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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Walter Rozanski, Hurst, TX (US);
Kamyar Rohani, Ft. Worth, TX (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379 59 ; 370335 ; 370337 ; 455 332 ; 455 331 ; 379 60 ;
Abstract
In a frequency hopping cellular communication system (40) having a number of base sites (41-48) and using mobile assisted handoff, a method is offered of providing base site identification signals. The method includes the steps of assigning each base site of the number of base sites to a slot of a intersite control frame; and, periodically transmitting, in the assigned slot of the intersite control frame, the identification signal of the base site.