METHOD OF IMPROVING CONNECTION QUALITY AND SYSTEM CAPACITY, AND A CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEM

摘要

The invention relates to a method of improving connection quality and system capacity in a cellular radio system. Each cell in the cellular radio system comprises at least one base station (BS) communicating with subscriber terminals (MS) in its area. The method of the invention is characterized in that the subscriber terminal transmits in two time slots and receives in two time slots during one frame, and that the subscriber terminal employs the time slots of the frame following the frame used for transmission and reception for measuring neighbouring base stations. Owing to the method and cellular radio system of the invention, methods developed for improving connection quality and system capacity in a cellular radio system, such as frequency hopping, discontinuous transmission and power control, can be used on the traffic channels of the base station BCCH carrier wave frequency.