A heterogeneous communication system and method of operation therefor

A heterogeneous communication system comprises a plurality of radio access systems 101-105. The system further comprises a pilot signal unit 119 which transmits a pilot signal in only part of the coverage area of the communication system. The pilot signal is independent of the radio access systems a...

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Main Authors DAVID GRANDBLAISE, MARKUS MUCK
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 23.03.2011
Subjects
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
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Summary:A heterogeneous communication system comprises a plurality of radio access systems 101-105. The system further comprises a pilot signal unit 119 which transmits a pilot signal in only part of the coverage area of the communication system. The pilot signal is independent of the radio access systems and comprises first access data for at least a first radio access system 101. The first radio access system comprises access points 111, 113 for transmitting a first communication channel comprising second access data for at least a second radio access system 103. At least some of the second access data for the second radio access system are not included in the first access data. The first access data furthermore comprises a pointer to the first communication channel. The invention provides access to different radio access systems for a configurable user equipment 109, avoiding the need to scan through a set of systems. Reconfiguration access data is also distributed over the different radio access systems thereby reducing loading on each system.
Bibliography:Application Number: GB20070009798