Appeal No. 2000-1557
Application 08/384,456
brief, the examiner has withdrawn the rejection of claims 2, 5,
16, 49 and 51. Therefore, this appeal is now directed to the
rejection of claims 1, 3, 4, 6-15, 17-22, 50 and 52.
The disclosed invention pertains to the field of cellular
mobile communications systems. Specifically, the invention
relates to a method and apparatus for controlling communications
between at least one mobile station and at least two base
stations.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. In a cellular mobile radio communications system including at
least one mobile station and at least two base stations, a method
of communicating with said mobile station from a first and a
second of said base stations comprising the step of:
transmitting a signal on a first frequency from said first
base station to said mobile station using a waveform encoded with
a first code;
sending a transfer indication from said first base station
to said second base station which commands the second base
station to begin communicating with said mobile station;
after receiving said transfer indication, transmitting a
signal on said first frequency from said second base station to
said mobile station using a waveform encoded with a second code
which is different from said first code; and
receiving at said mobile station said signals transmitted on
said first frequency from said first and second base stations and
decoding said signals using said first and second codes to
produce a first and a second demodulated signal.
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