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Portable cellular network system

  • US 9,532,398 B2
  • Filed: 09/11/2013
  • Issued: 12/27/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, at a system that includes a radio base station integrated with a core network module housed in a single enclosure, electrical power caused by activation of a single switch, wherein the radio base station includes a transceiver, a base station processor, a base station memory, the base station memory storing base station application programs and base station configuration settings, and wherein the core network module includes a core network processor, a core network memory, and a subscriber database, the core network memory storing core network application programs and core network configuration settings;

    in response to receiving the electrical power caused by activation of the single switch, initializing components of the radio base station and the core network module in a partially parallel fashion,wherein initializing components of the radio base station comprises;

    powering on the base station processor, base station memory, and transceiver,beginning execution of the base station application programs, andloading, by the base station application programs, the base station configuration settings from the base station memory,wherein initializing components of the core network module comprises;

    powering on the core network processor and core network memory,beginning execution of the core network application programs,loading, by the core network application programs, the core network configuration settings from the core network memory, andloading, by a subscriber application program, subscriber information from the subscriber database into the core network memory;

    offering, by the core network module to the radio base station, core network services that facilitate placement and reception of cellular calls by cellular devices served by the system; and

    after initialization of the radio base station, accepting, by the radio base station, the offer of core network services.

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