Wireless personal communication system
First Claim
1. A wireless personal communications system for carrying voice and data communication signals, the system comprising:
- a radio port controller;
a radio port coupled to the radio port controller, said radio port having an RF transmit section transmitting digital information in a time division multiplexed (TDM) message frame, the radio port including a channel switching unit; and
first and second subscriber units, each of said subscriber units having an RF transmit section transmitting digital information in a time division multiple access (TDMA) format, wherein the channel switching unit is adapted to route communication signals between said first and second subscriber units without routing the communication signals through the radio port controller.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a wireless personal communications system (WPCS) having several features embodied in several forms. In one embodiment, the, WPCS includes at least one RP, a first SU in communication with the RP, and a second SU in communication with the first SU through the RP without involving the RPC in the manner contemplated by the specification. The RP may preferably include a channel switching unit for connecting the first SU with the second SU without using any tariff lines to or from an RPC. Such an RP may be used as a component in a wireless PBX or Centrex system including ISDN based systems. Another preferred embodiment provides for a walkie-talkie option where the first SU communicates directly with the second SU, preferably over an unlicensed frequency. In another preferred embodiment, a plurality of SUs in communication with an RP may be accessed individually using a single dialed number.
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1. A wireless personal communications system for carrying voice and data communication signals, the system comprising:
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a radio port controller; a radio port coupled to the radio port controller, said radio port having an RF transmit section transmitting digital information in a time division multiplexed (TDM) message frame, the radio port including a channel switching unit; and first and second subscriber units, each of said subscriber units having an RF transmit section transmitting digital information in a time division multiple access (TDMA) format, wherein the channel switching unit is adapted to route communication signals between said first and second subscriber units without routing the communication signals through the radio port controller. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9)
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7. A wireless personal communications system including:
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at least one radio port; at least two subscriber units, wherein one of said subscriber units communicates with another of said subscriber units through at least one of said at least one radio port; a radio port controller connected to said radio port, wherein said radio port controller has at least one digital microprocessor said microprocessor having an interrupt of less than 1 millisecond; said radio port controller further comprising; a first global resource processor for balancing loading among various other processors in the radio port controller; a second global resource processor; a disk drive coupled to the second global resource processor; and said second global resource processor cooperates with said disk drive to perform at least some of the traditional access manager functions.
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10. A wireless personal communications system comprising:
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a radio port having an RF transmit section transmitting digital information in a time division multiplexed (TDM) message frame; and first and second subscriber units, each of said subscriber units having an RF transmit section transmitting digital information in a time division multiple access (TDMA) format, said first and second subscriber units being adapted to selectively communicate with one another via said radio port, wherein said first subscriber unit may be accessed using the same dialed number as said second subscriber unit. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A wireless personal communications system comprising:
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a radio port controller including a switching transcoder module (STM) having a plurality of digital signal processors, each digital signal processor being capable of processing both digitized voice and personal communication system messages; a radio port coupled to the radio port controller, said radio port having an RF transmit section transmitting digital information in a time division multiplexed (TDM) format; and at least two subscriber units, each of said subscriber units having an RF transmit section transmitting digital information in a time division multiple access (TDMA) format, said subscriber units being adapted for selective communication with one another via said radio port. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A wireless personal communications system comprising:
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a radio port controller including a channel access processor (CAP) for processing layer 2 personal communication system messages; a radio port coupled to the radio port controller, said radio port having an RF transmit section transmitting digital information in a time division multiplexed (TDM) message frame; and at least two subscriber units, each of said subscriber units having an RF transmit section transmitting digital information in a time division multiple access (TDMA) format, said subscriber units being adapted for selective communication with one another via said radio port.
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18. A wireless personal communications system comprising:
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a radio port controller including a plurality of processors executing a multi-tasking operating system wherein at least one of said processors creates a thread associated with a call processing routine; a radio port coupled to the radio port controller, said radio port having an RF transmit section transmitting digital information in a time division multiplexed (TDM) message frame; and at least two subscriber units, each of said subscriber units having an RF transmit section transmitting digital information in a time division multiple access (TDMA) format, said subscriber units being adapted for selective communication with one another via said radio port.
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19. A wireless personal communications system for carrying voice and data communication signals, at least some of the communication signals being in TDM/TDMA format, the system comprising:
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a radio port including a time slot interchange device for switching communication signals between time slot frames; and at least two subscriber units, a first one of the subscriber units transmitting communication signals in a first time slot frame and a second one of the subscriber units transmitting communication signals in a second time slot frame;
wherein the time slot interchange device is adapted to switch the communication signals in the first time slot frame with the communication signals in the second time slot frame to permit direct communication between the first and second subscriber units through said radio port. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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Specification