Patent ID: 7215964

Claim:
In a radio communication system in which downlink data is selectably communicated upon a downlink by a radio network at a first power level to a data terminal and in which uplink data is selectably communicated by the data terminal at a second power level to the radio network, the first power level greater than the second power level, an improvement of apparatus for the radio network for facilitating communications in the radio communication system, said apparatus comprising: a downlink transmitting station defining a downlink service area, said downlink transmitting station selectably for transmitting the downlink data to the data terminal when the data terminal is positioned within the downlink service area; and at least a first uplink receiving station separate from the downlink transmitting station and defining at least a first uplink service area, said uplink receiving station for receiving the uplink data transmitted by the data terminal when the data terminal is positioned within the first uplink service area, the first uplink service area of a size smaller than the downlink service area defined by said downlink transmitting station and at least partially overlapping therewith.