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A system for accessing a telephone system, in which a set of user stations are matched with a set of base stations for connection to a telephone network. Each base station may be coupled directly or indirectly to the telephone network and may be capable of initiating or receiving calls on the teleph

A system for accessing a telephone system, in which a set of user stations are matched with a set of base stations for connection to a telephone network. Each base station may be coupled directly or indirectly to the telephone network and may be capable of initiating or receiving calls on the telephone network. Each user station may comprise a spread-spectrum transmitter or receiver and may be capable of dynamic connection to selected base stations. A plurality of base stations may be coupled to a private exchange telephone system for coupling user stations in calls outside the telephone network. User stations may use CDMA, FDMA, TDMA or other multiple-access techniques to obtain one or more clear communication paths to base stations. User stations may make and break connections with base stations as the user station moves between service regions, or is otherwise more advantageously serviced by, base stations. User stations may direct requests to and receive information from an enhanced telephone services processor, so as to obtain enhanced telephone services within the telephone network. Base stations may be coupled to each other by means of a private exchange telephone system or other small business telephone system (such as a PBX, Centrex, or key-type system) so as to couple user stations in calls outside the telephone network. User stations may also be coupled directly or indirectly to the telephone network on their own or by another access path, such as narrowband or spread-spectrum cellular telephone circuits.

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1. A wireless communication system, comprising:a base station coupled to a communication network and having means for initiating a connection request with said communication network and means for receiving a connection request from said communication network; a user station having means for completi

1. A wireless communication system, comprising:a base station coupled to a communication network and having means for initiating a connection request with said communication network and means for receiving a connection request from said communication network; a user station having means for completing a communication path with said base station, said communication path employing a spread spectrum communication technique; wherein said communication path is completed between said base station and said user station when said user station initiates or receives a connection request on said communication network; a second base station coupled to a communication network and having means for initiating a connection request on said communication network and means for receiving a connection request from said communication network; means for breaking said communication path between said one base station and said user station and for completing a second communication path between said second base station and said user station; and a plurality of cluster controllers for controlling a set of distinct base stations, wherein said means for breaking and for completing comprises means for handing-off said user station from said one base station to said second base station when said user station terminates communication in progress relating to a first cluster controller and initiates a connection request relating to a second cluster controller.