公开(公告)号：CA2244383A1

公开(公告)日：1999-02-28

申请号：CA2244383

申请日：1998-07-27

Applicant: LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC

Inventor： RUBIN HARVEY ,  STREGE KEITH ELDEN ,  KRAML MARK H ,  DAJER MIGUEL

IPC: H04W76/04 ,  H04W92/12 ,  H04W92/20 ,  H04Q7/36

Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus and a method for sharing a communicati on channel among two or more base stations connected to a base station controller via a common transmission line in a channelized format. The present invention allows each of the base stations t o receive data transmitted over a shared communication channel from the base station controller, to determin e whether the data transmitted from the base station controller is intended for that base station, and to i nsert its data into the communication channel without interfering with data transmitted by other bas e stations over the communication channel. In one embodiment, each of the base stations is confi gured to bridge onto the transmission facility such that messages being transmitted over a signaling channel may be received by all of the base stations. The signaling messages has associated identifiers for specifying particular base stations to which the messages are intended. In another embo diment, each of the base stations can insert its signaling message into the data stream over the signaling channel without interfering with signaling messages already in the data stream.