Methods and apparatus for a modular wireless system
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1. A method for communicating in a system that includes at least a first base station connected to a packet network, the first base station serving a first cell, said method comprising:
- connecting a second base station to the packet network;
the second base station automatically identifying the first base station;
receiving, at the first base station, communications from a wireless device in the first cell served by the first base station; and
handing off the wireless device from the first cell to a second cell served by the second base station by a two way exchange of information between the first base station and the second base station.
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Abstract
Methods and systems are provided for wireless communications using base stations interconnected by a packet network. A base station receives communications from a wireless device in a first cell served by the base station. The wireless device may be handed off from the first base station to a second base station by a two way exchange of information between the first base station and a second base station through the packet network.
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1. A method for communicating in a system that includes at least a first base station connected to a packet network, the first base station serving a first cell, said method comprising:
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connecting a second base station to the packet network;
the second base station automatically identifying the first base station;
receiving, at the first base station, communications from a wireless device in the first cell served by the first base station; and
handing off the wireless device from the first cell to a second cell served by the second base station by a two way exchange of information between the first base station and the second base station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 15)
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10. A system, comprising:
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a first base station that controls communications with one or more wireless devices in a first cell;
a second base station that controls communications with one or more wireless devices in a second cell; and
a packet network connecting the first base station and the second base station;
wherein the first base station automatically identifies the second base station after being connected to the packet network; and
wherein the first base station and the second base station engage in a two way information exchange over the network to hand off one or more of the wireless devices in the first cell from the first cell to the second cell. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A base station for communicating with a wireless device, comprising:
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a network interface that connects to a packet network;
an antenna interface that connects to an antenna for communicating with one or more wireless devices in a first cell served by the base station;
a memory that includes;
a program for automatically identifying other base stations, and a program for engaging in a two way information exchange with one of the other base stations to hand off, from the first cell to a second cell served by the other base station, one or more of the wireless devices in the first cell; and
a processor that executes the program.
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