Patent ID: 6131012
Filing Date: 2000-10-10
Classification: H04J,H04Q,H04W

Abstract:
A wireless telecommunication system to allow individual subscribers in an area of service telecommunications access to a telecommunications network comprising:at least one subscriber interface,the at least one subscriber interface connected to one or more items of customer premise equipment, the customer premise equipment capable of transmitting and/or receiving voice and/or data signals;the at least one subscriber interface having a modulator for modulating voice and/or data signals from the customer premise equipment into a form suitable for transmission over a wireless communication channel;the at least one subscriber interface having a demodulator for demodulating a signal received over a wireless communication channel into a voice or data signal;a base station interface,the base station interface connecting the wireless telecommunication system to the telecommunication network;the base station interface having a modulator for modulating voice and/or data information from the telecommunication network into a form suitable for transmission over a wireless communication channel;the base station interface having a demodulator for demodulating a signal received over a wireless communication channel into a form suitable for transmission over the telecommunication network;a maximum of M wireless base station-to-base station communication channels, a maximum of N subscriber-to-base station communication channels, where M is greater than or equal to N;a number of K wireless base station-to-subscriber communication channels, a number of L base station-to-subscriber communication channels that are removed from a pool of available communication channels, where K is greater than or equal to L, and where K is less than or equal to M;the K and L communication channels are assigned to one subscriber interface;the K and L communication channels are available for use by the plurality of customer premise equipment.