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Method, arrangement and apparatus for telecommunications

US6937577B1 · kind B1 · utility

2Cited by
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32Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 19, 1999
Grant dateAug 30, 2005
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Expiry dateMar 19, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2012/5607
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a telecommunications system, and further to a method, a board unit and a device rack for a telecommunications system. The system comprises at least one base station node, a base station controller node for controlling said at least one base station node, a switching center node operationally connected to said base station controller node for handling the traffic from and to said at least one base station node. According to the invention, at least one of the nodes provides functionality for use in the operation of the telecommunications system, and a software configurable board unit providing genera: purpose resource is implemented within said at least one node, the arrangement being such that the functionality of the board unit can be changed in accordance with particular requirements of the telecommunications system.

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