Radio telecommunications system, a radio telecommunications station, and a radio telecommunications user terminal, and a method of communicating short messages to user terminals over a common channel
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1. A method of communicating short messages to user terminals over a common channel, the method comprising:
- encoding each short message so as to be decodable by at least one selected user terminal;
combining the encoded messages for transmission as a combined message; and
transmitting the combined message.
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Abstract
A method of communicating short messages to user terminals over a common channel. The method includes encoding each message so as to be decodable by selected user terminal(s), combining the encoded messages for transmission as a combined message, and transmitting the combined message. Each user terminal receives the combined message and decoding the message(s) intended for itself from the combined message received.
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1. A method of communicating short messages to user terminals over a common channel, the method comprising:
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encoding each short message so as to be decodable by at least one selected user terminal;
combining the encoded messages for transmission as a combined message; and
transmitting the combined message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A radio telecommunications system comprising a network in use in radio telecommunication with user terminals and operative such that short messages to the user terminals are communicated over a common channel from the network, the network comprising:
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an encoder for coding each message so as to be decodable by selected at least one user terminal;
a combiner for combining the encoded messages for transmission as a combined message; and
a transmitter for transmitting the combined message. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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12. A radio telecommunications station operative to transmit short messages over a common channel, the station comprising:
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an encoder for encoding each short message so as to be decodable by selected at least on user terminal;
a combiner for combining the encoded messages for transmission as a combined message; and
a transmitter for transmitting the combined message.
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13. A radio telecommunications user terminal operative to receive a combined message and a decoder operative to decode the at least one message intended for itself from the combined message received, the combined message comprising short messages to user terminals coded such that each short message is decodable by selected at least one user terminal.
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