Patent ID: 6456611
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
In a two-way radio system comprising a base station and a plurality of mobile stations wherein the mobile stations may operate under any IS-95-CDMA, UMTS UTRA, or cdma2000 CDMA air interface standards,a method of communicating between the base station and the plurality of mobile stations, the method comprising the steps of: providing a modem comprising transmitter components and receiver components; configuring the transmitter components and the receiver components that are functional within all of the IS-95, UMTS UTRA, and cdma2000 interface standards as a first set of components that are hard-wired components; and configuring the transmitter components and the receiver components that are functional within particular ones of the IS-95, UMTS UTRA, and cdma2000 air interface standards as a second set of components being software-configurable.