MOVABLE ACCESS POINTS AND REPEATERS FOR MINIMIZING COVERAGE AND CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AND A METHOD FOR USING THE SAME

摘要

A system and method for improving the ability of a wireless packet switched data communications network (Fig. 1) to provide service to mobile user terminals (118). It employs a mobile access point (132) adapted to provide a mobile wireless user terminal (118) with access to packet-switched communications network. Mobile access point (132) can be mounted to a mobile vehicle (146) and receives substantially constant power fom the vehicle and is adapted to transmit and receive communications signals to and from wireless user terminals (118), fixed access points (106 and 108) and other networks (124, 128, 148, 150, and 152) and wireless terminals (118). Mobile access point (132) includes at least one or more transceivers supporting multiple wireless communication protocols.