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Mobile network with automatic position reporting between member units

US5661652A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 23, 1995
Grant dateAug 26, 1997
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Expiry dateMay 23, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W84/06
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A network comprises a plurality of GPS navigation receivers with two-way radio data communication for communicating the current computed positions of individual mobile units to other mobile units in the network and to stationary dispatch controllers connected in by the public switched telephone network. Ordinary telephone personal pager service is carried out transparently in the network for non-GPS equipped mobile units.

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