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Method and apparatus for receiving a radio signal within a home control channel in a multichannel radio communication system

  • US 5,875,387 A
  • Filed: 04/07/1995
  • Issued: 02/23/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/07/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method used in a multichannel radio for receiving a first radio signal within a home control channel, wherein the multichannel radio is used within a radio communication system having a plurality of outbound radio channels, and wherein a set of control channels is a subset of the plurality of outbound radio channels, and wherein the method comprises the steps of:

  • setting a receiver in the multichannel radio to a first channel which is one of the plurality of outbound radio channels;

    decoding a predetermined portion of a code word included in a predetermined portion of a second radio signal received within the first channel which identifies a quantity of control channels which form the set of control channels;

    identifying one of the set of control channels as a new home control channel based on the quantity of control channels and a predetermined number in the multichannel radio and revising the home control channel to the new home control channel; and

    setting said receiver to the home control channel as revised in said step of identifying, for receiving the first radio signal.

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