Estimating communication quality
US7177593B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 3, 2001 |
| Grant date | Feb 13, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 27, 2021 |
Classification
- 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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