Methods for transmitting data between a terminal and a frequency-synchronized access network on an uplink message from said terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10555289-B2
Application number	US-201615552789-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 25, 2016
Priority date	Mar 3, 2015
Publication date	Feb 4, 2020
Grant date	Feb 4, 2020

Abstract

A method for transmitting, by a terminal of a wireless communication system, uplink messages on an uplink to an access network. A sequence of NR uplink messages is formed. Each uplink message of the sequence includes a same useful data packet and control data having an identifier for identifying the uplink message from the NR uplink messages of the sequence. The uplink messages of the sequence are transmitted on different respective center frequencies. Also, a method for transmitting, by the access network, a downlink message in response to the sequence of uplink messages, on a center frequency determined from the measured center frequencies of the uplink messages of the sequence.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for transmitting uplink messages on an uplink to an access network, comprising steps implemented by a terminal of a wireless communication system:
forming a sequence of uplink messages, each uplink message of the sequence comprising one and the same traffic data packet and control data, the control data comprising an identifier of said each uplink message among the uplink messages of the sequence;
transmitting the uplink messages of the sequence on different respective center frequencies; and
receiving a downlink message, transmitted in response to the sequence of uplink messages, on a center frequency having predefined respective frequency gaps with respect to the center frequencies of the uplink messages of the sequence.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the identifiers of the uplink messages of the sequence correspond respectively to different predefined synchronization patterns.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the uplink messages of the sequence are transmitted successively without a temporal overlap between them.

4. The method as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the uplink messages of the sequence are transmitted successively without a temporal overlap between them.

5. A terminal comprising a processor and a wireless transmitter/receiver, the terminal configured to implement the method of transmitting on the uplink as claimed in claim 1 .

6. A method for transmitting, by an access network of a wireless communication system, a downlink message on a downlink to the terminal in response to the sequence of uplink messages transmitted by the terminal by the method as claimed in claim 1 , comprising steps of:
searching for uplink messages on the uplink in response to a detection of an uplink message;
measuring a center frequency of the detected uplink message;
extracting the identifier of the detected uplink message;
estimating the center frequency on which the downlink message is to be transmitted as a function of the measured center frequency and of the extracted identifier of the detected uplink message; and
transmitting the downlink message on the estimated center frequency.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the step of extracting the identifier of the detected uplink message comprises a step of comparing the detected uplink message with predefined synchronization patterns that are respectively associated with the identifiers of the uplink messages of the sequence.

8. The method as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the step of estimating the center frequency of the downlink message comprises steps of:
estimating a reference frequency as a function of the measurement of the center frequency of the detected uplink message and of a predefined frequency gap between the reference frequency and the center frequency of the detected uplink message, the predefined frequency gap being associated with the extracted identifier; and
estimating the center frequency of the downlink message as a function of the estimated reference frequency.

9. The method as claimed claim 6 , wherein the center frequency of the downlink message is determined as a function of a predefined frequency gap between the center frequency of the detected uplink message and the center frequency on which the downlink message is to be transmitted, the predefined frequency gap being associated with the extracted identifier.

10. A base station comprising a processor and a wireless transmitter/receiver, the base station configured to implement the method of transmitting on the downlink as claimed in claim 6 .

11. An access network comprising a plurality of processor based base stations and a processor based server configured to implement the method of transmitting on the downlink as claimed in claim 6 .

Assignees

• Sigfox

Inventors

• Zirphile Lionel
• Chalbos Nicolas
• Fourtet Christophe

Classifications

• H04W56/001

  Synchronization between nodes · CPC title

• H04W88/02

  Terminal devices · CPC title

• H04W56/0035 Primary

  detecting errors in frequency or phase · CPC title

• H04W88/08

  Access point devices · CPC title

• H04W72/21 Primary

  in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network · CPC title