CA1244973A - Multi-direction time division multiplex communication apparatus - Google Patents
Multi-direction time division multiplex communication apparatusInfo
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Abstract
ABSTRACT
A multi-direction time division multiplex communication apparatus for a central station in a multi-direction time division multiplex communication system in which the central station transmits signals meant for each of satellite stations in a time division multiplex broadcast mode, while each of the satellite stations after extraction of a clock extracts the signal meant for the own station and intermittently transmits signals from the own station after adjusting the signals to such a timing that, when the signals from the own station reach the satellite station, the signals do not overlap with signals reaching the central station from the other satellite stations and appear as orderly as a single sequence of time division multiplex signals. Despite any fluctuation of an absolute delay time which may occur during communication between the central and satellite stations due to variations in the ambient conditions, the central station selects the output of a particular code regenerator circuit which is operating responsive to a decision clock whose timing matches with the fluctuation, thereby allowing the system as a whole to hold a communication without having the error rate increased.
A multi-direction time division multiplex communication apparatus for a central station in a multi-direction time division multiplex communication system in which the central station transmits signals meant for each of satellite stations in a time division multiplex broadcast mode, while each of the satellite stations after extraction of a clock extracts the signal meant for the own station and intermittently transmits signals from the own station after adjusting the signals to such a timing that, when the signals from the own station reach the satellite station, the signals do not overlap with signals reaching the central station from the other satellite stations and appear as orderly as a single sequence of time division multiplex signals. Despite any fluctuation of an absolute delay time which may occur during communication between the central and satellite stations due to variations in the ambient conditions, the central station selects the output of a particular code regenerator circuit which is operating responsive to a decision clock whose timing matches with the fluctuation, thereby allowing the system as a whole to hold a communication without having the error rate increased.
Description
~LZ44973 MULTI-DIRECTION TIME DIYISION MULTIPLEX
COMMUNICATION APP~RATUS
BACKG~OUND OF T~IE INYENTION
The present invention relates to a multi-direction time division m~ltiplex (MD-TDM) communication system and, more particu1arly, to a MD-TDM communication apparatus for a S central station of a MD-TDM communication s~rstom which is capabïe of regulating error rate despite deviations of timin~
poi~ts which may result from ch~nges in temperature and othcr ambient con~itions as well as from aging after optimum burst positions îrom satellite stations, or substation, to a central 10 station have been set up at the time of initial system installation.
In a prior art terrestrial fixed radio MD-TDM communication system, a central station communicates with a plurality of remote satellite stations, which are distributed in a limited angular zone, using a broad-band beam antenna. The central 15 station, as in ordinary digital fixed radio communications, sends to individual satellite stations time division multiplex (TDM3 frame synchronizing signals and communication signals which are meant for the respective satellite stations in a broadca~t mode. Each satellite station, on the other hand, extracts onlY
20 the communication signal which is directed to the own station out of the received sequence of signals, while intermittently tranSmittiDg signals based on the frame synchronizing signals ~rom the central station only in those time slots which ars assigned to the own station. At the central station, the 25 intermittent signals from the respective satellite stations are recei~ed in an orderly sequence as if they were transmitted from a single satellite station. The MD-TDM communication system in this manner achieves the so-called point-multipoint , $
~--2'~L~9~73 communication.
Generally, a terrestrial fixed radio J~TDM communication system is free from ~luctuation of daily perlod of a satellite a~d others which are observed in a satellite-aided TDMA system. In 5 such a system, therefore, a receiYe clock to be applied to a code re8enerator circuit, or ONE/ZERO decision circuit, of a central station to which an output of a demodulator is coupled is implemented with a central station reference clock, which is used as a rofcrence for tranSmiSSiOII at the centr~l station. While a 10 satellite-aidcd TDM~A systom is ~esignod to extract a clock from a preamble which precedes a received burst so as to uso it ~or ONE/ZERO decision, thc terrestrial fixed radio MD-TDM system does not involve preamblcs as mentioned above and, thereby, c~ts down redundancy to ~nhanco effcctivc uso of l~re~luoncies.
In an apparatus instalted in a central static~n of a prior ~rt fixcd radio MD-TDM communlcation syst~m, a si~gle codo roKonDrator circuit is built in for discriminatin8 ONEs and ZEItOs of output signals of a demodulator which is adaptod to domodulate recei~red signals. In addition, only a singls kind of 20 c10ck is applied to the code regenerator circuit as a decision clock; the clock comprises cither a central station clock or a si8nal which is prepared by delaying the phase of the central station clock by a prod~termined time. The problom with such a system is that, while signals are sequentially routed through a 25 transmittcr at thc central station, a recoiver at a. satellite station, a circuit at tha satellite station adapted to set up ~
burst transmission timin~ to the cental station, a transmitter at tho satellitc station and a rcccivor at the ccntral station, any fluctuation in th~ absolutc delaY timo directly translates into a 30 deviation in deci.sion timing botween a demodulated signal from the code ro~enerator circuit and the decision clock.and, thereby, increases error rate. This leads to the need ~or various tompcrature compcnsation circuits capablo of allowin~ th~ delay timo to under~o a minimum oî fluctuation a~ainst temperature 3 5 variations, such circuits making the apParatUS intricate in 1;~449'73 construction. In addition, careful temper~ture tests have to be performed with the ~quipment in addition to ~arious kinds of troublesome adiustments.
S SUMM.ARY OF T~E INVENTION
It is therefore an obiect of th0 present inYention to provide an apparatus for a MD-TDM communication system which eliminates the need for special adjustments heretofore required for controlling fluctuation of absolute delay time, which occurs during a communication between a central station and satellite stations, and dsvices necessary for such adjustments and, yet, prevents error rate from being increased while accommodatin~ a certain degree of îluctuation.
It is another object of the present inYention to provide a goncrally im~roved MD-TDM communication apparatu~.
A multi-direction time di~rision multiplex communication apparatus for a central station in a multi-direction time division multiplex communication system of the preseIIt inYention is of ths type in which the central station transmits signals meant for each of satellite stations in a time division multiPlex broadcast mode, while each of the satellite stations after extraction of a clock extracts the signal meant for the own station and intermittently transmits signals from the own station after adjustin~ the signals to such a timin~ that, when the signals from the ow~ station reach the satel1ite station, the signals do not overlap with signals reaching the central station from the other satellite stations and apPear as orderlY as a singla sequence of time division multiplex signals. The apparatus comprises a demodulator for demodulating a received signal 3 0 which is transmitted from any of the satellite stations, a plurality of code regenerator circuits each for producing a digital signal by identifyin~ a O~dE and a ZERO of an output of the demodulator which is a digital signal, a pluralitY of temporary storages associated in one-to-one eorrespondence with the code regenerator circuits for temporarily storing an output of the associated code regenerator circuit, a cloc:k phase dlelay unit for producing a plurality of clock signals eac~ of which is delayed in phase to a degree different from the oth~ers relative to a clock timing of a central station clock si~nal, ~which is a~plied to the 5 clock phase delay unit, the clock signals havin~ different timings being applied as decision clock signals to the code regenerator circuits in one-to-one correspondence, a clock extractor circuit for extracting a received c10ck signal from the output of the demodulator, a phase comparator for comparing a phase of an 10 output clock signal of the clock extractor circuit wit~ a phase of the central station clock signal, a sample-hold circuit for sample-holding an output of the phase comparator burst by burst, and a selector circuit for selecting an output of one of the temporary storages which has the sma11est error rate responsive 15 to an output of tlle sample-hold circuit.
The above and other ob~cts, features and ad~rantages of the present invention witl become more apparent from the following detailed description taken with the accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION O~ THE DRAWING~
Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a terrestrial fixed radio MD-TDM communication system;
Fig. 2 shows examples of bursts which are transmitted from satellite stations in an MD-TDM communication systemi Fig. 3 shows examples of burst which a central station in a MD-TDM communication system receives;
lFig. 4 is a block diagram showing the construction of a central station in a prior art MD-TDM communication system;
Fig. 5 is a block diagram of a MD-TDM communication apparatus embodying the present in~ention which is installed in a central station oî a MD-TDM communication system; and Fig. 6 shows timings of decision clock pulses which are applied to code regenerator circuits in relation to an output wa~reform (eye pattern3 of a demodulator in accordance with the embodiment of Fig. 5.
12~973 DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
YVhile the MD-TDM communication a~)paratus of the present inYention is susceptible of numerous physical embodiments, depending upon the environment and requirements of use, a 5 substantial number of the herein shown alld described embodiment have been made, tested and used, and all have performed in an eminently satisfactory manner.
Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings, an ordinary terrestrial fixed radio MD-TDM communication system is sho~vn and 10 ~enerally designated by the reference numeral 10. A central station 12 communicates with a plurality of satellite stations, or substations, 14a, 14b, 14c ... which are distributed in a certain angu1ar zone, using a broad-band beam a~tenna 16.
Each of the satellite stations 14a, 14b, 14c . .. Is provided with 15 a narrow-band beam antenna 18a, l~b, 18c, ..., respectively.
The central station 12 sends TDM frame synchronizin~ si~nals and satellite-by-satellite eommunication signals to the satellite stations 14a, 14b, 14c ... in a broadcast mode. Each of satellite stations 14a, 14b, 14c, ... axtracts only the si~nal 20 which is directed to it out of the received signal sequence and, timed to the incoming frame synchronizin~ si8nals, intermittentlY
transmits signals only in those time slots which are assigned to it, as shown in Fig. 2. Then, a receiver at the central station 12 Isee Fig. 4) receives the signals which have been 25 intermittently transmitted from each of the satellite stations 14a, 14b, 14c ... and formatted as orderly as a sequence of signals from a single satellite station, as shown in Fig. 3.
Referring to Fig. 4, a prior art apparatus installed hl the central station 12 for the MD TDM commllnication system is 30 shown. The apparatus, generally 20, includes a transmitter 22 for generating output signals whieh are to be sent to the satellite stations 14a, 14b, 14c ..., and a receiver 24 for receiving signals transmitted from the satellite stations 14a, 14b, 14c, .. . The transmitter 22 is provide~ with a modulator 26 to 3 5 which an output of a radio frame/baseband interface frame 124~73 conversion memory circuit 28. The memory circuit 28 in turn is supplied with a baseband signal. An output of the receiver 24 is deli~ered to a demodulator 3 0 an output of which in turn is routed to a code ~egenerator circuit 3~ to be decided whether it 5 is a ONE or a ZERO. A central station clock is fed to the code regenerator circuit 32 and a central station frame timing circuit 34. The output of this circuit 34 is delivered to the memorY
circuit 28.
As previously stated, the prior art apparatus 20 includ~s 10 o~ly a single code regenerator circuit 32 for discriminating ONEs and ZEROs of the outputs of the demodulator 3 0, and uses a single decision cloclc wbich is applied to the circuit 3 2 and implemented with a central station clock or a si~nal ~delayed a predetermiIIed time in phase relati~/e to the central station clock.
15 In such a system 10, whil~ signals make one turn through the central station transmitter, satellite station receiver, satellite station circuit for setting a burst transmission timing to the central station, and central station recei~rer, any fluctuation of absolute delay time directly translates into a de~iation in decision 20 timing between the demodulated output of the code re$enerator circuit 3 2 and the decision clock. Such naturally causes error rate to increase.
The present invention has been elaborated with the abo~e-discussed problem in ~iew. Specifically, a characteristic feature 25 of the present invention resides in the provision of a ~lurality of combinations o~ a code regenerator circuit for regenerating digital signals by identifyi~g ONEs and ZEROs and a temporary storage for temporarily storing output signals of the code regenerator circuit. P~nother characteristi,c feature of the 30 present invention is that a clock phase delay unit is pro~ided to prepare a plurality of decision clocks from a central station clock which ha~e different timings designed to cope with possible fluctuation of the timin$ of the demodulator output, each of the decision c16)cks being applied to a predetermined one of the 3 5 plurality of code regenerator circuits. Specifically, the code 1;~49~73 regenerator circuits identify ONE:s and ZEROs in parallel relation responsive to th~ decision clocks which have different timings within the presumable range of timing fluctuation of the demodulator output, the results of identification being stored in 5 the temporary storages which are associated with the individual code regenerator circuits.
A farther characteristic feature of the present inventicn resides in the pro~vision of a clock extractor circuit. The clock extractor eircuit extracts a received elock out of an output of the 10 demodulator, while a phase comparator compares the phase of the received clock with the central station clock to determine a deviation of the former. Then, the output of one of the code regenerator circuits which is performing ONE/ZERO
discrimination at a particular timing which optimumly matches 15 with the above-mentioned deviation, i. e., respo~si~e to one o~
the declsion clocks which minimizes error rate is selected.
Specifical1y, the output of th~ phase comparator is applied to a sample-hold circuit to be sample-held burst by burst; if the sample held value is known, which one of the decision clocks has 20 t~e optimum timing can be known beîorehand. Thus, a ~elector circuit to which an output of the sample-hold circuit is applied selects the output of a particular regenerator circuit which is matched to the outPut signal in advance. Meanwhile, since a certain period of time is necessary for a phase deviation of 25 recei-~ed clock to be determined, a regenerated signal has to be held for that period of time. This requirement is met by the temporary storages which are associated in one-to one correspondence with the code regenerator circuits.
Referring to Fi~. 5, a MD-TDM communication apparatus 36 3 0 embodying the present invention is shown and 8enerallY
designated by the reference numeral 36. In Fig. 5, the same or similar structural elements as those shown in Fig. 4 are designated by like reference numerals. As briefly stated above, the apparatus 36 includes a plurality of code re~enerator circuits 321, 322, ... , 32n, a~d a plurality of temporary stora~es 381~
382, . . ., 3~n. The apparatus also includes a phase comparator 40, a sample-hold circuit 42, a clock extractor circuit 44, a clock phase delay unit 46, and a selector circuit 48. A baseband signal inputted into the central station is applied to a radio 5 frame/baseband interface frame conversion memory circuit 28 to be thereby transformed into a radio frame having a satellite-by-satellite hurst configuration. The output of the memory circuit 28 is fed to a modulator 26 of a transmitter 22 and, than, sent to satellite stations. Meanwhile, a received signal is 10 routed thro~gh a receiver 24 to a dsmodulator 30 the output of which is represented by an eye pattern in Fig. 6. With the prior art apparatus, ONEs and ZEROs of such an eye pattern would be re~enerated by the single code re~enerator circuit 3 2. In contrast, ths apparatus 36 in accordance with the present l S invention is furn1shed with a plurality of code regcn~rator circuits 321, 32:~, . . ., 32n to which clocks prepared by the clock phase delay unit 46 and delayed sequentially and little by little relatiYe to the central station clock are assigned in one-to-one correspondenc~. A sequence of decided signals coming out of each of the code regenerators 321, 322, .. ~2n is stored in the temporary storage 381, 382, ..., 38n associated with the code regenerator. Each of the temporary storages has a capacity, or number of bits, large enough to accommodate at least one burst.
Tho output of ths demodu1ator 30 is alo applied to the clock extractor circuit 44, which may comprise a tank circuit, in order to determine the optimum burst decision timing. The received clgck separated by the clock extra~ctor 44 is compared with the central station clock by the phase comparator 40 and, then, held by the sample-hold circuit 42. The selector circuit 48 which has a voltage to optimum timing correspondence calibrated beforehand selects one of the si8nal sequences stored in the temporary memories 38t, 382, ..., 38n which has been decided at a particular one of the timings which seems to be lowest in 35 error rate. The selected signal sequence is applied to the radio ~Z4~973 g frame/baseband interface frame conversion memory circuit 28.
The baseband signal output from the memory circuit 2~ is delivered to a device which is connected to the central station.
Taking the eye pattern of Fig. 6 for example, since the 5 opening degree of the eye pattern is highest at a timing point c, a pulse at the timing point c is decided to be the ONE/Z~RO
decision pulse, thereby selecting the stored signal se~uence. If the eye pattern of the next burst has the ~reatest opening degree at another timing Point b, for example, the selector circuit 48 lO will then select a signal sequenee associated with a ONE/ZERO
decision pulse which occurs at the timing point ~ for reading the next burst.
In summary, it will be seen that the present invention provides a IvlD-TDM communication apparatus which, evcn if the l 5 absolute delay time fluctuates due to variations of ambi~nt conditions while signals are propagated from a central station transmitter back to a central station receiver throu~h a satellite station receiver, satellite station circuit for setting a burst tra~smission timing to the central station, and satellite statio~
~0 transmitter, al10ws the central station to select an output of a particular code regenerator circuit which is operating responsive to a decision cloclc whose timing matches with the fluctuation.
Hence, the system as a whole is able to hold a communication without any increase in error rate. The equipment of the 25 present invention, therefore, cuts down the number of complicated temperature compensation circuits heretofore used to suppress fluctuation of delay time at the satellite stations, thereby significantly reducing time and labor otherwise consumed for the adjustment of such clrcuits. Since a great number of 30 satellite stations share a single central station, the present inYention saves numerous circuit elements and considerable time necessary for adjustment with regard to the overall system having a single central statiorn Various modifications will become possible for those skilled 35 in the art aîter receiving the teachings of the present tisclosure without departing from the scope thereof.
COMMUNICATION APP~RATUS
BACKG~OUND OF T~IE INYENTION
The present invention relates to a multi-direction time division m~ltiplex (MD-TDM) communication system and, more particu1arly, to a MD-TDM communication apparatus for a S central station of a MD-TDM communication s~rstom which is capabïe of regulating error rate despite deviations of timin~
poi~ts which may result from ch~nges in temperature and othcr ambient con~itions as well as from aging after optimum burst positions îrom satellite stations, or substation, to a central 10 station have been set up at the time of initial system installation.
In a prior art terrestrial fixed radio MD-TDM communication system, a central station communicates with a plurality of remote satellite stations, which are distributed in a limited angular zone, using a broad-band beam antenna. The central 15 station, as in ordinary digital fixed radio communications, sends to individual satellite stations time division multiplex (TDM3 frame synchronizing signals and communication signals which are meant for the respective satellite stations in a broadca~t mode. Each satellite station, on the other hand, extracts onlY
20 the communication signal which is directed to the own station out of the received sequence of signals, while intermittently tranSmittiDg signals based on the frame synchronizing signals ~rom the central station only in those time slots which ars assigned to the own station. At the central station, the 25 intermittent signals from the respective satellite stations are recei~ed in an orderly sequence as if they were transmitted from a single satellite station. The MD-TDM communication system in this manner achieves the so-called point-multipoint , $
~--2'~L~9~73 communication.
Generally, a terrestrial fixed radio J~TDM communication system is free from ~luctuation of daily perlod of a satellite a~d others which are observed in a satellite-aided TDMA system. In 5 such a system, therefore, a receiYe clock to be applied to a code re8enerator circuit, or ONE/ZERO decision circuit, of a central station to which an output of a demodulator is coupled is implemented with a central station reference clock, which is used as a rofcrence for tranSmiSSiOII at the centr~l station. While a 10 satellite-aidcd TDM~A systom is ~esignod to extract a clock from a preamble which precedes a received burst so as to uso it ~or ONE/ZERO decision, thc terrestrial fixed radio MD-TDM system does not involve preamblcs as mentioned above and, thereby, c~ts down redundancy to ~nhanco effcctivc uso of l~re~luoncies.
In an apparatus instalted in a central static~n of a prior ~rt fixcd radio MD-TDM communlcation syst~m, a si~gle codo roKonDrator circuit is built in for discriminatin8 ONEs and ZEItOs of output signals of a demodulator which is adaptod to domodulate recei~red signals. In addition, only a singls kind of 20 c10ck is applied to the code regenerator circuit as a decision clock; the clock comprises cither a central station clock or a si8nal which is prepared by delaying the phase of the central station clock by a prod~termined time. The problom with such a system is that, while signals are sequentially routed through a 25 transmittcr at thc central station, a recoiver at a. satellite station, a circuit at tha satellite station adapted to set up ~
burst transmission timin~ to the cental station, a transmitter at tho satellitc station and a rcccivor at the ccntral station, any fluctuation in th~ absolutc delaY timo directly translates into a 30 deviation in deci.sion timing botween a demodulated signal from the code ro~enerator circuit and the decision clock.and, thereby, increases error rate. This leads to the need ~or various tompcrature compcnsation circuits capablo of allowin~ th~ delay timo to under~o a minimum oî fluctuation a~ainst temperature 3 5 variations, such circuits making the apParatUS intricate in 1;~449'73 construction. In addition, careful temper~ture tests have to be performed with the ~quipment in addition to ~arious kinds of troublesome adiustments.
S SUMM.ARY OF T~E INVENTION
It is therefore an obiect of th0 present inYention to provide an apparatus for a MD-TDM communication system which eliminates the need for special adjustments heretofore required for controlling fluctuation of absolute delay time, which occurs during a communication between a central station and satellite stations, and dsvices necessary for such adjustments and, yet, prevents error rate from being increased while accommodatin~ a certain degree of îluctuation.
It is another object of the present inYention to provide a goncrally im~roved MD-TDM communication apparatu~.
A multi-direction time di~rision multiplex communication apparatus for a central station in a multi-direction time division multiplex communication system of the preseIIt inYention is of ths type in which the central station transmits signals meant for each of satellite stations in a time division multiPlex broadcast mode, while each of the satellite stations after extraction of a clock extracts the signal meant for the own station and intermittently transmits signals from the own station after adjustin~ the signals to such a timin~ that, when the signals from the ow~ station reach the satel1ite station, the signals do not overlap with signals reaching the central station from the other satellite stations and apPear as orderlY as a singla sequence of time division multiplex signals. The apparatus comprises a demodulator for demodulating a received signal 3 0 which is transmitted from any of the satellite stations, a plurality of code regenerator circuits each for producing a digital signal by identifyin~ a O~dE and a ZERO of an output of the demodulator which is a digital signal, a pluralitY of temporary storages associated in one-to-one eorrespondence with the code regenerator circuits for temporarily storing an output of the associated code regenerator circuit, a cloc:k phase dlelay unit for producing a plurality of clock signals eac~ of which is delayed in phase to a degree different from the oth~ers relative to a clock timing of a central station clock si~nal, ~which is a~plied to the 5 clock phase delay unit, the clock signals havin~ different timings being applied as decision clock signals to the code regenerator circuits in one-to-one correspondence, a clock extractor circuit for extracting a received c10ck signal from the output of the demodulator, a phase comparator for comparing a phase of an 10 output clock signal of the clock extractor circuit wit~ a phase of the central station clock signal, a sample-hold circuit for sample-holding an output of the phase comparator burst by burst, and a selector circuit for selecting an output of one of the temporary storages which has the sma11est error rate responsive 15 to an output of tlle sample-hold circuit.
The above and other ob~cts, features and ad~rantages of the present invention witl become more apparent from the following detailed description taken with the accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION O~ THE DRAWING~
Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a terrestrial fixed radio MD-TDM communication system;
Fig. 2 shows examples of bursts which are transmitted from satellite stations in an MD-TDM communication systemi Fig. 3 shows examples of burst which a central station in a MD-TDM communication system receives;
lFig. 4 is a block diagram showing the construction of a central station in a prior art MD-TDM communication system;
Fig. 5 is a block diagram of a MD-TDM communication apparatus embodying the present in~ention which is installed in a central station oî a MD-TDM communication system; and Fig. 6 shows timings of decision clock pulses which are applied to code regenerator circuits in relation to an output wa~reform (eye pattern3 of a demodulator in accordance with the embodiment of Fig. 5.
12~973 DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
YVhile the MD-TDM communication a~)paratus of the present inYention is susceptible of numerous physical embodiments, depending upon the environment and requirements of use, a 5 substantial number of the herein shown alld described embodiment have been made, tested and used, and all have performed in an eminently satisfactory manner.
Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawings, an ordinary terrestrial fixed radio MD-TDM communication system is sho~vn and 10 ~enerally designated by the reference numeral 10. A central station 12 communicates with a plurality of satellite stations, or substations, 14a, 14b, 14c ... which are distributed in a certain angu1ar zone, using a broad-band beam a~tenna 16.
Each of the satellite stations 14a, 14b, 14c . .. Is provided with 15 a narrow-band beam antenna 18a, l~b, 18c, ..., respectively.
The central station 12 sends TDM frame synchronizin~ si~nals and satellite-by-satellite eommunication signals to the satellite stations 14a, 14b, 14c ... in a broadcast mode. Each of satellite stations 14a, 14b, 14c, ... axtracts only the si~nal 20 which is directed to it out of the received signal sequence and, timed to the incoming frame synchronizin~ si8nals, intermittentlY
transmits signals only in those time slots which are assigned to it, as shown in Fig. 2. Then, a receiver at the central station 12 Isee Fig. 4) receives the signals which have been 25 intermittently transmitted from each of the satellite stations 14a, 14b, 14c ... and formatted as orderly as a sequence of signals from a single satellite station, as shown in Fig. 3.
Referring to Fig. 4, a prior art apparatus installed hl the central station 12 for the MD TDM commllnication system is 30 shown. The apparatus, generally 20, includes a transmitter 22 for generating output signals whieh are to be sent to the satellite stations 14a, 14b, 14c ..., and a receiver 24 for receiving signals transmitted from the satellite stations 14a, 14b, 14c, .. . The transmitter 22 is provide~ with a modulator 26 to 3 5 which an output of a radio frame/baseband interface frame 124~73 conversion memory circuit 28. The memory circuit 28 in turn is supplied with a baseband signal. An output of the receiver 24 is deli~ered to a demodulator 3 0 an output of which in turn is routed to a code ~egenerator circuit 3~ to be decided whether it 5 is a ONE or a ZERO. A central station clock is fed to the code regenerator circuit 32 and a central station frame timing circuit 34. The output of this circuit 34 is delivered to the memorY
circuit 28.
As previously stated, the prior art apparatus 20 includ~s 10 o~ly a single code regenerator circuit 32 for discriminating ONEs and ZEROs of the outputs of the demodulator 3 0, and uses a single decision cloclc wbich is applied to the circuit 3 2 and implemented with a central station clock or a si~nal ~delayed a predetermiIIed time in phase relati~/e to the central station clock.
15 In such a system 10, whil~ signals make one turn through the central station transmitter, satellite station receiver, satellite station circuit for setting a burst transmission timing to the central station, and central station recei~rer, any fluctuation of absolute delay time directly translates into a de~iation in decision 20 timing between the demodulated output of the code re$enerator circuit 3 2 and the decision clock. Such naturally causes error rate to increase.
The present invention has been elaborated with the abo~e-discussed problem in ~iew. Specifically, a characteristic feature 25 of the present invention resides in the provision of a ~lurality of combinations o~ a code regenerator circuit for regenerating digital signals by identifyi~g ONEs and ZEROs and a temporary storage for temporarily storing output signals of the code regenerator circuit. P~nother characteristi,c feature of the 30 present invention is that a clock phase delay unit is pro~ided to prepare a plurality of decision clocks from a central station clock which ha~e different timings designed to cope with possible fluctuation of the timin$ of the demodulator output, each of the decision c16)cks being applied to a predetermined one of the 3 5 plurality of code regenerator circuits. Specifically, the code 1;~49~73 regenerator circuits identify ONE:s and ZEROs in parallel relation responsive to th~ decision clocks which have different timings within the presumable range of timing fluctuation of the demodulator output, the results of identification being stored in 5 the temporary storages which are associated with the individual code regenerator circuits.
A farther characteristic feature of the present inventicn resides in the pro~vision of a clock extractor circuit. The clock extractor eircuit extracts a received elock out of an output of the 10 demodulator, while a phase comparator compares the phase of the received clock with the central station clock to determine a deviation of the former. Then, the output of one of the code regenerator circuits which is performing ONE/ZERO
discrimination at a particular timing which optimumly matches 15 with the above-mentioned deviation, i. e., respo~si~e to one o~
the declsion clocks which minimizes error rate is selected.
Specifical1y, the output of th~ phase comparator is applied to a sample-hold circuit to be sample-held burst by burst; if the sample held value is known, which one of the decision clocks has 20 t~e optimum timing can be known beîorehand. Thus, a ~elector circuit to which an output of the sample-hold circuit is applied selects the output of a particular regenerator circuit which is matched to the outPut signal in advance. Meanwhile, since a certain period of time is necessary for a phase deviation of 25 recei-~ed clock to be determined, a regenerated signal has to be held for that period of time. This requirement is met by the temporary storages which are associated in one-to one correspondence with the code regenerator circuits.
Referring to Fi~. 5, a MD-TDM communication apparatus 36 3 0 embodying the present invention is shown and 8enerallY
designated by the reference numeral 36. In Fig. 5, the same or similar structural elements as those shown in Fig. 4 are designated by like reference numerals. As briefly stated above, the apparatus 36 includes a plurality of code re~enerator circuits 321, 322, ... , 32n, a~d a plurality of temporary stora~es 381~
382, . . ., 3~n. The apparatus also includes a phase comparator 40, a sample-hold circuit 42, a clock extractor circuit 44, a clock phase delay unit 46, and a selector circuit 48. A baseband signal inputted into the central station is applied to a radio 5 frame/baseband interface frame conversion memory circuit 28 to be thereby transformed into a radio frame having a satellite-by-satellite hurst configuration. The output of the memory circuit 28 is fed to a modulator 26 of a transmitter 22 and, than, sent to satellite stations. Meanwhile, a received signal is 10 routed thro~gh a receiver 24 to a dsmodulator 30 the output of which is represented by an eye pattern in Fig. 6. With the prior art apparatus, ONEs and ZEROs of such an eye pattern would be re~enerated by the single code re~enerator circuit 3 2. In contrast, ths apparatus 36 in accordance with the present l S invention is furn1shed with a plurality of code regcn~rator circuits 321, 32:~, . . ., 32n to which clocks prepared by the clock phase delay unit 46 and delayed sequentially and little by little relatiYe to the central station clock are assigned in one-to-one correspondenc~. A sequence of decided signals coming out of each of the code regenerators 321, 322, .. ~2n is stored in the temporary storage 381, 382, ..., 38n associated with the code regenerator. Each of the temporary storages has a capacity, or number of bits, large enough to accommodate at least one burst.
Tho output of ths demodu1ator 30 is alo applied to the clock extractor circuit 44, which may comprise a tank circuit, in order to determine the optimum burst decision timing. The received clgck separated by the clock extra~ctor 44 is compared with the central station clock by the phase comparator 40 and, then, held by the sample-hold circuit 42. The selector circuit 48 which has a voltage to optimum timing correspondence calibrated beforehand selects one of the si8nal sequences stored in the temporary memories 38t, 382, ..., 38n which has been decided at a particular one of the timings which seems to be lowest in 35 error rate. The selected signal sequence is applied to the radio ~Z4~973 g frame/baseband interface frame conversion memory circuit 28.
The baseband signal output from the memory circuit 2~ is delivered to a device which is connected to the central station.
Taking the eye pattern of Fig. 6 for example, since the 5 opening degree of the eye pattern is highest at a timing point c, a pulse at the timing point c is decided to be the ONE/Z~RO
decision pulse, thereby selecting the stored signal se~uence. If the eye pattern of the next burst has the ~reatest opening degree at another timing Point b, for example, the selector circuit 48 lO will then select a signal sequenee associated with a ONE/ZERO
decision pulse which occurs at the timing point ~ for reading the next burst.
In summary, it will be seen that the present invention provides a IvlD-TDM communication apparatus which, evcn if the l 5 absolute delay time fluctuates due to variations of ambi~nt conditions while signals are propagated from a central station transmitter back to a central station receiver throu~h a satellite station receiver, satellite station circuit for setting a burst tra~smission timing to the central station, and satellite statio~
~0 transmitter, al10ws the central station to select an output of a particular code regenerator circuit which is operating responsive to a decision cloclc whose timing matches with the fluctuation.
Hence, the system as a whole is able to hold a communication without any increase in error rate. The equipment of the 25 present invention, therefore, cuts down the number of complicated temperature compensation circuits heretofore used to suppress fluctuation of delay time at the satellite stations, thereby significantly reducing time and labor otherwise consumed for the adjustment of such clrcuits. Since a great number of 30 satellite stations share a single central station, the present inYention saves numerous circuit elements and considerable time necessary for adjustment with regard to the overall system having a single central statiorn Various modifications will become possible for those skilled 35 in the art aîter receiving the teachings of the present tisclosure without departing from the scope thereof.
Claims
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A multi-direction time division multiplex communication apparatus for a central station in a multi-direction time division multiplex communication system in which the central station transmits signals meant for each of satellite stations in a time division multiplex broadcast mode, while each of the satellite stations after extraction of a clock extracts the signal meant for the own station and intermittently transmits signals from the own station after adjusting the signals to such a timing that, when the signals from the own station reach the satellite station, the signals do not overlap with signals reaching the central station from the other satellite stations and appear as orderly as a single sequence of time division multiplex signals, said apparatus comprising:
a demodulator for demodulating a received signal which is transmitted from any of the satellite stations;
a plurality of code regenerator circuits each for producing a digital signal by identifying a ONE and a ZERO of an output of said demodulator which is a digital signal;
a plurality of temporary storages associated in one-to-one correspondence with said code regenerator circuits for temporarily storing an output of the associated code regenerator circuit;
a clock phase delay unit for producing a plurality of clock signals each of which is delayed in phase to a degree different from the others relative to a clock timing of a central station clock signal, which is applied to said clock phase delay unit, said clock signals having different timings being applied as decision clock signals to the code regenerator circuits in one-to-one correspondence;
a clock extractor circuit for extracting a received clock signal from the output of the demodulator;
a phase comparator for comparing a phase of an output clock signal of said clock extractor circuit with a phase of the central station clock signal;
a sample-hold circuit for sample-holding an output of said phase comparator burst by burst; and a selector circuit for selecting an output of one of the temporary storages which has the smallest error rate responsive to an output of said sample-hold circuit.
a demodulator for demodulating a received signal which is transmitted from any of the satellite stations;
a plurality of code regenerator circuits each for producing a digital signal by identifying a ONE and a ZERO of an output of said demodulator which is a digital signal;
a plurality of temporary storages associated in one-to-one correspondence with said code regenerator circuits for temporarily storing an output of the associated code regenerator circuit;
a clock phase delay unit for producing a plurality of clock signals each of which is delayed in phase to a degree different from the others relative to a clock timing of a central station clock signal, which is applied to said clock phase delay unit, said clock signals having different timings being applied as decision clock signals to the code regenerator circuits in one-to-one correspondence;
a clock extractor circuit for extracting a received clock signal from the output of the demodulator;
a phase comparator for comparing a phase of an output clock signal of said clock extractor circuit with a phase of the central station clock signal;
a sample-hold circuit for sample-holding an output of said phase comparator burst by burst; and a selector circuit for selecting an output of one of the temporary storages which has the smallest error rate responsive to an output of said sample-hold circuit.
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