Multi-mode cellular phone terminal
AssigneeMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorYukio Sato
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Abstract
In such a multi-mode cellular phone terminal, a transmitter, a receiver and a synthesizer are composed of common hardware that can be used in a plurality of communications systems. A channel CODEC, a modulator, an equalizer and memory for signal processing programs are composed of common hardware to execute signal processing supporting a plurality of communications systems. A CPU and memory for a communications control program supports different communications control systems. Thus, it is provided a multi-mode cellular phone terminal that supports different communications systems with compact design and low cost.
Claims18
A multi-mode cellular phone terminal comprising:
- radio communications means connected to an antenna for transmitting/receiving radio waves;
- signal processing means for transmitting/receiving a transmit/receive signal to/from said radio communications means;
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- communications control means for controlling said radio communications means and said signal processing means, said multi-mode cellular phone terminal supporting a plurality of communications systems,
- wherein said radio communications means is composed of hardware to be used in common by a plurality of communications systems, and said signal processing means is composed of hardware to execute signal processing supporting a plurality of communications systems.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.