Dual Mode System for Wireless Communication
OwnerYang-Seok Choiinventor
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Abstract
A mobile device may establish a first wireless connection to a macro base station providing wide coverage in order to transmit control and/or broadcast channels, and may also establish a second wireless connection to a pico base station providing smaller coverage in order to transmit a high bandwidth data channel. These wireless connections may enable the mobile device to access a high speed channel within a picocell, while also maintaining continuous and reliable access to control and/or broadcast channels within a macrocell.
Claims21
1-16. (canceled)
A method comprising:
- establishing a first wireless connection between a mobile device and a macrocell base station;
- transmitting a control channel using the first wireless connection;
- establishing, using the control channel, a second wireless connection between the mobile device and a picocell base station;
- and
- transmitting a first data channel using the second wireless connection.
A mobile device comprising:
- a hardware processor;
- and
- a dual mode module executed by the hardware processor, the dual mode module to:
- establish a first wireless connection to a macrocell base station;
- receive a control channel using the first wireless connection;
- establish, based on the control channel, a second wireless connection to a picocell base station;
- and
- receive a first data channel using the second wireless connection.
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions to cause a hardware processor to:
- establish a macrocell connection between a mobile device and a macrocell base station;
- transmit a control channel using the macrocell connection;
- establish, using the control channel, a picocell connection between the mobile device and a picocell base station;
- and
- transmit a first data channel using the picocell connection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.