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Robust communications system utilizing repetition code and cumulative decoder associated therewith

US6826235B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 4, 2002
Grant dateNov 30, 2004
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Expiry dateFeb 27, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B2203/5483
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A novel robust communications scheme whereby a repetition code at the transmitter and an associated cumulative decoder at the receiver are used to increase the reliability of transmission in a communications system. The robust communications scheme of the present invention is effective to increase the reliability of transmission by repetitively transmitting each data segment a number of times in accordance with a repetition code and subsequently collecting the received energy at the receiver over an accordingly longer period of time. Accumulating the received energy over a longer period of time at the receiver, yields a marked improvement in the signal to noise ratio (SNR) of the receiver.

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