TW353836B - Mobile communication system with moving base station - Google Patents

Abstract

Interface apparatus for establishing signal connections between a telephone office connected to a telephone network and mobile telephone units transmitting radio signals and moving in a specified direction, the interface apparatus comprising: a stationary interface unit connected to the telephone office via a signal transmission connection; a plurality of spaced apart movable base stations, each of the movable base stations uniquely associated with the telephone office and supported on a conveying device for limited movement in the specified direction independent of movement of the mobile telephone units and within an area defined relative to the stationary interface, the movable base stations each having an associated geographical service area defined relative to the stationary interface and operative to perform a plurality of call handling functions relative to mobile units in the associated geographical service area, the movable base stations each responsive to radio signals transmitted by the mobile telephone units to transmit corresponding radio signals to the stationary interface unit and the stationary interface unit responsive to the radio signals transmitted from the movable base stations to transmit signals corresponding to the signals transmitted from the movable base stations to the telephone office via the signal transmission connection.