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Hub and remote cellular telephone system

  • US 5,758,287 A
  • Filed: 08/29/1996
  • Issued: 05/26/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/20/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A cellular communications system for mobile telephones, comprising:

  • a plurality of independent cell sites having only RF front-end equipment, wherein the mobile telephones change channels as they move from one of the independent cell sites to another of the independent cell sites; and

    a centralized hub coupled to each of the independent cell sites and comprised of at least one transceiver cage, the transceiver cage generating a plurality of channels for communications thereon, the transceiver cage being configured for operating a single cell site having a plurality of sectors therein, and each of the independent cell sites being treated as one of the sectors by the transceiver cage, wherein the centralized hub further comprises means for transmitting the channels from the transceiver cage to the independent cell sites and means for dynamically assigning the channels among the independent cell sites, so that the channels generated by the transceiver cage are shared by the independent cell sites, thereby increasing channel efficiency.

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