Patent ID: 6097733
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
A communication system for providing wireless voice and multimedia communications to a plurality of wireless mobile units, the communication system comprising:a base station controller including:a wired Internet connection that provides access to the Internet;a public switched telephone system connection;a base station coupled to the base station controller, the base station providing wireless coverage within a cell, the base station having a bandwidth for providing the wireless coverage, the wireless coverage facilitating both voice communications and multimedia communications; anda wireless service interface coupled to the base station controller and to the base station, the wireless service interface comprising:a bandwidth allocator that allocates the bandwidth among transmit multimedia communications, receive multimedia communications, transmit voice communications and receive voice communications in response to requirements of the plurality of wireless units;a multimedia communication segmentation unit that segments outgoing multimedia communications for transmission according to allocated bandwidth; anda multimedia communication assembly unit that reconstructs incoming segmented multimedia communications according to allocated bandwidth.