Communications system and a method therefor
First Claim
1. A communications apparatus comprising a first communications system having a time continuous frame structure and a mobile station for communication therewith, wherein the mobile station is able to communicate with a second communication system having a time discontinuous frame structure, the apparatus further including:
- means in the mobile station for initiating a time compressed mode of operation of the first system in which for a portion of each frame, transmission is disabled;
means in the mobile station for accessing, during the disabled periods, the second system;
means in the mobile station for specifying to the first system frame structure information of the second system; and
means in the first system for adjusting the time-compressed mode of operation so that communication with the mobile station occurs during `N` time slots of each frame, the width and position of each slot within each frame being set in order to avoid contention with communications to and from the second system.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method enabling a mobile station to transfer its communications between two dissimilar communications systems, for example, between a first communications system having a time continuous structure, such as a CDMA system, and an alternate communications system having a time discontinuous structure, such as a TDMA system. In one embodiment, the mobile station initiates a time-compressed mode of operation of the first system in which, for a portion of each frame, transmission is disabled, accesses the second system during the disabled periods and specifies to the first system frame structure information of the second system. The first system adjusts the time-compressed mode of operation so that communication with the mobile station occurs during `N` time slots of each frame, the widths and positions of each slot within each frame being set in order to avoid contention with communications to and from the second system.
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18 Claims
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1. A communications apparatus comprising a first communications system having a time continuous frame structure and a mobile station for communication therewith, wherein the mobile station is able to communicate with a second communication system having a time discontinuous frame structure, the apparatus further including:
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means in the mobile station for initiating a time compressed mode of operation of the first system in which for a portion of each frame, transmission is disabled; means in the mobile station for accessing, during the disabled periods, the second system; means in the mobile station for specifying to the first system frame structure information of the second system; and means in the first system for adjusting the time-compressed mode of operation so that communication with the mobile station occurs during `N` time slots of each frame, the width and position of each slot within each frame being set in order to avoid contention with communications to and from the second system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of facilitating handing-off a mobile station between a first communications system having a time continuous frame structure and a second communications system having a time discontinuous frame structure, the method comprising the steps of:
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initiating a time compressed mode of operation of the first system by the mobile station in which for a portion of each frame, transmission is disabled; accessing in the mobile station during the disabled periods, the second system; specifying to the first system by the mobile station, frame structure information of the second system; and adjusting in the first system, the time-compressed mode of operation so that communication with the mobile station occurs during `N` time slots of each frame, the widths and position of each slot within each frame being set in order to avoid contention with communications to and from the second system. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A communications apparatus comprising a first communications system having a time continuous frame structure and a mobile station for communication therewith, wherein the mobile station is able to communicate with a second communication system having a time discontinuous frame structure, the apparatus further including:
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a time compressed operation mode initiator in the mobile station operable to initiate a time compressed mode of operation of the first system in which for a portion of each frame, transmission is disabled; an access unit in the mobile station operable to access, during the disabled periods, the second system; a frame structure information unit in the mobile station operable to specify to the first system frame structure information of the second system; and an adjuster in the first system operable to adjust the time-compressed mode of operation so that communication with the mobile station occurs during `N` time slots of each frame, the width and position of each slot within each frame being set in order to avoid contention with communications to and from the second system. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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