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US5285469A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Spread spectrum wireless telephone system

Assignee: OMINPOINT Corp
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Filing: 1991-06-07
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Granted: 1994-02-08
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Expires: 2011-06-07
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Abstract

Abstract A system for accessing a telephone system, in which a set of user stations are matched with a set of base stations for connection to a telephone network. Each base station may be coupled directly or indirectly to the telephone network and may be capable of initiating or receiving calls on the telephone network. Each user station may comprise a spread-spectrum transmitter or receiver and may be capable of dynamic connection to selected base stations A plurality of base stations may be coupled to a private exchange telephone system for coupling user stations in calls outside the telephone network. User stations may use CDMA, FDMA, TDMA or other multiple-access techniques to obtain one or more clear communication paths to base stations. Base stations may be placed at convenient locations or may themselves be mobile. User stations may make and break connections with base stations as the user station moves between service regions, or is otherwise more advantageously serviced by, base stations. User stations may direct requests to and receive information from an enhanced telephone services processor, so as to obtain enhanced telephone services within the telephone network. Base stations may be coupled to each other by means of a private exchange telephone system or other small business telephone system (such as a PBX, Centrex, or key-type system) so as to couple user stations in calls outside the telephone network. User stations may also be coupled directly or indirectly to the telephone network on their own or by another access path, such as narrowband or spread-spectrum cellular telephone circuits.

Inventors

  • 👤 Jeffrey S. Vanderpool

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-24 03:18
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W36/00; H04W36/0005; H04W36/0055; H04W36/0066; H04B; H04B7/00; H04B7/24; H04B7/26; H04B7/2618; H04B7/2628; H04J; H04J13/00; H04W36/14; H04W36/142; H04W4/00; H04W4/16; H04W76/00; H04W76/10; H04W84/00; H04W84/02; H04W84/10; H04W84/16

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim 206 words
A wireless communication system, comprising a base station coupled to a telephone network and having means for initiating a call on said telephone network and means for receiving a call on said telephone network; a user station having means for completing a communication path with said base station, said communication path employing a spread-spectrum communication technique; wherein said communication path is completed between said base station and said user station when said user station initiates or receives a call on said telephone network; a second base station coupled to a telephone network and having means for initiating a call on said telephone network and means for receiving a call on said telephone network; means for breaking said communication path between said one base station and said user station and for completing a second communication path between said second base station and said user station; and a plurality of cluster controllers for controlling a set of distinct base stations, wherein said means for breaking and for completing comprises means for handing-off said user station from said one base station to said second base station when said user station terminates a call relating to a first cluster controller and initiates a call relating to a second cluster controller.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 206 words
A wireless communication system, comprising a base station coupled to a telephone network and having means for initiating a call on said telephone network and means for receiving a call on said telephone network; a user station having means for completing a communication path with said base station, said communication path employing a spread-spectrum communication technique; wherein said communication path is completed between said base station and said user station when said user station initiates or receives a call on said telephone network; a second base station coupled to a telephone network and having means for initiating a call on said telephone network and means for receiving a call on said telephone network; means for breaking said communication path between said one base station and said user station and for completing a second communication path between said second base station and said user station; and a plurality of cluster controllers for controlling a set of distinct base stations, wherein said means for breaking and for completing comprises means for handing-off said user station from said one base station to said second base station when said user station terminates a call relating to a first cluster controller and initiates a call relating to a second cluster controller.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 125 words
A wireless communication system, comprising a base station coupled to a telephone network and having means for initiating a call on said telephone network and means for receiving a call on said telephone network; a user station having means for completing a communication path with said base station, said communication path employing a spread-spectrum communication technique; wherein said communication path is completed between said base station and said user station when said user station initiates or receives a call on said telephone network; wherein said user station comprises means for initiating a call on said telephone network and means for receiving a call on said telephone network independently of said base station and using a communication technique which differs from said spread spectrum communication technique.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 125 words
A wireless communication system, comprising a base station coupled to a telephone network and having means for initiating a call on said telephone network and means for receiving a call on said telephone network; a user station having means for completing a communication path with said base station, said communication path employing a spread-spectrum communication technique; wherein said communication path is completed between said base station and said user station when said user station initiates or receives a call on said telephone network; wherein said user station comprises means for initiating a call on said telephone network and means for receiving a call on said telephone network independently of said base station and using a communication technique which differs from said spread spectrum communication technique.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 19 words
A system as in claim 2, wherein said means for initiating and receiving independently comprises a cellular telephone circuit.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 29 words
A system as in claim 2, comprising a second base station coupled to said telephone network and having means for coupling a cellular telephone circuit to said telephone network.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 33 words
A system as in claim 2, comprising a spread-spectrum cellular telephone system having said user station as a cellular telephone handset and at least one base station as a cellular telephone base station.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 223 words
A wireless communication system, comprising a switch coupled to a telephone network; a plurality of cluster controllers for controlling a set of base stations, at least one of said plurality of cluster controllers coupled to said switch; a plurality of base stations, each one of said plurality of base stations associated with exactly one of said plurality of cluster controllers, each one of said plurality of base stations having means for initiating a call on said telephone network and means for receiving a call on said telephone network; a user station having means for completing a spread-spectrum communication path with a first base station of said plurality of base stations, wherein said communication path is completed between said first base station and said user station when said user station initiates or receives a call on said telephone network; means for breaking said communication path between said first base station and said user station and for completing a second communication path between a second base station of said plurality of base stations and said user station; wherein said means for breaking and for completing comprises means for handing-off said user station from said first base station to said second base station when said user station terminates a call relating to a first cluster controller and initiates a call relating to a second cluster controller.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 223 words
A wireless communication system, comprising a switch coupled to a telephone network; a plurality of cluster controllers for controlling a set of base stations, at least one of said plurality of cluster controllers coupled to said switch; a plurality of base stations, each one of said plurality of base stations associated with exactly one of said plurality of cluster controllers, each one of said plurality of base stations having means for initiating a call on said telephone network and means for receiving a call on said telephone network; a user station having means for completing a spread-spectrum communication path with a first base station of said plurality of base stations, wherein said communication path is completed between said first base station and said user station when said user station initiates or receives a call on said telephone network; means for breaking said communication path between said first base station and said user station and for completing a second communication path between a second base station of said plurality of base stations and said user station; wherein said means for breaking and for completing comprises means for handing-off said user station from said first base station to said second base station when said user station terminates a call relating to a first cluster controller and initiates a call relating to a second cluster controller.

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