Patent ID: 6408179
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
A radio communication system in which a group of subscriber radios concurrently share a reverse link and a forward link, said radio communication system comprising:a base station which, in a first mode, transmits on said forward link in accordance with a broadcast protocol and receives on said reverse link in accordance with an access protocol, and which, in a second mode, transmits on said forward link in accordance with a first traffic protocol and receives on said reverse link in accordance with a second traffic protocol; a first subscriber radio of said group which, in said first mode, receives on said forward link in accordance with said broadcast protocol and transmits on said reverse link in accordance with said access protocol, and which, in said second mode, receives on said forward link in accordance with said first traffic protocol and transmits on said reverse link in accordance with said second traffic protocol; and a second subscriber radio of said group which, in said first mode, receives on said forward link in accordance with said broadcast protocol, and which, in said second mode, receives said forward link in accordance with said first traffic protocol.