Frequency synchronized bidirectional radio system

Abstract

A bidirectional radio system for low cost, high through-put accumulation of data from a large number of site units. The site units are connected to remote radio transceivers in radio communication with a plurality of base stations. Accurate frequency synchronization allows multiple carriers within a 12.5 kHz FCC bandwidth. Frequency synchronization is achieved at low cost by transmitting a high accuracy carrier and clock signal at a base station, and using receiving circuitry a remote stations to extract the base clock signal and base carrier frequency and a phase-lock loop to stabilize the remote station carriers. The reception circuitry at a remote station provides independent carrier frequency and clock rate recovery, a phase-lock loop at baseband, and a coarse clock rate recovery circuit coupled to a fine clock rate recovery circuit. Remote station responses are time domain multiplexed. A base station receiver can decode a very short remote station response by scaling the response with the phase and amplitude of an initial segment of the response. Spatial reuse of carrier frequencies further increases the rate of data through-put.