SEAMA:a source encoding assisted multiple access protocol for wireless communication
US7555011B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 26, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jun 30, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 29, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W72/1263
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention concerns SEAMA, a source encoding assisted multiple access (MAC) protocol, for integrating voice and data traffic in a wireless network. SEAMA exploits the time variations of the speech coding rate, through statistical multiplexing, to efficiently use the available bandwidth and to increase the link utilization.
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