Mobile telecommunications system using distributed miniature zones
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1. A mobile telecommunications system comprising:
- a plurality of base stations each being communicable with a mobile station over a radio link using a single frequency of an electromagnetic wave between geographically adjoining base stations, said plurality of base stations transmitting and receiving data with which the single frequency is modulated; and
a communication network interconnected to said plurality of base stations for switching to said plurality of base stations communications of the data which have been received and are to be transmitted by said plurality of base stations;
geographically adjoining ones of said plurality of base stations being spaced apart from each other with an area intervening in between in which the mobile station is substantially not responsive to the electromagnetic wave on the radio link;
each of said plurality of base stations establishing a miniature zone in which the single frequency of the electromagnetic wave is available to the mobile station, said miniature zone being of such a size that part of the data is transmitted between one of said plurality of base stations and the mobile station while the mobile station is in the miniature zone established by said one base station;
whereby said adjoining base stations are allowed to share the single frequency of the electromagnetic wave to transmit a series of data to the mobile station intermittently while the mobile station moves across the miniature zones established by adjoining ones of said plurality of base stations with said area intervening in between in which the mobile station is substantially not responsive to the electromagnetic wave on the radio link.
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Abstract
A mobile telecommuncations system has multiple base stations each defining a miniature service zone and capable of communicating with mobile stations present in the service zone over a radio link. Geographically associated ones of the base stations are spaced apart from each other by an area which is not responsive to electromagnetic waves on the radio links, whereby the base stations are allowed to share the same frequency for the electromagnetic waves. The base stations are interconnected to an on-road vehicle telecommunications network which switches communications to the base stations.
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1. A mobile telecommunications system comprising:
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a plurality of base stations each being communicable with a mobile station over a radio link using a single frequency of an electromagnetic wave between geographically adjoining base stations, said plurality of base stations transmitting and receiving data with which the single frequency is modulated; and a communication network interconnected to said plurality of base stations for switching to said plurality of base stations communications of the data which have been received and are to be transmitted by said plurality of base stations; geographically adjoining ones of said plurality of base stations being spaced apart from each other with an area intervening in between in which the mobile station is substantially not responsive to the electromagnetic wave on the radio link; each of said plurality of base stations establishing a miniature zone in which the single frequency of the electromagnetic wave is available to the mobile station, said miniature zone being of such a size that part of the data is transmitted between one of said plurality of base stations and the mobile station while the mobile station is in the miniature zone established by said one base station; whereby said adjoining base stations are allowed to share the single frequency of the electromagnetic wave to transmit a series of data to the mobile station intermittently while the mobile station moves across the miniature zones established by adjoining ones of said plurality of base stations with said area intervening in between in which the mobile station is substantially not responsive to the electromagnetic wave on the radio link. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A mobile telecommunications system comprising:
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a mobile station; and a communication network comprising a plurality of land stations communicable with said mobile station and having memory storage, geographically adjoining ones of said plurality of land stations being spaced apart from each other with an area intervening in between in which the mobile station is not communicable with any of said plurality of land stations; said geographically adjoining land stations using a single frequency of an electromagnetic wave between each said adjoining base station to communicate with the mobile station; an identification identifying said mobile station being registered in one of said plurality of land stations; said plurality of land stations, upon detecting said mobile station, reporting a position of said mobile station to said one land station where the identification of said mobile station is registered; said one land station updating its memory storage in response to the position of said mobile station being detected and reported. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5)
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6. A mobile telecommunications system comprising:
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a plurality of base stations each being communicable with a mobile station over a radio link including a single frequency of an electromagnetic wave used between adjoining base stations, said plurality of base stations being spaced apart from each other with an area intervening in between in which the mobile station is substantially not responsive to said electromagnetic wave on the radio link and being allowed to share the single frequency of the electromagnetic wave to communicate with the mobile station; and a communication network interconnected to said plurality of base stations and including a plurality of switching stations for switching communications to said plurality of base stations, an identification of the mobile station being registered in a first one of said plurality of switching stations; a second one of said plurality of switching stations detecting the mobile station through any of said plurality of base stations, and then reporting a position of the mobile station to said first switching station; said first switching station storing position data representative of the reported position of said mobile station; said first switching station updating the stored position data in response to the position of the mobile station being detected and reported. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of mobile telecommunications comprising the steps of:
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preparing a plurality of base stations communicable with a mobile station over a radio link using a single frequency of an electromagnetic wave between adjoining base stations, said plurality of base stations being spaced apart from each other with an area intervening in between in which the mobile station is substantially not responsive to the electromagnetic wave on the radio link, said plurality of base stations being adapted to transmit and receive data with which the single frequency is modulated; interconnecting said plurality of base stations to a communication network, each of said plurality of base stations establishing a miniature zone in which the single frequency of the electromagnetic wave is available to the mobile station, said miniature zone being of such a size that part of the data is transmitted between one of said plurality of base stations and the mobile station while the mobile station is in the miniature zone established by said one base station; allowing said plurality of base stations to share the single frequency of the electromagnetic wave to communicate with the mobile station; and switching communication of the data which have been received and are to be transmitted by said plurality of base stations over said communication network through said plurality of base stations to and from the mobile station; whereby the mobile station is allowed to transmit a series of data to adjoining ones of said plurality of base stations intermittently while moving across the miniature zones established by said adjoining base stations with said area intervening in between in which the mobile station is substantially not responsive to the electromagnetic wave on the radio link. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A method of mobile telecommunications comprising the steps of:
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preparing a communication network comprising a plurality of land stations communicable with a mobile station to have geographically adjoining ones of said plurality of land stations spaced apart for each other with an area intervening in between in which the mobile station is not communicable with any of said plurality of land stations; utilizing a single frequency between said geographically adjoining land stations to communicate with the mobile system; registering an identification of the mobile station in one of said plurality of land stations; detecting a position of the mobile station by any of said plurality of land stations; reporting, in response to said detecting step, a position of the mobile station from said land station having detected the mobile station to said one land station where the mobile station is registered; and updating a stored content in said one land station where the mobile station is registered in response to the position of the mobile station being detected and reported. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A method of mobile telecommunications comprising the steps of:
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preparing a plurality of base stations communicable with a mobile station over a radio link using a single frequency of an electromagnetic wave between adjoining base stations with said plurality of base stations spaced apart from each other with an area intervening in between in which the mobile station is substantially not responsive to the electromagnetic wave on the radio link; interconnecting said plurality of base stations to a communication network including a plurality of switching stations; allowing said plurality of base stations to share the single frequency of the electromagnetic wave to communicate with the mobile stations; switching communications through said plurality of switching stations to said plurality of base stations; registering the mobile station in a first one of said plurality of switching stations; detecting the mobile station by any one of said plurality of base stations; reporting a position of the mobile station from said one base station having detected the mobile station to said first switching station; storing data representative of the reported position of the mobile station in said first switching station; and updating the stored position data in said first switching station in response to the position of the mobile station being detected and reported. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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