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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1993
Robert E Scott, Indian Rocks Beach, FL (US);
AT&T Corp., Murry Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A mobile phone includes a modem, hereinafter referred to as a cellular radio modem. This cellular radio modem supports two modes of operation--an analog mode, where the cellular radio modem provides an analog signal for transmission; and a digital mode, where the cellular radio modem provides a digital bit stream for transmission. During operation, i.e., the existence of a data connection to a far-end modem, the cellular radio modem is alerted by the cellular network to switch to the appropriate mode--analog or digital. The cellular radio modem then switches and continues transmission in the new mode. In this embodiment, the far-end modem is part of a modem-pool located within the Mobile Telecommunications Switching Office of the cellular network. The far-end modem automatically detects this switch by the cellular radio modem and itself switches to the appropriate mode. This allows a mobile data user to transparently move between the analog mode and the digital mode without disconnecting a preexisting data connection.