A TERMINAL HAVING A VARIABLE DUPLEX CAPABILITY

摘要

A cellular telecommunications terminal having a full-duplex mode of operation and a half-duplex mode of operation, comprising: a first cellular transmitter and a first cellular receiver operable, when the terminal is in the full-duplex mode, to transmit and receive at the same time and operable, when the terminal is in the half-duplex mode, to transmit and receive at different times and not at the same time; and a switching control for changing the mode of operation of the terminal while operating in the full-duplex mode from the full-duplex mode to the half­ duplex mode.