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Paging system with satellite time base

US5355529A · kind A · utility

29Cited by
12References
6Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 24, 1993
Grant dateOct 11, 1994
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Expiry dateAug 24, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W84/022
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A satellite (26) is operable to transmit timing information to a plurality of paging sites having towers (10) associated therewith and satellite receivers (48) associated therewith. This provides a simulcast transmission of the timing information such that the timing information arrives at each of the paging sites at substantially the same time. The data that is transmitted from a central station over a radio controlled link from an antenna (16) to a plurality of antennas (14) over a wireless communication link. Data is transmitted, due to the distances have a delay associated therewith. A synchronization network in the form a correlator (157) and a delay loop (158) provide for a delay between the data from the RCL (32) and the transmitted data from an antenna (12) to be adjusted such that the data transmitted from the paging transmitter (12) to the pagers (18) are transmitted from the paging transmitter antennas (12) at substantially the same time.

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