Tiered wireless, multi-modal access system and method
First Claim
1. An auto-reconfigurable, multi-modal portable access device for providing desired communication services by accessing wirelessly a telecommunication system via one of a plurality of wireless wide band gateways using a conventional cellular protocol and by communicating wirelessly with other access devices using a low power type protocol wherein each of the other access devices is similarly auto-reconfigurable, multi-modal and portable and is capable of accessing wirelessly the communication system via one of the plurality of wireless wide band gateways using a conventional cellular protocol and is capable of communicating wirelessly with the other auto-reconfigurable, multi-modal portable access devices using a low power type protocol;
- said portable access device comprising;
a memory unit for storing a first protocol program data set adapted to implement the conventional cellular protocol and a second protocol program data set adapted to implement the low power type protocol;
a frequency and protocol agile transceiver circuit configured to access the wireless wide band gateways and the other auto-reconfigurable multi-modal portable access devices in response to first and second command signals, respectively; and
an access device controller, coupled with said memory unit and said frequency and protocol agile transceiver circuit, for providing a first command signal to said frequency and protocol agile transceiver circuit to cause said frequency and protocol agile transceiver circuit to access one of the wide band gateways using the conventional cellular protocol by implementing the first protocol program data set retrieved from said memory unit and for providing a second command signal to the frequency and protocol agile transceiver circuit to access wirelessly one or more of the other auto-reconfigurable, multi-modal, portable access devices to form an ad hoc grouping of said access devices using the low power type protocol by implementing the second protocol program data set retrieved from said memory unit whereby a desired communication service may be acquired while making the most efficient use of scarce radio spectrum and maximizing the overall communication capability of the telecommunication system.
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Abstract
A wireless, multi-modal access device and system adapted to integrate a number of communications networks operating in differing communication modes to facilitate transfer of communication links during a communication session to promote efficient use of the communication networks. The system includes a plurality of Universal Multi-Modal Access Devices UMMAD that are capable of operating at different frequencies and different protocols (TDMA, AMPS, CDMA, GSM, PCS etc) to communicate with any one of a number of Wide Bandwidth Gateways (WBG), which are each capable of communication using one or more of the protocols. The communication links may be switched from one WBG to another or from one protocol to another during a communication session to continue the session under the control of a Universal System Traffic Controller. Numerous other applications of the UMMADs for unique identification and e-commerce are disclosed.
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1. An auto-reconfigurable, multi-modal portable access device for providing desired communication services by accessing wirelessly a telecommunication system via one of a plurality of wireless wide band gateways using a conventional cellular protocol and by communicating wirelessly with other access devices using a low power type protocol wherein each of the other access devices is similarly auto-reconfigurable, multi-modal and portable and is capable of accessing wirelessly the communication system via one of the plurality of wireless wide band gateways using a conventional cellular protocol and is capable of communicating wirelessly with the other auto-reconfigurable, multi-modal portable access devices using a low power type protocol;
- said portable access device comprising;
a memory unit for storing a first protocol program data set adapted to implement the conventional cellular protocol and a second protocol program data set adapted to implement the low power type protocol; a frequency and protocol agile transceiver circuit configured to access the wireless wide band gateways and the other auto-reconfigurable multi-modal portable access devices in response to first and second command signals, respectively; and an access device controller, coupled with said memory unit and said frequency and protocol agile transceiver circuit, for providing a first command signal to said frequency and protocol agile transceiver circuit to cause said frequency and protocol agile transceiver circuit to access one of the wide band gateways using the conventional cellular protocol by implementing the first protocol program data set retrieved from said memory unit and for providing a second command signal to the frequency and protocol agile transceiver circuit to access wirelessly one or more of the other auto-reconfigurable, multi-modal, portable access devices to form an ad hoc grouping of said access devices using the low power type protocol by implementing the second protocol program data set retrieved from said memory unit whereby a desired communication service may be acquired while making the most efficient use of scarce radio spectrum and maximizing the overall communication capability of the telecommunication system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- said portable access device comprising;
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