Abstract: A communication system is provided which implements a method for up-converting a baseband signal to a given number of frequency bands that together define a signal transmission channel. A sequential order is defined in which the frequency bands are to be used for up-converting the baseband signal, and up-converting the baseband signal to one frequency band after the other in the defined sequential order such that the spectral distance between two frequency bands is equal or higher for the frequency bands being direct neighbors in the defined sequential order than being direct neighbors in the spectral order.

Abstract: A frame synchronisation is proposed for a multi-band communication system, wherein a data signal exchanged between a transmitter and a receiver is organised in system frames having a preamble section which contains a frame synchronisation section that is composed of a number of symbol frames, each of which is in turn composed of a defined number of slots, whereby each slot corresponds to an individual transmission frequency band. The method comprises steps for transmitting the data signal containing a synchronisation signal in one or more slots of every other symbol frame of the frame synchronisation section, processing only data signal components selected from transmission frequency bands required for the synchronisation signal transmission, and subtracting the processed data signal from its shifted copy, whereby the copy is shifted by one symbol frame.

Abstract: A frame synchronization is proposed for a multi-band communication system, wherein a data signal exchanged between a transmitter and a receiver is organized in system frames having a preamble section which contains a frame synchronization section that is composed of a number of symbol frames, each of which is in turn composed of a defined number of slots, whereby each slot corresponds to an individual transmission frequency band. The method comprises steps for transmitting the data signal containing a synchronization signal in one or more slots of every other symbol frame of the frame synchronization section, processing only data signal components selected from transmission frequency bands required for the synchronization signal transmission, and subtracting the processed data signal from its shifted copy, whereby the copy is shifted by one symbol frame.

Abstract: A frequency modulation method is proposed that enables an imprinting of a digital message formed by a sequence of symbols on a set of frequency bands. Each symbol of the digital message is hereby assigned just one symbol value out of a defined set of symbol values. According to the method at least two symbol transmission channels are defined with each symbol transmission channel being formed by a sub-set of frequency bands selected from the set of frequency bands and with each frequency band of a symbol transmission channel being allocated to a symbol value of the set of symbol values in a one-to-one relation such, that the symbol transmission channels defined differ from each other in at least one frequency band selected and/or in an allocation of a frequency band to a symbol value. Further, each of the defined symbol transmission channels is successively modulated with a single symbol value of the digital message according to the channel allocation scheme of the respective symbol transmission channel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a communication device (1) for transmitting and receiving data in a communication system and a corresponding communication method. In the communication system, which can be a wireless or a wired communication system, a random access channel is provided, which comprises a plurality of access resources. The access resources are divided in at least two access resource groups, each access resource groups corresponding to a different access service class with a respective access probability.

Abstract: The invention proposes a device for generating, from incoming signal values (Xi,n), soft-values (Yi,n) to be input into a channel decoder of a communication device for use in a wireless communication system, comprising truncation means (24, 26, 28) for truncating the incoming signal values (Xi,n) such as to fall within a predetermined limit value range, and normalization means (30, 32) for normalizing the truncated signal values (Xti,n) such as to fit to an input range of the decoder. According to the invention, the truncation means (24, 26, 28) are adapted to determine the boundaries of the limit value range in dependence on information representative of a signal-to-noise ratio of the incoming signal values (Xi,n). The truncated signal values (Xti,n), after normalization, then are output as said soft-values (Yi,n).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a communication device and a communication method for transmitting and receiving data in a communication system, in which a random access channel with a plurality of access resources is provided. The communication device (1) comprises selecting means (5) for randomly selecting an access resource from said plurality of access resources on the basis of an access probability distribution being allocated to said communication device (1), said access probability distribution defining the probability of a random access to the random access resources, whereby at least two access resources have a different access probability, and transmitting means (3) for transmitting a random access burst in the randomly selected access resource. The use of an access probability distribution allows a very flexible and effective way of accessing the random access channel of the communication system, which may be a wired or a wireless communication system.

Abstract: To provide a higher data rate service on one link, it is possible to use more than one scrambling code per link. In this way, the same channelization code can be reused and a higher data rate can be supported because the highest data rate is restricted by the set of channelization codes with the shortest length. When reusing one and the same channelization code for spreading the two different data streams transmitted in one link and scrambling these two data streams by two different scrambling codes, the complexity of the receiver will be reduced. Therefore, the two data streams are spread with one and the same channelization code. After this, each of these data streams is scrambled with a different scrambling code.

Abstract: The present invention proposes communication devices (1, 6) and a method for transmitting and receiving random access bursts in a random access channel of a digital telecommunication system. Thereby, a random access burst comprising a preamble part for acquiring a part of said random access channel and at least one message part for transmitting data in said acquired part of the random access channel is generated, whereby the number of message parts depends on an amount of data to be transmitted in the message parts. In case that two or more message parts are generated, each preceding message part comprises a continuation indicator indicating a succeeding message part. After transmission of such a random access burst, the continuation indicator is detected and a further part of the random access channel is reserved for the succeeding message part.

Abstract: According to the present invention a transmitter and a transmitting method for communicating data symbols over a communication channel, for example, according to the CDMA system is presented. The transmitter (24, 25) comprises means (9) for spreading each data symbol with a respective spreading code, wherein the spreading codes are mutually orthogonal. Means (10) for scrambling are provided to scramble each spread symbol with a respective scrambling code, the scrambling codes respectively having the same length as the spreading codes. Furthermore, means (11) for the transmission of the spread and scrambled symbols are provided. According to the present invention the means (10) for scrambling are provided with a plurality of different scrambling codes, which can be used simultaneously within the same link.

Abstract: The present invention proposes communication devices (1, 6) and a method for transmitting and receiving random access bursts in a random access channel of a digital telecommunication system. Thereby, a random access burst comprising a preamble part for acquiring a part of said random access channel and at least one message part for transmitting data in said acquired part of the random access channel is generated, whereby the number of message parts depends on an amount of data to be transmitted in the message parts. In case that two or more message parts are generated, each preceding message part comprises a continuation indicator indicating a succeeding message part. After transmission of such a random access burst, the continuation indicator is detected and a further part of the random access channel is reserved for the succeeding message part.

Abstract: According to the present invention a transmitter and a transmitting method for communicating data symbols over a communication channel, for example, according to the CDMA system is presented. The transmitter (24, 25) comprises means (9) for spreading each data symbol with a respective spreading code, wherein the spreading codes are mutually orthogonal. Means (10) for scrambling are provided to scramble each spread symbol with a respective scrambling code, the scrambling codes respectively having the same length as the spreading codes. Furthermore, means (11) for the transmission of the spread and scrambled symbols are provided. According to the present invention the means (10) for scrambling are provided with a plurality of different scrambling codes, which can be used simultaneously within the same link.

Abstract: According to the present invention a transmitter and a transmitting method for communicating data symbols over a communication channel, for example, according to the CDMA system is presented. The transmitter (24, 25) comprises means (9) for spreading each data symbol with a respective spreading code, wherein the spreading codes are mutually orthogonal. Means (10) for scrambling are provided to scramble each spread symbol with a respective scrambling code, the scrambling codes respectively having the same length as the spreading codes. Furthermore, means (11) for the transmission of the spread and scrambled symbols are provided. According to the present invention the means (10) for scrambling are provided with a plurality of different scrambling codes, which can be used simultaneously within the same link.

Abstract: According to the present invention a transmitter and a transmitting method for communicating data symbols over a communication channel, for example, according to the CDMA system is presented. The transmitter (24, 25) comprises means (9) for spreading each data symbol with a respective spreading code, wherein the spreading codes are mutually orthogonal. Means (10) for scrambling are provided to scramble each spread symbol with a respective scrambling code, the scrambling codes respectively having the same length as the spreading codes. Furthermore, means (11) for the transmission of the spread and scrambled symbols are provided. According to the present invention the means (10) for scrambling are provided with a plurality of different scrambling codes, which can be used simultaneously within the same link.