SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS CONNECTION TO BASE STATION EXTERNAL EQUIPMENT

摘要

A telecommunications system and method is disclosed for connecting external devices wirelessly to a Base Transceiver Station (BTS) via a short range, ad-hoc network, such as the Bluetooth network. To communicate wirelessly with the external equipment, the BTS includes a Bluetooth compatible transceiver (TRX) for interfacing with the external equipment and sending and receiving signals on the physical layer and a Bluetooth adapter for converting the signals on the physical interface to the signals used by the higher layers. The Bluetooth adapter is also responsible for determining the address of each Bluetooth capable external equipment connected to the BTS and the type of equipment (protocol) it is. Each of the Bluetooth compatible external devices also have Bluetooth TRX's and adapters therein. To communicate with the Base Station Controller (BSC), the BTS further includes a network adapter for converting messages received from the Bluetooth capable external equipment to the proper message for the BSC.