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Data communication devices, personal handy-phone system base stations, and methods of communicating data

US6466562B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 29, 1997
Grant dateOct 15, 2002
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Expiry dateDec 29, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04M1/72502
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention provides data communication devices, personal handy-phone system base stations, and methods of communicating data. One embodiment of the present invention provides a data communication device including: a transceiver operable to receive wireless signals and recover a baseband signal containing a plurality of first slots from the received wireless signals; a multiple access processor coupled with the transceiver, the multiple access processor being operable to extract data from the first slots and communicate data at a first information transfer rate; a data formatter operable to combine data from plural first slots to form a second slot, the data formatter further being operable to output the second slot at a second information transfer rate; and an interface coupled with the data formatter, the interface being configured for connection with a network and operable to communicate the second slot. Another embodiment of the present invention provides a method of communicating data including: forming a plurality of first slots containing data to be communicated; communicating the first slots including transmitting wireless signals and receiving the wireless signal…

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