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Methods, algorithms, software, circuits, architectures, and systems for improved communications over cyclostationary channels

US7675979B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJul 20, 2004
Grant dateMar 9, 2010
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Expiry dateDec 16, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L25/022
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, software, receivers and systems for communicating information over a cyclostationary channel. The method generally includes interleaving sections of a control sequence with bits of the information. The software and receivers are generally configured to implement one or more aspects of the methods disclosed herein, and the systems generally include those that embody the inventive receivers disclosed herein. The present invention is particularly useful in powerline channels, where certain parameters (such as noise) have time-dependent or periodic variations in value. By distributing the control sequence, the incidence of carrier recovery is reduced, the likelihood of successful packet or frame transmissions is increased, and data may be more reliably communicated.

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