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Mobile communication systems sharing a control channel

US5884165A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 7, 1996
Grant dateMar 16, 1999
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Expiry dateMay 7, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W88/10
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a mobile communication system, a data communication fixed station 3 and a voice communication fixed station 4 control a common service area, the connection between a mobile station 5 and the data communication fixed station 3 can be quickened. The data communication fixed station 3 notifies, sequentially, the voice communication fixed station 4 of channel informations (e.g., usable channels, traffic quantity). The voice communication fixed station 4 receives the channel information via a broadcast channel for voice communication, and broadcasts the channel information to the mobile stations. When the mobile station 5 is to execute packet communication with an ISDN 1 via the data communication fixed station 3, the mobile station 5 selects an appropriate channel among the channels broadcasted thereto, and notifies the data communication fixed station 3 of the selected channel. As such, since the mobile station 5 can determine the channel before the actual communication between the mobile station 5 and the data communication fixed station 3 takes place, the connection between the mobile station 5 and the data communication fixed station 3 can be quickened.

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