Mobile base station

A mobile base station comprising:

• a mobile vehicle;
• a mobile wireless communication unit mounted on said vehicle for providing a wireless medium to a stationary terminal, said mobile wireless communication unit comprising:
• mobile storage means for storing information;
• a mobile wireless LAN interface for cooperating with said stationary terminal to form a wireless LAN link for transmitting information between said stationary terminal and said mobile storage means when said vehicle is within a particular broadcast range of said stationary terminal, wherein said mobile wireless LAN interface comprises at least:
• means for transmitting a control signal from said mobile base station to said terminal, said control signal containing identification of said base station;
• means for receiving a data link request from said terminal;
• means for transmitting a second control signal informing said terminal which data channel to use;
• means for receiving an information request from said terminal on said data channel;
• and
• means for transmitting information according to said information request from said terminal.

A mobile wireless communication unit for providing a wireless medium to a stationary terminal having terminal storage means and terminal wireless communication means, said mobile wireless communication unit comprising:

• means for mounting the unit to a mobile vehicle;
• mobile storage means for storing information;
• and
• mobile wireless LAN interface for cooperating with said terminal communication means to form a LAN wireless link for transmitting information between said terminal storage means and said mobile storage means when said mobile vehicle is within a certain broadcast range of said stationary terminal, said mobile wireless LAN interface comprising at least:
• means for compressing digital data;
• means for dividing and interleaving said data into frames;
• means for channel coding said frames;
• means for modulating said coded frames into an analog waveform;
• means for upconverting said analog waveform from baseband frequency to radio frequency (RF);
• and
• means for amplifying said RF signal for wireless transmission.

A method of providing a wireless medium to a stationary terminal using a mobile base station, said stationary terminal having a terminal computer-readable storage medium and a terminal wireless communication interface, said mobile base station having a mobile computer-readable storage medium and a mobile wireless communication interface adapted for wireless LAN communication with said terminal wireless communication interface within a particular broadcast range, said method comprising:

• moving said mobile base station within said particular broadcast range of said stationary terminal;
• establishing a wireless LAN communication link between said mobile base station and said stationary terminal, wherein establishing said wireless LAN communication link and transmitting said information comprises the steps of:
• transmitting a control signal from said mobile base station to said stationary terminal, said control signal containing identification of said base station;
• receiving a data link request from said stationary terminal;
• transmitting a second control signal informing said stationary terminal which data channel to use;
• receiving an information request from said stationary terminal on said data channel;
• and
• transmitting information according to said information request from said stationary terminal;
• and
• transmitting information between said terminal computer-readable storage medium and said mobile computer-readable storage medium over said wireless LAN communication link.

A mobile base station comprising:

• a mobile vehicle;
• a mobile wireless communication unit mounted to said mobile vehicle for providing a wireless medium to a stationary terminal, said mobile wireless communication unit comprising:
• mobile storage means for storing information;
• and
• wireless communication means for cooperating with said stationary terminal to form a wireless LAN communication link for transmitting information between said mobile storage means and said stationary terminal when said vehicle is within a particular broadcast range of said stationary terminal, wherein said wireless communication means comprises:
• means for compressing digital data;
• means for dividing and interleaving said data into frames;
• means for channel coding said frames;
• means for modulating said coded frames into an analog waveform;
• means for upconverting said analog waveform from baseband frequency to radio frequency (RF);
• and
• means for amplifying said RF signal for wireless transmission.

A mobile wireless communication unit for providing a wireless medium to a stationary terminal having terminal storage means and terminal wireless communication means, said mobile wireless communication unit comprising:

• means for mounting the unit to a mobile vehicle;
• mobile storage means for storing information;
• and
• wireless communication means mounted to said housing for cooperating with said terminal communication means to form a wireless LAN communication link for transmitting information between said terminal storage means and said mobile storage means when said vehicle is within a particular broadcast range of said stationary terminal, wherein said mobile wireless communication means comprises:
• means for transmitting a control signal from said mobile base station to said stationary terminal, said control signal containing identification of said base station;
• means for receiving a data link request from said stationary terminal;
• means for transmitting a second control signal informing said stationary terminal which data channel to use;
• means for receiving an information request from said stationary terminal on said data channel;
• and
• means for transmitting information according to said information request from said stationary terminal.