US 6,321,095 B1
Wireless communications approachGeneral
US 6,321,095 B1
Wireless communications approach
Tech Center:
2600 Communications
Examiner:
Dwayne Bost
Art Unit:
2681 Telemetry and Code Generation; Vehicles and System Alarms; Selective Communication; Dynamic Storage Systems; Mechanical parts of Disk Drives; Signal Processing and Control Processing in Disk Drives
Inventors:
SHERMAN GAVETTE
Assignee:
Priority:
03/26/99
Filed:
03/26/99
Granted:
11/20/01
Expiration:
03/26/19
Abstract
An approach for providing communications between mobile stations involves establishing a direct, digital communication link between mobile stations. A first mobile station determines a portion of a radio frequency (RF) band to carry communications between the first mobile station and a second mobile station. The first mobile station sends a request signal on the portion of the RF band to the second mobile station to request communications between the first mobile station and the second mobile station. The second mobile station transmits, in response to receiving the request signal, an acknowledge signal on the portion of the RF band directly to the first mobile station to acknowledge the request signal. The first mobile station establishes, in response to the acknowledge signal, a direct communications link between the first mobile station and the second mobile station.