Wireless network infrastructure in that digital processing resources are shared
US6721571B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 15, 2000 |
| Grant date | Apr 13, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 18, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W36/18
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A wireless communication system infrastructure services wireless communications within a service coverage area. A digital enclosure includes a plurality of wireless communication processing components that perform digital processing functions. A plurality of radio enclosures couple to the digital enclosure via communication links and each service wireless communications within a corresponding geographic area of the service coverage area. During operation of the wireless communication system infrastructure, two radio enclosures of the plurality of radio enclosures share a communication processing component of the digital enclosure while jointly servicing a single wireless communication. The two radio enclosures reside at respective geographic locations that are separated by a geographic distance such that each of the radio enclosures services a respective cell. Each of the radio enclosures may service a plurality of sectors that form the cell. The digital enclosure couples to a base station controller, which in turn couples to a mobile switching center and, in some embodiments, to the Internet. Further, the mobile switching center couples to the public switched telephone network. Du…
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