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System and method for reducing interference generated by a CDMA communications device

US6205190A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 29, 1996
Grant dateMar 20, 2001
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Expiry dateApr 29, 2016

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B15/00
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for reducing the interference experienced by sensitive electronic devices, such as hearing aids, operative in the vicinity of CDMA user communication devices. A transmitter of the communications device is configured to transmit signal power substantially continuously at a full rate power level irrespective of the variable data rate at which the transmitter would otherwise be operative. In a first embodiment, a variable rate vocoder within the transmitter is directed to perform full-rate vocoding, irrespective of an instantaneous level of user speech. In a second embodiment, a microprocessor builds full-rate frames using repeated versions of code symbols generated by the vocoder. In a third embodiment, the microprocessor builds full rate frames by generating signaling bits of a predetermined pattern to pad otherwise non-full frames.

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