Patent · US Expired

Picking up of mobile stations from a direct mode channel

US6230015A · kind A · utility

17Cited by
2References
16Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateAug 18, 1997
Grant dateMay 8, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 18, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W88/085
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of picking up mobile stations (DMRU1 to DMRU6) onto a direct mode channel (f2) in a radio system that comprises a first (f2) and a second (f1) direct mode channel, a repeater (R1) to which the first direct mode channel (f2) is allocated, and mobile stations (DMRU1 to DMRU6). In the method, the repeater (R1) tunes to and listens to the second direct mode channel (f1) and determines the moment when it can transmit on the second direct mode channel; the repeater (R1) transmits one or more pick-up messages on the second direct mode channel; the mobile stations (DMRU4, DMRU6, DMRU7) that communicate on the second direct mode channel (f1) receive the pick-up messages; and the desired mobile stations that communicate on the second direct mode channel (f1) switch, in response to the pick-up messages, to the first direct mode channel (f2) for communication.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.