RADIO COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, BASE TRANSMITTER STATION AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING HALF DUPLEX CALLS

摘要

A method of communication for supporting half-duplex communications via a full-duplex link, the method comprising the steps of: sending a communication in half duplex format from a first mobile radio communications station MS (38) to a first base transceiver station BTS (40); converting the format of the communication in half duplex format received at the first BTS into a full duplex format and sending the communication converted into the full duplex format from said first BTS (40) to a second BTS (44); converting the format of the communication received at the second BTS back into a half duplex format at the second BTS and sending the communication in the half duplex format to a second MS (42); thereby delivering the communication from said first MS (38) to said second MS (42).