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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1999
Michael A. Komara, Indialantic, FL (US);
Thomas R. Schmutz, Indialantic, FL (US);
Roger L. Overton, Huntington Station, NY (US);
Airnet Communications Corporation, Melbourne, FL (US);
Abstract
An approach to improving TDMA system operation is disclosed wherein in-band translator components are located in the center of remote cells which would normally contain a base transceiver system (BTS). The in-band. translators employ wireless in-band signaling for downlink transmission of commands from an operation and maintenance center (OMC) and uplink transmission of status-indicating and alarm signal data. The remotely located repeaters of the present invention have frequency shift key detection and demodulation capability incorporated in the downlink path, while also incorporating FSK modulation capability into the uplink path. This allows the repeater to extract commands from the serving BTS downlink signal and act on them. It also allows for the repeater to transmit status-indicating signals and alarms to the OMC via the uplink path to the serving BTS.