Apparatus and method for improving the efficiency of terrestrial facilities utilized by a wireless communications system between a base station and a mobile switching center
CA 2340517 A1 · Owner: Bujewski, Theodore Joseph · Inventors: Lee, Anne Yin-Fee; Bujewski, Theodore Joseph; Payne, Stephen Ewell
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The present invention detects idle time durations of communications in the forward direction, reverse direction, or both directions of a wireless call in which, discontinuous transmission is invoked. Such events are exploited to reduce associated, data transmission on terrestrial facilities that are utilized by a wireless communications, system, thus lowering transmission costs. An exemplary embodiment includes bases, stations and a mobile switching center that is connected to an asynchronous transfer mode, (ATM) network for backhaul transmission.
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