Terminal to be coupled to a telecommunications network using radio communication
First Claim
1. A method for coupling a terminal to a telecommunications network via radio communication, said terminal performing operations related to the transmission and reception of a message, said terminal comprising a computer and a radio module to be coupled thereto for transmitting and receiving messages, wherein the computer comprises circuitry suitable both for purposes of computing and for telecommunication, the method comprising steps of:
- transmitting messages via a transmitter of said radio module, and receiving messages via a receiver of said radio module;
performing, by said computer, at least a part of the operations related to the transmission and the reception of a message, said operations comprising processing a baseband signal related to the transmission and the reception of the message;
performing, by said radio module, the other part of the operations related to the transmission and the reception of a message; and
performing, by said radio module, processing of a radio frequency signal for the transmission and the reception of the message.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a terminal to be coupled to a telecommunications network using radio communication, which consists of a computer (100) and a radio module (200) to be coupled thereto. The radio module is connected to the computer using a digital bus coupling, for example a PCMCIA bus. This terminal can be connected to a telecommunications network using radio communication, for example, the GSM system. It is essential to the invention that the operations required in the transmission and reception of a message and their performance have been divided between the computer and the radio module. Two alternative embodiments are presented. In the first embodiment, the radio module contains ancillary processors (213, 214) to achieve a sufficient calculation capacity; in the second embodiment, the computer'"'"'s processor (110) performs the main part of the required processing. The necessary radio frequency elements (230) are located in the radio module.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for coupling a terminal to a telecommunications network via radio communication, said terminal performing operations related to the transmission and reception of a message, said terminal comprising a computer and a radio module to be coupled thereto for transmitting and receiving messages, wherein the computer comprises circuitry suitable both for purposes of computing and for telecommunication, the method comprising steps of:
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transmitting messages via a transmitter of said radio module, and receiving messages via a receiver of said radio module; performing, by said computer, at least a part of the operations related to the transmission and the reception of a message, said operations comprising processing a baseband signal related to the transmission and the reception of the message; performing, by said radio module, the other part of the operations related to the transmission and the reception of a message; and performing, by said radio module, processing of a radio frequency signal for the transmission and the reception of the message. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 14)
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2. A terminal which comprises a computer and a radio module to be coupled thereto for transmitting and receiving a message by the computer using radio communication, said radio module comprising a transmitter for transmitting a message and a receiver for receiving a message, and said terminal comprising means for performing operations related to the transmission and reception of a message, wherein the computer comprises means for performing part of the operations related to the transmission and reception of a message, and the radio module comprises means for performing the other part of the operations related to the transmission and reception of a message;
wherein the computer comprises means for performing at least part of the processing of a baseband signal related to the transmission and reception of a message, and the radio module comprises means for performing processing of a radio frequency signal related to the transmission and reception of the message.
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9. A method for coupling a terminal to a telecommunications network via radio communication, said terminal comprising a computer and a radio module to be coupled thereto for transmitting and receiving messages with the computer, and in which method the radio module transmits messages with a transmitter and receives messages with a receiver, and where the terminal performs operations related to the transmission and reception of a message, wherein the computer performs part of the operations related to the transmission and reception of a message, and the radio module performs the other part of the operations related to the transmission and reception of a message;
wherein the method further comprises steps of performing, by the computer, at least part of the processing of a baseband signal related to the transmission and reception of the message; and
performing, by the radio module, processing of a radio frequency signal.- View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A terminal which comprises a computer and a radio module to be coupled thereto for transmitting and receiving a message, wherein the computer comprises circuitry suitable both for purposes of computing and for telecommunication;
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wherein said radio module comprises a transmitter for transmitting the message and a receiver for receiving the message; said computer circuitry is operable for performing operations related to the transmission and reception of the message; wherein the computer comprises means, within said computer circuitry, for performing part of the operations related to the transmission and reception of the message, and the radio module comprises means for performing the other part of the operations related to the transmission and reception of the message; wherein the computer comprises, within said computer circuitry, means for performing part of the processing of a baseband signal related to the transmission and reception of a message, and the radio module comprises means for performing the other part of the processing of a baseband signal related to the transmission and reception of a message and means for performing processing of a radio frequency signal.
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13. A terminal which comprises a computer and a radio module to be coupled thereto for transmitting and receiving a message, wherein the computer comprises circuitry suitable both for purposes of computing and for telecommunication;
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wherein said radio module comprises a transmitter for transmitting the message and a receiver for receiving the message; said computer circuitry is operable for performing operations related to the transmission and reception of the message; wherein the computer comprises, within said computer circuitry, means for performing at least part of the processing of a baseband signal related to the transmission and reception of a message, and the radio module comprises means for performing all of the processing of a radio frequency signal related to the transmission and reception of the message.
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15. A terminal which comprises a computer and a radio module to be coupled thereto for transmitting and receiving a message by the computer using radio communication, said radio module comprising a transmitter for transmitting a message and a receiver for receiving a message, and said terminal comprising means for performing operations related to the transmission and reception of a message, wherein the computer comprises means for performing part of the operations related to the transmission and reception of a message, and the radio module comprises means for performing the other part of the operations related to the transmission and reception of a message;
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wherein the computer comprises means for performing at least part of the processing of a baseband signal related to the transmission and reception of a message, and the radio module comprises means for performing the other part of the processing of a baseband signal related to the transmission and reception of the message and means for performing processing of the radio frequency signal related to the transmission and reception of the message.
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