Store and forward repeater
First Claim
1. An interactive data broadcast network configuration having a network hub switching center for routing communications to and from a plurality of subscriber units comprising:
- subscriber units dispersed at various locations within a base station geographic area,local base station repeater cell means for communicating with subscriber units within a local base station geographic area associated with said local base station repeater cell means by way of first data signals of variable lengths synchronously related to a base station broadcast signal and timed for multiplexed message transmission, said first data signals broadcast on a first carrier frequency, said local base station repeater cell means further comprising,base station data processing and transmission means for transmitting to a set of said subscriber units contained within said local base station geographic area associated with said local base station repeater cell means, anda receiver for receiving from a subset of said set of subscriber units second data messages of variable lengths broadcast on a second carrier frequency, said second data messages multiplexed and synchronously related to said first data signals of variable lengths to provide point-to-point communication between said local base station repeater cell means and said subset of said subscriber units,store and forward repeater means for receiving said first data signals of variable lengths transmitted by said local base station repeater cell on said first carrier frequency and forwarding said first data signals of variable lengths to said subscriber units on a third carrier frequency, andreception means for receiving and processing said second data signals broadcast at a low power on said second carrier frequency from said subscriber units, said reception means further comprising a local remote receiver disposed within one of a plurality of cell subdivision sites partitioned from said local base station geographic area associated with said local base station repeater cell means, said plurality of cell subdivision sites dispersed over said local base station geographic area, each of said local remote receivers adapted for receiving said low power second data signals from said subscriber units within range of said local remote receiver and forwarding said second data signals to said local base station repeater cell means.
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Abstract
A system and method for communicating between local subscriber units and a local base station repeater cell in a two-way communication interactive data broadcast network. In one embodiment, a store and forward repeater receives data signals transmitted by a local base station repeater cell and forwards the signals to local subscriber units. Responses from the local subscriber units are then transmitted from the local subscriber units back to the local base station repeater cell means via a local remote receiver. In so doing, two-way communication is achieved between a local base station repeater cell and local subscriber units.
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31 Claims
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1. An interactive data broadcast network configuration having a network hub switching center for routing communications to and from a plurality of subscriber units comprising:
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subscriber units dispersed at various locations within a base station geographic area, local base station repeater cell means for communicating with subscriber units within a local base station geographic area associated with said local base station repeater cell means by way of first data signals of variable lengths synchronously related to a base station broadcast signal and timed for multiplexed message transmission, said first data signals broadcast on a first carrier frequency, said local base station repeater cell means further comprising, base station data processing and transmission means for transmitting to a set of said subscriber units contained within said local base station geographic area associated with said local base station repeater cell means, and a receiver for receiving from a subset of said set of subscriber units second data messages of variable lengths broadcast on a second carrier frequency, said second data messages multiplexed and synchronously related to said first data signals of variable lengths to provide point-to-point communication between said local base station repeater cell means and said subset of said subscriber units, store and forward repeater means for receiving said first data signals of variable lengths transmitted by said local base station repeater cell on said first carrier frequency and forwarding said first data signals of variable lengths to said subscriber units on a third carrier frequency, and reception means for receiving and processing said second data signals broadcast at a low power on said second carrier frequency from said subscriber units, said reception means further comprising a local remote receiver disposed within one of a plurality of cell subdivision sites partitioned from said local base station geographic area associated with said local base station repeater cell means, said plurality of cell subdivision sites dispersed over said local base station geographic area, each of said local remote receivers adapted for receiving said low power second data signals from said subscriber units within range of said local remote receiver and forwarding said second data signals to said local base station repeater cell means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An interactive data broadcast network system having a network hub switching center, said interactive data broadcast network system further comprising:
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at least one subscriber unit receiving and transmitting data during operation of said interactive data broadcast network system, a local base station repeater cell including a transmitter and a receiver for communicating with said at least one subscriber unit during operation of said interactive data broadcast network system, a store and forward repeater communicatively coupled to said local base station repeater cell so as to receive data from said local base station and forward said data to said at least one subscriber unit, said store and forward repeater further comprising; a receiver receiving data from said local base station, a memory coupled to said receiver to store said data received from said base station by said receiver, a transmitter coupled to said memory to transmit said data stored in said memory, a controller coupled to said memory to control a transfer of data from said memory to said transmitter, and a power supply that provides power to components of said store and forward repeater, and a local remote receiver communicatively coupled to said at least one subscriber unit and said local base station repeater cell to receive data transmitted by said at least one subscriber unit and to forward said data transmitted by said at least one subscriber unit to said local base station. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for communicating in a two-way interactive data broadcast network having a network hub switching center comprising the steps of:
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transmitting first data signals of variable lengths synchronously related to a base station broadcast signal and timed for multiplexed message transmission from local base station repeater cell means on a first carrier frequency, receiving at a receiver of a store and forward repeater said first data signals of variable lengths transmitted by said local base station repeater cell on said first carrier frequency, transmitting said first data signals of variable lengths from a transmitter of said store and forward repeater to local subscriber units on a second carrier frequency, receiving at a respective receiver of said local subscriber units said first data signals of variable lengths transmitted by said store and forward repeater on said second carrier frequency, transmitting second data messages of variable lengths synchronously related to said base station broadcast signal and timed for multiplexed message transmission from a transmitter of at least one of said local subscriber units to a local remote receiver on a third carrier frequency, transmitting said second data messages of variable lengths from said local remote receiver to said local base station repeater cell means such that point-to-point communication between said local base station repeater cell means and said local subscriber units is achieved. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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