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Adaptive threshold setting for discontinuous transmission detection

US7483386B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 31, 2005
Grant dateJan 27, 2009
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Expiry dateOct 4, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W52/44
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of adaptively determining a threshold for determining whether an error associated with a frame is an erasure or the result of a discontinuous transmission (DTX) uses a sample set of recently received frames yet avoids undesirable influences on the threshold that otherwise might be caused by the number of erasures in the sample set. A disclosed example uses a histogram-based approach and a simulated sort through the histogram to determine an appropriate threshold value. In a disclosed example the lesser of a bad frame threshold guideline value and a good frame threshold guideline value provide the threshold used to distinguish between a DTX and an erasure.

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