Portable wireless communication systems
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1. A wireless communication system comprising:
- a plurality of base stations each disposed to cover a predetermined area for wireless communications;
a subscriber station movable within any of said predetermined areas and capable of communicating via radio propagation with the base station covering said predetermined area when said subscriber is positioned therein;
a dedicated line provided between adjacent base stations for exchanging information regarding the status of communication by the respective adjacent base stations;
radio exchange means connected between said base stations and other communication systems for exchanging communication between said other communication systems and any of said base stations;
wherein each of said base stations further comprises means for storing control information including information of status of communication by that base station and information of status of communication of adjacent base stations communicated through said dedicated lines, judging means for determining when a call from the subscriber station is received whether the base station covering the predetermined area into which the subscriber station has moved should respond to the call based on the control information stored in said storing means, and means responsive to said judging means having determined that said call should be responded to by one of said base station for selecting a radio channel by which said subscriber station performs communication based on said control information.
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Abstract
In portable wireless communication systems wherein subscriber stations communicate with a plurality of base stations each covering a predetermined area, communication lines are provided for dedicating to the exchange of the use status and observation result of radio channels with the plurality of base stations in order that each base station can autonomically manage the determination of a base station with which a subscriber station communicates, the selection of a radio channel to be used, and the like.
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1. A wireless communication system comprising:
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a plurality of base stations each disposed to cover a predetermined area for wireless communications; a subscriber station movable within any of said predetermined areas and capable of communicating via radio propagation with the base station covering said predetermined area when said subscriber is positioned therein; a dedicated line provided between adjacent base stations for exchanging information regarding the status of communication by the respective adjacent base stations; radio exchange means connected between said base stations and other communication systems for exchanging communication between said other communication systems and any of said base stations; wherein each of said base stations further comprises means for storing control information including information of status of communication by that base station and information of status of communication of adjacent base stations communicated through said dedicated lines, judging means for determining when a call from the subscriber station is received whether the base station covering the predetermined area into which the subscriber station has moved should respond to the call based on the control information stored in said storing means, and means responsive to said judging means having determined that said call should be responded to by one of said base station for selecting a radio channel by which said subscriber station performs communication based on said control information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A wireless communication method for performing communication between a radio transceiver and any of a plurality of base stations disposed so as to cover a predetermined area for wireless communication via a selected one of a plurality of radio channels assigned to each of said base stations, said method comprising the steps, carried out by each of the base stations, of:
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checking the status of the radio channels of a base station and storing the checked status as internal information; transmitting the internal information of said base station to adjacent base stations and receiving the internal information of each of said adjacent base stations via a dedicated line provided between said base station and said adjacent base station, and storing said received internal information of said adjacent base stations together with the internal information of said base station, as control information; judging in response to a received call from said radio transceiver whether said base station should respond to the call or not based on the stored control information; selecting on the basis of said response one of said radio channels of said selected base stations for communication with the radio transceiver; and performing communication with the radio transceiver through the selected radio channel. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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