Method and system for transmitting background noise data
First Claim
1. A method of allocating time slots for selective transmission of informational data and background noise data between a selected sending station and a selected receiving station in a TDMA communication system in which data is transmitted in bursts during a selected number of time slots defined upon at least one carrier between pairs of sending and receiving stations, groups of successive time slots forming frames, the background noise data and the information data together combinable at the receiving station, said method comprising the steps of:
- detecting indications of access requests which request allocation of time slots for the communication of, alternatively, the informational data and background noise data, between selected pairs of the sending and receiving stations;
prioritizing the access requests for the allocation of the time slots responsive at least to which of the background noise data and the informational data the access request is requesting; and
allocating available time slots to selected ones of the pairs of the sending and receiving stations.
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Abstract
A method and system for transmitting background noise information on a packet reservation multiple access radio channel. In the method and system, relative priorities are assigned to background noise data transmissions and speech data, or other data traffic, transmissions. The priorities are assigned so that the effect of background noise data transmissions on the delays and quality of speech data, or other data traffic, transmissions within the system is reduced.
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1. A method of allocating time slots for selective transmission of informational data and background noise data between a selected sending station and a selected receiving station in a TDMA communication system in which data is transmitted in bursts during a selected number of time slots defined upon at least one carrier between pairs of sending and receiving stations, groups of successive time slots forming frames, the background noise data and the information data together combinable at the receiving station, said method comprising the steps of:
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detecting indications of access requests which request allocation of time slots for the communication of, alternatively, the informational data and background noise data, between selected pairs of the sending and receiving stations; prioritizing the access requests for the allocation of the time slots responsive at least to which of the background noise data and the informational data the access request is requesting; and allocating available time slots to selected ones of the pairs of the sending and receiving stations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. In a TDMA communication system in which data is transmitted in bursts during a selected number of time slots defined upon at least one carrier between pairs of sending and receiving stations, groups of successive time slots forming frames, an improvement of apparatus for allocating time slots for selective transmission of informational data and background noise data between a selected sending and a selected receiving station, the background noise data and the information data together combinable at the selected receiving station to form a receive signal, said apparatus comprising:
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an access request receiver and prioritizer coupled to receive indications of access requests which request allocation of time slots for the communication of, alternatively, the information data and the background noise data, between selected pairs of the sending and receiving stations, said access request receiver and prioritizer for prioritizing the access requests for the allocation of the time slots responsive at least to which of the informational data and the background noise the access request is requesting; and a time slot assignor coupled to receive indications of prioritizations performed by said access receiver and prioritizer, said time slot assignor responsive thereto for assigning available time slots to selected ones of the pairs of the sending and receiving stations. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. In a TDMA communication system in which data is transmitted in bursts during a selected number of time slots defined upon at least one carrier between pairs of sending and receiving stations, groups of successive time slots forming frames, an improvement of apparatus for initiating an access request for requesting allocation of time slots for communication, selectively, of informational data and background noise data between a selected sending station and a selected receiving station, the background noise data and the information data together combinable at the selected receiving station to form a receive signal, said apparatus comprising:
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a request detector and formatter coupled to receive indications of a request to initiate communications between the selected sending station and the selected receiving station, said request detector and formatter for setting a data field to a first value when the indications of the request are for the allocation of time slots for the communication of background noise data and to a second value when the indications of the request are for the allocation of time slots for the communication of information data; and an access request generator coupled to said request detector and formatter to receive the data field set thereat, said access request generator for generating an access request message including a value representative of the data field set by said request detector and formatter. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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