Mobile radio communication system utilizing mode designation
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsMasayuki Tanaka, Koichi Ito
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Abstract
A mobile radio communication system is provided with a base station apparatus connected to a wire circuit, a mobile radio station apparatus which is connected to the base station apparatus by means of a radio circuit, a mode designation device for selecting either an analog mode or a digital mode when radio communication is to be performed between the base station apparatus and the mobile radio station apparatus, and a mode-informing device for informing the base station apparatus of the mode designated by the mode designation device.
Claims13
A mobile radio communication system comprising:
- a base station apparatus connected to a wire network;
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- a mobile radio station apparatus which is connected to said base station apparatus via a radio network, said mobile radio station apparatus including:
- mode designating means for designating one of a plurality of modes;
- mode-informing means for recognizing the mode designated by said mode designating means and transmitting mode data indicating only the designated mode to said base station apparatus via said radio network;
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- shift rejecting means for rejecting a shift from the one designated mode to a non-designated mode during a hand-off process from said base station apparatus.
A mobile radio station apparatus comprising:
- means for communicating, via a radio network, with a base station apparatus connected to a wire network;
- mode designating means for designating one of a plurality of modes for communicating with said base station apparatus;
- mode-informing means for recognizing said one designated mode designated by said mode designating means and transmitting mode data indicating said one designated mode to said base station apparatus via said radio network;
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- means for rejecting a shift from the one designated mode to a non-designated mode during a hand-off process from said base station apparatus.
A mobile radio station apparatus comprising:
- means for communicating, via a radio network, with a base station apparatus connected to a wire network;
- mode designating means for designating one of an analog mode and a digital mode for communicating with said base station apparatus;
- mode-informing means for recognizing said one designated mode designated by said mode designating means and transmitting mode data indicating said one designated mode to said base station apparatus via said radio network;
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- indicating means, responsive to a message received from the base station apparatus, for indicating to a user whether the analog mode or the digital mode has been initiated between the mobile radio station apparatus and the base station apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.