Patent ID: 8385905

Claim:
A cell broadcast system for reduced local environments, inferior to a radio cell, and applied to a cell of a mobile telephone system, the cell broadcast system comprising: for said cell: a base station providing service to the cell, a plurality of mobile terminals, users of the system located within the cell; at least one, Local Cell Broadcast Equipment (LCBE) that transmits local cell broadcast messages to the mobile terminals located in their coverage area, using a physical transport channel Cell Broadcast Physical Channel (CBPCH) for cell broadcasting, this channel being a physical channel of the cellular system, and wherein the at least one, LCBE equipment comprises: Terminal Module (MTE) reception means in charge of synchronizing with the base station providing service to the radio cell; wherein the at least one LCBE is located, and in charge of capturing the information provided by said base station, recognizing the physical transport configuration of the cell broadcast messages in said cell; Mobile Configuration and Control (MCON) configuration and content means in charge of determining the format and content of the cell broadcast messages; and Mobile Base Transceiver Station (MBTS) transmission means in charge of transmitting the radio interface of the local cell broadcast messages, from the data provided by the MTE and MCON; and wherein the mobile terminals located in the coverage area of the at least one LCBE, receive and interpret the signal broadcasted by said at least one LCBE, through the physical transport channel CBPCH and extract the local cell broadcast messages.