Apparatus and method for allowing communication systems to coexist
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1. An apparatus for allowing communication systems to coexist when there is a jointly used transmission medium, comprising:
- a base station operable in one of said communications systems;
a data communication interface for implementing proprietary data transmission within a communication system using available channels of the jointly used transmission system;
a priority communication interface, wherein said priority communication interface obtains a priority transmission of at least one separate transmission medium service priority for a further communication system of the jointly used transmission medium anda priority-detection apparatus for detecting at least one proprietary and the separate transmission-medium use priority, with the data communication interface controlling the data transmission based on the detected proprietary and the separate transmission-medium use priority.
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Abstract
An apparatus and associated method are provided, wherein, using an external-signal detection apparatus for detecting external signals of the available channels of a jointly used transmission-medium and a priority-apparatus for detecting at least one separate transmission-medium use priority, and with a data communication interface controlling data transmission on the basis of the detected external signals in the at least one detected transmission-medium use priority, both identical and different independent communication systems are allowed to coexist in a simple and inexpensive manner.
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1. An apparatus for allowing communication systems to coexist when there is a jointly used transmission medium, comprising:
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a base station operable in one of said communications systems; a data communication interface for implementing proprietary data transmission within a communication system using available channels of the jointly used transmission system; a priority communication interface, wherein said priority communication interface obtains a priority transmission of at least one separate transmission medium service priority for a further communication system of the jointly used transmission medium and a priority-detection apparatus for detecting at least one proprietary and the separate transmission-medium use priority, with the data communication interface controlling the data transmission based on the detected proprietary and the separate transmission-medium use priority. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus for allowing communication systems to coexist when there is a jointly used transmission medium, comprising:
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a base station operable in one of said communications systems; a data communication interface for implementing proprietary data transmission within a communication system using available channels of the jointly used transmission medium; a priority-communication interface for implementing priority transmission of at least one external transmission-medium service priority for the further communication systems associated with the jointly used transmission medium; and a priority-detection apparatus for detecting at least one separate transmission-medium use priority and the at least one external transmission-medium use priority, with the data-communication interface controlling the data transmission based on the separate transmission-medium use priority and the at least one external transmission-medium use priority. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for allowing communication systems to coexist when there is a jointly used transmission medium, the method comprising the steps of:
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transmitting or receiving at least one separate transmission medium service priority between communication systems of the jointly used transmission medium via a base station of one of the communication systems; detecting at least one proprietary and the separate transmission medium service priority; and controlling data transmission on the jointly used transmission medium based on the at least one proprietary and the separate transmission-medium use priority. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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