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A subscriber station for the wireless connection of user telecommunications equipment to a remote central station of a wireless telecommunications system includes a transmitter/receiver for wireless communication with the central station, at least one telephone line for connection to subscriber tele

A subscriber station for the wireless connection of user telecommunications equipment to a remote central station of a wireless telecommunications system includes a transmitter/receiver for wireless communication with the central station, at least one telephone line for connection to subscriber telecommunications equipment and a communications controller connected between the transmitter/receiver and the telephone line for processing signals for transmission and/or received signals The subscriber station is configurable in response to wireless programming signals representative of control code down-loaded from the central station By enabling the down-loading of software for programming the subscriber station, the flexibility and convenience of configuring the subscriber station, both initially and subsequently, is greatly enhanced

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A subscriber station for the wireless connection of user telecommunications equipment to a remote central station of a wireless telecommunications system, said subscriber station comprising:a transmitter/receiver for wireless communication with said central station;at lea

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A subscriber station for the wireless connection of user telecommunications equipment to a remote central station of a wireless telecommunications system, said subscriber station comprising:a transmitter/receiver for wireless communication with said central station;at least one telephone line for connection to subscriber telecommunications equipment; anda communications controller connected between said transmitter/receiver and said telephone line for processing signals for transmission and/or received signals, said subscriber station being configurable in response to wireless programming signals representative of control code down-loaded from said central station, wherein said communications controller comprises:a plurality of memory portions for successive versions of said executable code, each memory portion containing a version of said executable code being associated with a version number for said executable code; andprocessing means responsive to said version numbers for executing executable code from the memory portion associated with the most recent valid version number, said communications controller being arranged to load a subsequent version of executable code down-loaded from said central station into a memory portion not containing the executable code being executed at that time in order to prevent interruption of subscriber station operation, a valid version number for said down-loaded executable code being associated with the memory portion concerned following successful down-load.