Integrated-services radio transmission system

• US 4,748,681 A
• Filed: 04/28/1986
• Issued: 05/31/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 05/04/1985
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: US Philips Corporation (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: US Philips Corporation (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Schmidt, Werner
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Assistant Examiner(s): Busch, James E.
• Application Number:
  US06/856,916
• Time in Patent Office: 764 Days
• Field of Search: 370/95, 370/94, 455/33, 455/56, 379/59, 379/60, 340/825.51, 340/825.52
• US Class Current: 455/517
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/16 Discovering, processing access restriction or access information

Abstract

In a two-way radio transmission system, a fixed base station transmits and receives over at least one communication channel a plurality of messages for different types of receivers (TGAx) used in different services (DY). The base station transmits an organization data flow identifying the message type (TGAx) and services (DY). A plurality of different subscriber transmitter receiver sets receive each message type (TGAx) and transmits messages to the base station. The receiver sets decode the organizational data flow, and process only those messages and services which are associated with a given message and service type. In this way, different classes of communication services may be offered, using a common base station.

Claims

1. A two-way radio transmission system comprising:

at least one fixed base radio station (BS) for transmitting and receiving over at least one communication channel, said base radio station (BS) transmitting a plurality of messages for different types of receivers (TGAx) used in different services (DY), said base station transmitting an organizational data flow identifying said message type (TGAx) and services (DY); and

a plurality of different subscriber transmitter receiver sets (TG) dedicated to receive each message type (TGAx) and for transmitting messages to said base station, said receiver sets including a decoder for evaluating said organizational data flow, each subscriber receiver set including circuitry for processing only those messages (TGAx) and services (DY) which are associated with a given message and service type, whereby a plurality of different classes of communication services may be offered using a common base station and said organizational data flow.

2. A radio transmission system as claimed in claim 1, in which the organizational data flow specifies those radio transmission channels (Kz) which the fixed radio base station (BS) is enabled for reception at the particular time.

3. A radio transmission system as claimed in claim 1, in which the messages in the organizational data flow are brought together and marked by means of an organizational message (OM), a service (Dy) and/or a subscriber set type (TGAx) and the radio transmission channels (Kz) which the fixed base station is enabled to receive at the moment being stated in each organizational message (OM).

4. A radio transmission system as claimed in claim 1, wherein each subscriber transmitter receiver set includes:

a control device for evaluating said organizational data flow and identifying a channel which is free for transmission by said subscriber receiver set; and

means for transmitting an access signal over said identified channel to said base radio station.

5. A radio transmission system as claimed in claim 2, in which every organizational message (OM) contains only such radio transmission channels (Kx) as are not seized at the moment by other subscriber sets (TG).

6. A radio transmission system as claimed in claim 1, wherein another message-transmission channel is available for one or more services, which the subscriber sets (TG) have access independently of each other through means of marking.

7. A radio transmission system as claimed in claim 4 or 6, wherein after a successful access by a subscriber set (TG), the subsequent message transmission is continued on another radio transmission channel allocated to the subscriber set by the fixed radio station (BS).