Method for improving message reception from multiple sources
First Claim
1. A method for improving reception of a data word to be sent from an origination station to a destination station, comprising:
- concatenating the data word and a security check word to form a message word;
generating an error correction function for the message word;
storing the error correction function for the message word;
transmitting the message word to said destination station;
using the security check word segment of the received message word to determine whether the received data word segment of the received message word has been validly received;
transmitting the error correction function for the message word to said destination station when the received message word has not been verified as valid; and
correcting errors in the received message word using the error correction function received at said destination station to form a corrected message word, wherein said corrected message word comprises a corrected data word and a corrected security check word.
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Abstract
A method for improving reception of a data word to be sent from an origination station to a destination station comprises generating and storing error correction functions for a message word including the data word. Error correction functions are transmitted only if the message word is invalidly received thus offering improved performance over a conventional retry scheme. Interleaving reduces susceptibility to burst noise and altering carrier frequency for retransmissions minimizes effects of noise. The method is especially useful in a system comprising a central receiver and a plurality of physically separated remote transmitters wherein electrical path quality between receiver and transmitters may independently randomly vary.
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1. A method for improving reception of a data word to be sent from an origination station to a destination station, comprising:
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concatenating the data word and a security check word to form a message word; generating an error correction function for the message word; storing the error correction function for the message word; transmitting the message word to said destination station; using the security check word segment of the received message word to determine whether the received data word segment of the received message word has been validly received; transmitting the error correction function for the message word to said destination station when the received message word has not been verified as valid; and correcting errors in the received message word using the error correction function received at said destination station to form a corrected message word, wherein said corrected message word comprises a corrected data word and a corrected security check word. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for improving reception of a data word to be sent from an origination station to a destination station, comprising:
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concatenating the data word and a security check word to form a message word; dividing said message word into a plurality of word segments; generating a respective error correction function for each of said plurality of word segments; storing the respective error correction function for each of said plurality of word segments; transmitting the message word to said destination station; using the security check word segment of the received message word to determine whether the data word segment of the received message word has been validly received; transmitting the respective error correction function for each of said plurality of word segments to said destination station when the received message word has been determined to be invalid; and correcting errors in each of said plurality of word segments using the respective error correction function received at said destination station to form a corrected message word, wherein said corrected message word comprises a corrected data word and a corrected security check word. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for improving reception of a data word to be sent from an origination station to a destination station, comprising:
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concatenating the data word and a security check word to form a message word; dividing said message word into a first plurality of word segments; interleaving said first plurality of word segments to form a modified message word; dividing said modified message word into a second plurality of word segments; generating a respective error correction function for each of said second plurality of word segments; storing the respective error correction function for each of said second plurality of word segments; transmitting the message word to said destination station; using the security check word segment of said received message word to determine whether the data word segment of said received messagre word has been validly received; transmitting the respective error correction function for each of said second plurality of word segments to said destination station when the received message word has not been verified as valid; and correcting errors in each of said first plurality of segments using the respective error corection function received at said destination station to form a corrected message word, wherein said correctd message word comprises a corrected data word and a corrected security check word. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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