Appeal No. 1998-2708
Application No. 08/459,361
The invention relates to a communications system
featuring a wireless terminal station (WTS) which enables a
rural subscriber to communicate with a base station (BS) by
either a standard telephone (T) or a cordless telephone (WT),
using only one telephone number. In particular, referring to
Figure 2, a wireless terminal station (WTS) is inhibited or
enabled by a control means (EDC) depending on whether or not a
cordless telephone (WT) is being used, which cordless
telephone (WT) can also communicate directly with the base
station (BS). The base station (BS) in turn is connected to a
base station controller (BSC) which connects to a local
exchange (LE).
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as
follows:
1. Communications system, comprising: a number of base
stations (BS) connected to a local exchange (LE) and a number
of wireless terminal stations (WTS) that communicate, by
radio, with at least one of the base stations (BS) in order to
provide telephone services to telephone sets (T) connected by
subscriber lines (LS) to the wireless terminals stations
(WTS), wherein said wireless terminal stations (WTS) are
inhibited or enabled by control means (EDC) depending on
whether or not a cordless telephone (WT) is being used which,
in an alternative manner to that of the wireless terminal
stations (WTS), also communicates directly with the base
stations (BS).
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