Link system for radio paging service
First Claim
1. A wireless paging system for transmitting messages to paging receivers, said system comprising:
- A. a central site including a central transmitter for transmitting paging messages;
B. A plurality of remote sites, each including;
1) means for receiving said paging messages from said central site,2) means for retransmitting said paging messages to said paging receivers on the same carrier frequency as that of the transmissions from said central site,C. means for effecting said transmissions from said central site on a time division basis with the transmissions from said remote sites, the transmissions from said central site being at a high data rate relative to the transmissions from said remote sites, whereby most of the transmission time is utilized for the transmissions to said paging receivers.
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Abstract
Linking of radio paging transmitters is accomplished through the utilization of TDM transmission on the same channel as that assigned to the paging service, thus eliminating the necessity of a separate channel for linkage of the remote transmitting sites to a central originating location. For data transmission, real time data is broadcast via a direct RF link to buffer storage at each of the remote transmitting sites, with the data being read out to each of the paging transmitters from the local buffers in a phase-adjusted synchronized fashion under control of sync signals generated at and broadcast from the central originating location. The data transmission rate from the central originating location to the remote sites may be made significantly higher than the radio paging data rate in order to minimize link time to minimize linkage overhead by reducing the amount of time the channel is used for linkage as opposed to paging. Additionally, analog material such as audio signals may be converted to digital signals and transmitted to the remote transmitting sites, with the digitized audio information being stored in buffers and converted back to audio when the buffer is read out. Directional antennas may be utilized between the central originating location and the remote transmitting sites to improve the signal to noise ratio over omni-directional broadcasting for increased link data rates.
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6 Claims
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1. A wireless paging system for transmitting messages to paging receivers, said system comprising:
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A. a central site including a central transmitter for transmitting paging messages; B. A plurality of remote sites, each including; 1) means for receiving said paging messages from said central site, 2) means for retransmitting said paging messages to said paging receivers on the same carrier frequency as that of the transmissions from said central site, C. means for effecting said transmissions from said central site on a time division basis with the transmissions from said remote sites, the transmissions from said central site being at a high data rate relative to the transmissions from said remote sites, whereby most of the transmission time is utilized for the transmissions to said paging receivers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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