Cellular radiotelephone land station
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1. A modular multichannel fixed site station for radiotelephone communications, comprising:
- a common equipment housing having a plurality of apertures wherein electrical equipment modules may be disposed, each aperture having electrical connections to a fixed site station controller and providing an electrical interconnection having one of at least two characteristics with a module disposed therein;
a plurality of radio transceiver modules, having variable receive and transmit parameters, removably disposed in first and second electrical interconnection characteristic apertures;
means, disposed in said fixed site station controller, for programming said variable receive and transmit parameters of each said plurality of radio transceiver modules to predetermined parameters unique to each said transceiver module and dependent, inter alia, upon whether each transceiver module is disposed in said first or second electrical interconnection characteristic aperture.
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Abstract
A fixed site station for cellular systems is disclosed. A plurality of radio transceivers are removably disposed in apertures of the common equipment housing and are provided unique parameters of operation by the system controller dependent upon the aperture in which the transceiver is located and the antenna configuration of the cell being served.
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19 Claims
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1. A modular multichannel fixed site station for radiotelephone communications, comprising:
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a common equipment housing having a plurality of apertures wherein electrical equipment modules may be disposed, each aperture having electrical connections to a fixed site station controller and providing an electrical interconnection having one of at least two characteristics with a module disposed therein; a plurality of radio transceiver modules, having variable receive and transmit parameters, removably disposed in first and second electrical interconnection characteristic apertures; means, disposed in said fixed site station controller, for programming said variable receive and transmit parameters of each said plurality of radio transceiver modules to predetermined parameters unique to each said transceiver module and dependent, inter alia, upon whether each transceiver module is disposed in said first or second electrical interconnection characteristic aperture. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A cellular fixed site radio transceiver having variable receive and transmit parameters including diversity reception capability, variable frequency, and removably disposed in one of a plurality of apertures in a common equipment housing, each said aperture having an electrical connection to a fixed site controller and providing electrical interconnection having one of at least two characteristics with the fixed site radio transceiver, the fixed site radio transceiver comprising:
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means for receiving programming instructions from the fixed site controller via said electrical interconnection; means, responsive to said means for receiving programming instructions, for selecting an arrangement of diversity reception compatible with the characteristic of the aperture electrical interconnection; means, responsive to said means for receiving programming instructions, for programming a fixed channel mode of transceiver operation if the radio transceiver is disposed in an aperture having a first electrical interconnection characteristic; and means, responsive to said means for receiving programming instructions, for enabling operation of a signal strength detection mode of transceiver operation if the radio transceiver is disposed in an aperture having a second electrical interconnection characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of programming the functions of a cellular fixed site radio transceiver having variable receive and transmit parameters including diversity reception capability, variable frequency, and removably disposed in one of a plurality of apertures in a common equipment housing, each said aperture having an electrical connection to a fixed site controller and providing electrical interconnection having one of at least two electrical characteristics with the fixed site radio transceiver, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving programming instructions from the fixed site controller via said electrical interconnection; selecting an arrangement of diversity reception compatible with the characteristic of the aperture electrical interconnection in response to said receiving of programming instructions; programming a fixed channel mode of transceiver operation if the radio transceiver is disposed in an aperture having a first electrical interconnection characteristic; and enabling operation of a signal strength detection mode of radio transceiver operation if the radio transceiver is disposed in an aperture having a second electrical interconnection characteristic. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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