Enhanced wireless communication system
First Claim
1. An enhanced wireless communication system comprising:
- a combined AMPS/CDPD facility for controlling one or more wireless base station cell sites comprising;
an AMPS Access Manager 103, a CDPD Data Network Processor 111; and
communication means 107 for providing bi-directional data communication between said Access Manager and said Data Network Processor.
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Abstract
A wireless cellular voice system and a wireless packet data system cover a common service area consisting of a plurality of cells, and share RF spectrum in providing their respective services to: AMPS phones, CDPD handheld data terminals, and combined AMPS-CDPD subscriber sets. Control of AMPS wireless communication and switching is vested in an AT&T 5ESS™ switch and an AT&T 3B20™ Access Manager. Control of CDPD communication is vested in a Sun SPARC Data Network Processor operating under standard CDPD protocol. A high speed bus of the Access Manager is extended to the SPARC processor to facilitate coordination of use of the shared wireless channels; and to allow the AMPS facility to originate data messages to combined AMPS-CDPD subscriber sets to implement AMPS data features, e.g., VOICE MESSAGE WAITING; ELECTRONIC MAIL NOTIFICATION; PAGING; and CALLER ID (CID); CALLER ID CALL WAITING (CID-CW).
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8 Claims
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1. An enhanced wireless communication system comprising:
a combined AMPS/CDPD facility for controlling one or more wireless base station cell sites comprising;
an AMPS Access Manager 103, a CDPD Data Network Processor 111; and
communication means 107 for providing bi-directional data communication between said Access Manager and said Data Network Processor.
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2. An enhanced wireless communication system comprising a combined AMPS/CDPD facility for controlling one or more wireless base station cell sites comprising:
- an AMPS Access Manager 103, a CDPD Data Network Processor 111; and
communication means 107 for providing bi-directional data communication between said Access Manager and said Data Network Processor;wherein said Access Manager 103 comprises a memory for maintaining records of AMPS wireless channel assignments in cell sites served by said Access Manager;
said CDPD Data Network Processor comprises;
means for querying said channel assignment records 321 via said communication means and for assigning and releasing wireless channels for CDPD transmissions in said cell sites. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- an AMPS Access Manager 103, a CDPD Data Network Processor 111; and
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