Abstract: The present invention comprises a method of transmitting information from a central ground station to at least one mobile auxiliary ground station via at least one base station. The auxiliary ground stations are located within the transmitting range of at least one base station, and are provided with a receiving device having a control unit and a memory. In accordance with this method, a block of messages cyclically repeated within a time frame is transmitted over a single frequency from the central ground station to the base stations. Each of the messages within the block includes an address code which corresponds to the area code of the region adjacent a corresponding base station.The base stations transmit the block of messages over a single frequency to receiving devices located in the mobile auxiliary ground stations where those messages corresponding to a selected area code are recorded and then played back.

Abstract: A method for transmitting data between at least one central office and a plurality of mobile radio stations via a relay station by a time multiplex transmission procedure in which signals are transmitted in a succession of time frames structure and the central office transmits on a first frequency to all mobile radio stations via the relay station, which method includes:causing the central office to periodically transmit different messages at arbitrarily selected times, which messages include routine inquiry messages directed to each mobile station in sequence during each time frame;causing each mobile station to respond to an inquiry message by transmitting a selected short message on a second frequency;causing a selected mobile station to transmit data to the central office by transmitting to the central office an announcement of the intent to transmit data during a first time frame, causing the central office to set aside reception capacity for the data in a time frame following the first time frame, and t