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Cellular telecommunications system

  • US 6,580,918 B1
  • Filed: 07/23/1998
  • Issued: 06/17/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/05/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Cellular telecommunications system having n cells, each of which is assigned an antenna via which a base station can transmit and receive, characterized in that:

  • all n cells are assigned only one common base station with n antennas which can be switched over, n≧

    2, the n antennas are further characterized in that each antenna is assigned different transmit and receive communication time slots;

    a bearer transmitted on a first channel contains information relating to the position of a second channel, so that a mobile station within any cell of the n cells can set itself to the second channel using this information, and wherein said position information is transmitted parallel to a traffic bearer which has been set up on the second channel; and

    wherein said system is further characterized in that, when the last traffic bearer is switched off, said traffic bearer is converted to a permanent dummy bearer.

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