Automatic wireless service activation in a private local wireless system

A method of accessing and achieving authentication from a secondary wireless communication system in a region overlapped by a dominant wireless communication system, comprising the steps of:

• creating access signal space in which radiated access control signal levels of the secondary wireless communication system within the signal space exceed access control signal levels of the dominant wireless communication system;
• positioning a wireless telephone seeking access within the access signal space and powering up the wireless telephone;
• searching by the wireless telephone for the strongest control channel;
• selecting the control channel of the secondary wireless communication system by reason of positioning of the wireless telephone within the access space;
• and
• authorizing and authenticating the wireless telephone for operation within the secondary wireless communication system.

A method of activating and authenticating a wireless telephone of a new user in a secondary wireless communication system in a region overlapped by a dominant wireless communication system, comprising the steps of:

• enabling the activating and authenticating within a limited sub-region of the region overlapped by a dominant wireless communication system and within that sub-region including the steps of:
• providing a mobile identification number (MIN) and an electronic serial number (ESN) from an Automatic Private Service Activation (APSA) unit of the secondary system;
• and
• interact with a secondary system database to provide a record and enable service to the new user.

In a wireless centrex environment, a secondary wireless communication system overlapped by a dominant wireless communication system, and including radio access for activation and authentication of a wireless telephone in the secondary wireless communication system, comprising:

• a plurality of voice access ports (VAP) connected to a local digital switch associated with a public switched telephone network (PSTN);
• and
• an automated private service activation (APSA) port for accepting the access requests of a wireless telephone seeking activation in the secondary wireless communication system;
• wherein the APSA port is connected to a local digital switch associated with a PSTN;
• and
• wherein the APSA port provides an access control channel radiating signals at a level exceeding a signal level of the access control channel only within limited spatial constraints.