EP1545076A3

Relay for a cellular network in a vehicle

Abstract

A method and apparatus for improving a network is described. The network uses the energy from a vehicle battery or vehicle generator to power an intermediate transmitter device that receives the signal from a portable wireless device and retransmits the information in the signal to a base station. The intermediate transmitter device also receives information from the base station and retransmits the information to the portable wireless device. The described system expands the areas in which a wireless device may be used.

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Document	Relation	Office	Category	Cited during	Relevant claims
WO0147181A2	Cites	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	X	Search report	1-10
WO0213415A2	Cites	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	X	Search report	1,9
WO03021817A1	Cites	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	Y	Search report	1-10
WO03101130A1	Cites	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	X	Search report	1,9
US2002187746A1	Cites	United States of America	Y	Search report	1-10
JUNG HOUN YAP ET AL: "Position assisted relaying and handover in hybrid ad hoc WCDMA cellular system", 15 September 2002, PERSONAL, INDOOR AND MOBILE RADIO COMMUNICATIONS, 2002. THE 13TH IEEE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SEPT. 15-18, 2002, PISCATAWAY, NJ, USA,IEEE, PAGE(S) 2194-2198, ISBN: 0-7803-7589-0, XP010614117	Non-patent	–	–	Search report	–

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741980	United States of America	–	2003-12-19
74198003	United States of America	A	2003-12-19
74198003	United States of America	A	2003-12-19
741980	–	–	–
US20030741980	–	–	–

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Document	Office	Kind
EP1545076A2	European Patent Office (EPO)	A2	2005-06-22
JP2005184818A	Japan	A	2005-07-07
US2005148334A1	United States of America	A1	2005-07-07
EP1545076A3This record	European Patent Office (EPO)	A3	2006-05-24
US7356305B2	United States of America	B2	2008-04-08
JP4611729B2	Japan	B2	2011-01-12

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2016-11-30	Application deemed to be withdrawnWithdrawn18D	18D
2016-10-28	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patentGrantedSTATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWNSTAA	STAA
2011-10-05	First examination report despatched17Q	17Q
2007-01-31	Designation fees paidAKX	AKX
2007-01-10	Request for examination filed17P	17P
2006-05-24	Designated contracting statesAK	AK
2006-05-24	Request for extension of the european patentAX	AX
2006-04-07	Search report despatchedORIGINAL CODE: 0009013PUAL	PUAL
2005-06-22	Designated contracting statesAK	AK
2005-06-22	Request for extension of the european patentAX	AX
2005-05-06	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phaseORIGINAL CODE: 0009012PUAI	PUAI