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Radio transmission method for digital multimedia data signals between subscriber stations in a local network

US6275506A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 7, 1998
Grant dateAug 14, 2001
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Expiry dateJan 7, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W56/0085
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In the radio transmission method according to the invention, which operates with a mixed frequency and time division multiplex method FDMA/TDMA, in which a relatively broad frequency band is divided according to the FDMA method into a plurality of carrier frequency ranges, namely the so-called main channels, and a plurality of time slots, namely the so-called sub-channels, distributed in a frame structure, are formed on each carrier frequency level according to the TDMA method, a grouping, that is to say a so-called cluster, of subscriber stations is assigned a limited number of main channels. A main channel signal is divided into one or more sub-channel signals which are associated with a cluster and which are transmitted using the TDMA method. Each transmitter of an activated subscriber station transmits a detectable check signal, so that, on the basis of detection of a check signal in the respective receiver, other, newly activated subscriber stations can determine the presence of transmit signals which are present within a specific, spatially limited range, namely their own respective transmission range. The method according to the invention can be used for transmitting informa…

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