US6208630B1
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Modulary clustered radiotelephone system
Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corp
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Filing: 1998-12-21
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Granted: 2001-03-27
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Expires: 2018-12-21
Abstract
Abstract A power-conserving time division multiple access (TDMA) radio telephone system is disclosed in which a cluster of subscriber stations, remote from a base station, employs a common pool of frequency-agile modems each of which digitally synthesizes, on a timeSlot-by-timeSlot basis, the different channel-identifying intermediate frequencies needed to support communications between several of the subscriber stations and the base station. Power conservation is facilitated inter alia by controlling the assignment of modems to calls, maintaining unassigned modems in a powered-down state and by controlling the number of calls using the same time slot. Delay in assigning a powered-down modem to a call is eliminated by making available to all modems the highest quality synchronization information obtained by any of the active modems.
Inventors
- 👤 David M. Cooley
- 👤 Joseph J. Digiovanni
- 👤 John D. Kaewell
- 👤 Scott D. Kurtz
- 👤 Mark A. Lemmo
- 👤 Michael W. Regensburg
- 👤 David Vessal
- 👤 Eric Johns
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 10:04
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04J; H04J3/00; H04J3/02; H04J3/06; H04J3/0635; H04J3/0685; H04B; H04B7/00; H04B7/24; H04B7/26; H04B7/2643; H04B7/2656; H04L; H04L27/00; H04L27/18; H04W; H04W56/00; H04W72/00; H04W72/50; H04W72/56; H04W84/00; H04W84/02; H04W84/10; H04W84/14; H04W88/00; H04W88/02; H04W88/021; H04B1/00; H04B1/06; H04B1/16; H04B1/1607; H04B1/1615; H04W48/00; H04W48/08; H04W52/00; H04W52/02; H04W52/0209; H04W52/0212; H04W52/0216; H04W72/04; H04W72/044; H04W72/0446; H04W72/20; H04W72/23; H04W74/00; H04W74/08; H04W74/0866; H04W74/0891; H04W88/08; Y; Y02; Y02D; Y02D30/00; Y02D30/70
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
132 words
A radio telephone system for supporting communications between a base station and a plurality of remote subscriber stations on repetitive time slots of high frequency radio channels comprising: a group of modems assignable to said subscriber stations, each of said modems being capable of digitally synthesizing, modulating and demodulating a plurality of channel-identifying intermediate frequencies on successive ones of said repetitive time slots to simultaneously handle a number of communications during successive time slots; means for sending and receiving said channel-identifying intermediate frequencies between said base station and said subscriber stations; means for upwardly block converting all of said intermediate frequencies produced by said group of modems to said high frequency radio channels; and means for downwardly block converting said high radio frequency channels to a plurality of modulated channel-identifying intermediate frequencies.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
132 words
A radio telephone system for supporting communications between a base station and a plurality of remote subscriber stations on repetitive time slots of high frequency radio channels comprising: a group of modems assignable to said subscriber stations, each of said modems being capable of digitally synthesizing, modulating and demodulating a plurality of channel-identifying intermediate frequencies on successive ones of said repetitive time slots to simultaneously handle a number of communications during successive time slots; means for sending and receiving said channel-identifying intermediate frequencies between said base station and said subscriber stations; means for upwardly block converting all of said intermediate frequencies produced by said group of modems to said high frequency radio channels; and means for downwardly block converting said high radio frequency channels to a plurality of modulated channel-identifying intermediate frequencies.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
33 words
A radio telephone system according to claim 1 wherein said modems are each capable of digitally synthesizing a different one of said channel identifying intermediate frequencies on a plurality of successive time slots.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
142 words
A method of supporting communications in a radio telephone system between a base station and a plurality of remote subscriber stations on repetitive time slots of high frequency radio channels comprising the steps of: assigning a group of modems to said subscriber stations; digitally synthesizing, modulating, and demodulating of channel-identifying intermediate frequencies on successive ones of said repetitive time slots by anyone of said group of modems; simultaneously handling a number of communications between said base station and said subscriber stations by using successive time slots; sending and receiving said channel-identifying intermediate frequencies between said base station and said subscriber stations; upwardly block converting all of said intermediate frequencies by said group of modems to said high frequency radio channels; and downwardly block converting said high radio frequency channels by said group of modems to a plurality of modulated channel-identifying intermediate frequencies.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
142 words
A method of supporting communications in a radio telephone system between a base station and a plurality of remote subscriber stations on repetitive time slots of high frequency radio channels comprising the steps of: assigning a group of modems to said subscriber stations; digitally synthesizing, modulating, and demodulating of channel-identifying intermediate frequencies on successive ones of said repetitive time slots by anyone of said group of modems; simultaneously handling a number of communications between said base station and said subscriber stations by using successive time slots; sending and receiving said channel-identifying intermediate frequencies between said base station and said subscriber stations; upwardly block converting all of said intermediate frequencies by said group of modems to said high frequency radio channels; and downwardly block converting said high radio frequency channels by said group of modems to a plurality of modulated channel-identifying intermediate frequencies.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
37 words
A method according to claim 3 wherein anyone of said group of modems has the capacity of switching to and using a different one of said channel identifying intermediate frequencies on a plurality of successive time slots.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 2004-03-26 | 2004-09-25 | 2005-03-27 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 2008-03-26 | 2008-09-25 | 2009-03-27 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2012-03-26 | 2012-09-25 | 2013-03-27 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |