Infrastructure equipment in a wireless communication system serves different service providers
US5530945A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 31, 1993 |
| Grant date | Jun 25, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 31, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W84/16
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Independent groups of wireless telephone subscribers (tenants) are supported by common infrastructure communication equipment including network controller (WNC) and a database that stores group membership A plurality of radio frequency base stations are disposed to provide wireless communications channels for the wireless telephones. A switched telecommunication office supports conventional wired communication channels. The WNC supports a plurality of base stations and can couple a wireless and wired communication channel together to provide a voice channel for a wireless telephone subscriber. The WNC only provides a voice channel to a requesting wireless telephone subscriber if the base station carrying the request has been assigned to handle the group that includes the the requesting subscriber as determined by the database.
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