Cellular mobile telephone system usable on board a passenger transport vehicle
First Claim
1. A cellular mobile telephone system usable on board a passenger transport vehicle, the system including:
- a first transmitter-receiver station on board said vehicle and connected to an antenna external to said vehicle to establish an external radio link between said vehicle and a terrestrial mobile telephone network, and means in said vehicle for coupling portable mobile telephone terminals inside said vehicle to said transmitter-receiver station, said means including at least one base station system having at least one antenna inside said vehicle and a base station controller connected to each base station system and to said first transmitter-receiver station, said controller and said base station system having functions analogous to those of a base station system in a standard mobile telephone network.
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Abstract
A cellular mobile telephone system usable on board a passenger transport vehicle includes a first transmitter-receiver station on board the vehicle and connected to an antenna external to the vehicle to establish an external radio link between the vehicle and a terrestrial mobile telephone network via a satellite. A base station system having at least one antenna inside the vehicle is connected to a base station controller. The base station system and the base station controller have functions analogous to those of a base station system in a standard mobile telephone network.
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1. A cellular mobile telephone system usable on board a passenger transport vehicle, the system including:
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a first transmitter-receiver station on board said vehicle and connected to an antenna external to said vehicle to establish an external radio link between said vehicle and a terrestrial mobile telephone network, and means in said vehicle for coupling portable mobile telephone terminals inside said vehicle to said transmitter-receiver station, said means including at least one base station system having at least one antenna inside said vehicle and a base station controller connected to each base station system and to said first transmitter-receiver station, said controller and said base station system having functions analogous to those of a base station system in a standard mobile telephone network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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