Inventors:
David M. Cooley - Upper Darby PA, US
Joseph J. DiGiovanni - Malvern PA, US
John D. Kaewell - Bensalem PA, US
Scott D. Kurtz - Mt. Laurel NJ, US
Mark A. Lemmo - Huntington Valley PA, US
Michael W. Regensburg - Marlton NJ, US
David Vessal - Narberth PA, US
Eric Johns - Phoenixville PA, US
Assignee:
InterDigital Technology Corporation - Wilmington DE
International Classification:
H04J 3/00
H04Q 7/00
US Classification:
370329, 370336, 370442, 375222
Abstract:
A subscriber cluster unit for a wireless telecommunication system provides a wireless interface with a base station for a plurality of subscriber units. The cluster unit has a plurality of frequency agile modems for processing wireless communications with the base station and a plurality of subscriber line circuits, each for providing a telecommunication connection with a subscriber unit. A control processor assigns a modem for each communication between the base station and a selected subscriber unit which is coupled to one of the line circuits and associates that line circuit with the assigned modem for that communication. Thus, a subscriber unit coupled with any of the line circuits can communicate with the base station via any of the modems.