Patent ID: 6175737
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A communication system having a plurality of wireless in-band channels including forward channels and reverse channels, said system comprising:base station means including,base unit means including a first transceiver means operating with a first wireless interface formed of first ones of said in-band channels for broadcasting said forward channel communications and for receiving said reverse channel communications, said base unit means including a second transceiver means for transmitting and receiving forward and reverse channel communications over a second wireless interface;base station controller means including a third transceiver means for transmitting said forward channel communications and for receiving said reverse channel communications over said second wireless interface, said base station controller means including,controller base unit means operating to transfer forward channel communications and reverse channel communications between a third interface and a fourth interface, andcontroller trunk unit means including said third transceiver means operating with said second wireless interface formed of second one of said in-band channels for transmitting said forward channel communications and for receiving said reverse channel communications;wherein said controller base unit means connects the channel communications to and from the controller trunk unit means,wherein said controller trunk unit means connects the channel communications to and from said controller base unit means; anda plurality of mobile stations, each of said mobile stations including mobile station transceiver means for receiving said forward channel communications and for broadcasting said reverse channel communications over said first wireless interface.