Information transfer method and system

摘要

A multiple path information transfer system in a cellular radio network includes several receivers (BS- 1 , . . . , BS-N) for receiving radio signals representing digital information from at least one signal source. From each received radio signal a corresponding digitized baseband signal that contains soft information is extracted. Compressing units ( 10 ) compress the soft information to produce compressed baseband signals. These compressed signals are forwarded to a combining unit over a transport network. A de-compressor ( 16 ) de-compresses the forwarded signals to at least approximately restore the baseband signals. The de-compressed signals are combined ( 18 - 22 ) and the combined signal is decoded to at least approximately restore the digital information.