Patent ID: 6415132
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
A wireless communication system in which a plurality of cells are located substantially adjacent one another, the wireless communication system operating over a specified frequency range to provide signals in a forward direction from a central base transceiver station towards subscriber units located in the cells, the system comprising:a hub interface converter, for accepting radio frequency signals from at least one base station, the radio frequency signals comprising at least one base station traffic signal modulated onto a radio frequency carrier (RF), for converting such radio frequency signals to a forward transport signal; a distribution network for distributing the forward transport signal; a plurality of cable integrators, each receiving the forward transport signal from the distribution network, with at least a first and second cable integrators associated with a given first one of the cells, and with a third cable integrator associated with an adjacent second one of the cells, each of the first, second and third cable integrators furthermore including a translator to translate the forward transport signal to corresponding transmit radio carrier signals; and a cable integrator controller, for controlling the transmit radio carrier signals on which the cable integrators operate such that in a low capacity mode, the transmit radio carrier signal active in the first cable integrator in the first cell is the same as the transmit radio carrier signal active in the third cable integrator in the second cell having the same radio carrier signal, and the second cable integrator being inactive, and such that to activate a higher capacity mode, the second cable integrator is gradually activated to an operating power level with a second transmit radio carrier signal after which the first cable integrator is gradually deactivated.