Patent ID: 8150391

Claim:
A system for connecting a cellular telephone located in a mobile vehicle to a stationary mobile radio network, comprising: at a stationary position, (a) a device for transmitting and receiving IP data to and from a corresponding device of the mobile vehicle, (b) a device for converting the IP data into mobile radio data and conversely, and (c) a device for transmitting and receiving the mobile radio data to and from the stationary mobile radio network; and on board the mobile vehicle, (d) a device for transmitting and receiving IP data to and from a ground station, (e) at least one mobile radio base station, configured to generate at least one local mobile radio pico cell, wherein the local mobile radio pico cell does not depend on a position of the vehicle relative to a ground based stationary mobile radio network, and (f) a device for converting the mobile radio data into the IP data and conversely and for transmitting and receiving the mobile radio data to and from the radio base station, wherein the mobile vehicle is out of range of the stationary mobile radio network, and wherein the mobile radio data is at least one of (i) GSM (Global System for Mobile communications), (ii) UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) data and (iii) digital mobile radio data converted from analog speech data.