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Telecommunications systems

  • US 5,787,360 A
  • Filed: 08/08/1996
  • Issued: 07/28/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/09/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A telecommunications system comprising:

  • a plurality of base stations;

    a communications channel interconnecting said base stations;

    a plurality of communication devices, each communication device being able to communicate with said base stations via an additional channel separate from said communications channel, and each communication device having a specific association of identity with a respective base station irrespective of physical location of the communication device;

    each said base station being arranged to establish communication with a selected communication device such that either;

    i) communications between a base station and said selected communication device traverse said additional channel directly between that base station and that device;

    orii) communications between a first base station and said selected communication device traverse said communications channel, said additional channel and at most one other base station, said first base station being the base station specifically associated with the selected communication device; and

    wherein communications with said selected communication device and involving a channel different from said communications channel always traverse the respective base station with which that selected communication device has a specific association of identity, via a link which is individual to that base station.

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