Radio communication system

A radio communication system comprising:

• a radio base station linked to a switching office and a base-station controller wirelessly or by wire, said radio base station defining a first communication area;
• a plurality of mobile base stations, based on the microcell technology, located within said first communication area of said radio base station, each of said mobile base stations defining a second communication area;
• a fixed subscriber's station accommodating a plurality of telephone sets, said fixed subscriber's station being located within said first communication area of said radio base station;
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• a plurality of mobile terminals being linked to said mobile base stations by a wireless link and connected to said radio base station by way of said mobile base stations;
• at least one of said second communication areas being located entirely within said first communication area,
• said telephone sets fixed to said fixed subscriber's station being directly linked to said radio base station by wireless links, and
• each of said mobile base stations being connected for communicating with said mobile terminals by said second wireless link within said second communication area while said mobile terminals are located within said first communication area.

A radio communication system comprising:

• a first radio base station linked to a switching office and a base-station controller wirelessly or by wire, said first radio base station defining a first communication area;
• a second radio base station linked exclusively to said first radio base station and a plurality of mobile terminals, said, second radio base station being a mobile radio base station based on the microcell technology, said second radio base station being linked to said first radio base station by a first wireless link, while being linked to mobile terminals by a second wireless link, said second radio base station defining a second communication area;
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• a third radio terminal accommodating fixed telephone sets, said third radio terminal being linked to said first radio base station by said first wireless link,
• said second communication area being located entirely within said first communication area,
• said second radio base station being connected for communicating with said mobile terminals by said second wireless link within said second communication area while said mobile terminals are located within said first communication area.