Communication repeater system and method
View Patent ↗According to one embodiment, a communication repeater system repeats communication by time division duplex scheme. The system includes a timing detector that detects each of transmission/reception switching timings between a master station device and each of radio frequency units, a protection level detector that detects a level of synchronization protection of each of base station systems, a setter that sets, as reference transmission/reception switching timing, a transmission/reception switching timing corresponding to one of the base station systems having a higher level of synchronization protection among the transmission/reception switching timings on the basis of a result of the detection by the protection level detector, and a corrector that corrects a variation in the transmission/reception switching timings in accordance with the reference transmission/reception switching timing.
1. A communication repeater system comprising:
a plurality of radio frequency units that corresponds to a plurality of base station systems, and converts a radio signal from the corresponding base station systems into a digital signal and transmits the digital signal, the base station systems have mutually independent transmission and reception switching timings at which transmission and reception of an uplink signal and a downlink signal are switched by time division;
a plurality of slave station devices; and
a master station device that receives the digital signal from the radio frequency units, and establishes communication with a mobile communication terminal device via a corresponding one of the slave station devices, the communication repeater system repeats communication between the mobile communication terminal device and the base station systems, wherein
the master station device comprises:
a timing detector that detects a transmission and reception switching timing between the master station device and each of the radio frequency units from the digital signal;
a protection level detector that detects a level of synchronization protection of each of the base station systems, and
a setter that determines, on the basis of a result of the detection by the protection level detector, the base station system being in continuous synchronization for a longer period among the base station systems, sets the transmission and reception switching timing of the determined base station system as a reference transmission and reception switching timing, and notifies the radio frequency units of the reference transmission and reception switching timing, and
the radio frequency units each comprise a corrector that corrects a variation in the transmission and reception switching timings in accordance with the notified reference transmission and reception switching timing.
2. The communication repeater system according to claim 1 , wherein
the setter transmits a timing signal corresponding to the reference transmission and reception switching timing to the corrector.
3. A communication repeater system that repeats communication between a mobile communication terminal device and a plurality of base station systems that has mutually independent transmission and reception switching timings at which transmission and reception of an uplink signal and a downlink signal are switched by time division, the system comprising:
a protection level detector that detects a level of synchronization protection of each of the base station systems; and
a setter that determines, on the basis of a result of the detection by the protection level detector, the base station system being in continuous synchronization for a longer period among the base station systems, sets the transmission and reception switching timing of the determined base station system as a reference transmission and reception switching timing, and notifies the radio frequency units of the reference transmission and reception switching timing; and
a corrector that corrects a variation in the transmission and reception switching timings between the mobile communication terminal device and the base station systems in accordance with the reference transmission and reception switching timing.
4. The communication repeater system according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a timing detector that detects each of the transmission and reception switching timings.
5. The communication repeater system according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a master station device; and
a plurality of radio frequency units that converts a radio signal from each of the base station systems into a digital signal and transmits the digital signal, wherein
the master station device comprises the timing detector, the protection level detector, and the setter, and
the radio frequency units each comprises the corrector.
6. The communication repeater system according to claim 5 , wherein
the timing detector detects the transmission and reception switching timing between the master station device and the radio frequency units.
7. The communication repeater system according to claim 6 , wherein
the corrector corrects the variation in the transmission and reception switching timings in consideration of a transmission delay amount between the master station device and each of the radio frequency units.
8. The communication repeater system according to claim 5 , wherein
the setter transmits a timing signal corresponding to the reference transmission and reception switching timing to the corrector.
9. A method to be executed by a communication repeater system, the system comprising a plurality of radio frequency units that corresponds to a plurality of base station systems, and converts a radio signal from the corresponding base station systems into a digital signal and transmits the digital signal, the base station systems have mutually independent transmission and reception switching timings at which transmission and reception of an uplink signal and a downlink signal are switched by time division; a plurality of slave station devices; and a master station device that receives the digital signal from the radio frequency units via a corresponding one of the slave station devices, and establishes communication with a mobile communication terminal device, the communication repeater system repeats communication between the mobile communication terminal device and the base station systems, the method comprising:
detecting a transmission and reception switching timing between the master station device and each of the radio frequency units from the digital signal;
detecting a level of synchronization protection of each of the base station systems;
determining, on the basis of a result of the detection of synchronization protection level, the base station system being in continuous synchronization for a longer period among the base station systems, and setting the transmission and reception switching timing of the determined base station system as a reference transmission and reception switching timing; and
correcting a variation in the transmission and reception switching timings in accordance with the reference transmission and reception switching timing.
10. A method to be executed by a communication repeater system, the system that repeats communication between a mobile communication terminal device and a plurality of base station systems that has mutually independent transmission and reception switching timings at which transmission and reception of an uplink signal and a downlink signal are switched by time division, the method comprising:
determining, among the base station systems, the base station system being in continuous synchronization for a longer period, and setting the transmission and reception switching timing of the determined base station system as reference transmission and reception switching timing; and
correcting a variation in the transmission and reception switching timings between the mobile communication terminal device and the base station systems in accordance with the reference transmission and reception switching timing.