Method and apparatus for a mobile repeater
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1. A mobile repeater comprising:
- a mobile transceiver arranged and constructed to communicate with a fixed infrastructure;
a repeater, operably coupled to the mobile transceiver, arranged and constructed to communicate with at least one subscriber unit;
a converter, operably coupled to the mobile transceiver and the repeater, arranged and constructed to convert, when necessary, outbound control channel information, received by the mobile transceiver, to control channel information suitable for transmission via the repeater on an extended control channel and to convert, when necessary, inbound control channel information, received by the repeater, to control channel information suitable for transmission via the mobile transceiver on a control channel.
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Abstract
A mobile repeater (300) is improved to include a database (303) that allows the mobile repeater to store registrations received from subscriber units. Additionally, the mobile repeater may include a voice on control switching element (309) for use with an extended control channel. Further still, the mobile repeater may include encryption elements (305-308) for the maintenance of encrypted control channels. In this manner, the mobile repeater may provide an improved quality of services to subscriber units.
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1. A mobile repeater comprising:
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a mobile transceiver arranged and constructed to communicate with a fixed infrastructure; a repeater, operably coupled to the mobile transceiver, arranged and constructed to communicate with at least one subscriber unit; a converter, operably coupled to the mobile transceiver and the repeater, arranged and constructed to convert, when necessary, outbound control channel information, received by the mobile transceiver, to control channel information suitable for transmission via the repeater on an extended control channel and to convert, when necessary, inbound control channel information, received by the repeater, to control channel information suitable for transmission via the mobile transceiver on a control channel. - View Dependent Claims (3)
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2. A mobile repeater, wherein a mobile transceiver that communicates with a fixed infrastructure is operably coupled to a repeater that communicates with at least one subscriber unit, the mobile repeater comprising:
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a database, operably coupled to the mobile transceiver and the repeater, that stores a registration received from the at least one subscriber unit and that stores an indication that the subscriber unit is registered with the fixed infrastructure, wherein the indication is stored in the database when the registration is sent to the fixed infrastructure via the mobile transceiver; and a converter, operably coupled to the mobile transceiver and the repeater, arranged and constructed to convert, when necessary, outbound control channel information, received by the mobile transceiver, to control channel information suitable for transmission via the repeater on an extended control channel and to convert, when necessary, inbound control channel information, received by the repeater, to control channel information suitable for transmission via the mobile transceiver. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. A mobile repeater comprising:
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a mobile transceiver arranged and constructed to communicate with a fixed infrastructure; a repeater, operably coupled to the mobile transceiver, arranged and constructed to communicate with at least one subscriber unit; a first encryption synchronization device, operably coupled to the mobile transceiver and the repeater, arranged and constructed to generate at least one of inbound subscriber encryption synchronization information and outbound subscriber encryption synchronization information, relative to an encrypted subscriber control channel that provides communications between the at least one subscriber unit and the repeater. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. In a wireless communication system comprising at least one subscriber unit and at least one mobile repeater, in wireless communication with a fixed infrastructure, wherein the wireless communication system supports services for use by the at least one subscriber unit, a method for a mobile repeater of the at least one mobile repeater to provide the services to a subscriber unit of the at least one subscriber unit, the method comprising steps of:
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providing, between the subscriber unit and the mobile repeater, an encrypted subscriber control channel; generating at least one of inbound subscriber encryption synchronization information and outbound subscriber encryption synchronization information, relative to the encrypted subscriber control channel; and providing the services to the subscriber unit using at least one of the inbound subscriber encryption synchronization information and the outbound subscriber encryption synchronization information. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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