Appeal No. 1999-0084 Application No. 08/448,854 Claims 1 and 9 are illustrative of the claimed invention, and they read as follows: 1. A mobile telecommunication system comprising: a plurality of cells, each cell being assigned at least one communication frequency containing a plurality of transceiver units and at least one base station for transmitting and receiving radio signals on said at least one frequency, wherein neighboring cells share at least one transceiver unit to create an overlapping region, said shared transceiver unit being able to transmit and receive radio signals on communication frequencies assigned to the cells which are sharing the shared transceiver unit; and at least one base station controller for controlling the operation of said base stations and connecting said mobile telecommunication system to another communication system. 9. A mobile telecommunication system comprising: a plurality of cells, each cell being assigned at least one communication frequency and containing a plurality of transceiver units and at least one base station for transmitting and receiving radio signals on said at least one frequency to a plurality of mobile stations, wherein at least one transceiver units of a first cell is placed in close proximity to at least one transceiver units of a neighboring cell to create an overlapping region; and at least one base station controller for controlling the operation of said base stations in connecting said mobile telecommunication system to another communication system. The references relied on by the examiner are: 2Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007