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Estimating communication quality

US7177593B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 3, 2001
Grant dateFeb 13, 2007
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Expiry dateSep 27, 2021

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L1/0001
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for estimating quality of communications between a transmitter and a receiver over a communications link operable to carry data in at least one of a plurality of different compressed forms, the method comprising: detecting an error rate of the communications as received; receiving at a quality estimation unit an indication of the detected error rate and an indication of the at least one of the plurality of compressed forms in use over the link; and the quality estimation unit estimating the quality of the communications by means of both the indication of the detected error rate and the indication of the at least one of the plurality of compressed forms.

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