Patent ID: 6967938

Claim:
An in-office wireless code division multiple access, CDMA, communication system, comprising: a local area network, LAN, having an ethernet communication back-bone; a plurality of CDMA wireless base stations coupled to said ethernet communication back-bone; a wireless internet server coupled to said ethernet communication back-bone; a plurality of wireless communication devices coupled to said CDMA wireless base stations, wherein the CDMA wireless base stations are operable to negotiate a handoff of a connection with one of the wireless communication devices from a first CDMA wireless base station to a second CDMA wireless base station using the ethernet communication back-bone; a communication gateway coupled to said ethernet communication back-bone; a router coupled to said ethernet communication back-bone to enable said communication devices to communicate to the internet; and a plurality of repeaters coupled to said ethernet back-bone and operable to repeat signals from the wireless communication devices to increase ranges of the CDMA wireless base stations; wherein negotiating the handoff of the connection from the first CDMA wireless base station to the second CDMA wireless base station is based on the increased ranges of the CDMA wireless base stations when the signals from the wireless communication devices are being repeated.