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Mobile network for remote service areas using mobile stations

  • US 20020142717A1
  • Filed: 04/03/2001
  • Published: 10/03/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/03/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for transmitting data in a mobile digital network, the method comprising:

  • broadcasting a first interrogation signal from a first mobile station;

    receiving the first interrogation signal in a second mobile station;

    transmitting a first response-to-interrogation signal from the second mobile station to the first mobile station;

    transmitting a data packet from the first mobile station to the second mobile station;

    receiving the data packet in the second mobile station;

    transmitting a confirmation signal to the first mobile station from the second mobile station to confirm receipt of the data packet;

    storing the data packet in the second mobile station;

    periodically transmitting a second interrogation signal from the second mobile station, and, in response to detecting a second response-to-interrogation signal from a third mobile station, transmitting the stored data packet from the second mobile station to the third mobile station.

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