least one further time slot of the reverse channel to complete transmission of a message to the central station by transmitting a code indicating that the next time slot of the reverse channel is reserved for use by the terminal;
to respond to receipt of a code indicating that a terminal does not require at least one further time slot of the reverse channel to complete transmission of a message to the central station by transmitting a code indicating that the next time slot of the reverse channel is open for contention by all terminals; and to respond to receipt of no burst by transmitting a code indicating that the next time slot of the reverse channel is open for contention by a11 terminals.
8. A central station for a communication system comprising the central station, a plurality of remote stations and a multiple access channel between the remote stations and the central station, the multiple access channel comprising a forward channel for transmission of messages from the central station to the remote stations and a reverse channel for transmission of messages from the remote stations to the central station, the forward channel and the reverse channel having time slots which are spaced and offset in time such that the time slots of the reverse channel are interleaved with the time slots of the forward channel, the central station comprising:
means for transmitting forward bursts in time slots of the forward channel, each forward burst comprising a code indicating whether the next time slot of the reverse channel is reserved for use by a particular remote station or open for contention by all remote stations; and means for receiving reverse bursts in time slots of the reverse channel.
means for transmitting forward bursts in time slots of the forward channel, each forward burst comprising a code indicating whether the next time slot of the reverse channel is reserved for use by a particular remote station or open for contention by all remote stations; and means for receiving reverse bursts in time slots of the reverse channel.
9. A central station as defined in claim 8, wherein the means for transmitting forward bursts is operable to transmit in each forward burst a code indicating whether or not a burst was successfully received by the central station on the last time slot of the reverse channel.
10. A central station as defined in claim 9, wherein the code indicating whether or not a burst was successfully received by the central station comprises a terminal identifier when a burst was successfully received by the central station on the last time slot of the reverse channel.
11. A central station as defined in claim 10, wherein the code indicating whether or not a burst was successfully received by the central station comprises a first code when no burst was received by the central station on the last time slot of the reverse channel and a second code distinct from the first code when at least two bursts were received by the central station on the last time slot of the reverse channel and said at least two bursts collided such that neither burst could be successfully received by the central station.
12. A remote station for a communication system comprising a central station, a plurality of remote stations and a multiple access channel between the remote stations and the central station, the multiple access channel comprising a forward channel for transmission of messages from the central station to the remote station and a reverse channel for transmission of messages from the remote stations to the central station, the forward channel and the reverse channel having time slots which are spaced and offset in time such that the time slots of the reverse channel are interleaved with the time slots of the forward channel, the remote station comprising:
means for transmitting reverse bursts in time slots of the reverse channel, each reverse burst comprising a code indicating whether the transmitting remote station requires at least one further time slot of the reverse channel to complete transmission of a message to the central station; and and means for receiving forward bursts in time slots of the forward channel.
means for transmitting reverse bursts in time slots of the reverse channel, each reverse burst comprising a code indicating whether the transmitting remote station requires at least one further time slot of the reverse channel to complete transmission of a message to the central station; and and means for receiving forward bursts in time slots of the forward channel.
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