Method and system for connecting cells and microcells in a wireless communications network
US5890055A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 28, 1995 |
| Grant date | Mar 30, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 28, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W16/26
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A wireless communications system includes a number of clusters of repeaters wherein all repeaters within a cluster arc connected to a common hub via respective millimeter-wave radio links. Wireless signals received by the repeaters from end-user devices are transparently carried by the millimeter-wave radio links to respective hubs that act as concentrators for the repeaters. The hubs may be linked to a wireless network base station (in an outdoor setting) or alternatively to a server or a PBX (in an indoor environment) via a high-speed transmission facility, such as a fiber optic cable that is thus shared by all the repeaters.
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