TDMA PACKET DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

摘要

A packet data communication system includes a control station and a pluralit y of mobile terminals that communicate on demand with the control station over a wireless link. The control station has a data port for receiving data packet s destined for the terminals, an arrangement for generating a plurality of dat a channels for carrying the data packets, and an arrangement for assigning the data packets destined for a particular terminal to one or more of the data channels. A control channel carries control information pertaining to the da ta channels. The channels are trasmitted to the mobile terminals as an r.f. signal. The terminals have a receiver for receiving the r.f. signal, an anal og- to-digital converter for digitizing the received signal, and a buffer for storing the digitized received signal. The terminals continually monitor the control channel to extract control information. The stored signal is process ed to extract packet data destined for the terminal from one or more of the dat a channels in response to control information received on the control channel.