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Liverpool legend John Aldridge is confident they will sustain a top four challenge.
Aldridge wrote in the Liverpool Echo: "To beat Tottenham 5-0 at White Hart Lane without two of our best players sends out a massive statement. It was a complete performance from Liverpool and the best we've played under Brendan Rodgers.
"What a massive result. The last time we did that to a top side away from home was when we won 4-1 at Old Trafford in March 2009.
"Sunday's victory proves we are genuine top four contenders.
"I know we're only two points off the top but I don't believe we are title contenders. We've got to be realistic.
"I'd happily take fourth place now and I think most fans would too. I just don't think the squad is strong enough to compete for the title."
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Sport is an ideal way to keep fit, have fun and make new friends. The University of Reading is a great place for sports enthusiasts, with some of the best-equipped facilities of any UK university and almost 50 clubs.
As a student you will have access to the extensive sports facilities on offer, both indoors and outdoors. On campus you will find courts, pitches and playing fields for a wide range of sports, as well as a fully-equipped sports centre with gym. We also have our own rowing club. The Students' Union has clubs and societies for many sports, and if there isn't an existing society for your favourite, you can always start one!
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Wednesday 27 May 2015 (other days)
Wednesday of week 8 in Ordinary Time
or Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop
or Saint Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop
If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm.
Deus, in adiutórium meum inténde.
Dómine, ad adiuvándum me festína.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen. Allelúia.
O God, come to our aid.
O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen. Alleluia.
Lux iucúnda, lux insígnis,
qua de throno missus ignis
in Christi discípulos,
Corda replet, linguas ditat,
ad concórdes nos invítat
cordis, linguæ módulos.
Consolátor alme, veni,
linguas rege, corda leni:
nihil fellis aut venéni
sub tua præséntia.
Nova facti creatúra,
te laudámus mente pura,
grátiæ nunc, sed natúra
prius iræ fílii.
Tu qui dator es et donum,
nostri cordis omne bonum,
cor ad laudem redde pronum,
nostræ linguæ formans sonum
in tua præcónia.
Tu nos purges a peccátis,
auctor ipse pietátis,
et in Christo renovátis
da perféctæ novitátis
plena nobis gáudia. Amen.
When God of old came down from heaven,
In power and wrath he came.
Before his feet the clouds were riven,
Half darkness and half flame;
But when he came the second time,
He came in power and love.
Softer than gale at morning prime
Hovered his holy Dove.
The fires that rushed on Sinai down
In sudden torrents dread,
Now gently light, a glorious crown,
On every sainted head.
And when the Spirit of our God
Came down his flock to find,
A voice from heaven was heard abroad,
A rushing, mighty wind.
It fills the Church of God, it fills
The sinful world around;
Only in stubborn hearts and wills
No place for it is found.
Come Lord, come Wisdom, Love and Power,
Open our ears to hear.
Let us not miss the accepted hour!
Save, Lord, by love or fear.
"Per viscera misericordiæ Dei visitavit nos Oriens ex alto" (Cf. Lc 1, 78).
Bénedic, ánima mea, Dómino et noli oblivísci omnes retributiónes eius.
1Bénedic, ánima mea, Dómino,*
et ómnia, quæ intra me sunt, nómini sancto eius.
2Bénedic, ánima mea, Dómino,*
et noli oblivísci omnes retributiónes eius.
3Qui propitiátur ómnibus iniquitátibus tuis,*
qui sanat omnes infirmitátes tuas;
4qui rédimit de intéritu vitam tuam,*
qui corónat te in misericórdia et miseratiónibus;
5qui replet in bonis ætátem tuam:*
renovábitur ut áquilæ iuvéntus tua.
6Fáciens iustítias Dóminus*
et iudícium ómnibus iniúriam patiéntibus.
7Notas fecit vias suas Móysi,*
fíliis Israel adinventiónes suas.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Bénedic, ánima mea, Dómino et noli oblivísci omnes retributiónes eius.
My soul, give thanks to the Lord, and never forget all his blessings.
My soul, bless the Lord!
All that is in me, bless his holy name.
My soul, bless the Lord!
Never forget all he has done for you.
The Lord, who forgives your wrongdoing,
who heals all your weaknesses.
The Lord, who redeems your life from destruction,
who crowns you with kindness and compassion.
The Lord, who fills your age with good things,
who renews your youth like an eagle's.
The Lord, who gives fair judgements,
who gives judgement in favour of the oppressed.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
My soul, give thanks to the Lord, and never forget all his blessings.
Quómodo miserétur pater filiórum, misértus est Dóminus timéntibus se.
8Miserátor et miséricors Dóminus,*
longánimis et multæ misericórdiæ.
9Non in perpétuum conténdet,*
neque in ætérnum irascétur.
10Non secúndum peccáta nostra fecit nobis,*
neque secúndum iniquitátes nostras retríbuit nobis.
11Quóniam, quantum exaltátur cælum a terra,*
præváluit misericórdia eius super timéntes eum;
12quantum distat ortus ab occidénte,*
longe fecit a nobis iniquitátes nostras.
13Quómodo miserétur pater filiórum,*
misértus est Dóminus timéntibus se.
14Quóniam ipse cognóvit figméntum nostrum,*
recordátus est quóniam pulvis sumus.
15Homo sicut fenum dies eius,*
tamquam flos agri sic efflorébit.
16Spirat ventus in illum, et non subsístet,*
et non cognóscet eum ámplius locus eius.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Quómodo miserétur pater filiórum, misértus est Dóminus timéntibus se.
As a father has compassion on his sons, the Lord has pity on those who fear him.
The Lord is compassion and kindness,
full of patience, full of mercy.
He will not fight against you for ever:
he will not always be angry.
He does not treat us as our sins deserve;
he does not pay us back for our wrongdoing.
As high as the sky above the earth,
so great is his kindness to those who fear him.
As far as east is from west,
so far he has put our wrongdoing from us.
As a father cares for his children,
so the Lord cares for those who fear him.
For he knows how we are made,
he remembers we are nothing but dust.
Man – his life is like grass,
he blossoms and withers like flowers of the field.
The wind blows and carries him away:
no trace of him remains.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
As a father has compassion on his sons, the Lord has pity on those who fear him.
Benedícite Dómino, ómnia ópera eius.
17Misericórdia autem Dómini ab ætérno†
et usque in ætérnum super timéntes eum;*
et iustítia illíus in fílios filiórum,
18in eos, qui servant testaméntum eius*
et mémores sunt mandatórum ipsíus ad faciéndum ea.
19Dóminus in cælo parávit sedem suam,*
et regnum ipsíus ómnibus dominábitur.
20Benedícite Dómino, omnes ángeli eius,†
poténtes virtúte, faciéntes verbum illíus*
in audiéndo vocem sermónum eius.
21Benedícite Dómino, omnes virtútes eius,*
minístri eius, qui fácitis voluntátem eius.
22Benedícite Dómino, ómnia ópera eius,†
in omni loco dominatiónis eius.*
Bénedic, ánima mea, Dómino.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Benedícite Dómino, ómnia ópera eius.
Give thanks to the Lord, all his works.
The Lord has been kind from the beginning;
to those who fear him his kindness lasts for ever.
His justice is for their children's children,
for those who keep his covenant,
for those who remember his commandments
and try to perform them.
The Lord's throne is high in the heavens
and his rule shall extend over all.
Bless the Lord, all his angels,
strong in your strength, doers of his command,
bless him as you hear his words.
Bless the Lord, all his powers,
his servants who do his will.
Bless the Lord, all he has created,
in every place that he rules.
My soul, bless the Lord!
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Give thanks to the Lord, all his works.
℣. Viam mandatórum tuórum, Dómine, fac me intellégere.
℟. Et exercébor in mirabílibus tuis.
Teach me the way of your precepts, O Lord,
– and I will reflect on the wonders you have wrought.
Respóndens Iob ait:
1«Nonne milítia est vita hóminis super terram,
et sicut dies mercenárii dies eius?
2Sicut servus desíderat umbram,
et sicut mercenárius præstolátur mercédem suam,
3sic et ego hábui menses vácuos
et noctes laboriósas enumerávi mihi.
4Si dormíero dicam: Quando consúrgam?
Et rursum exspectábo vésperam
et replébor dolóribus usque crepúsculum.
5Indúta est caro mea putrédine et sórdibus púlveris;
cutis mea scínditur et díffluit.
6Dies mei velócius transiérunt quam navícula texéntis
et consúmpti sunt deficiénte filo.
7Meménto quia ventus est vita mea,
et non revertétur óculus meus, ut vídeat bona.
8Nec aspíciet me visus hóminis;
óculi tui in me, et non subsístam.
9Sicut consúmitur nubes et pertránsit,
sic, qui descénderit ad ínferos, non ascéndet,
10nec revertétur ultra in domum suam,
neque cognóscet eum ámplius locus eius.
11Quaprópter et ego non parcam ori meo;
loquar in tribulatióne spíritus mei,
confabulábor cum amaritúdine ánimæ meæ.
12Numquid mare ego sum aut cetus,
quia posuísti super me custódiam?
13Si díxero: Consolábitur me léctulus meus,
et assúmet stratum meum querélam meam,
14terrébis me per sómnia
et per visiónes horróre concúties.
15Quam ob rem éligit suspéndium ánima mea,
et mortem ossa mea.
16Desperávi; nequáquam ultra iam vivam.
Parce mihi, nihil enim sunt dies mei.
17Quid est homo, quia magníficas eum?
Aut quid appónis erga eum cor tuum?
18Vísitas eum dilúculo
et síngulis moméntis probas illum.
19Usquequo non avértes óculos a me?
Nec dimíttis me, ut glútiam salívam meam?
20Peccávi: quid fáciam tibi,
o custos hóminum?
Quare posuísti me contrárium tibi,
et factus sum mihimetípsi gravis?
21Cur non tollis peccátum meum
et quare non aufers iniquitátem meam?
Ecce nunc in púlvere dórmiam;
et, si mane me quæsíeris, non subsístam!».
Is not man's life on earth nothing more than pressed service,
his time no better than hired drudgery?
Like the slave, sighing for the shade,
or the workman with no thought but his wages,
months of delusion I have assigned to me,
nothing for my own but nights of grief.
Lying in bed I wonder, 'When will it be day?'
Risen I think, 'How slowly evening comes!'
Restlessly I fret till twilight falls.
Vermin cover my flesh, and loathsome scabs;
my skin is cracked and oozes pus.
Swifter than a weaver's shuttle my days have passed,
and vanished, leaving no hope behind.
Remember that my life is but a breath,
and that my eyes will never again see joy.
The eye that once saw me will look on me no more,
your eyes will turn my way, and I shall not be there.
As a cloud dissolves and is gone,
so he who goes down to Sheol never ascends again.
He never comes home again,
and his house knows him no more.
No wonder then if I cannot keep silence;
in the anguish of my spirit I must speak,
lament in the bitterness of my soul.
Am I the Sea, or the Wild Sea Beast,
that you should keep me under watch and guard?
If I say, 'My bed will comfort me,
my couch will soothe my pain',
you frighten me with dreams
and terrify me with visions.
Strangling I would welcome rather,
and death itself, than these my sufferings.
I waste away, my life is not unending;
leave me then, for my days are but a breath.
What is man that you should make so much of him,
subjecting him to your scrutiny,
that morning after morning you should examine him
and at every instant test him?
Will you never take your eyes off me
long enough for me to swallow my spittle?
Suppose I have sinned, what have I done to you,
you tireless watcher of mankind?
Why do you choose me as your target?
Why should I be a burden to you?
Can you not tolerate my sin,
nor overlook my fault?
It will not be long before I lie in earth;
then you will look for me, but I shall be no more.
℟. Indúta est caro mea putrédine et sórdibus púlveris; cutis mea scínditur et díffluit.* Meménto, Dómine, quia ventus est vita mea.
℣. Dies mei velócius transiérunt quam navícula texéntis et consúmpti sunt deficiénte filo.* Meménto.
Vermin cover my flesh, and loathsome scabs; my skin is cracked and festering. Lord, remember that my life is but a breath.
Swifter than a weaver's shuttle my days have passed, leaving no hope behind. Lord, remember that my life is but a breath.
Ubi te invéni ut díscerem te? Neque enim iam eras in memória mea, priúsquam te díscerem. Ubi ergo te invéni, ut díscerem te, nisi in te supra me? Et nusquam locus, et recédimus et accédimus, et nusquam locus. Véritas, ubíque prǽsides ómnibus consuléntibus te simúlque respóndes ómnibus étiam divérsa consuléntibus.
Líquide tu respóndes, sed non líquide omnes áudiunt. Omnes unde volunt cónsulunt, sed non semper quod volunt áudiunt. Optimus miníster tuus est, qui non magis intuétur hoc a te audíre quod ipse volúerit, sed pótius hoc velle quod a te audíerit.
Sero te amávi, pulchritúdo tam antíqua et tam nova, sero te amávi! Et ecce intus eras et ego foris et ibi te quærébam et in ista formósa quæ fecísti, defórmis irruébam. Mecum eras, et tecum non eram. Ea me tenébant longe a te, quæ si in te non essent, non essent. Vocásti et clamásti et rupísti surditátem meam, coruscásti, splenduísti et fugásti cæcitátem meam, flagrásti, et duxi spíritum et anhélo tibi, gustávi et esúrio et sítio tetigísti me, et exársi in pacem tuam.
Cum inhǽsero tibi ex omni me, nusquam erit mihi dolor et labor, et viva erit vita mea tota plena te. Nunc autem quóniam quem tu imples, súblevas eum, quóniam tui plenus non sum, óneri mihi sum. Conténdunt lætítiæ meæ flendæ cum lætándis mæróribus, et ex qua parte stet victória néscio. Conténdunt mæróres mei mali cum gáudiis bonis, et ex qua parte stet victória néscio. Ei mihi! Dómine, miserére mei! Ei mihi! Ecce vúlnera mea non abscóndo: médicus es, æger sum; miséricors es, miser sum.
Numquid non tentátio est vita humána super terram? Quis velit moléstias et difficultátes? Tolerári iubes eas, non amári. Nemo quod tólerat amat, etsi toleráre amat. Quamvis enim gáudeat se toleráre, mavult tamen non esse quod tóleret. Próspera in advérsis desídero, advérsa in prósperis tímeo. Quis inter hæc médius locus, ubi non sit humána vita tentátio? Væ prosperitátibus sǽculi semel et íterum a timóre adversitátis et a corruptióne lætítiæ! Væ adversitátibus sǽculi semel et íterum et tértio a desidério prosperitátis et quia ipsa advérsitas dura est, et ne frangat tolerántiam! Numquid non tentátio est vita humána super terram sine ullo interstítio?
Et tota spes mea non nisi in magna valde misericórdia tua.
Where did I find you in order to make your acquaintance in the first place? You could not have been in my memory before I learned to know you. Where then could I have found you in order to learn of you, if not in yourself, far above me? "Place" has here no meaning: further away from you or toward you we may travel, but place there is none. O Truth, you hold sovereign sway over all who turn to you for counsel, and to all of them you respond at the same time, however diverse their pleas.
Clear is your response, but not all hear it clearly. They all appeal to you about what they want, but do not always hear what they want to hear. Your best servant is the one who is less intent on hearing from you what accords with his own will, and more on embracing with his will what he has heard from you.
Late have I loved you, Beauty so ancient and so new, late have I loved you!
Lo, you were within,
but I outside, seeking there for you,
and upon the shapely things you have made
I rushed headlong – I, misshapen.
You were with me, but I was not with you.
They held me back far from you,
those things which would have no being,
were they not in you.
You called, shouted, broke through my deafness;
you flared, blazed, banished my blindness;
you lavished your fragrance, I gasped; and now I pant for you;
I tasted you, and now I hunger and thirst;
you touched me, and I burned for your peace.
When at last I cling to you with my whole being there will be no more anguish or labour for me, and my life will be alive indeed, alive because filled with you. But now it is very different. Anyone whom you fill you also uplift; but I am not full of you, and so I am a burden to myself. Joys over which I ought to weep do battle with sorrows that should be matter for joy, and I do not know which will be victorious. But I also see griefs that are evil at war in me with joys that are good, and I do not know which will win the day. This is agony, Lord, have pity on me! It is agony! See, I do not hide my wounds; you are the physician and I am sick; you are merciful, I in need of mercy.
Is not human life on earth a time of testing? Who would choose troubles and hardships? You command us to endure them, but not to love them. No-one loves what he has to endure, even if he loves the endurance, for although he may rejoice in his power to endure, he would prefer to have nothing that demands endurance. In adverse circumstances I long for prosperity, and in times of prosperity I dread adversity. What middle ground is there, between these two, where human life might be free from trial? Woe betide worldly prosperity, and woe again, from fear of disaster and evanescent joy! But woe, woe, and woe again upon worldly adversity, from envy of better fortune, the hardship of adversity itself, and the fear that endurance may falter. Is not human life on earth a time of testing without respite?
On your exceedingly great mercy, and on that alone, rests all my hope.
℟. Sero te amávi, pulchritúdo tam antíqua et tam nova, sero te amávi!* Vocásti et clamásti et rupísti surditátem meam.
℣. Venit Fílius hóminis quǽrere et salvum fácere quod períerat.* Vocásti.
Late have I loved you, O beauty so ancient and so new, late have I loved you! You called to me, you cried out to me, you broke in upon my heedlessness.
The Son of Man has come to seek and save what is lost. You called to me, you cried out to me, you broke in upon my heedlessness.
Da nobis, quæsumus, Dómine, ut et mundi cursus pacífico nobis tuo órdine dirigátur et Ecclésia tua tranquílla devotióne lætétur. Per Dóminum.
Let us pray.
In your mercy, Lord,
direct the affairs of men so peaceably
that your Church may serve you
in tranquillity and joy.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
Benedicámus Dómino.
– Deo grátias.
Let us praise the Lord.
– Thanks be to God.
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Miami Marred by Anti-Semitic Vandalism
Synagogue and Jewish cars defaced with 'Hamas' graffiti
Over the past few days, two anti-Semitic acts have been committed in the least likely of places: Miami, Florida. Congregation Torah V'Emunah, a synagogue in North Miami Beach, was spray-painted with swastikas and the word "Hamas" on Monday morning, JTA reports. This act of vandalism comes just two days after the cars of a Jewish family in Miami Beach were egged and covered in cream cheese while the family attended Shabbat services. The cars, parked in the mainly Jewish neighborhood of Miami Beach, were vandalized with the words "Jew" and "Hamas." According to CBS Miami, police are investigating the act as a potential hate crime, and many members of the neighborhood plan to install surveillance cameras.
The family that owned the cars had emigrated from Iran to the U.S. 25 years ago, and they were shocked to encounter anti-Semitism in America. Rachel Shakib, a member of the family, told CBS Miami, "Why would we be targeted here? We're supposed to be safe, free from anti-Semitism."
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The Needs Of The Many....
Is The Frustration Of The Many...
I have spent the last 2+ hours trying to get an aid planet mission to complete the mission The Needs of the Many. During that time I have heard numerous people complaining about the lack of aid missions, and aid missions not counting towards completing this mission.
I submitted a ticket about 45 mins ago asking about this and instead of a human response, recieved a very well cut and paste from the CS Dev book of "give the pleeb an answer" text book that offered nothing.
If this mission was not meant to be put in the hands of someone my rank, a Lieutenant Commander, then WHY offer it out? The Delta Volantis Sector is basically a Lieutenant area from my perspective.
Spending over 2 hours to complete a simply quest/mission is rediculous and this should be re-evaluated and moved to a different area.
Perhaps something more like flying through regular systems, we'd get hailed by the KNOWN systems out there asking for aid, instead of searching UNKNOWN systems that somehow we know what the heck they are looking for would be better.
Oh wait ...
There already is.
Oh and if you DO click that link (and you should) ignore most of MY posts in it. And read AzureAlliance's posts. The data Azure collected is extensive. And details the spawn rate of AtP missions quite well. That's the info you need. It will explain your issue. It's great data collected by a fine tester of this game. And should be noted by us.
I read the post/link.. and frankly.. it does nothing.
With the changes done in the recent patch, that introduced this new quest and more info to the players on Aid missions, learning that maybe... maybe.. you get a mission like that 4 or 5% of the time points out its very flaw in its implimentation.
I wouldn't go so far as to say his data collection was great or extensive, nor would I say his attitude was either.
A solution to this either needs to be found, or the quest/mission in question should be removed. Getting a specific randomly generated quest "zone" to fulfill a mission is just bad design.
For instance...
But anyway, from one persons unsubstantiated experiences onto my own.
Had some good and bad luck on this mission last night while trying to clear it with 2 of my characters.
Went to DVC with my admiral, first mission I got was an aid the planet, did it and finished needs of the many right off.
Went to DVC with my captain, took me 2 trys to get an aid the planet mission this time, did it but no credit for NotM.
The one noticable difference between the 2, was that my admiral had an aid planet that wanted shield generators which was the comodity you get for free, whilst the captain had one for provisions.
Still trying to get a second aid planet mission with the captain to see if I can get a shield gen one.
As to the frequency of the mission type though I havent done as many explores as AA, but I have had them pop up much more than 5%, sometimes twice whilst trying to do a 3 mission daily in btrans.
What we arent privy to though, is if there is some back end functionality that means you can only get 1 every so often, say 1 every 30 minutes.
I had that. Did a couple aid missions in Delta, didn't complete. Said the hell with it and dropped it XD
Right then, where to start?
First off I and (surely) others reported these problems on tribble before the patch went live.
1, 'The needs of the many' is an introductory mission to get players into 'aid planet' missions / system 'supply' missions. That being so, players will not want to spend hours trying to complete 'The needs ...'.
2, Players are not being given the items needed to aid a planet - that is, the items given do nopt match what the planet requires so you still need to collect those needed items.
3, Originally, entering the areas to redo an aid mission would not bring up that mission for completion and your log would simply state that the mission text was not available.
Answers to theses issues (what Cryptic did or you can do);
1, Cryptic have said that they have 'wieghted' the anomalies to make it easier to get aid missions. I noticed that I still did not seem to get aid missions until I realised that such missions are given after taking action on other missions! Example - BO says xxxx planet has not been in touch with starfleet, shall we investigate. When you go to planet, they ask for aid. The mission then CHANGES to aid planet / supply mission! So WATCH OUT for this happening - you may get a mission that is not apparently an aid mission until you cantact the planet.
2, At a low level it may be that you are short on credits! That said, all the items needed to complete the aid missions can be replicated on your ship or bought at Earth Star Dock. This makes collecting the items very easy - though you do need th credits (sell drops you do not need maybe).
3, On entering anomaly area you now get prompted to continue the aid mission and the mission log text has info about the mission.
I am not saying the situation is fully fixed or no tweaking is needed or vice versa!
Time will tell if any alteration to the current system is needed.
Edit: Forgot to mention - I like the new 'goody bag' reward idea for these missions - potentially very useful!
I do think that for the "Needs of the many..." they should make whatever the first system you enter an aid the planet. I fiddled about going through about a dozen different ones not getting one and moving on. Perhaps there's a 4-5% chance of getting one, but that's not good enough for a tutorial mission.
My experience with Aid the Planet is it seems to go in streaks. I'll get 3 or 4 in maybe a weeks time and then nothing. Now that there's a point to doing them, it'd be nice to give them a much greater chance. I'd rather a 4-5% chance of "scan 5 anomalies" than the Aid missions. One day I completed all 3 requirements on nothing but scanning anomalies. They could at least do a quick check so as to what your previous mission was so you're not doing the same ones back to back.
All during a time when people would consistently complain about how they skip and never do these missions.
So that now ... when the same people no longer want to skip these missions and would rather get the "free gift" that the mission gives out ... there is now data showing us all how rare those missions are.
Seems to me that even with phrases like l2p, that player still had a better grasp of how to address gameplay bugs than ... other players on these forums.
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A method for configuring a spread spectrum cellular network for small-cell inclusion, by providing a finite series of PN-offsets, each PN-offset is separated by a constant value that is allotted to the spread spectrum cellular network. The finite series is portioned into a first and a second set. The second set subsequent to the first set and having sufficient PN-offset elements for a PN-offset reuse pattern having a plurality of cells, each cell having similar transmission characteristics. The second set is assigned to the PN-offset reuse pattern, deploying the cellular reuse pattern for a cellular network. Small cells are insertable into the spread spectrum cellular network by assigning the first set to a PN-offset reuse pattern having a plurality of small cells arranged in a small-cell reuse pattern, and deploying the small-cell reuse pattern. In another aspect, the method for configuring the spread spectrum cellular network involves sectoring each cell of the plurality of cells into a plurality of sectors. The sectored cells are assigned PN-offsets adjacent in the finite series together in each sector of the sectored cell while maintaining sufficient distance between cells that reuse an assigned PN-offset.
1. A method for configuring a spread spectrum cellular network, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a finite series of PN-offsets, each of the PN-offsets being separated by a value that is determined for the spread spectrum cellular network;
portioning the finite series of PN-offsets into a first and a second set, the second set subsequent to the first set and having sufficient PN-offset elements for a PN-offset reuse pattern having a plurality of cells;
assigning the first set to a first PN-offset reuse pattern, wherein the first PN-reuse pattern is employed for with a plurality of groups of a plurality of small cells; and
assigning the second set to a second PN-offset muse pattern, the second PN-offset reuse pattern coexistent with the first PN-offset reuse pattern, wherein the second PN-reuse pattern is employed for a plurality of groups of a plurality of large cells sharing a service coverage area with the plurality of groups of a plurality of small cells.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein:
the first PN-reuse pattern has a first spacing between PN-offsets;
the second PN-reuse pattern has a second spacing between PN-offsets; and
the second spacing is greater than the first spacing.
3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
sectoring each small cell into a plurality of small cell sectors; and
assigning PN-offsets adjacent in the finite series to adjacent small cell sectors while maintaining sufficient distance between cells that reuse an assigned PN-offset.
4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
sectoring each large cell into a plurality of large cell sectors; and
assigning PN-offsets adjacent in the finite series to adjacent large cell sectors while maintaining sufficient distance between cells that reuse an assigned PN-offset.
5. A spread spectrum cellular communication system comprising:
a first plurality of base stations, each servicing a small cell;
a second plurality of base stations, each servicing a large cell;
wherein each of the first plurality of base stations employs a PN-offset taken from a first PN-offset reuse pattern;
wherein each of the second plurality of base stations employs a PN-offset taken from a second PN-offset reuse pattern;
wherein the first PN-reuse pattern and the second PN-reuse pattern together form a finite series of PN-offsets, wherein the PN-offsets of the finite series of PN-offsets are separated by a value that is determined for the spread spectrum cellular network; and
wherein the plurality of groups of the plurality of large cells share a service coverage area with the plurality of groups of the plurality of small cells.
6. The spread spectrum cellular communication system of claim 5, wherein:
the first PN-reuse pattern has a first spacing between PN-offsets;
the second PN-reuse pattern has a second spacing between PN-offsets; and
the second spacing is greater than the first spacing.
7. The spread spectrum cellular communication system of claim 5, wherein:
some of the small cells are sectored into a plurality of small cell sectors; and
adjacent small cell sectors are assigned PN-offsets that are adjacent in the finite series while sufficient distance between cells that reuse an assigned PN-offset are maintained.
8. The spread spectrum cellular communication system of claim 5, wherein:
some of the large cells are sectored into a plurality of large cell sectors; and
adjacent large cell sectors are assigned PN-offsets that are adjacent in the finite series while sufficient distance between cells that reuse an assigned PN-offset are maintained.
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/995,510, filed Dec. 22, 1997, pending on the filing date of this application, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,049,564 on Apr. 11, 2000 which claimed priority to provisional application Ser. No. 60/045,038, filed Apr. 28, 1997, both of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for configuring Pseudo-Random Noise offsets ("PN-offsets") for a spread spectrum communications network and, more particularly, to a method and apparatus for minimizing PN-offset confusion.
Cellular communications systems technology has evolved commercially to the digital-based Code Division Multiple Access standard ("CDMA"). This standard has gradually gained acceptance over analog and narrow-band technologies because of superb characteristics in traffic capacity, voice quality, and security. For example, field tests under stressed conditions have verified CDMA predictions that cellular traffic capacities averaging fifteen times greater than analog systems are achievable.
CDMA is a "spread spectrum" technology. Information contained in a particular signal of interest is spread over a much greater bandwidth than the original signal. A CDMA cellular call starts with a standard rate of 9600 bits-per-second ("bps"). This is then spread to a transmitted rate of about 1.23 Megabits-per-second. The spread signal contains digital codes to associate the signal with users in a network cell. When the signal is received, the codes are removed from the desired signal, separating the users and returning the call to a rate of 9600 bps.
Spread spectrum communications have been traditionally used in military operations. Spread spectrum signals appear as a slight rise in the naturally occurring "white noise floor" or interference level. Accordingly, a spread spectrum signal is very difficult to jam, difficult to interfere with, and difficult to identify. In contrast, the signal power of the other transmission technologies is easier to detect and to intercept.
CDMA cellular networks are designed in conformance to the IS-95 standard established by the Telecommunications Industry Association ("TIA"). The IS-95 standard requires that the CDMA signal be Had by a Pseudo-Random noise, which is a random sequence of one and/or zero binary digits. The time duration of one binary digit is one chip. One chip is a 1,250 kHz or 0.813 micro-second segment. The IS-95 standard sets out a network Short Code chip length of 215 chips. The IS-95 standard also establishes a minimum phase "distance" between these sites as being sixty-four or 26 chips. This minimum "distance" is also referred to as a PILOT_INC constant for the network. Accordingly, the short code length of 215 is divided by the minimum PILOT_INC constant to establish that a maximum number of 29 or five-hundred and twelve PN-offsets are potentially available to a network.
Each CDMA network cell has a base transmission station ("BTS"). Each BTS distinguishes itself from other BTSs by transmitting a different phase of the CDMA Short Code at a given time. A "different phase" means a different time offset from the zero offset of the network system timing, measured in bitsper-second. This given time is the PN-offset or PN-phase for that BTS. To assure that the PN-offsets remain unique from each other, the BTSs remain synchronized to a common time reference provided by the Global Positioning System ("GPS"), a satellite-based navigation system.
Cell sites are deployed to accommodate cellular traffic density. Typically, traffic density is determined to be either dense-urban, urban, suburban, rural or highway. Dense-urban traffic is densest, and rural or highway traffic is the least dense. Coverage areas have the highest with low traffic density deploy large cells having cell radii typically attaining 15,000 meters. In comparison, coverage areas with high cellular traffic density deploy small cells having cell radii as small as 150 meters.
Conventionally, CDMA cellular networks are planned according to a predicted subscriber density population, which translates into the capacity-per-unit-area also known as Erlang units The cell radii are planned proportional to the predicted-Erlang capacity. But, cellular networks based on traffic predictions are unable to accommodate subscriber traffic density changes caused by, for example, new community developments, such as shopping mails or business districts. Once the antenna towers are built and the BTSs are installed, it is very difficult and time consuming to make significant changes in the CDMA cellular network design.
Further, the actual traffic density does not follow predicted cellular traffic patterns. Consequently, some network areas are over-designed with too much cellular coverage, while other areas are under-designed with too little coverage. Unpredictable "hot spots" and "cold spots" can occur at different locations of the network. Cells serving the hot spots are overloaded, but cells covering the cold spots are under-loaded. Further, an extraordinarily high traffic density can be generated in small areas at specific times, but not all the time. For example, traffic density increases that occur during rush hour periods, traffic jams, or stadium events.
With respect to cellular infrastructure, conventional construction technologies are expensive and require a large amount of time to establish A need exists in undeveloped nations with large populations that are without existing telecommunications infrastructures. The infrastructure costs can be prohibitive and the delay for services can be five years or longer.
Thus, a need exists for a method for initially configuring PN-offsets for a CDMA cellular network for insertion of small cells into a large cell network and for insertion of large cells into small-cell networks. Furthermore, a need exists for a method and apparatus for providing configurable cellular coverage for transient traffic-densities. Also, a need exists for a configurable cellular coverage that engages wireless backhaul services for rapid deployment in areas without a telecommunications infrastructure.
Thus provided herein is a method and apparatus for configuring a spread spectrum cellular network for small-cell inclusion.
A spread spectrum cellular network has a finite series of PN-offsets. To minimize PN-offset confusion, the finite series of PN-offets is portioned into a first and a second set. The second set is allotted to a large-cell reuse pattern. The first set is allotted for present or future small-cell reuse patterns. Separating the PN-offsets minimizes the occurrence of PN-offset confusion between the large cells and the small cells. With respect to the large cell reuse pattern, PN-offset confusion is further minimized by spacing further apart the PN-offsets of the second set.
In another aspect, the method for configuring the spread spectrum cellular network involves sectoring each cell of the plurality of cells into a plurality of sectors. The sectored cells are assigned PN-offsets that are adjacent in the finite PN-offset series. The adjacent PN-offsets are assigned together in each sector of the sectored cell while maintaining sufficient distance between cells that reuse an assigned PN-offset.
Also provided herein is a method of inserting a plurality of small cells into a spread spectrum cellular network, deploying a plurality of mobile small cells in a small-cell reuse pattern in the coverage hole, and transferring a plurality of cellular traffic to the deployed mobile small cells.
For a more complete understanding of the present invention, and the advantages thereof, reference is made to the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
FIG. 1A is an illustration of an over-simplified spread-spectrum cellular network layout with reuse patterns depicting a network reuse distance;
FIG. 1B is an illustration of a search window for Cell A′.
FIG. 2 is a graphical illustration of an upper-bound search window size for determining a N{WN, WR} parameter to avoid a search window overlap;
FIGS. 3A and 3B are graphical illustrations used to explain how propagation delay causes adjacent PN-offset confusion,
FIG. 4 is an illustration of a non-uniform spread spectrum cellular network layout with small cells inserted into a large cell network;
FIG. 5 is an example depicting a time-line used in explaining a PN-offset series apportioned into a first set disjointed with a second set of PN-offsets;
FIGS. 6A and 6B are graphical illustrations of the propagation-phase-delay benefit resulting from an aspect of the invention by assigning a second or later set of PN-offsets to large cells;
FIG. 7 is an illustration of a sectored cell where adjacent PN-offsets are assigned to adjacent sectors in accordance with the invention;
FIGS. 8A and 8B are illustrations of the application of the invention for insertion of a plurality of small cells forming a heterogeneous cellular network;
FIG. 9 is a depiction of a configurable network having a plurality of movable CDMA cells;
FIG. 10 is a depiction of a cellular network portion arranged in communication through a communications backhaul network to a BSC and a telecommunications switch; and
FIG. 11 is a depiction of the configurable network deploying the movable CDMA small cells of the present invention for iron in the network of FIG. 10.
The principles of the present invention and their advantages are best understood by referring to the illustrated embodiment depicted in the FIGURES, in which like reference numbers describe like parts.
Planning a CDMA network requires minimizing interference or confusion between the individual BTS signals. The basis for signal differentiation in a CDMA network are the PN-offsets. PN-offset confusion has at least two components: co-PN-offset confusion, andlor adjacent PN-offset confusion. The PN-offset may also be referred to as the PN-phase.
Each CDMA network cell has a base transmission station ("BTS"). Each BTS distinguishes itself from other BTSs by transmitting different phases of the CDMA Short Code at a given time. This given time is the PN-offset of PN-offset for that BTS.
FIG. 1 shows two contiguous copies of a multiple-cell cluster 2. In this example, the reuse pattern has a repeat value, k, equal to seven cells, which is less than commonly deployed to better illustrate application of the invention to CDMA networks. An example of an average cluster reuse size, k, is from twenty-seven to thirty-seven cells per cluster. These clusters are reused as "building blocks" to form a replicating pattern, or cell reuse pattern, over an arbitrarily large cellular coverage area 4.
The magnitude of reuse distance D between clusters, in combination with the cell search window of the two cells, affect the likelihood of co-PN-offset confusion. For example, in FIG. 1A, Cell A and Cell A′ are assigned the same PN-offset PN1. Cells A and A′ are separated by a reuse distance D.
In uniform CDMA cellular networks having primarily either large cells or small cells, coPN-offset confusion is avoided by selecting a reuse distance based on a search window WA so that any affect of propagation phase-delay on a remote co-PN signal will fall outside the search window WA. The search window WA is a time value, measured in chip units, in which a mobile unit M will search for the presence of PN-offsets transmitted by the pertinent BTS. The term "mobile" as used herein means any subscriber station, movable or otherwise.
The worst case scenario is that a mobile unit M is between Cell A and Cell A′. Assuming the distance of the mobile unit M to the home Cell A′ is "g", the mobile unit M distance to remote Cell A is "D minus g."
In FIG. 1B, shown is a search window value SEARCH_WIN_A′ for Cell A′. Cell A′ has a PN-offset value of Pilot A′ and Cell A has a PN-offset value of Pilot A. To ensure that remote Cell A falls out of the Active Set Search Window of home Cell A′ for the mobile unit M, the minimum required reuse distance is:
So long as a sufficient reuse distance is deployed in a substantially uniform network, then the co-PN-offset confusion problem in the active set is not only minimized but avoided altogether. It should be noted that there are four set-types as defined under the IS-95 standard: an active set, a candidate set, a neighbor set, and a remaining set.
Referring to FIG. 2, adjacent PN-offset confusion can arise from sufficiently large propagation delay over large distances, such that the phase at the mobile M mistakenly looks like a later PN-offset or phase.
With respect to adjacent PN-offset confusion, the network parameter of concern is the PILOT_INC constant. PILOT_INC constant is the separation in phase or "distance" in phase-space between two adjacent PN-offsets. The PN-offset series available for a CDMA network is established in part by the IS-95 standard.
Under the IS-95 standard, the minimum PN-offset separation is sixty-four chips. Thus, a cellular network having a PILOT_INC constant of unity or "one" has available a PN-offset series of five-hundred and twelve PN-offsets. Generally, it is preferable to have a PILOT_INC constant greater than one. The preferred value is typically 3 or 4. The term "series" as used herein means a number of PN-offset values coming one after another in a spatial or temporal succession. The PILOT_INC constant is selected to minimize adjacent PN-offset confusion.
1. Upper Bounds of the Search Window Size.
Still referring to FIG. 2, shown is a condition for adjacent PN-offset confusion caused by search window ambiguity. CDMA Cell A has a PN-offset PN1 equal to PILOT_PN(j). CDMA Cell B has a PN-offset PN2 equal to PILOT_PN(j+1). The letter j indicates a series of PN-offsets of j,j+1, j+2, up to the maximum number of offsets available under the applicable CDMA standard. PN-offset PN2 is adjacent and later in time to PN-offset PN1. The PN-offsets PN1 and PN2 are separated by the cellular network constant PILOT_INC, discussed above.
Assume the neighbor set or the remaining set have search windows WN or WR, respectively, the relationship of the PILOT_INC constant with respect to these search windows, in chip units, is:
If this condition is violated, the two adjacent search windows will overlap, creating a search window ambiguity, as shown in FIG. 2. The ambiguity between the two adjacent cells occurs because the measured value of the transmitted signal "belongs" to both search windows.
2. PN-Phase Confusion Caused by Propagation Delay
As discussed above, although the search window ambiguity is minimized by the appropriate selection of the PILOT_INC constant, adjacent PN-offset confusion can also arise from propagation phase delay.
Generally, the greater the distance a signal travels, the greater the phase delay of the BTS signal. The RF signal propagation delay is about two-hundred and forty-four meters per chip. With enough phase delay, the PN-offset PN(j) of the remote cell, and the PN-offset PNO(j+1) of the home cell, could appear similar to mobile unit Q (see FIG. 1). If the PN-offsets are both in the same search window, for example, WN, then adjacent PN-phase confusion would occur.
Referring to FIGS. 3A and 3B, time line representations of adjacent PN-offset confusion between Cell A and Cell B is illustrated.
In FIG. 3A, the PN-offset of Cell A is PN1 or PILOT_PN(j). Cell B has a later adjacent PN-offset value of PN2 or PILOT_PN(j+1), which is separated from PN1 by the PILOT_INC constant
Referring to FIG. 3B, the effect of propagation delay distortion on the PN-offset of Cell A is illustrated. As the BTS signal from Cell A travels to mobile unit Q (shown in FIG. 1), the propagation delay distortion causes the BTS signal to lag. As the propagation delay increases, the signal from Cell A perceived at the mobile unit Q is:
In designing a CDMA network, adjacent PN-offset confusion caused by propagation delay can be avoided(1) if the phase separation is larger than the difference in propagation delay, or (2) if the remote signal is at least 21 dB weaker than the home signal.
The selection of a PILOT_INC constant using the two conditions above avoids adjacent PN-offset confusion. As an example, assume the maximum CDMA cell radius is 15 km (61 chips). The propagation path loss exponent, α, is 3.2. The minimum PN separation, ΔPN, is proportional to the cell radius R, as expressed in the formula (in chip units):
Applying the given variable values:
the minimum PILOT_INC constant for the network is governed by the following relationship:
If the search window WN is twenty-eight chips, then from the equation above, the minimum PILOT_INC constant is:
with the given variable values:
The network relationship is:
Because the PILOT_INC constant is an integer value, the minimum PILOT_INC constant in this example is "three" to avoid adjacent PN-phase confusion Thus, the total number of available valid PN-offset series for this example has 512/(PILOT_INC), or about one-hundred seventy possible PN-offsets. The PILOT_INC constant can be smaller for smaller cell radii.
As stated previously, an initial CDMA cellular network 8 is designed with respect to predicted cellular traffic density loads. For simplicity, the network 8 illustrated in FIG. 4 initially contains cells of the same size, which are referred to as large cells 20. The large cells 20 can accommodate rural and highway cellular traffic densities.
As cellular traffic density loads increase over time, there is a need to install dense-urban, urban, or suburban traffic capacity cells into the pre-existing cellular network 8. For clarity, these insertable cells are referred to as small cells 10, which have smaller cell radii and greater traffic capacity tan& the large cells 20.
Planning the PN-offsets for a CDMA cellular system having both high traffic density cells and lower traffic density cells is complicated by the close geographic proximity of these dissimilar cells to each other. For large cells 20, the reuse distance is D, which for a repeat pattern of k=7, is 4.6 times the radius R of the large cell 20, and among small cells, the reuse distance is d, which for a repeat pattern of k=7, is 4.6 times the radius r of the small cell 10. Accordingly, PN-offset confusion problems arise when the small cells 10 are inserted, or are closely proximate to, the large cells 20. For example, referring to FIG. 4, the large cell 20 a and the small cell 10 a are shown as being within a distance h, which is less than the reuse distance D for the large cells 20.
Accordingly, design techniques to reduce PN-offset confusion are needed to be modified to accomodate non-uniform CDMA networks. A non-uniform CDMA network is one that has small cells 10 and large cells 20 to accomodate different traffic load densities.
A non-uniform CDMA network is needed when the cellular traffic density for a region is non-uniform. Different characteristics between the types of cells requires an additional level of layout planning to avoid PN-offset confusion problems in the network at the time of installation or at a later time when the small cells 10 would be added.
For example, adjacent PN-offset confusion problem is more likely in large cells 20 where propagation delay is large. Therefore, a large PILOT_INC constant is used in large cells 20 to avoid adjacent PN-offset confusion On the other hand, co-PN-offset confusion is a major problem with small cells 10 because the distance between cells with the same PN-offset is small.
If a large PILOT_INC constant is used to separate the PN-offsets to avoid adjacent PN-offset confusion, then the total number of valid PN-offsets is insufficient to accommodate the small cells 10. Another problem is that if a small value of the PILOT_INC constant is used to create enough valid PN-offsets for the small cells, then the separation between the PN-offsets is insufficient to avoid adjacent PN-offset confusion in large cells 20.
The number of small cells 10 per cell reuse pattern is higher than that for large cells 20, since small cells are denser and more vulnerable to co-PN-offset confusion. Usually, the cell reuse pattern for small cells is from about twenty-seven to thirty-four cells per cluster. For large cells, the number of cells per cell reuse pattern can be smaller; usually, a sufficient reuse pattern for large cells has from about seven to twelve cells per cell reuse pattern.
Generally, large cells 20 require a larger "time separation" obtained with the larger PILOT_INC constant because of the propagation phase delay problem. But small cells 10 can have smaller "time separation" because a CDMA small-cell signal travels comparatively short distances, and thus are not susceptible to appreciable propagation delay distortion.
However, small cells 10 are more vulnerable to co-PN-offset confusion since the reuse distance d is less than the reuse distance D for large cells 20. In comparison, signals from large cells 20 travel greater distances, causing large cells 20 to be more susceptible to adjacent PN-offset confusion, as illustrated in FIGS. 3A and 3B.
This dilemma is addressed by first designing the PILOT_INC constant for the small cells 10. Then, every other (or more) PNoffset for large cells 20 is skipped. That is, the large cell 20 separation is at least two times PILOT_INC. For example, if the PILOT_INC constant for the small cells 10 is equal to thee, then the effective time separation for the large cells 20 is six.
Referring to FIG. 5, the PN-offset series P is separated into a first set S for small cells 10 and a second set L for large cells 20. A buffer E is between set S and set L for future PN-offset assignment as needed Set S has a plurality of PN-offsets from zero to i, where i is the total number of PN-offset elements. Set L has a plurality of PN-offsets from i to j, where j is the total number of PN-offsets in the series P. Thus, there may occur an instance in which the number of PN-offsets in buffer set E is zero because these PN-offsets have been apportioned between the first set S and the second set L.
For further minimizing adjacent PN-offset confusion, the second set L is subsequent to the first set S. Because large cells 20 have tall antennas, the signal from the large cells 20 can propagate much farther than signals from small cells 10, which have comparatively low antennas. Also, the first set S and the second set L are not necessarily positioned with origins at the maximum and minimum thresholds of the PN-offset series P.
Adjacent PN-offset confusion is further minimized by multiplying the separation PILOT_INC constant for the second set L by a "propagation_factor." This constant has a value greater than one ("unity").
Thus, for example, if the PILOT_INC constant is three, the first set S has a PN-offset separation of "PILOT_INC," and the second set L PN-offset separation is (PILOT INC)*(propagation_factor). When the propagation_factor is two, then the PILOT_INC constant separation is (2)(3)(64 chips) chips for the second set L. The propagation_factor can be greater than two, but to allow sufficient PN-offset values in the second set L, a propagation_factor of two is preferred.
In FIGS. 6A and 6B, the effect of a propagation delay on the large cells 20 as compared to the small cells 10 is illustrated.
Referring to FIG. 6A, an example of allocating a subsequent PN-offset PILOT_PN(j) from the second set L to a large cell and a prior PN-offset PILOT_PN(i) from the first set S to the small cell 10. Adjacent PN-offset confusion is likely to occur with the cell having the earlier PN-offset and that has the large-cell radius. Thus, to further minimize the occurrence of adjacent PN-offset confusion, the large cells 20 are given "later phase" PN-offsets. Thus, if propagation delay occurs, the effective separation between the small cell PN-offset PILOT_PN(i) and the large cell PN-offset PILOT_PN(j) increases, as illustrated in FIG. 6B.
Traditional adjacent channel interference planning techniques for sectored cells promulgated the rule that adjacent frequency channels could not be allocated to the adjacent BTS sectors. As an example, the adjacent frequencies f1, f2, and f3, would not be allocated to the same BTS for fear of adjacent channel interference. Such dispersement of frequencies complicates the "frequency planning" of narrow-band cellular networks in terms of frequency reuse and co-channel interference, discussed later herein.
In FIG. 7, a sectored cell is shown. In PN-offset planning, in contrast to RF cell planning, adjacent PN-offset confusion is further minimized by allocating adjacent PN-offsets to the adjacent CDMA BTS sectors. This is opposite to techniques used in frequency planning.
Under a CDMA cellular system, a large difference in path delay must occur for adjacent PN-offset confusion to occur. Accordingly, it is least likely for two adjacent pilots, for example, PILOT_PN(j) and PILOT_PN(j+1), from adjacent sectors to produce a large path difference, because both signals are initiated from the same point (that is, the same BTS). Also, the sectors are oriented in differing directions. For example, the sectors of a three-sector cell are arranged in 120-degree orientations, as illustrated in FIG. 7. For an adjacent PN-offset confusion to occur, the signal must propagate in a large signal path such that it is received by an adjacent CDMA sector in the cell.
The PN-offset planning described above can be implemented in a computer program for execution on a standard computer. The computer program can be implemented using a suitable computer programming language such as C, C++, Pascal, or the like. A suitable computer includes a central processing unit ("CPU") with a microprocessor coupled to main memory and program memory (such as Read Only Memory or Random Access Memory). Computer input and output is displayed on a computer monitor through a graphic user interface or other such interface program. User input is provided through a keyboard, a mouse or track ball, or other standard input devices. The computer is conventional, and may be a microprocessor system, a workstation, or networked terminal system, or any of a variety of other apparatus providing computing and input/output capabilities. Preferably, the computer is a BP-UX workstation available from Hewlett-Packard of Palo Alto, Calif.
An example showing use of the planning methods for a CDMA cellular network is illustrated in FIGS. 8A and 8B. It should be noted that the simplified deployment shown is for demonstration purposes to provide clarity as to the use of the invention disclosed herein. The parameters used for this example are:
PILOT_INC=3, and
Applying these parameters, the CDMA network 100 has a PN-offset configuration implemented through the PN-offset series P having two sets S and L. With the PILOT_INC constant given above, about one-hundred seventy PN-offsets are available to the network 100.
The large-cell reuse pattern 25 has seven cells. For clarity, the small-cell reuse pattern 15 has seven cells instead of the conventional twenty-seven cells. The small-cell reuse pattern is shown greater detail in FIG. 8B.
The first PN-offset set S is deployed in the small-cell reuse pattern 15. If the small-cell reuse pattern had twenty-seven cells, then the PN-offsets deployed are from PN, through PN243 (spaced by the PILOT_INC constant designated above). With a seven-cell reuse pattern of the example shown in FIGS. 8A and 8B, the range of PN-offsets deployed from the small cells 10 is from PN1 through PN63.
The second PN-offset set L is deployed in the large-cell reuse pattern 25. The PN-offsets deployed are from PN449 through PN512.
The buffer space E between first set S and second set L occupies PN-offsets from PN82 through PNL.
Accordingly, the first set S and the second set L can be expanded to accommodate additional cells in reuse patterns to the point where no PN-offsets are allotted to the buffer space E.
The CDMA network can be planned with either small cells 10 or large cells 20. If a large-cell network is desired, then the PN-offsets PN107 through PN128 are deployed. The PN-offsets of the first set S and the buffer space E are reserved for future deployment If a small-cell network is desired, then the PN-offsets PN1 through PN81 are deployed. Similarly, the PN-offsets for the second set L and the buffer space E are reserved for future deployment.
In this manner, a great deal of flexibility is realized, allowing accommodation of traffic density fluctuations within the CDMA network that depart from the traffic density load predictions. Accordingly, a non-uniform CDMA network can be implemented without any substantial re-design of the existing CDMA network.
By initially configuring the CDMA cellular network for present or contingent non-uniform CDMA networks having small cells and large cells, movable base transmitter stations (BTS) or fixed-BTS can be placed in the cellular network to accommodate traffic density changes.
Referring to FIGS. 9 and 10, a re-configurable network 500 is shown The network 500 has a plurality of movable CDMA cells 502. The movable cells 502 each have a vehicle 504 with an adjustable-height antenna 506. The antenna 506 is electrically-coupled to a mini-BTS 510. The mini-BTS 510 is in communication with a base switch ("BSC") 512 through a backhaul network 514. The BSC 512 provides control commands to the BTS to reduce the loading on the telecommunications switch. The traffic routed through the telecommunications switch is preferably limited to true voice/data traffic. The backhaul network 514 can be a communication medium such as microwave, satellite, RF, or the like. Preferably, the communication medium is a form of wireless transmission to provide mobile placement of the movable CDMA cells 502.
The insertion of a small-cell cluster with the movable CDMA cells is a gradual process such that no service interruption is needed for the insertion. Referring to FIG. 10, a CDMA network having large cells 20 with BTS 22 is illustrated. Dispersed through the network are movable CDMA small cells 502. As illustrated, he small cells 502 are in an inactive state and the large cells 20 are in an active state.
Referring to FIG. 11, insertion of the small cells 20 is illustrated. The transmit power of the fixed-large cell BTSs that cover traffic density "hot spots" is gradually reduced, and the fixed-large-cell receiver is de-sensitized. As a result, a coverage "hole"near the "hot spot" is created so that the fixed large-cell is gradually relieved or released from the traffic loading of the "hot spot." Accordingly, the service is transferred to the small-cell group having the capacity to service the hot spot.
In a further aspect, the portable cellular network has a wireless backhaul network. Such networks provide a further level of portability that extends to the entire network.
With movable cells and re-configurable networks, a wireless network can be created within a short time in comparison to fixed network-infrastructures common today. The backhaul network 514 between the BTS and the BCS is preferably implemented with a microwave connections The backhaul network 513 between the BCS and the telecommunications switch can be implemented with either a microwave or a satellite connection. Because local call traffic and control commands are handled by the cellular portion of the network though BSCs, the satellite load links is significantly reduced and the network can handle much higher capacity.
Although the invention has been described with reference to a specific embodiments, these descriptions are not meant to be construed in a limiting sense. Various modifications of the disclosed embodiments, as well as alternative embodiments of the invention will become apparent to persons skilled in the art upon reference to the description of the invention. It is therefore, contemplated that the claims will cover any such modifications or embodiments that fall within the true scope of the invention.
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On 11 and 12 July Cyriaque Sendashonga, IUCN Global Director of the Policy and Programme Group, and Pierre Commenville, IUCN IPBES Policy Officer, visited the office of the Environmental Law Centre to meet with IUCN partners and members in Germany, the host country of IPBES. In April 2012, the Intergovernmental science-policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) was established by more than 90 governments in Panama. The Secretariat of IPBES will be located in Bonn. …
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ABS Side Event at ICNP2
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Joint workshop between the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law and the IUCN Environmental Law Programme on Ecosystem Services, Economic Valuation and Environmental Equity
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Power of partnerships needed for world's wetlands
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It's not quite straight-up noise, and it's certainly not dance music, but if you like a bit of both, this debut from Fuck Buttons should make you a bit giddy.
Though far from flawless, removed from any brouhaha Street Horrrsing sees Fuck Buttons carve their own niche and not only produce a debut record that will claw at any prejudices over its 40-minute span but show up their drone brethren as too often resiliently stuck in the mud.
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