Patent ID: 6226278
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: H04H,H04W

Abstract:
A system for radio communication with mobile stations, the system being of the type enabling a plurality of network operators each to manage a distinct network, each network being made up of geographical cells and having said mobile stations travelling therethrough,each cell of a given network being associated with a respective base station through which it can communicate with those of said mobile stations that are to be found in said cell and that are subscribers with the operator managing said given cell,each operator transmitting in its network a pilot data channel supplying each mobile station with pilot data enabling it, in particular, to log-on with said network,the system comprising:a super-network made up of geographical super-cells each associated with a super-basestation, each super-basestation having means for transmitting a data signal carrying the pilot data channel of the, or each, of the operators, and each mobile station comprising means for receiving and processing said data signal so as to extract therefrom the pilot data channel of the operator with which it is a subscriber; andmeans for multiplexing the pilot data channels of the various operators on said data signal.