Apparatus and method for controlling wireless communication signals
First Claim
1. A fixed-position wireless transmitter for generating a signal for wireless transmission comprising signal generating means for receiving data and generating a signal containing received data for wireless transmission at a frequency at or above 2 GHz which causes said wireless signal to be attenuated by atmospheric precipitation, monitoring means for monitoring the quantity of data supplied to said signal generating means for wireless transmission, and control means for controlling the power of the generated wireless signal within a range reserved to compensate for attenuation by atmospheric precipitation in response to said monitored quantity of data for wireless transmission.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for controlling wireless communication signals is provided, in which a wireless transmitter in a communication network generates a signal carrying data for wireless transmission, and is capable of varying the data carrying capacity of the wireless transmission channel in response to the quantity of data received for wireless transmission. A monitor is provided to monitor the quantity of received data and the capacity of the communication channel is increased if the monitored quantity exceeds a predetermined threshold. The capacity of the communication channel can be varied by varying the level of modulation and/or by varying the level of code inserted into the data stream. The output power of the wireless transmission signal may be varied in response to the quantity of received data.
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- 1. A fixed-position wireless transmitter for generating a signal for wireless transmission comprising signal generating means for receiving data and generating a signal containing received data for wireless transmission at a frequency at or above 2 GHz which causes said wireless signal to be attenuated by atmospheric precipitation, monitoring means for monitoring the quantity of data supplied to said signal generating means for wireless transmission, and control means for controlling the power of the generated wireless signal within a range reserved to compensate for attenuation by atmospheric precipitation in response to said monitored quantity of data for wireless transmission.
- 6. An apparatus for generating a signal for wireless transmission, comprising signal generating means for receiving data and generating an output signal containing received data for wireless transmission, monitoring means for monitoring the quantity of data supplied to said generating means for wireless transmission and a controller for controlling said signal generating means to vary the rate at which data is output from said signal generating means in said output signal in response to said monitored quantity of data for wireless transmission, wherein said signal generating means includes signal encoding means for inserting code into said data, and said controller is arranged to control the quantity of code inserted into said data in response to said monitored quantity of data for wireless transmission.
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20. A communication system comprising a first fixed-position wireless transmitter and a second fixed-position wireless transmitter, the first transmitter having means to vary the power level of the wireless transmission signal transmitted by said first transmitter, said second transmitter comprising signal generating means for generating a signal for wireless transmission containing data and means to vary the rate at which data is placed onto said signal, communication means for communicating from said first transmitter to said second transmitter a signal indicative of the wireless signal power level from said first transmitter, said second transmitter including means for increasing the data transmission rate output by said second transmitter when the power level of said first transmitter communicated by said communicating means is at a predetermined value.
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