A packetized cellular system.

摘要

A packetized cellular system (5) in which a mobile (14) quasi-periodically transmits a beacon signal containing an ID number to a first base station (10) in the cell (6) in which it is located for storage with the ID's of other active mobiles in the cell. A copy of a list of the active mobiles in that cell is transmitted to all adjacent cells (6) where they are placed on an non-active list. Control of a mobile is handed-off to a second base station (10) upon the receipt of a transmitted ID number of the mobile at the second base station (10). The mobile is then listed as active in the database of the second base station and non-active in the first base station.