Time-shared and concurrent multi-protocol beacon transmission design

摘要

A base station in a cellular wireless communications system uses one or more control algorithms to control a transmission pattern of a 1×RTT or DO discovery beacon. The transmission pattern enables access terminals using any one of multiple wake-up periods and wake-up offsets to discover all macrocell frequencies in a finite amount of time. In addition, for base stations allocating a single transmit chain to both 1×RTT and DO beacons, the transmission pattern enables a definite maximum discovery time for both 1×RTT and DO beacons for all access terminals entering the base station coverage.

主权项

1. A method for controlling transmission of an opportunistic Data Optimized (DO) beacon by a base station of a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
maintaining a numeric counter indicating a number of pending DO registrations in a base station memory; triggering initiation of a DO beacon transmission in response to completing a user registration for 1 times Radio Transmission Technology (1×RTT) wireless transmission at the base station at a time when the numeric counter indicates at least one pending DO registration; and transmitting 1×RTT discovery bursts for n number of 1×RTT frequencies in corresponding signals, with signals for respective frequencies transmitted one after another in a repeating sequence.