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Radio communication system

US6141335A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 4, 1997
Grant dateOct 31, 2000
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Expiry dateDec 4, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01Q25/00
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a cellular radio communication system including a plurality of base stations and a plurality of terminals in which one cell is divided into a plurality of sectors, each of the base stations transmits and receives control information by an omnidirectional beam and transmits and receives traffic information by a directional beam. Alternatively, each of the base stations transmits and receives control information by a directional beam with a time difference of the same control information in a plurality of sectors within one cell and transmits and receives traffic information by a directional beam.

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