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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1998
Jacques Bursztejn, Neuilly sur Seine, FR;
Vinod Kumar, Paris, FR;
Marco Fratti, Saint Germain en Laye, FR;
Jean-Pierre Balech, Antony, FR;
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A system for radio communication with mobile stations, the system being of the type enabling one or more network operators to manage respective distinct networks. Each network is constituted by geographical cells and has mobile stations travelling therethrough. Each cell of a given network is associated with a base station through which those mobile stations that are located in the cell and that are subscribers with the operator managing the given network can communicate. In its own network, each operator transmits a pilot data channel supplying each mobile station with pilot data enabling it specifically to log-on to the network. According to the invention, the system further comprises a super-network made up of geographical super-cells each associated with a super-basestation. Each super-basestation transmits a data signal carrying the pilot data channel of the, or each, operator. In addition, each mobile station receives and processes said data signal so as to extract therefrom the pilot data channel of the operator with which it is a subscriber.