Patent · US Expired

Method for the operation of a radio system and system to execute the method

US6356762B1 · kind B1 · utility

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12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 16, 1998
Grant dateMar 12, 2002
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 16, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W88/08
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for the operation of a radio system (28) includes muting, the fixed station (25) of the radio system (28) when no operable mobile telecommunication terminal (30) is located in its coverage area (20). A system to execute the procedure comprises a fixed station (25) for the radio system (28) and a mobile telecommunication terminal (30) suited to communicate with the radio system (28). The fixed station (25) has a circuit to detect an operable mobile telecommunication terminal (30) in its coverage area (20) and a circuit to mute the transmitter of the fixed station (25), depending on the state of the detection circuit. The mobile telecommunication terminal (30) has a circuit to determine its position—preferably based on signals of another radio system (18)—and to check whether that position is basically located within the coverage area (20) of a fixed station (25) of the radio system (28) with which it is entitled to communicate, as well as a circuit to execute a registration procedure which can trigger the activation of the radio system (28).

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