WO1998038816B1 - Radio frequency planning and assignment in a discontiguous spectrum environment - Google Patents
Radio frequency planning and assignment in a discontiguous spectrum environmentInfo
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- WO1998038816B1 WO1998038816B1 PCT/US1998/002691 US9802691W WO9838816B1 WO 1998038816 B1 WO1998038816 B1 WO 1998038816B1 US 9802691 W US9802691 W US 9802691W WO 9838816 B1 WO9838816 B1 WO 9838816B1
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Abstract
Techniques and systems for formalizing discontiguous spectrum frequency planning maximize system capacity while minimizing the potential for adjacent channel interference. Within the context of an overall system frequency plan, spatial separation can be used to offset overlap resulting from channelization mapping when additional frequencies are not available. Site by site modification and/or design can be used to prevent intermodulation products and/or adjacent channel interference effects. A variety of factors can be taken into account including, for example, control channel position and separation in a new spectrum, probability block utilization, threshold levels for adjacent channel interference, symmetric vs. non-symmetric adjacent channel interference, frequency plan type, Antenna Near Part (ANP) separation, intermodulation effects, local topography, frequency environment conditions, and site availability. These techniques are especially useful for (although not limited to) establishing a downbanded cellular (DBC) radio communication system by overlaying 30 kHz channelization on portions of the Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR) band having 25 kHz channelization.
Claims
1. A method of deriving discontiguous RF operating frequencies for a radio communications system, the method comprising:
(a) assigning frequencies within at least one discontiguous portion of the radio frequency spectrum to RF base station groups based on a frequency reuse plan; and
(b) optimizing the assigned frequencies to minimize interference with channels adjacent to the discontiguous spectrum portion.
2. A method of deriving discontiguous RF operating frequencies for a radio communications system, the method comprising:
(a) tentatively assigning transmit channel center frequencies for a group of RF base station transmitters operating within at least one discontiguous portion of the radio frequency spectrum based on a frequency reuse plan to provide a first block of adjacent transmit channels at a first regular channel spacing; and
(b) optimally shifting the tentatively assigned channel center frequencies of said first block of adjacent transmit channels to minimize interference with a second block of channels adjacent to the discontiguous spectrum portion, said second block of channels having a second regular channel spacing different from said first channel spacing, in order to provide a guardband between said first block of channels and said second block of channels, said guardband having a bandwidth that minimizes interference between said first and second blocks of channels while maximizing the number of channels within said first block of channels.
3. A method as in claim 1 further including the step of transmitting radio signals from the RF base station groups over the optimized, assigned frequencies.
4. A method as in claim 1 further characterized in that step (a) includes assigning the frequencies to groups of spatially separated base stations within a cellular radio system.
5. A method as in claim 1 further characterized by the optimizing step (b) includes replacing portions of control channel blocks to achieve required frequency separation.
6. A method as in claim 1 further characterized by the optimizing step (b) includes alternating control channel positions to achieve required frequency separation.
7. A method as in claim 1 further characterized by the optimizing step (b) includes alternating voice channel positions to achieve required frequency separation.
8. A method as in claim 1 further including the step of performing an intermodulation test on the optimized assigned frequencies.
9. A method as in claim 1 further characterized by optimizing step (b) includes iteratively substituting portions of an assigned frequency plan and testing the plan to determine whether required frequency separation is achieved.
10. A method as in claim 1 further characterized in that step (a) includes the step of mapping one channelization onto another, and step (b) includes using sufficient spatial separation between the base stations to offset frequency overlap resulting from the channelization mapping.
11. A method of deriving a frequency plan for a cellular radio communications system, the method comprising:
(a) developing a channel center frequency list for at least one discontiguous portion of the radio frequency spectrum by mapping a first channelization providing a first block of adjacent channels of a first regular channel spacing onto a second channelization providing a second block of adjacent channels of a second regular channel spacing different from said first spacing;
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(b) tentatively assigning center frequencies from the channel center frequency list to cellular RF base station groups based on a cellular frequency reuse plan to provide said first channelization in said discontiguous spectrum portion;
(c) optimally shifting the assigned center frequencies to minimize interference with said second block of channels adjacent to the discontiguous spectrum portion, so as to provide a guardband between said first channel block and said second channel block, said guardband having a bandwidth that minimizes interference between said first channel block and said second channel block while maximizing the number of channels in said first channel block; and
(d) transmitting radio signals from the RF base station groups to cellular radiotelephones over the optimally shifted, assigned frequencies.
12. A method as in claim 11 further characterized in that step (a) includes the step of mapping a 30 kHz downbanded cellular channelization onto a 25 kHz Specialized Mobile Radio band channelization.
13. A method as in claim 11 further characterized in that the optimizing step (c) includes iteratively replacing portions of control channel blocks to achieve required frequency separation.
14. A method as in claim 11 further characterized in that the optimizing step (c) includes iteratively alternating control channel positions to achieve required frequency separation.
15. A method as in claim 11 further characterized in that the optimizing step (c) includes iteratively alternating voice channel positions to achieve required frequency separation.
16. A method as in claim 11 further including the step of performing an intermodulation test on the optimized assigned frequencies.
17. A method as in claim 11 further characterized in that optimizing step (c) includes iteratively substituting portions of an assigned frequency
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plan and testing the plan to determine whether required frequency separation is achieved.
18. A method as in claim 11 further characterized in that step (c) includes using spatial separation between the repeaters to offset overlap resulting from the channelization mapping.
19. A downbanded cellular radio system operating on a discontiguous portion of the RF spectrum on a first block of adjacent channels having a first regular channel spacing that differs from a second block of channels in a portion of the RF spectrum adjacent said discontiguous portion, said system comprising: a switch, a home location register, a plurality of spatially separated repeaters operating on a first block of channel center frequencies that are regularly spaced and arranged in accordance with a frequency reuse plan, and a plurality of cellular telephones communicating via wireless transmissions with the repeaters, further characterized in that the repeater operating frequencies are assigned within at least one discontiguous portion of the radio spectrum to provide a channelization that differs from the channelization provided in said spectrum portion that lies adjacent to the discontiguous spectrum portion, and the operating frequencies are optimally shifted so that spatial separation between the repeaters is used to minimize interference with channels in the spectrum portion adjacent to the discontiguous spectrum portion, and a guardband is provided between said discontiguous spectrum portion channelization and said channelization of said spectrum portion adjacent thereto, said guardband having a bandwidth that minimizes interference while maximizing the number of channels within said discontiguous spectrum portion.
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20. In a downbanded cellular radiotelephone communications system that communicates radio signals over a block of adjacent radio channels having center frequencies that nominally differ from the center frequencies defined by the channelization of a discontiguous portion of the RF spectrum the downbanded system operates within, an improvement comprising: selecting control channels to provide best isolation and highest mobile telephone seek probability while optimizing the control channel selection to minimize adjacent channel interference, and shifting the center frequencies of said block of adjacent radio channels to provide a guardband between said discontiguous portion channelization and a spectrum portion adjacent thereto having a different channelization, said guardband having a bandwidth that minimizes adjacent channel interference while maximizing the number of channels within said discontiguous spectrum portion.
21. In a downbanded cellular radiotelephone communications system that communicates radio signals over a block of adjacent radio channels having center frequencies that nominally differ from the center frequencies defined by the channelization of a discontiguous portion of the RF spectrum the downbanded system operates within, an improvement comprising transmitting on operating frequencies that have been optimally placed so that spatial separation between transmitters and the bandwidth of a guardband provided between said block of adjacent radio channels and said discontiguous portion, are used to minimize interference with channels in the adjacent spectrum portion having a different channelization and maximizing the number of channels within said block of adjacent radio channels.
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