Patent · US Expired

Power control of a remote station of a radio communications system

US6009086A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 18, 1998
Grant dateDec 28, 1999
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Expiry dateDec 18, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2012/5674
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A radio communications system (10) having a remote or mobile station (30) and at least two base stations (13, 14). ATM radio channels (31, 32) are provided between the remote station and base stations. The remote station (30) has a logic unit (520) for combining cell streams received from the first and second base stations during a handoff from the first base station to the second base station. A receiver in the remote station (30) is powered up during first time periods corresponding to physical layer synchronization cells arriving from one base station (13) and second time periods corresponding to ATM cells arriving from the other base station. When handoff conditions are met, the receiver is powered up for a third time period longer than the first and second time periods.

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