Circuitry and method for transmitting voice and data signals upon a wireless communication channel
First Claim
1. In a radio communication station operable at least selectively to transmit a data signal upon a radio channel and a voice signal upon the radio channel to a remote station, an improvement of transmitter circuitry for transmitting the voice signal at a selected throughput rate on the radio channel, said voice transmitter circuitry comprising:
- a formatter coupled to receive the voice signal and to receive the data signal, said formatter for formatting the voice signal into formatted voice signal portions pursuant to a first format and for formatting the data signal pursuant to a second format, the second format by which the data signal is formatted including numerical identifiers identifying formatted data signal portions;
a multiplexer coupled to receive the voice signal and the data signal once formatter by said formatter, said multiplexer for multiplexing the data signal and the voice signal together to form a multiplexed signal, said multiplexer immediately inserting formatted voice signal portions into the multiplexed signal when received thereat;
a radio transmitter coupled to receive the multiplexed signal formed by said multiplexer, said transmitter for transmitting the multiplexed signal, of which the voice signal forms a portion, upon the data channel at the selected throughput rate; and
a radio receiver tunable to receive acknowledgment signals generated by the remote station, the acknowledgment signals indicating reception at the remote station of the formatted data signal portions.
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Abstract
Circuitry and an associated method for transmitting voice signals together with data signals upon a wireless communication channel. The data signals are transmitted at a selected level of reliability and the voice signals are transmitted at a selected throughput level. When utilizing a High level Data Link Control (HDLC) protocol scheme, data signals are transmitted upon numbered information frames and voice signals are transmitted as unnumbered information frames. By transmitting the voice signals together with the data signals, electronic communication devices requiring transmission of voice-over-data transmissions, such as multi-media devices, voice paging devices, and voicemail devices, can be realized utilizing wireless communication channels.
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1. In a radio communication station operable at least selectively to transmit a data signal upon a radio channel and a voice signal upon the radio channel to a remote station, an improvement of transmitter circuitry for transmitting the voice signal at a selected throughput rate on the radio channel, said voice transmitter circuitry comprising:
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a formatter coupled to receive the voice signal and to receive the data signal, said formatter for formatting the voice signal into formatted voice signal portions pursuant to a first format and for formatting the data signal pursuant to a second format, the second format by which the data signal is formatted including numerical identifiers identifying formatted data signal portions; a multiplexer coupled to receive the voice signal and the data signal once formatter by said formatter, said multiplexer for multiplexing the data signal and the voice signal together to form a multiplexed signal, said multiplexer immediately inserting formatted voice signal portions into the multiplexed signal when received thereat; a radio transmitter coupled to receive the multiplexed signal formed by said multiplexer, said transmitter for transmitting the multiplexed signal, of which the voice signal forms a portion, upon the data channel at the selected throughput rate; and a radio receiver tunable to receive acknowledgment signals generated by the remote station, the acknowledgment signals indicating reception at the remote station of the formatted data signal portions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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