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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:
Mar. 23, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 30, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Steven J Willhoff, Richardson, TX (US);
Assignee:
Nokia Mobile Phones Limited, Salo, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
455452 ; 455451 ; 455447 ; 455 25 ; 455562 ;
Abstract
This invention teaches a method of operating a cellular communication system, and includes the steps of: (a) allocating mobile stations into groups as a function of their ability to support a smart antenna transmission from a base station; and subsequently allocating frequency channels to the groups of mobile stations in accordance with one of a static allocation and a dynamic channel allocation.