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Methods and apparatuses for integration of broadcast transmission with access infrastructure of a public network for mobile communications

  • US 7,379,706 B2
  • Filed: 03/06/2002
  • Issued: 05/27/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a cellular telecommunications network havingan access subsystem including a plurality of base stations and one or more controllers of said base stations,a transport subsystem operatively connected to said controllers of said base stations for implementing routing and switching functions of said cellular telecommunication network,a plurality of user terminal systems each of which is operatively connected to one of said base stations for accessing said telecommunication network,the improvement wherein said cellular communication network comprises,broadcast means for transmitting broadcast information signals from at least one source external to said cellular telecommunications network, andreceiver means operatively connected to said plurality of base stations for directly receiving said information signals from said broadcast means, whereby said broadcast information signals can be broadcasted from said base stations to said user terminal systems without burdening said transport subsystem,and access subsystem comprises picocells.

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