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Unused time slot detection and selection in a mobile radio communication system

US5396496A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 5, 1993
Grant dateMar 7, 1995
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Expiry dateApr 5, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W76/10
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A mobile radio communication system includes a plurality of base stations connected to a network through wire lines, and a plurality of mobile stations connected to the base stations through radio channels. The base and mobile stations share a plurality of radio frequencies and transmit at least one transmission signal at one of the shared radio frequencies. The transmission signal is arranged into time frames each having a plurality of time-division multiplexed slots. The base and mobile stations both include a control circuit having means for detecting unused time slots within the transmission signal and means for selecting one of the unused time slots. A radio channel establishing circuit establishes a channel between the mobile radio communication apparatus and the base station in accordance with the selected time slot.

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