Abstract: The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for detecting one or more of spread spectrum signals of two or more types having distinct statistical characteristics to identify a signal input to an amplifier having an input terminal. The method comprises determining a signal characteristic of the signal input to associate the one or more of spread spectrum signals with one of the two or more types in response to an indication of statistical characteristics associated with the one or more of spread spectrum signals at the input terminal of the amplifier. The method further comprises distinguishing between the one or more of spread spectrum signals of the two or more types based on the statistical characteristics associated therewith.

Abstract: A radio transmission system and method routes incoming user signals to at least one radio equipment that is eligible to handle the user signal. The average user population and rate of change of user population for each radio equipment are calculated by control circuitry monitoring a plurality of radio equipment. A ceiling threshold and user population threshold are initially established for each of the radio equipment. As users are admitted to the system, incoming user signals are routed to a radio equipment selected from eligible radio equipment. The radio equipment deemed eligible are those which have current user population below their population thresholds and population thresholds adequately below their ceiling thresholds. Incoming user signals are routed to at least one selected radio equipment based on the average user population and rate of change of user population of the radio equipment of the system.

Abstract: In a transmitter circuit designed to operate over a specified transmit frequency range, information as to the specific frequency within the specified transmit frequency range at which the transmit up-converter of the transmitter circuit is to be operated, is used to generate a control signal for a high-power amplifier within the transmitter circuit, where the high-power amplifier automatically optimizes its operations based on the frequency indicated by the control signal. For example, for the transmitter circuit of a PCS base station transmitter, control signals received by the transmit up-converter from an alarm control board identify the particular 5-MHZ or 15-MHZ PCS frequency block for the base station transmitter. The up-converter uses that frequency information to generate a two-bit control signal identifying one of three 20-MHZ frequency sub-ranges within the 60-MHZ PCS forward-link transmit frequency range.

Abstract: A beam on demand antenna system and method for automatically allocating amplifiers and antennas to various sectors of a wireless communication system to meet the capacity demands of the sectors. The transmission power levels of equipment assigned to the sectors are monitored by a controller which switches equipment amongst the various sectors such that the sectors operate at or below a power threshold established by the system provider of the communication system or by the manufacturer of the antenna system.