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Terrestrial communications system

US4730310A · kind A · utility

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15Claims
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Filing dateMar 26, 1986
Grant dateMar 8, 1988
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Expiry dateMar 26, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W16/12
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A terrestrial radio system which utilizes spot beams, time division multiple access and frequency reuse to provide communications services from a base station to remote customers within a system service region. The base station advantageously is arranged with multistage switching so as to permit the respective sharing of radio transmitters and receivers over larger number of antenna transmitting and receiving ports.

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