NETWORKS AND METHODS INTEGRATING DIGITAL MOBILE STANDARDS

• US 20090046651A1
• Filed: 10/22/2008
• Published: 02/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cathy Wise, Dan Jasper
• Original Assignee: Cathy Wise, Dan Jasper
• Inventors: Jasper, Dan, Wise, Cathy
• Granted Patent: US 7,742,440 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/329
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/00 Local resource management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/02 Selection of wireless resources by user or terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/04 Wireless resource allocation

Abstract

Communications in a wireless communication system based on two or more communication standards are configured for delivery to cell sites or to subscribers using a digital link having channels assigned to the two or more communication standards. A T-1 level can be divided into twenty four channels that are assigned to two or more mobile standards, and subscriber or network communications based on the two or more standards can be delivered to, for example, radio transmitters associated with the mobile standards. Channel allocation can be revised based upon requested capacity associated with the mobile standards.

Claims

1-11. -11. (canceled)

12. A method of processing communication for wireless distribution, comprising:

extracting a first communication and a second communication associated with a first communication standard and a second communication standard, respectively, from a digital link; and

delivering the first communication and second communication to a first radio transmitter and a second radio transmitter, respectively.

13-19. -19. (canceled)

20. A multi-standard mobile communication system, comprising:

a cell site having a first radio transmitter and a second radio transmitter associated with a first mobile standard and a second mobile standard, respectively;

a digital link having channels that are assigned to the first mobile standard and the second mobile standard and configured to communication with the cell site; and

a controller configured to select a number of channels assigned to the first communication standard and the second communication standard.

21. A demultiplexer for wireless communication, comprising:

an input configured to receive a signal associated with a digital link;

a processor configured to identify a communication associated with a first channel of the digital link and a communication associated with a second channel of a communication link; and

a first output configured to deliver a communication associated with the first channel; and

a second output configured to deliver a communication associated with the second channel.

22. The demultiplexer of claim 21, wherein the first communication is associated with a first communication standard and the second communication is associated with a second communication standard that is different than the first communication standard.

23. The demultiplexer of claim 22, wherein at least one of the first and second communication standards is a GSM standard or an IS-136 standard.

24. The demultiplexer of claim 23, wherein the processor is configured to identify communications based on channels defined in a T-1 or and E-1 level.

25-31. -31. (canceled)