Asynchronous transfer on the cellular radio link

A method of transferring data from a mobile station (MS) in a cellular telecommunications network to a destination, said method comprising the steps of:

• simultaneously seizing, by the MS, at least one control channel and a plurality of additional channels from a plurality of base stations in the cellular network;
• packaging the data in a plurality of data packets;
• spreading the data packets over the plurality of channels;
• asynchronously transmitting the data packets over the control channel and the plurality of additional channels to the destination;
• assembling the data packets in numerical order at the destination;
• and
• delivering to a user.

A method of simultaneously transmitting voice and data from a mobile station (MS) in a cellular telecommunications network to a destination, said method comprising the steps of:

• simultaneously seizing, by the MS, a plurality of radio channels from a plurality of base stations in the cellular network, the channels including a plurality of control channels and at least one voice channel;
• packaging the data in a plurality of data packets;
• asynchronously transmitting the data packets over the plurality of control channels to the destination while utilizing the voice channel for voice communications;
• assembling the data packets in numerical order at the destination;
• and
• delivering the data to a user.

A system for transferring data from a mobile station (MS) in a cellular telecommunications network to a destination, said cellular network including a mobile switching center (MSC) serving the MS, the system comprising:

• means within the MS for simultaneously seizing a plurality of radio channels, the plurality of radio channels including at least one control channel and a plurality of additional channels from a plurality of base stations in the cellular network;
• means for spreading the data over the plurality of channels;
• means for transmitting the spread data over the plurality of channels from the MS to the MSC;
• and
• means for routing the data from the MSC to the destination.

A method of transferring data to a destination mobile station (MS) in a cellular telecommunications network having a mobile switching center (MSC), a plurality of base stations, and a Home Location Register (HLR), said method comprising the steps of:

• reserving by the MSC, a plurality of radio channels suitable for communicating with the destination MS;
• assembling a plurality of data packets in the MSC, each of the data packets including a packet identification (ID) which identifies the destination MS and each packet's numerical order among the plurality of data packets;
• spreading the data packets over the plurality of channels;
• asynchronously transmitting the plurality of data packets from the MSC to the destination MS over the plurality of channels;
• and
• assembling the plurality of packets in numerical order in the destination MS.