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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:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Matthew James Dillon, Palatine, IL (US);
Bogdan R. Nedelcu, Algonquin, IL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/20 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 7/20 ;
Abstract
A remote unit ( ) monitors a control channel for a base station ( ) and sends a probe message ( ) to the base station ( ). The base station ( ) forwards the probe message with location information ( ) to a controller ( ). The controller ( ) determines an approximate distance for the remote unit ( ). Based on the approximate distance, the controller ( ) determines at least one additional site. A channel assignment message ( or ) is forwarded to the remote unit ( ), which message includes one or more traffic channels associated with at least one of the base station ( ) and the at least one additional site.