Dual mode satellite/cellular terminal
First Claim
1. A method of communicating information using Time Division Multiple Access and adaptive transmission and reception, comprising the steps of:
- transmitting signal bursts from TDMA transmission means to a TDMA receiving means wherein said transmission means codes said information and transmits coded information to said receiving means using at least one of two timeslots of a plurality of timeslots in a repetitive TDMA frame period;
receiving both of said two timeslots whether or not said transmitting means has transmitted using said one or said two timeslots and classifying received signals as intended and non-intended;
assembling successively received signals classified as intended into a block for decoding;
decoding said block to reproduce said information.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus of communicating information using Time Division Multiple Access and adaptive transmission and reception are disclosed. Signal bursts are transmitted from TDMA transmitters to a TDMA receiver wherein the transmitter codes the information and transmits coded information to the receiver using at least one of two timeslots of a plurality of timeslots in a repetitive TDMA frame period. Both of the two timeslots are received whether or not the transmitter has transmitted using one or two timeslots and the received signals are classified as intended and non-intended. Successively received signals classified as intended are then assembled into a block for decoding to reproduce the information.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of communicating information using Time Division Multiple Access and adaptive transmission and reception, comprising the steps of:
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transmitting signal bursts from TDMA transmission means to a TDMA receiving means wherein said transmission means codes said information and transmits coded information to said receiving means using at least one of two timeslots of a plurality of timeslots in a repetitive TDMA frame period; receiving both of said two timeslots whether or not said transmitting means has transmitted using said one or said two timeslots and classifying received signals as intended and non-intended; assembling successively received signals classified as intended into a block for decoding; decoding said block to reproduce said information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A TDMA communications apparatus providing an improved transmit and receive diversity operation, comprising:
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coding means for coding an information bitstream such that for every information bit input to said coder a plurality of coded output bits are generated; first TDMA burst transmission means for transmitting half of said plurality of coded bits using a first TDMA timeslot of a repetitive frame period and a first sequence of radio channel frequencies; second TDMA burst transmission means for conditionally transmitting the other half of said plurality of coded bits using a second timeslot of a repetitive frame period and a second sequence of radio channel frequencies; TDMA receiving means for receiving on said first timeslot on a frequency in said first frequency series alternately with receiving on said second timeslot on a frequency in said second series and producing demodulated output signals to a decoder; and decoding means for classifying said output signals received respectively in said first and said second timeslots as intended and non-intended and decoding signals classified as intended to reproduce said information bitstream. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A portable satellite communications terminal using time division multiple access, comprising:
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TDMA burst receiving means for receiving and analyzing signal bursts received in a receive timeslot of a repetitive TDMA frame period and producing decoded information and a signal quality indication; TDMA burst transmitting means for coding information and said signal quality indication to produce coded signal bursts for transmission and transmitting said coded bursts in an allocated transmit timeslot of even-numbered TDMA frames and conditionally transmitting coded bursts in an allocated timeslot of odd-numbered TDMA frames in dependence on said signal quality indication.
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20. A portable satellite communications terminal using time division multiple access comprising:
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TDMA burst receiving means for receiving and analyzing signal bursts received in a receive timeslot of a repetitive TDMA frame period and producing decoded information containing mode commands; and TDMA burst transmitting means for coding information and said signal quality indication to produce coded signal bursts for transmission and transmitting coded bursts in an allocated transmit timeslot of even-numbered TDMA frames and conditionally transmitting coded bursts in an allocated timeslot of odd-numbered TDMA flames in dependence on said mode commands. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A portable satellite communications terminal using time division multiple access, comprising:
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TDMA burst receiving means synchronized by synchronizing means to receive and analyze signal bursts received in allocated receive timeslots of a repetitive TDMA frame period and to produce decoded information and a signal quality indication; synchronizing means for synchronizing said TDMA burst receiving means independently for even-numbered and odd-numbered ones of said TDMA frame periods; and TDMA burst transmitting means for coding information and said signal quality indication to produce coded signal bursts for transmission and transmitting coded bursts in allocated transmit timeslots in said repetitive TDMA frame period.
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