Patent ID: 6173177
Filing Date: 2001-01-09
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A base station for communicating with a first mobile station and a second mobile station, said base station comprising:a transceiver configured to receive first inbound information from the first mobile station and second inbound information from the second mobile station and transmit first outbound information to the first mobile station and second outbound information to the second mobile station;a signal processor coupled to said transceiver and a data bus and configured to equalize and decode said first inbound information and said second inbound information and to encode said first outbound information and said second outbound information;a processor coupled to said data bus and configured to receive control information from said first mobile station, said second mobile station and said data bus and to control said signal processor to route said first inbound information from said first mobile station to said data bus, route said first outbound information from said data bus to said first mobile station, route said second inbound information from said second mobile station to said data bus and route said second outbound information from said data bus to said second mobile station; anda trunk module coupled to said data bus and adapted to couple to a foreign network and configured to selectively communicate said first inbound information, said second inbound information, said first outbound information, said second outbound information and said control information with said foreign network.