Time-slot partitioning in a TDMA system
US7362734B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 14, 2000 |
| Grant date | Apr 22, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W72/0446
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
According to the present invention there is provided a method of transmitting user data in a TDMA system in which the number of channels is increased by partitioning at least one time-slot in a TDMA frame into at least two sub-time-slots. Each sub time-slot may be allocated to a different user. User data may be transmitted in each time slot in a burst structure, user data being transmitted in each sub time-slot in a corresponding burst structure. User data may be transmitted in each time slot in a burst structure having n bits and wherein each time slot is partitioned into m sub time slots, user data being transmitted in each sub time-slot in a corresponding burst structure having n/m bits.
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