Detecting messages transmitted over a communications channel such as a paging channel
First Claim
1. A method for detecting messages containing various data, said messages being transmitted over a communications channel to a receiver, said method comprising the steps of:
- storing in said receiver at least one test data vector (TDV) representing selected data contained in at least one of said messages;
receiving at said receiver data corresponding to one of said messages;
processing said received data to form a received data vector (RDV); and
comparing said RDV to said at least one TDV to determine whether said selected data is contained in said received data.
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Abstract
The present invention allows for the detection of data contained in transmitted messages (e.g., page messages) at a selected early point in the receiving and decoding process. By forming, at that point, a received data vector (RDV) from the data corresponding to a received message, and by comparing the RDV with one or more test data vectors (TDVs) representing selected relevant or irrelevant data contained in transmitted messages, the receiver (e.g., mobile station) can determine whether the received message contains relevant data which should be fully decoded or irrelevant data which does not need to be fully decoded. In this manner, substantial processing and power savings can be achieved in the receiver.
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1. A method for detecting messages containing various data, said messages being transmitted over a communications channel to a receiver, said method comprising the steps of:
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storing in said receiver at least one test data vector (TDV) representing selected data contained in at least one of said messages; receiving at said receiver data corresponding to one of said messages; processing said received data to form a received data vector (RDV); and comparing said RDV to said at least one TDV to determine whether said selected data is contained in said received data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A mobile station operating in a communications system which transmits to said mobile station a plurality of different page messages including an empty page message containing no page and a non-empty page message containing one or more pages to one or more mobile stations operating in said system, said mobile station comprising:
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means for storing a test data vector (TDV) representative of an empty page message; means for receiving from said system data corresponding to one of said page messages; means for processing said received page message data into a received data vector (RDV); means for comparing said RDV with said empty page TDV to determine whether said received page message data corresponds to an empty page message; and means for decoding said received page message data. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. A mobile station operating in a communications system which transmits to said mobile station a plurality of different page messages including an empty page message containing no page and a non-empty page message containing one or more pages to one or more mobile stations operating in said system, said mobile station comprising:
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means for storing at least one test data vector (TDV) representative of a non-empty page message containing a specific page to this mobile station; means for receiving from said system data corresponding to one of said page messages; means for processing said received page message data into a received data vector (RDV); means for comparing said RDV with said at least one specific page TDV to determine whether said received page message data corresponds to a non-empty page message containing said specific page; and means for decoding said received page message data. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101)
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102. A method for detecting page messages transmitted to a mobile station, each of said page messages being an empty page message containing no page to any mobile station or a non-empty page message containing one or more pages to one or more mobile stations, said method comprising the steps of:
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storing in said mobile station a first set of test data vectors (TDVs) representative of an empty page message; storing in said mobile station a second set of TDVs representative of a non-empty page message containing a specific page for said mobile station; receiving data corresponding to a transmitted page message; processing said received page message data to form a received data vector (RDV); comparing said RDV with said first or second set of TDVs; if said RDV is being compared with said first set of TDVs, determining whether said received page message data corresponds to an empty page message; and if said RDV is being compared with said second set of TDVs, determining whether said received page message data corresponds to a non-empty page message containing said specific page. - View Dependent Claims (103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112)
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