| 摘要 |
A flexible channel architecture supports full-duplex, radio-frequency communication between a base station, such as a PWT or DECT base station, and a group of remote terminals. Downlink communication from the base to the terminals is by way of a first radio-frequency carrier, and uplink communication from the terminals to the base is by way of a first radio-frequency carrier, and uplink communication from the terminals to the base is by way of a second radio-frequency carrier. Each carrier is organized to provide an N-timeslot time-division multiple access data stream (N an integer), so that together the two carriers provide a 2N-timeslot system. Within each frame, data from the base to a terminal is sent on the first carrier during a first time slot, and data from the terminal to the base is sent on the second carrier during a second time slot, the first and second time slots being offset by a time offset which can vary across communications links. The disclosed system provides a unified architecture which allows a single time-division multiple-access hardware platform to efficiently and selectively support either time-division duplex or frequency-division duplex. |
