Patent ID: 6256297
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04Q,H04W

Abstract:
A method for transmitting information in a universal transmission network in which functions specific to mobile radio networks and functions specific to fixed networks are performed, the method comprising the steps of:transmitting the information in transmission frames between the transmission network and a radio subscriber network on different redundant transmission paths set up in parallel via a radio transmission interface;combining the information at combination points at which two first transmission paths are combined to form a first single transmission path in a first transmission direction, the first single transmission path thereafter split into two second transmission paths in a second transmission direction opposite the first transmission direction;entering total combination point information in each transmission frame by the radio subscriber station, the total combination point information being a total number m of the combination points used for combining m+1 transmission paths set up in parallel;determining partial combination point information at each combination point, the partial combination point information equal to a number of the combination points through which a plurality of incoming transmission frames pass;transmitting the partial combination point information in an outgoing transmission frame;selecting as an interworking point in the transmission network a combination point at which the total number m of the combination points passed through is reached; andconverting information encoded specifically for mobile radio networks in each transmission frame into information encoded specifically for the fixed networks.