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System and method for the non-sequential transmission of control signals within a speech transmission

US5881105A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 3, 1996
Grant dateMar 9, 1999
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Expiry dateDec 3, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B7/18558
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A telecommunications system and method for minimizing interruptions to voice transmissions due to the transmission of overriding control signals is disclosed. Since FACCH and other control signals replace or block-out speech data, the quality of speech transmissions deteriorates the longer the control transmission. Through modifications to the FACCH protocol, lengthy sequential FACCH or other control transmissions are divided into a plurality of discrete control segments, which are transmitted non-sequentially throughout a speech transmission, and queued at the receiving end. After receipt of all of the control segments, the original control message is reconstructed and forwarded for processing.

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