Method and apparatus for providing increased access to a local communication network
US5596624A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 26, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jan 21, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 26, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B7/18567
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A local exchange with limited access to outside communication systems is coupled to a global satellite communication system by a mobile exchange unit. The mobile exchange unit (MXU) provides access to the local exchange by relating one channel in the global communication system to many possible destinations in the local exchange. Multiple circuits of the local exchange are associated with a single mobile number. A gateway associated with the MXU associates an available radio channel with the calling subscriber. Multi-stage dialing is eliminated and a subscriber can directly dial a number of a party in the local exchange.
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