Mobile radio communication system

• US 4,640,986 A
• Filed: 09/13/1984
• Issued: 02/03/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/1983
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Sone, Tomoshi, Makino, Masayuki, Saegusa, Noboru, Yotsutani, Akio
• Primary Examiner(s): Lev, Robert G.
• Application Number:
  US06/650,767
• Time in Patent Office: 873 Days
• Field of Search: 179/2 E, 179/2 EA, 179/2 EB, 179/18 DA, 179/6.3 MA, 179/6.3 CC, 340/828.35, 235/378, 235/381, 235/379
• US Class Current: 455/407
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 15/28 with meter at substation or with calculation of charges at terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 17/00 Prepayment of wireline communication systems, wireless communication systems or telephone systems using a coded card to authorise calls from a telephone set H04M1/675
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2215/32 Involving wireless systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing

Abstract

A mobile radio communication system having a plurality of fixed stations respectively connected to a plurality of subscriber'"'"'s lines extending from a telephone exchange, and a plurality of mobile stations linked with the fixed stations through radio channels. Each of the mobile stations effect speech via one of the fixed stations. The system comprises means provided for each fixed station for transmitting rate charging information from the telephone exchange to a mobile station under speech, and rate collecting means provided for each mobile station and being responsive to the rate charging information to vary its content.

Claims

1. In a mobile radio communication system comprising a plurality of fixed stations respectively connected to a plurality of subscriber'"'"'s lines extending from a telephone exchange, and a plurality of mobile stations linked with said fixed stations through radio channels, each of said mobile stations effecting speech via one of said fixed stations, the improvement which comprises means provided for each fixed station for transmitting rate charging information from said telephone exchange to a mobile station under speech, and rate collecting means provided for each mobile station and being responsive to said rate charging information to vary its content.

2. The mobile radio communication system according to claim 1 wherein said rate collecting means comprises a rate charging circuit for storing an amount of money information, said stored information being varied in response to said rate information.

3. The mobile radio communication system according to claim 1 wherein said rate collecting means comprises display means for displaying contents of a rate charging circuit of said rate collecting means.

4. The mobile radio communication system according to claim 1 wherein said rate collecting means comprises switching means for enabling the connection of said rate charging information to a rate charging circuit of said rate collecting means when said mobile station under speech connects to a fixed station connected to a subscriber'"'"'s line of public telephone and for disabling said connection when said mobile station under speech connects to a specific fixed station connected to an ordinary subscriber'"'"'s line.

5. The mobile radio communication system according to claim 4 wherein said switching means comprises a switch for electrically disconnecting said rate collecting means from said mobile station.

6. The mobile radio communication system according to claim 4 wherein said switching means comprises means for physically disconnecting said rate collecting means from said mobile station.

7. The mobile radio communication system according to claim 1 wherein said rate collecting means comprises a magnetic card or a semiconductor memory.

8. The mobile radio communication system according to claim 4 wherein said rate collecting mean comprises a magnetic card or a semiconductor memory.

9. The mobile radio communication system according to claim 8 wherein said switching means comprises a switch for electrically disconnecting said rate collecting means form said mobile station in response to mounting and dismounting of said magnetic card or semiconductor memory.

10. A mobile station linking with a fixed station through radio channel comprising:

a transmitting section for transmitting a transmission information signal and a transmission control signal to said fixed station connected to a subscriber'"'"'s line;

a receiving section for receiving a reception information signal and a reception control signal from said fixed station;

a rate charging section; and

a control section for controlling access of said reception control signal to said rate charging section and transmission of said transmission control signal from said rate charging section to said fixed station.

11. The mobile station according to claim 10 wherein said transmitting section comprises a switching means which switches passages of said transmission information signal and said transmission control signal in accordance with a switch control signal from said control section.

12. The mobile station according to claim 10 wherein said receiving section comprises a switching means which stops passage of said reception information signal in accordance with said reception control signal.