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Packet-switched cellular telephone system

  • US 4,887,265 A
  • Filed: 03/18/1988
  • Issued: 12/12/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/18/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A cellular telephone system for switching telephone calls between cellular telephones and a landline network and switching data between the cellular telephones and a data network, each one of the cellular telephones generating a voice radio channel request to request voice service and generating a data radio channel request to request data service, comprising:

  • a plurality of base sites each including;

    transceiver means having at least one signaling radio channel for receiving the voice radio channel requests and the data radio channel requests from the cellular telephones, and having voice radio channels and shared data radio channels for communications with the cellular telephones, each of the shared data radio channels capable of being shared by at least two of the cellular telephones; and

    control means responsive to each received voice radio channel request for assigning a requesting one of the cellular telephones to one of the radio channels and responsive to each received data channel request for assigning a requesting one of the cellular telephones to one of the shared data radio channels; and

    switching means coupled to each of the plurality of base sites for coupling the voice radio channels to the landline network and the shared data radio channels to the data network.

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