Method in a TDMA radiosystem to let a central station communicate with both peripheral stations and other central stations
First Claim
1. A method in a digital wide area radio system including two or more subsystems, each of which includes at least one central station and one or more geographically spread out peripheral stations, said central station communicating with said peripheral stations in a radio covering area, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) transmitting a first set of information in radio signals from said central station to a receiver of a first peripheral station;
(b) storing said first set of information in an intermediate memory in said first peripheral station, either for transmitting said information to a second peripheral station in a second subsystem or for dropping user information as digital signals when the information is intended for the first peripheral station;
(c) switching a function of said first peripheral station from a peripheral station mode to a central station mode;
(d) transmitting said first set of information in radio signals from a transmitter of said first peripheral station, now operating in the central station mode, to the second peripheral station in the second subsystem;
(e) receiving in said receiver of said first peripheral station, still operating in the central station mode, signals including a second set of information from said second peripheral station and storing said information in the intermediate memory;
(f) switching the function of said first peripheral station from the central station mode to the peripheral station mode; and
(g) transmitting said second set of information in radio signals from said transmitter of said first peripheral station, operating in the peripheral station mode, to said central station.
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Abstract
Method in a digital wide area system operating in time division and comprising two or several subsystems, each of which comprises at least one central station (CS) and one or several peripheral stations (PS) and covering an area/volume (space) where the area covered basically depends on the radio optical coverage of each central station and underlaying peripheral stations, the communication within and between subsystems that are geographically spread out is created at each central station. A central station is controlled to change mode of operation to operate either as a central station for transmitting and receiving information to and from underlaying peripheral stations, or receiving and transmitting information as a peripheral station (PS) from and to another central station.
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29 Claims
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1. A method in a digital wide area radio system including two or more subsystems, each of which includes at least one central station and one or more geographically spread out peripheral stations, said central station communicating with said peripheral stations in a radio covering area, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) transmitting a first set of information in radio signals from said central station to a receiver of a first peripheral station; (b) storing said first set of information in an intermediate memory in said first peripheral station, either for transmitting said information to a second peripheral station in a second subsystem or for dropping user information as digital signals when the information is intended for the first peripheral station; (c) switching a function of said first peripheral station from a peripheral station mode to a central station mode; (d) transmitting said first set of information in radio signals from a transmitter of said first peripheral station, now operating in the central station mode, to the second peripheral station in the second subsystem; (e) receiving in said receiver of said first peripheral station, still operating in the central station mode, signals including a second set of information from said second peripheral station and storing said information in the intermediate memory; (f) switching the function of said first peripheral station from the central station mode to the peripheral station mode; and (g) transmitting said second set of information in radio signals from said transmitter of said first peripheral station, operating in the peripheral station mode, to said central station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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