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System and method for queuing and batching messages for wireless transmission

US5686901A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 10, 1995
Grant dateNov 11, 1997
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Expiry dateOct 10, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W88/185
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A paging controller (10) assigns pages to particular batch positions utilizing a metric that minimizes the gaps between messages in a batch so as to increase the efficiency and throughput of the system. The controller (10) stores information representing messages that are received for transmission in a queue (31-38) having the same associated frame number as the frame number of the message. A metric value representing a distance between an end of a message, if it is placed in a batch starting at a position associated with the message's frame number, and a subsequent batch position is calculated for the received messages identified in the queues (31-38). Messages are assigned to positions in the batches based upon the shortest calculated distance value so as to substantially minimize the gaps between adjacent messages in the batches.

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