Patent ID: 6047178
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A mobile station for use in a telecommunications network and being capable of operation in a normal mode and in a base station emulation (BSE) mode, the network comprising a plurality of mobile stations including the BSE capable mobile station, a plurality of base stations and a mobile switching center, the mobile switching center communicating with the plurality of base stations, each base station communicating with one or more mobile stations, the BSE capable mobile station comprising:circuitry for switching between normal mode and BSE mode;wherein operation of the mobile station in normal mode consists of reception over a forward channel and transmission over a reverse channel and operation of the mobile station in BSE mode consists of reception over the reverse channel and transmission over the forward channel;wherein the mobile station switches from normal mode into BSE mode upon receiving an instruction from the respective base station, wherein the mobile station can establish direct communication with another mobile station of the plurality of mobile stations.