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Office communication system
Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
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Filing: 1996-08-30
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Granted: 1999-09-07
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Expires: 2016-08-30
Abstract
Abstract The invention relates to integrated office communication systems employing a local area network (LAN) for intra-office communications. In the arrangement according to the invention, no other internal networks are needed in the office because computers (10) are connected to the local area network and telephones (5, 7) are either mobile or cordless phones for which there are low-power room-specific base stations (4, 6) in the local area network (LAN). Connections to the outside world are made via a gateway computer (1) and public cellular radio network. Inside the office, the coverage areas of the small base stations (4, 6, 8) are nanocells (4a) of one or a few rooms. A home or small office user has a similar small base station (14) which is cotifected to said local area network via a public communication network (15) and a gateway equipment (13).
Inventors
- 👤 Markku Rautiola
- 👤 Jouni Mikkonen
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 20:28
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W48/00; H04W48/18; H04M; H04M7/00; H04M7/006; H04Q; H04Q11/00; H04Q11/04; H04Q11/0428; H04Q11/0478; H04L; H04L12/00; H04L12/54; H04L12/56; H04L12/5601; H04L2012/5603; H04L2012/5604; H04L2012/5607; H04L2012/5614; H04L2012/5615; H04M3/00; H04M3/42; H04M3/42314; H04M3/42323; H04M3/50; H04M3/51; H04M3/5183; H04W84/00; H04W84/02; H04W84/10; H04W84/16; H04W88/00; H04W88/16; Y; Y02; Y02D; Y02D30/00; Y02D30/70
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
184 words
An integrated office communication system which comprises a local area network (LAN) for transferring information between devices of said office communication system, wherein the system also comprises, connected to said local area network: gateway equipment (1) to transfer information between said local area network (LAN) and a public cellular radio network; and low-power base station (4) comprising a radio interface for communication with a mobile terminal (5) operative in a public cellular radio network, which radio interface is the interface of a base station of a public cellular radio network; wherein the gateway equipment (1), local area network and equipment (4) of the low-power base station, are arranged in a manner such that in the area of said office communication system a connection between said terminal (5) and said public cellular radio network is made via said low-power base station equipment (4), said local area network and said gateway equipment (1), and wherein the mobile terminal (5) is operative to communicate with the base station of a public cellular radio network upon a locating of the mobile terminal (5) outside the office communication system.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
184 words
An integrated office communication system which comprises a local area network (LAN) for transferring information between devices of said office communication system, wherein the system also comprises, connected to said local area network: gateway equipment (1) to transfer information between said local area network (LAN) and a public cellular radio network; and low-power base station (4) comprising a radio interface for communication with a mobile terminal (5) operative in a public cellular radio network, which radio interface is the interface of a base station of a public cellular radio network; wherein the gateway equipment (1), local area network and equipment (4) of the low-power base station, are arranged in a manner such that in the area of said office communication system a connection between said terminal (5) and said public cellular radio network is made via said low-power base station equipment (4), said local area network and said gateway equipment (1), and wherein the mobile terminal (5) is operative to communicate with the base station of a public cellular radio network upon a locating of the mobile terminal (5) outside the office communication system.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
The office communication system of claim 1, further comprising, connected to said local area network, a base station equipment (6) of a cordless communication system to provide an interface for terminals (7) of the cordless communication system.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
The office communication system of claim 2, wherein said cordless communication system is one of the following: DECT (Digital European Cordless Telecommunications), CT-2, WCPE, PHS, HiperLAN, Wireless ATM.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
The office communication system of claim 1, further comprising, connected to said local area network, an infrared base station (8) to provide an interface for terminals (9) using an infrared link.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
The office communication system of claim 1, further comprising, connected to said local area network, users' personal computers or workstations (10).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
The office communication system of claim 1, further comprising, connected to said local area network, a gateway equipment (13) to provide a connection between said local area network and a public wired communications network (ATM).
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
35 words
The office communication system of claim 6, wherein said public wired communications network is one of the following: public switched telephone network, integrated services digital network (ISDN) asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network, cable television network.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
32 words
The office communication system of claim 1, wherein, from the point of view of said public cellular radio network it constitutes one location area (LA) for the location of mobile terminals (5).
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
32 words
The office communication system of claim 1, wherein, from the point of view of said public cellular radio network it constitutes several location areas (LA) for the location of mobile terminals (5).
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
33 words
The office communication system of claim 1, wherein, from the point of view of said public cellular radio network it constitutes one base station subsystem (BSS) for the location of mobile terminals (5).
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
47 words
The office communication system of claim 1, wherein, from the point of view of said public cellular radio network it constitutes several base station subsystems (BSS) for the location of mobile terminals (5), and includes at least one gateway equipment (1) for each base station subsystem (BSS).
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
75 words
The office communication system of claim 1, further comprising at least one low-power base station equipment (14) to provide a radio interface for terminals (5) in its vicinity (HE), and the low-power base station equipment (14) is located substantially farther away from said office communication system than its other low-power base station equipment (4) and is connected to said local area network via a further gateway equipment (13) and a further public communications network (15).
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
24 words
The office communication system of claim 1, wherein said public cellular radio network is one of the following: GSM, DCS1800, PCN, D-AMPS, JDC, PCS1900.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
40 words
The office communication system of claim 1, wherein the transmission power of said low-power base station equipments (4, 14) is from 1 μW to 1 mW, whereby the size of their coverage area indoors is one or a few rooms.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
24 words
The office communication system of claim 1, said local area network is one of the following: Ethernet®, Token Ring®, ATM network, FDDI, SMDS, DQDB.
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