Patent ID: 6714528
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
A method for combining common channel signals using a first base station for communicating with a specific mobile station, a second base station adjacent to said first base station and a base station controller for controlling said first and second base station and including a diversity combiner in a code division multiple access (CDMA) communication system, comprising the steps of:assigning, at said first base station, a dedicated common channel to said mobile station; transmitting, at said first base station, information about the assigned dedicated common channel to said base station controller coupled to said first base station; transmitting, at said base station controller, said dedicated common channel information to said second base station which is connected to said base station controller; demodulating, at said first and second base station, signals received on said assigned dedicated common channel and transmitting said demodulated signals to said base station controller; and combining, at said diversity combiner of said base station controller, the demodulated signals of said dedicated common channel that are output from said first and second base stations.