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High-penetration radiocommunication system using a compact character set

US6421357B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 24, 1998
Grant dateJul 16, 2002
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Expiry dateJun 24, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L1/0071
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A high-penetration transmission method uses a compact character set for encoding an alphanumeric message, in which the signal margin is increased by a combination of bit repetition and a relatively small increase in power. The combination of bit repetition and a relatively small increase in power with a encoding via a compact character set avoids unacceptable delay characteristics. Moreover, the combination of repetition and a relatively small increase in power with the compact character set of the present invention avoids the co-channel interference problems of systems which rely solely on a power increase to increase the signal margin, as less power increase is required to obtain the same increase in signal margin for a given delay time. In one embodiment, a mobile radiocommunication system is provided with a short message service feature for transmitting alphanumeric messages to and from a mobile unit. In order to ensure reliable transmission over channels having severe attenuation, the communication system, a short message is encoded with a compact character set. The message may be further encoded with error detection or correction coding; the message is divided into packets or…

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