Mobile communication system

A cellular mobile communication system with M radio zones consisting of a plurality of mobile terminals, M base radio stations one of which is provided for each zone, a central base station connecting said base radio stations to a mobile switching center, and the mobile switching center connecting said central base station and a plurality of public lines, said base radio stations being connected by optical transmission paths to said central base station,

• wherein each of said M base radio stations comprises:
• RF signal transceiver means for receiving RF band signals from said mobile terminals and in turn supplying said RF band signals as first RF signals, and for transmitting second RF signals to said mobile terminals;
• first optical signal transmitting means, receiving said first RF signals, for converting said first RF signals into first optical signals and transmitting them to said central base station;
• and
• first optical signal receiving means for converting second optical signals from said central base station into said second RF signals, and
• said central base station comprises:
• M second optical signal receiving means, one of which is provided for each of said M base radio stations, for receiving said second optical signals and converting them into third RF signals;
• receiving means for demodulating said third RF signals and sending out a plurality of resultant first demodulated signals to said mobile switching center;
• transmitting means for receiving signals from said public lines via said mobile switching center and converting the signals into fourth RF signals;
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• M second optical signal transmitting means, one of which is provided for each of said M base radio stations, for converting said fourth RF signals into said second optical signals,
• wherein each of said M base radio stations is further provided with gain control means, to which said first RF signals are supplied, for generating a gain control signal on the basis of the level of a received strength of said first RF signals, controlling the gain of said first RF signals on the basis of this gain control signal, and supplying the gain-controlled RF signals to said first optical signal transmitting means;
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• wherein each of said M base radio stations is further provided with multiplexing means for multiplexing said gain control signal and the gain-controlled RF signals, and supplying the resultant multiplexed signals to said first optical signal transmitting means, such that the received strength of said first RF signals is determined by said central base station.