Mobile terminal selectively operable with a booster and mobile communication system

• US 5,890,077 A
• Filed: 06/28/1995
• Issued: 03/30/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Konno, Masahiro, Ishida, Makoto, Maeda, Mitsunori, Nagatani, Hiroyuki, Hanawa, Tetsuya
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin, Wellington
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Lee
• Application Number:
  US08/496,211
• Time in Patent Office: 1,371 Days
• Field of Search: 455/69, 455/70, 455/89, 455/95, 455/100, 455/54.1, 455/127, 455/345, 455/346, 455/351, 455/99, 455/571, 455/522, 379/58
• US Class Current: 455/571
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3877 Arrangements for enabling portable transceivers to be used in a fixed position, e.g. cradles or boosters

Abstract

In a first aspect of the invention, when it is expected to disconnect a booster during a call, the station class mark is changed to that applicable when a portable telephone is used as an independent unit in accordance with a key input from the user before the initiation of the call. In a second aspect of the invention, the telephone number of the remote party is stored in a memory during a call. When a connection or disconnection of a booster is detected, the call is terminated, and a redialing operation is automatically performed using the stored telephone number. In a third aspect of the invention, when the connection of a booster is detected during a call, an instruction is given to the booster to operate in a portable telephone mode. In a fourth aspect of the invention, when the connection or disconnection of a booster is detected during a call, a request to change the station class mark is sent to the base station.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal comprising:

means for transmitting first data indicating a station class of a booster-disconnected condition to a base station when a voice communication is commenced with a booster disconnected;

means for transmitting second data indicating a station class of a booster-connected condition to a base station when a voice communication is commenced with a booster connected; and

means for changing data that said second data transmitting means transmits with a booster connected with a booster connected from said second data to said first data in accordance with a user request.

2. A mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein

said second data transmitting means transmits said second data stored in a memory to the base station, and

said data changing means changes the contents of said memory from said second data to said first data.

3. A mobile terminal comprising:

means for transmitting first data indicating a station class of a booster-disconnected condition to a base station when a voice communication is commenced with a booster disconnected;

means for transmitting second data indicating a station class of a booster-connected condition to a base station when a voice communication is commenced with a booster connected;

means for detecting whether a booster is connected or not; and

when said booster connection detecting means has detected the connection of a booster during the communication, means for transmitting said first data to said base station, and for instructing said booster to transmit said first data and to operate with a transmitter output applicable to the booster-disconnected condition.

4. A mobile communication system comprising a mobile station and a base station,

said mobile station comprising

means for transmitting first data indicating a station class of a booster-disconnected condition to the base station when a voice communication is commenced with the booster disconnected,

means for transmitting second data indicating a station class of a booster-connected condition to the base station when a voice communication is commenced with the booster connected,

means for detecting whether the booster is connected or not, and

means for transmitting one of said first data and said second data to the base station along with a station class change request when said booster connection detecting means has detected one of disconnection and connection, respectively of the booster during the communication, and

said base station comprising

means for changing data of the station class of the mobile station in response to said station class change request during the voice communication. said base station controlling output level of said mobile station based on said changed data.