Multiple-frame offset between neighbor cells to enhance the GERAN signaling performance when power control for signaling is in use

摘要

The present patent application comprises means and instructions for improving signaling by increasing a power of at least one signaling channel if errors on the signaling channel occur, comprising tracking quality of the at least one signaling channel, determining whether the at least one signaling channel has an error rate that is above a threshold, and increasing power to the at least one signaling channel if the error rate is above the threshold.

主权项

1. A method of improving signaling, comprising:
tracking a quality of at least one signaling channel; determining whether said at least one signaling channel has an error rate corresponding to co-channel interference that is above a threshold; applying a frame offset to said at least one signaling channel if said error rate is above said threshold, wherein the frame offset is a time offset between communication signals of neighbor cells, and wherein the frame offset is controlled by a network; and increasing power to said at least one signaling channel if said error rate is above said threshold, wherein the frame offset ensures that only one cell in a cluster of neighbor cells controlled by the network uses an increased power signaling channel at any time, wherein extra power is alternately applied between different Multi-User on One Slot (MUROS) users.