System and method for intuitively indicating signal quality in a wireless digital communications network
US6243568A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 22, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jun 5, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 22, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B17/23
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A portable digital communications system is provided that signals the communications recipient of a worsening wireless link with communication partners. In audio communication systems, static is introduced as the alert signal, along with the decoded data that was transmitted. Static gives the communications recipient a qualitative feeling of the wireless link status. In response to the static signal, communications recipients move their positions to improve the link. In a video communications system, static and/or "snow" are introduced as the alert signal to give the recipient a qualitative feeling of the wireless link status. The invention allows the warning signal to be mixed with the decoded data, mixed with simulated data generated to replace incorrectly decoded data, or presented without data. In addition, static is introduced in response to averaging schemes to more closely simulate the performance of static and/or "snow" in an analog receivers. A method for signaling the recipient of a digital communication of a worsening wireless link is also provided.
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