Appeal No. 2000-0406
Application No. 08/553,202
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a TDM/TDMA wireless telecommunication
system with an electronic scanning antenna. An understanding of the invention can be
derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced below.
1. A base station that is capable of communicating with a plurality of
wireless terminals, said base station comprising;
an electronic scanning antenna for continuously rotating a beam that
carries communication messages between said base station and said
wireless terminals;
a transmitter operatively coupled to said electronic scanning antenna
that is capable of transmitting said communication messages, via said
electronic scanning antenna, to said wireless terminals in a time-division
multiplexed data stream that is synchronized with the rotation of said beam;
and
a receiver operatively coupled to said electronic scanning antenna
that is capable of receiving said communication messages, via said
electronic scanning antenna, from said wireless terminals in a time-division
multiple access data stream that is substantially synchronized with the
rotation of said beam.
The prior art reference of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims is:
Ahl et al. (Ahl) 5,448,753 Sep. 5, 1995
Claims 1 and 3-11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 as being unpatentable
over Ahl.
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