Embedded meta-carrier with spread spectrum via overlaid carriers
US9584176B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 12, 2012 |
| Grant date | Feb 28, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 19, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L27/3488
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A communication method for embedding a meta-carrier under an original carrier signal with reduced or minimal original carrier signal degradation, the method comprising transmitting an original carrier signal by a transmitter, forming a meta-carrier signal separate from the original carrier signal that contains meta-data about the original carrier signal including one or more characteristics of the original carrier signal configured for use by a receiving device to establish one or more parameters of a receiving device to receive the original carrier signal at the receiving device, and transmitting the meta-carrier signal by the transmitter separate from the original carrier signal such that the meta-carrier signal occupies at least a portion of a bandwidth of the original carrier signal.
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