CA2003929C - Radiotelephone system in the form of a private branch exchange - Google Patents
Radiotelephone system in the form of a private branch exchangeInfo
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- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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- H04W84/00—Network topologies
- H04W84/02—Hierarchically pre-organised networks, e.g. paging networks, cellular networks, WLAN [Wireless Local Area Network] or WLL [Wireless Local Loop]
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04W—WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
- H04W84/00—Network topologies
- H04W84/02—Hierarchically pre-organised networks, e.g. paging networks, cellular networks, WLAN [Wireless Local Area Network] or WLL [Wireless Local Loop]
- H04W84/10—Small scale networks; Flat hierarchical networks
- H04W84/14—WLL [Wireless Local Loop]; RLL [Radio Local Loop]
Abstract
ABSTRACT
A radiotelephone system in the form of a private branch exchange (12) within and/or outside one or more buildings is equipped with a plurality of mobile subscriber units (28),a plurality of trans-mitter/receiver units (27) capable of communicating with the subscriber units (28) by radio, and a central unit (26) cooperating with the transmitter/receiver units (27). In order that such a radiotelephone system not only permits mobile telephoning within and/or outside buildings but also can be installed later and adapted to changing requirements in a simple manner, the transmitter/receiver units (27) are arranged and designed to form not only a radio link to at least one of the subscriber un;ts (28) but also, via respective adjacent transmitter/receiver units (27), a radio-link chain (radio bus) to the central unit (26), which has a separate transmitter/receiver unit.
(Fig. 1)
A radiotelephone system in the form of a private branch exchange (12) within and/or outside one or more buildings is equipped with a plurality of mobile subscriber units (28),a plurality of trans-mitter/receiver units (27) capable of communicating with the subscriber units (28) by radio, and a central unit (26) cooperating with the transmitter/receiver units (27). In order that such a radiotelephone system not only permits mobile telephoning within and/or outside buildings but also can be installed later and adapted to changing requirements in a simple manner, the transmitter/receiver units (27) are arranged and designed to form not only a radio link to at least one of the subscriber un;ts (28) but also, via respective adjacent transmitter/receiver units (27), a radio-link chain (radio bus) to the central unit (26), which has a separate transmitter/receiver unit.
(Fig. 1)
Description
` 2003929 62046-~18 The present invention relates to a radiotelephone system, particularly in the form of a private branch exchange, including a plurality of mobile subscriber units, a plurality of transmitter/receiver units coupled with the subscriber units by radio links, and a central unit cooperating with the transmitter/receiver units.
In such a radiotelephone system, which is disclosed in --EP-A-225 607, the individual transmitter/receiver units are - -connected with the central unit of the private branch exchange via -~
connecting lines, so that the individual subscriber units are suitable for mobile use but are tied to the predetermined coverage of the transmitter/receiver unit. Another disadvantage of this prior art radiotelephone system lies in the fact that an expensive cable system has to be installed to connect the individual tran~mitter/receiver units with the central unlt. This expenditure is nearly equal to that reguired for conventional private branch exchanges which are connected with the subscriber units by subscriber lines.
From Br Telecom Technol J Vol 4 No. 4 October 1986, "Controlled Radio Coverage in Buildings", D.A. Palmer et al, a ~`
radiotelephone system is known in which the transmitter/receiver units are provided, for example, on each floor of a bullding, and ln which these transmitter/recelver unlts are connected wlth the lndividual subscriber unlts via leaky feeders. This system suffers basically from the same drawbacks as those mentioned for p~ 1 ~ ":'' '" ~ . -' ' .~', , the system referred to above since a fixed wlring system ls required.
It is the object of the present invention to provide a radiotelephone system of the above kind which not only permits mobile telephoning within and/or outslde buildings but also is easy to install even later and readily adaptable to changing requirements.
This object is attained by a radiotelephone system which is characterized in that the transmitter/receiver units are arranged and designed to form not only a radio link to at least one of the subscriber unitæ, but also, via respective adjacent transmitter/receiver units, a radio-link chain to the central unit which has a separate transmitter/receiver unit, said transmltter/receiver unlts each operating with three carrier frequency pairs, a first of whlch ls used for duplex communlcation with the respective subscriber unit, while the other two are used for duplex communicatlon wlth two ad~acent tran6mltter/recelver ~`
unlts of the radlo-link ahaln.
Accordlng to the lnventlon, the permanent connection of the lndlvldual transmltter/recelver units wlth the central unlt of, e.g., a prlvate branch exchange ls thus replaced by a radlo bus, whlch ellmlnate6 the need for expenslve wlrlng systems and permlts qulck and lnexpenslve changes ln the telephone system lf changes are made ln the layout of the rooms of the building. It 18 also po6slble to adapt the radlotelephone sy6tem to changlng ` ~ ' ' '.'' ::'"
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`:~ 2003929 requirements in a simple manner, e.g., with regard to meetings at which the participants can be provided with cordless telephones as subscriber units. In that case, it is also posslble to take into account changes in the size of the available rooms.
It is advantageous to operate the transmitter/receiver unit and the subscriber unit in a time-division multiplex mode.
In a particular embodiment the subscriber unit operates --~
with a single carrier-frequency pair.
Even greater mobility resultæ if the transmitter/receiver unit is provided with a power supply for connection to an element of the electric building wiring system.
In that case, it may be advantageous to provide the transmittertreceiver units with conventional power plugs and to use existing receptacle outletæ of the electric building wiring system. An even simpler and more advantageous solution is obtained if the power supply is provided with a base for a -conventional lamp socket since simultaneously with the electric connection, mechanical support is provided for the transmitter/receiver unit.
In a preferred embodiment whlch is characterized in that the transmitter/receiver units of the radio bus are used in a qua6i-optical, llne-of-slght path, optimum radio communiaation quallty is achieved.
Further detalls of the invention will become apparent from the following descrlption of an embodiment of the invention -taken in con~unction with the accompanying drawings, in which- ~
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-20039~9 Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a preferred embodiment of a radiotelephone system in accordance with the invention;
Fig. 2 is block diagram of a central-office-channel -equipment as used in the radlotelephone system of Fig. l;
Fig. 3 is a block diagram of the central unit of a private branch exchange for the radlotelephone system oi Flg. l;
Fig. 4 is a block diagram of a subscriber unit as used in the radiotelephone system of Fig. 1 :' '.''~,'.' .,;'' '' ~ ' ,"
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Fig. 5 is a block diagram of a transmitter/re~eiver unit of the radio bus for the radiote~e-phone system of Fig. 1;
Fig. 6 is a simplified diagram of the signal format for the individual transmitter/receiver units i ' of the radiotelephone system of Fig. 1, and .
Fig. 7 is a simpl;fied diagram of the signal format for a subscriber unit as used in the rad;o-telephone system of Fig. 1.
The radiotelephone system shown in Fig. 1 in the form of a private branch exchange ~s connected to a central-office-channel equipment 13 which can re-ceive and transm;t rad;o signals, which are transmitted via the public radio network, via an antenna 14 in the known manner. This public mobile communication network ' is, for example, the C-net, which is currently used in Germany and operates ;n the 450-MHz range, or the future D-net, wh;ch will operate in the 900-MHz range.
As shown in Fig. 2, the central-office-channel equip-ment 13, which can receive 1 to n radio channels in '' g;ven carr;er-frequency ranges, ;s of conventional de-sign and has a duplexer 16, a transmitter/modulator un;t 17, a receiver/demodulator unit 18 connected to the ' duplexer 16, a frequency-cond;t;on;ng unit 19, and a signal-cond;tioning unit 20 and a signal-evaluat;ng unit ' ~
21 which are connected to the transmitter/modulator unit ' ' 17 and the receiver/demo'dulator unit 18, respectively, ' ' ~ ~, : -M. Bohm 44 . " ~ ' ,:
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- 20039;29 and have their other ends coupled to a channel trans- ~ -lator 22 which is connected to the private branch exchange 12 of the radiotelephone system in accordance with the invention. On the connecting line 23, 1 to n PCM
central-office channels can be transmitted.
The radiotelephone system, shown and designed here as a private branch exchange 12, has a central unit 26 which is connected, or connectable to permit two-way communication, via a radio-link chain 27 within and/or outside one or more buildings to a subscriber arrange-ment 28, which is present there. The radio-link chain will be referred to as "radio bus".
The subscriber arrangement 28 consists of a plurality of subscriber units 31 as shown in Fig. 4, which are designed as conventional cordless telephones. These ~
subscriber units 31 are thus mobile and are present at ;
different points within the radiotelephone system. The radio bus 27 consists of a plurality of radio-bus elements 32 of essentiaLly identical construction as are shown in Fig. 5. The radio-bus elements 32 are d;str;buted with;n the radiotelephone system or within and/or outside said one or more buildings in such a way that essentially a quasi-optical (line-of-sight) path exists between adjacent radio-bus elements 32. However, depending on the materials used for walls and the like, it ;s frequently not absolutely necessary that there should be a line-of-sight path between the individual radio-bus elements 32. For the transmit/receive '"'''" ' M. 90hm 44 ~ ;
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mode, it is then necessary for the respective subscriber unit 31 to be located within the coverage of a radio-bus element 32 which enters into two-way radio communication with an adjacent radio-bus element 32 which, in turn, enters into two-way radio communication with an adjacent radio-bus element 32, etc.
Fig. 3 shows the central unit 26 of the private branch exchange 12 of the radiotelephone system. As can be seen, the private branch exchange 12, besides being connected at the terminal A to the central-office-channel equipment 13 for radio communication via the public mobile commun;cat;on network, may also be con-nected to a trunk equ;pment (not shown) at term;nal B, so that incoming and outgo;ng calls can also be trans-mitted via the trunk network. The central un;t 26 has a first match;ng circuit 36 and an extension controller -37 wh;ch are connected both to the line 23 coming from ;
the central-office-channel equ;pment (terminal A) and to the l;ne 34 coming from the trunk equipment (terminal B). The first matching circuit 36 is connected directly and via a switching network 38 to a second matching cir-cuit 39, to which extension telephones may be permanently `
connected via lines 41. The extension con-trolLer 37, which is also connected to the switching network 38, is coupled to a radio-bus controller 4~. `
A radio-bus head 33, which is similar in design to a radio-bus element 32, is connected both to the second `;
matching circuit 39 (at a terminal C) and to the radio-bus controller 42 (at a terminal D), and has an antenna 43.
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Z0039;~:9 As shown in F;g. 4, the cordless subscriber unit 31 is of conventional design and has a duplexer 46 which is connected at one end to a transmitting/receiving an-tenna 47 and at the other end both to a transmitter/
moduLator unit 48 and to a receiver/demodulator unit 49, between which there is a frequency-conditioning unit 50 connected to a console processor 51. The transmitter/
modulator unit 48 is connected to a microphone 54 via --a signal-conditioning unit 52 and a speech encoder 53.
Correspondingly, the receiver/demodulator unit 49 is connected to an ear piece 57 via a signal-evaluating unit 55 and a speech decoder 56.
Asshown in Fig. 5, each radio-bus element 32 has a -~
duplexer 61 which ;s connected at one end to an antenna --62 and at the other end both to a transmitter/modulator unit 63 and to a receiver/demodulator unit 64, between which there is a frequency-conditioning unit 65 which is connected via a control processor 66 to a service-channel demodulator 67. The transmitter/modulator unit 63 and the rece;ver/demodulator un;t 64 are ;nter-connected directly and v;a a converter 68.
The rece;ver/demodulator un;t 64 is also connected to the serv;ce-channel demodulator 67 Each rad;o-bus element 32 of the rad;o bus 27 between the subscr;ber arrangement 28 and the central unit 26 ;s prov;ded with a power-supply unit 69 having a con-vent;onal screw base v;a wh;ch the rad;o-bus element 32 can be electr;cally connected with lamp sockets 70 of the electr;c bu;ld;ng w;r;ng system. The rad;o-bus element :' ..
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200.~9;;~9 32 can thus be inserted into any lamp socket 70, so that not only electric connection but also mechanical support are provided for the radio-bus element 32.
The radio-bus head 33, described in connection with the central unit Z6, is identical in construction to the radio-bus element 32 of Fig. S except that the power-supply unit 69 is permanently connected with the power supply of the central unit 26 instead of being connectable with a socket 70. In addition, as can be seen in Fig. 3, the control processor 66 (Fig. 5) is connected at the terminal D to the radio-bus controller 42 (Fig. 3), and the converter 68 (Fig. 5) is connected at the term;nal C to the second matching circuit 39 (Fig. 3)-Two-way communication between a subscriber from outside the radiotelephone system and a mobile radio subscriber within the radiotelephone system takes place as follows.
The signaL coming from outside is transferred through the central-office-channel equipment 13 or trunk equip-ment into the central un;t 26 of the pr;vate branch exchange 12 or the rad;otelephone system and ;s trans-mitted by rad;o from the rad;o-bus head 33 of the a central un;t 26 to the nearest rad;o-bus element 32, thence to the nearest radio-bus element 32, etc., unt;l it reaches that rad;o-bus element 32 with;n whose coverage the d;alled subscr;ber un;t 31 ;s located.
The transm;ss;on of s;gnals from the respect;ve subscriber unit 31 to an external subscr;ber ;s reverse, .e., from M. Bohm 44 --:
200~9~9 the subscriber unit 31 to the nearest radio bus element 32, thence to the nearest radio-bus element 32, etc., --up to the central unit 26 and thence to the outside.
Two-way communication between two subscriber units 31 within the radiotelephone system takes place analagously via the respective radio-bus elements 32 and the central -unit 26 located between said elements.
If the radiotelephone system 11 is located within or outside a single building, it may generally be sufficient to provide one radio-bus head 33 which is permanently connected with the central unit 26. If -~
two or more buildings are connected to the radio-telephone system, or the external subscriber station is too far away, it may be advantageous to provide in or outside the other building or each of the other bu;ldings an additional radio-bus head 33 as a starting point for the radio-link chain ;n the form ;
of the rad;o bus 27 and to permanently connect th;s add;t;onal rad;o-~ushead 33 to the central un;t 26 v;a ;
a connect;ng l;ne.
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Figs. 6 and 7 show the TDMA s;gnal formats for the radio-bus element 32 and the subscriber unit 31, re-spectively, the latter be;ng des;gned as a telephone operat;ng ;n the t;me-d;v;s;on mult;plex mode. As shown ;n F;g. 6, each rad;o-bus element 32 can process three different groups of frequency pairs, one of which serves for transmission to and reception :, .
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200~19~9 from one or more subscriber units31, while the two others serve for transmission to and reception from the two adjacent radio-bus elements 32.
Fig. 7 shows that the transmission- and reception-frequency ranges of a subscriber unit 31 having a single pair of frequencies have 64 channels. It is - -also possible to provide the identical subscriber units 31 with more than one carrier frequency (not shown).
The same applies analogously to the radio-bus elements 32. In these cases, the frequencies,channels, and transmitting powers of the radio-bus elements 32 and the subscriber units 31 are advantageously set from the central unit 26 via a service channel.
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In such a radiotelephone system, which is disclosed in --EP-A-225 607, the individual transmitter/receiver units are - -connected with the central unit of the private branch exchange via -~
connecting lines, so that the individual subscriber units are suitable for mobile use but are tied to the predetermined coverage of the transmitter/receiver unit. Another disadvantage of this prior art radiotelephone system lies in the fact that an expensive cable system has to be installed to connect the individual tran~mitter/receiver units with the central unlt. This expenditure is nearly equal to that reguired for conventional private branch exchanges which are connected with the subscriber units by subscriber lines.
From Br Telecom Technol J Vol 4 No. 4 October 1986, "Controlled Radio Coverage in Buildings", D.A. Palmer et al, a ~`
radiotelephone system is known in which the transmitter/receiver units are provided, for example, on each floor of a bullding, and ln which these transmitter/recelver unlts are connected wlth the lndividual subscriber unlts via leaky feeders. This system suffers basically from the same drawbacks as those mentioned for p~ 1 ~ ":'' '" ~ . -' ' .~', , the system referred to above since a fixed wlring system ls required.
It is the object of the present invention to provide a radiotelephone system of the above kind which not only permits mobile telephoning within and/or outslde buildings but also is easy to install even later and readily adaptable to changing requirements.
This object is attained by a radiotelephone system which is characterized in that the transmitter/receiver units are arranged and designed to form not only a radio link to at least one of the subscriber unitæ, but also, via respective adjacent transmitter/receiver units, a radio-link chain to the central unit which has a separate transmitter/receiver unit, said transmltter/receiver unlts each operating with three carrier frequency pairs, a first of whlch ls used for duplex communlcation with the respective subscriber unit, while the other two are used for duplex communicatlon wlth two ad~acent tran6mltter/recelver ~`
unlts of the radlo-link ahaln.
Accordlng to the lnventlon, the permanent connection of the lndlvldual transmltter/recelver units wlth the central unlt of, e.g., a prlvate branch exchange ls thus replaced by a radlo bus, whlch ellmlnate6 the need for expenslve wlrlng systems and permlts qulck and lnexpenslve changes ln the telephone system lf changes are made ln the layout of the rooms of the building. It 18 also po6slble to adapt the radlotelephone sy6tem to changlng ` ~ ' ' '.'' ::'"
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`:~ 2003929 requirements in a simple manner, e.g., with regard to meetings at which the participants can be provided with cordless telephones as subscriber units. In that case, it is also posslble to take into account changes in the size of the available rooms.
It is advantageous to operate the transmitter/receiver unit and the subscriber unit in a time-division multiplex mode.
In a particular embodiment the subscriber unit operates --~
with a single carrier-frequency pair.
Even greater mobility resultæ if the transmitter/receiver unit is provided with a power supply for connection to an element of the electric building wiring system.
In that case, it may be advantageous to provide the transmittertreceiver units with conventional power plugs and to use existing receptacle outletæ of the electric building wiring system. An even simpler and more advantageous solution is obtained if the power supply is provided with a base for a -conventional lamp socket since simultaneously with the electric connection, mechanical support is provided for the transmitter/receiver unit.
In a preferred embodiment whlch is characterized in that the transmitter/receiver units of the radio bus are used in a qua6i-optical, llne-of-slght path, optimum radio communiaation quallty is achieved.
Further detalls of the invention will become apparent from the following descrlption of an embodiment of the invention -taken in con~unction with the accompanying drawings, in which- ~
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-20039~9 Fig. 1 is a block diagram of a preferred embodiment of a radiotelephone system in accordance with the invention;
Fig. 2 is block diagram of a central-office-channel -equipment as used in the radlotelephone system of Fig. l;
Fig. 3 is a block diagram of the central unit of a private branch exchange for the radlotelephone system oi Flg. l;
Fig. 4 is a block diagram of a subscriber unit as used in the radiotelephone system of Fig. 1 :' '.''~,'.' .,;'' '' ~ ' ,"
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Fig. 5 is a block diagram of a transmitter/re~eiver unit of the radio bus for the radiote~e-phone system of Fig. 1;
Fig. 6 is a simplified diagram of the signal format for the individual transmitter/receiver units i ' of the radiotelephone system of Fig. 1, and .
Fig. 7 is a simpl;fied diagram of the signal format for a subscriber unit as used in the rad;o-telephone system of Fig. 1.
The radiotelephone system shown in Fig. 1 in the form of a private branch exchange ~s connected to a central-office-channel equipment 13 which can re-ceive and transm;t rad;o signals, which are transmitted via the public radio network, via an antenna 14 in the known manner. This public mobile communication network ' is, for example, the C-net, which is currently used in Germany and operates ;n the 450-MHz range, or the future D-net, wh;ch will operate in the 900-MHz range.
As shown in Fig. 2, the central-office-channel equip-ment 13, which can receive 1 to n radio channels in '' g;ven carr;er-frequency ranges, ;s of conventional de-sign and has a duplexer 16, a transmitter/modulator un;t 17, a receiver/demodulator unit 18 connected to the ' duplexer 16, a frequency-cond;t;on;ng unit 19, and a signal-cond;tioning unit 20 and a signal-evaluat;ng unit ' ~
21 which are connected to the transmitter/modulator unit ' ' 17 and the receiver/demo'dulator unit 18, respectively, ' ' ~ ~, : -M. Bohm 44 . " ~ ' ,:
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- 20039;29 and have their other ends coupled to a channel trans- ~ -lator 22 which is connected to the private branch exchange 12 of the radiotelephone system in accordance with the invention. On the connecting line 23, 1 to n PCM
central-office channels can be transmitted.
The radiotelephone system, shown and designed here as a private branch exchange 12, has a central unit 26 which is connected, or connectable to permit two-way communication, via a radio-link chain 27 within and/or outside one or more buildings to a subscriber arrange-ment 28, which is present there. The radio-link chain will be referred to as "radio bus".
The subscriber arrangement 28 consists of a plurality of subscriber units 31 as shown in Fig. 4, which are designed as conventional cordless telephones. These ~
subscriber units 31 are thus mobile and are present at ;
different points within the radiotelephone system. The radio bus 27 consists of a plurality of radio-bus elements 32 of essentiaLly identical construction as are shown in Fig. 5. The radio-bus elements 32 are d;str;buted with;n the radiotelephone system or within and/or outside said one or more buildings in such a way that essentially a quasi-optical (line-of-sight) path exists between adjacent radio-bus elements 32. However, depending on the materials used for walls and the like, it ;s frequently not absolutely necessary that there should be a line-of-sight path between the individual radio-bus elements 32. For the transmit/receive '"'''" ' M. 90hm 44 ~ ;
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mode, it is then necessary for the respective subscriber unit 31 to be located within the coverage of a radio-bus element 32 which enters into two-way radio communication with an adjacent radio-bus element 32 which, in turn, enters into two-way radio communication with an adjacent radio-bus element 32, etc.
Fig. 3 shows the central unit 26 of the private branch exchange 12 of the radiotelephone system. As can be seen, the private branch exchange 12, besides being connected at the terminal A to the central-office-channel equipment 13 for radio communication via the public mobile commun;cat;on network, may also be con-nected to a trunk equ;pment (not shown) at term;nal B, so that incoming and outgo;ng calls can also be trans-mitted via the trunk network. The central un;t 26 has a first match;ng circuit 36 and an extension controller -37 wh;ch are connected both to the line 23 coming from ;
the central-office-channel equ;pment (terminal A) and to the l;ne 34 coming from the trunk equipment (terminal B). The first matching circuit 36 is connected directly and via a switching network 38 to a second matching cir-cuit 39, to which extension telephones may be permanently `
connected via lines 41. The extension con-trolLer 37, which is also connected to the switching network 38, is coupled to a radio-bus controller 4~. `
A radio-bus head 33, which is similar in design to a radio-bus element 32, is connected both to the second `;
matching circuit 39 (at a terminal C) and to the radio-bus controller 42 (at a terminal D), and has an antenna 43.
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Z0039;~:9 As shown in F;g. 4, the cordless subscriber unit 31 is of conventional design and has a duplexer 46 which is connected at one end to a transmitting/receiving an-tenna 47 and at the other end both to a transmitter/
moduLator unit 48 and to a receiver/demodulator unit 49, between which there is a frequency-conditioning unit 50 connected to a console processor 51. The transmitter/
modulator unit 48 is connected to a microphone 54 via --a signal-conditioning unit 52 and a speech encoder 53.
Correspondingly, the receiver/demodulator unit 49 is connected to an ear piece 57 via a signal-evaluating unit 55 and a speech decoder 56.
Asshown in Fig. 5, each radio-bus element 32 has a -~
duplexer 61 which ;s connected at one end to an antenna --62 and at the other end both to a transmitter/modulator unit 63 and to a receiver/demodulator unit 64, between which there is a frequency-conditioning unit 65 which is connected via a control processor 66 to a service-channel demodulator 67. The transmitter/modulator unit 63 and the rece;ver/demodulator un;t 64 are ;nter-connected directly and v;a a converter 68.
The rece;ver/demodulator un;t 64 is also connected to the serv;ce-channel demodulator 67 Each rad;o-bus element 32 of the rad;o bus 27 between the subscr;ber arrangement 28 and the central unit 26 ;s prov;ded with a power-supply unit 69 having a con-vent;onal screw base v;a wh;ch the rad;o-bus element 32 can be electr;cally connected with lamp sockets 70 of the electr;c bu;ld;ng w;r;ng system. The rad;o-bus element :' ..
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200.~9;;~9 32 can thus be inserted into any lamp socket 70, so that not only electric connection but also mechanical support are provided for the radio-bus element 32.
The radio-bus head 33, described in connection with the central unit Z6, is identical in construction to the radio-bus element 32 of Fig. S except that the power-supply unit 69 is permanently connected with the power supply of the central unit 26 instead of being connectable with a socket 70. In addition, as can be seen in Fig. 3, the control processor 66 (Fig. 5) is connected at the terminal D to the radio-bus controller 42 (Fig. 3), and the converter 68 (Fig. 5) is connected at the term;nal C to the second matching circuit 39 (Fig. 3)-Two-way communication between a subscriber from outside the radiotelephone system and a mobile radio subscriber within the radiotelephone system takes place as follows.
The signaL coming from outside is transferred through the central-office-channel equipment 13 or trunk equip-ment into the central un;t 26 of the pr;vate branch exchange 12 or the rad;otelephone system and ;s trans-mitted by rad;o from the rad;o-bus head 33 of the a central un;t 26 to the nearest rad;o-bus element 32, thence to the nearest radio-bus element 32, etc., unt;l it reaches that rad;o-bus element 32 with;n whose coverage the d;alled subscr;ber un;t 31 ;s located.
The transm;ss;on of s;gnals from the respect;ve subscriber unit 31 to an external subscr;ber ;s reverse, .e., from M. Bohm 44 --:
200~9~9 the subscriber unit 31 to the nearest radio bus element 32, thence to the nearest radio-bus element 32, etc., --up to the central unit 26 and thence to the outside.
Two-way communication between two subscriber units 31 within the radiotelephone system takes place analagously via the respective radio-bus elements 32 and the central -unit 26 located between said elements.
If the radiotelephone system 11 is located within or outside a single building, it may generally be sufficient to provide one radio-bus head 33 which is permanently connected with the central unit 26. If -~
two or more buildings are connected to the radio-telephone system, or the external subscriber station is too far away, it may be advantageous to provide in or outside the other building or each of the other bu;ldings an additional radio-bus head 33 as a starting point for the radio-link chain ;n the form ;
of the rad;o bus 27 and to permanently connect th;s add;t;onal rad;o-~ushead 33 to the central un;t 26 v;a ;
a connect;ng l;ne.
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Figs. 6 and 7 show the TDMA s;gnal formats for the radio-bus element 32 and the subscriber unit 31, re-spectively, the latter be;ng des;gned as a telephone operat;ng ;n the t;me-d;v;s;on mult;plex mode. As shown ;n F;g. 6, each rad;o-bus element 32 can process three different groups of frequency pairs, one of which serves for transmission to and reception :, .
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200~19~9 from one or more subscriber units31, while the two others serve for transmission to and reception from the two adjacent radio-bus elements 32.
Fig. 7 shows that the transmission- and reception-frequency ranges of a subscriber unit 31 having a single pair of frequencies have 64 channels. It is - -also possible to provide the identical subscriber units 31 with more than one carrier frequency (not shown).
The same applies analogously to the radio-bus elements 32. In these cases, the frequencies,channels, and transmitting powers of the radio-bus elements 32 and the subscriber units 31 are advantageously set from the central unit 26 via a service channel.
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Claims (12)
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A radiotelephone system, particularly in the form of a private branch exchange, including a plurality of mobile subscriber units, a plurality of transmitter/receiver units coupled with the subscriber units by radio links, and a central unit cooperating with the transmitter/receiver units, characterized in that the transmitter/receiver units are arranged and designed to form not only a radio link to at least one of the subscriber units, but also, via respective adjacent transmitter/receiver units, a radio-link chain to the central unit which has a separate transmitter/receiver unit, said transmitter/receiver units each operating with three carrier frequency pairs, a first of which is used for duplex communication with the respective subscriber unit, while the other two are used for duplex communication with two adjacent transmitter/receiver units of the radio-link chain.
2. A radiotelephone system as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the transmitter/receiver unit and the subscriber unit operate in a TDMA mode.
3. A radiotelephone system as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that the subscriber unit operates with a single carrier-frequency pair.
4. A radiotelephone system as claimed in claim 3, characterized in that the transmitter/receiver unit is provided with a power supply for connection to an element of the electric building wiring system.
5. A radiotelephone system as claimed in claim 4, characterized in that the power supply is provided with a base for a conventional lamp socket.
6. A radiotelephone system as claimed in claim 5, characterized in that the transmitter/receiver units of the radio-bus are used in a quasi-optical, line-of-sight path.
7. A radiotelephone system as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that the transmitter/receiver unit is provided with a power supply for connection to an element of the electric building wiring system.
8. A radiotelephone system as claimed in claim 7, characterized in that the transmitter/receiver units of the radio-bus are used in a quasi-optical, line-of-sight path.
9. A radiotelephone system as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the transmitter/receiver unit is provided with a power supply for connection to an element of the electric building wiring system.
10. A radiotelephone system as claimed in claim 9, characterized in that the power supply is provided with a base for a conventional lamp socket.
11. A radiotelephone system as claimed in claim 10, characterized in that the transmitter/receiver units of the radio-bus are used in a quasi-optical, line-of-sight path.
12. A radiotelephone system as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the transmitter/receiver units of the radio-bus are used in a quasi-optical, line-of-sight path.
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