Estimation of movement
View Patent ↗A mobile transceiver and a method of detecting movement of the mobile transceiver in a radio system. The radio system includes at least one base station and terminals. The movement of the mobile transceiver is measured by at least one acceleration sensor ( 114–116 ) to take the movement of the mobile transceiver onto account in the operation of the radio system.
1. A method of detecting movement of a mobile transceiver in a radio system, which comprises at least one base station ( 1 ) and terminals ( 2 – 4 ), comprising the steps of:
measuring the acceleration of the mobile transceiver ( 2 – 4 ) by at least one acceleration sensor ( 114 – 116 ) and determining the velocity of the mobile transceiver by integrating the acceleration, and determining the frequency shift caused by the Doppler phenomenon at the frequency used for data transmission from the velocity of the mobile transceiver ( 2 – 4 ), in order to take the movement of the mobile transceiver into account in the operation of the radio system.
2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of measuring the acceleration of the mobile transceiver by at least one acceleration sensor ( 114 – 116 ) and determining the velocity of the mobile transceiver from the acceleration information by means of context identification.
3. The method according to claim 1 , by further comprising the step of changing the sampling frequency in reception according to the magnitude of the frequency shift.
4. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of determining the coherence time related to the Doppler phenomenon from the velocity of the mobile transceiver ( 2 – 4 ).
5. The method according to claim 4 , further comprising the step of changing at least one of the following factors that influence data transmission as the coherence time changes: source coding, channel coding and data transmission rate.
6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of taking the velocity of the mobile transceiver ( 2 – 4 ) into account when the transmission power of the mobile transceiver is adjusted.
7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of determining the measurement frequency of impulse response from the velocity of the mobile transceiver ( 2 – 4 ).
8. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of optimizing the measuring accuracy of impulse response according to the velocity of the mobile transceiver ( 2 – 4 ).
9. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of using at least three acceleration sensors ( 114 – 116 ) to measure the movement of the mobile transceiver ( 2 – 4 ) in three different spatial dimensions.
10. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of measuring the movement of the mobile transceiver ( 2 – 4 ) at least in two dimensions by at least two acceleration sensors ( 114 – 116 ).
11. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the mobile transceiver ( 2 – 4 ) is a mobile station.
12. A mobile transceiver in a radio system, which comprises at least one base station and terminals, the mobile transceiver ( 2 – 4 ) being arranged and adapted to,
measure the acceleration of the mobile transceiver ( 2 – 4 ) with at least one acceleration sensor ( 114 – 116 ) and determine the velocity of the mobile transceiver ( 2 – 4 ) by integrating the acceleration, and
determine the frequency shift caused by the Doppler phenomenon at the frequency used for data transmission from the velocity of the mobile transceiver ( 2 – 4 ), in order to take the movement of the mobile transceiver ( 2 – 4 ) into account in the operation of the radio system.
13. The transceiver according to claim 12 , wherein the mobile transceiver ( 2 – 4 ) is arranged to measure the acceleration of the mobile transceiver ( 2 – 4 ) with at least one acceleration sensor ( 114 – 116 ) and determine the velocity of the mobile transceiver ( 2 – 4 ) from the acceleration information by means of context identification.
14. The transceiver according to claim 12 , wherein the mobile transceiver ( 2 – 4 ) is arranged to change the sampling frequency in reception according to the magnitude of the frequency shift.
15. The transceiver according to claim 14 , wherein the mobile transceiver ( 2 – 4 ) comprises at least three acceleration sensors ( 114 – 116 ) for measuring the movement of the mobile transceiver ( 2 – 4 ) in three different spatial dimensions.
16. The transceiver according to claim 14 , wherein the mobile transceiver ( 2 – 4 ) is a mobile station.
17. The transceiver according to claim 12 , wherein the mobile transceiver ( 2 – 4 ) is arranged to determine the coherence time related to the Doppler phenomenon from the velocity of the mobile transceiver ( 2 – 4 ).
18. The transceiver according to claim 17 , wherein the mobile transceiver ( 2 – 4 ) is arranged to change at least one of the following factors that influence data transmission as the coherence time changes: source coding, channel coding and data transmission rate.
19. The transceiver according to claim 12 , wherein the mobile transceiver ( 2 – 4 ) is arranged to determine the measuring frequency of impulse response from the velocity of the mobile transceiver ( 2 – 4 ).
20. The transceiver according to claim 12 , wherein the mobile transceiver ( 2 – 4 ) is arranged to take the velocity of the mobile transceiver ( 2 – 4 ) into account when the transmission power of the mobile transceiver ( 2 – 4 ) is adjusted.
21. The transceiver according to claim 12 , wherein the mobile transceiver ( 2 – 4 ) is arranged to optimize the measurement accuracy of impulse response according to the velocity of the mobile transceiver ( 2 – 4 ).
22. The transceiver according to claim 12 , wherein the mobile transceiver ( 2 – 4 ) is arranged to measure the movement of the mobile transceiver ( 2 – 4 ) in at least two dimensions by at least two acceleration sensors ( 114 – 116 ).