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A method and apparatus for apparatus for controlling communications between a mobile cellular telephone and a cell of a cellular telephone network. The apparatus comprises a serving transceiver for transmitting and receiving communications between the cell and the mobile cellular telephone, a scanne

A method and apparatus for apparatus for controlling communications between a mobile cellular telephone and a cell of a cellular telephone network. The apparatus comprises a serving transceiver for transmitting and receiving communications between the cell and the mobile cellular telephone, a scanner, coupled to an antenna, for selectably scanning the communication channels to measure a characteristic of the signal transmitted from the mobile telephone, and a controller, coupled to the scanner and the serving transceiver, for commanding the antenna based on the measured signal characteristic.

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[What is claim is:] [1.]a serving transceiver, for transmitting and receiving communications between the cell and the mobile cellular telephone;a scanner, coupled the antenna, for selectably scanning the communication channels and measuring a characteristic of a signal transmitted from the mobile te

[What is claim is:] [1.]a serving transceiver, for transmitting and receiving communications between the cell and the mobile cellular telephone;a scanner, coupled the antenna, for selectably scanning the communication channels and measuring a characteristic of a signal transmitted from the mobile telephone, the scanner comprising at least one scanning receiver for measuring the signal characteristic;a controller, coupled to the scanner and the serving transceiver, for commanding the antenna based on the measured signal characteristic;wherein the cell comprises a plurality of communication zones defined by one or more antennae serving the zone, and whereinthe scanner selectably scans the communication zones to measure the characteristic of the signal transmitted from the mobile telephone in the communication zones; andthe controller further comprises a zone selector, coupled to the scanner, for selecting the zone for communications between the mobile telephone and the cell based on the measured signal characteristic, and a zone switch, communicatively coupled to the zone selector, the serving transceiver, and the antennae for selectively coupling the antennae to the serving transceiver based on the selected zone;wherein the serving transceiver comprises:a serving receiver having a plurality of channel receivers, each selectable coupled to the scanning receiver by an antenna coupler to measure the characteristic and each channel receiver associated with a communication channel;a serving transmitter having a plurality of channel transmitters, each channel transmitter associated with a communications channel;a duplexer communicatively coupled to the serving receiver and the serving transmitter, and communicatively coupled to the antennae via the zone switch, the duplexer for selectably coupling the serving receiver and the serving transmitter to the zone switch;wherein the zone switch selectably couples the antennae to the duplexer to select the communications zone in accordance with the measured characteristic; andwherein the antenna coupler synchronizes a scanning box coupled to the zone switch with the scanning receiver to measure the characteristic in all communication zones before measuring the characteristic in a second communication channel.