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Method for the broadcasting of digital data, notably for radio broadcasting at a high bit-rate towards mobile receivers, with time-frequency interlacing and assistance in the acquisition of automatic frequency control, and corresponding receiver

US5228025A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 31, 1991
Grant dateJul 13, 1993
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Expiry dateJan 31, 2011

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L27/2675
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for the broadcasting of digital data, in channels to which multiple paths are assigned, the characteristics of which vary in time, with time-frequency interlacing and assistance in the acquisition of the automatic frequency control. This method is one of the type providing for the distribution of the data in the form of digital elements in the frequency-time space f-t and the transmission of frames of symbols each constituted by a multiplex of N orthogonal carrier frequencies modulated by a set of the digital elements and broadcast simultaneously, the method providing for the transmission of a pattern of frequency synchronization, recurrent in time. It can be applied notably for radio broadcasting at a high bit rate towards mobile receivers, and for example, to COFDM radio broadcasting.

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