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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:
Feb. 16, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jelena Vucetic, Germantown, MD (US);
Assignee:
Watkins-Johnson Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
455439 ; 455431 ; 455 111 ;
Abstract
A base station (BS) communicates with a plurality of mobile users in a platform. In one embodiment, the base station and mobile services center (MSC) associates all the mobile users with the platform. The BS and MSC then associate a movement of the platform from one cell to another with a handoff of all the mobile users in the platform. The handoff is complete while the overhead is minimized. Exemplary embodiments are provided for use with the Advanced Mobile Phone Service (AMPS) protocol.