Communication system with variably repeated transmission of data blocks

Claim 2

A radio transceiver comprising: first means for generating a control signal which represents a magnitude by which a radio frequency signal received from a distant station is affected during transmission; second means for generating a block of signal in repetition variable in accordance with said control signal; and third means for transmitting the repeatedly generated signal blocks to said distant station.

Claim 3

A radio transceiver as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first means comprises means for detecting the intensity of said radio frequency signal and said second means comprises means for varying the number of repetitions of said signal block inversely as a function of the detected intensity.

Claim 4

A radio transceiver as claimed in claim lor 2, further comprising: means for generating a second control signal representative of the number of repetitions of said signal block and transmitting said second control signal immediately prior to the transmission of said signal blocks; means for detecting said transmitted second control signal and generating an output signal indicative of the number of repetitions of said signal blocks; and means for analyzing said transmitted signal blocks in repetition in accordance with the output signal from said detecting means.

Claim 5

A radio transceiver as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first means comprises means for encoding said signal block into a digital data block, further comprising: means for generating a second control signal representative of the number of repetitions of said data block and transmitting said second control signal immediately prior to the transmission of said data blocks; means for detecting said transmitted second control signal and generating an output signal indicative of the number of repetitions of said data blocks; and means for decoding said transmitted data blocks in a variable number of repetitions as a function of the output signal from said detecting means.

Claim 6

A communication system comprising: a first station including: first means for generating a first control signal representative of a magnitude by which a radio frequency signal received from a second station is affected during transmission; second means for generating a series of repetitive signal blocks, the number of repetitions being variable in accordance with said first control signal; and third means for transmitting said series of signal blocks to said second station, and said second station including: fourth means for generating a second control signal representative of a magnitude by which a radio frequency signal received from said first station is affected during transmission; fifth means for generating a series of repetitive signal blocks, the number of repetitions being variable in accordance with the control signal from said fourth means; and sixth means for transmitting the repeatedly generated signal blocks to said first station.

Claim 7

A communication system comprising: a first station including: first means for generating a first control signal representative of a magnitude by which a radio frequency signal received from a second station is affected during transmission; second means for generating a series of repetitive signal blocks, the number of repetitions being variable in accordance with said first control signal; and third means for transmitting said series of signal blocks to said second station, and said second station including: fourth means for generating a second control signal representative of a magnitude by which a radio frequency signal received from said first station is affected during transmission; fifth means for generating a series of repetitive signal blocks, the number of repetitions being variable in accordance with the control signal from said fourth means; and sixth means for transmitting the repeatedly generated signal blocks to said first station.

Claim 8

A data communication system as claimed in claim 5, wherein said first means comprises means for detecting the intensity of said radio frequency signal, and wherein said second means comprises means for generating said signal blocks in a variable number of repetitions inversely proportional to the detected intensity.

Claim 9

A data communication system as claimed in claim 5 or 6, wherein said fourth means comprises means for detecting the intensity of said radio frequency signal, and wherein said fifth means comprises means for generating said signal blocks in a variable number of repetitions inversely proportional to the intensity detected by said fourth means.

Claim 10

A communication system as claimed in any of claims 5 to 7, wherein said first station further includes: means for generating a third control signal representative of the number of repetitions of the signal block to be transmitted from said first station and transmitting said third control signal to said second station immediately prior to the transmission of the signal blocks; means for detecting a fourth control signal transmitted from said second station and generating therefrom an output signal indicative of the number of repetitions of said signal blocks received from the second station; and means for analyzing the signal block transmitted from said second station in a variable number of repetitions in accordance with the last-mentioned output signal, wherein said second station further includes: means for generating said fourth control signal representative of the number of repetitions of the signal block to be transmitted from the second station and transmitting said fourth control signal to said first station immediately prior to the transmission of the signal blocks to said first station; means for detecting said third control signal transmitted from said first station and generating an output signal indicative of the number of repetitions of said signal block; and means for analyzing the the signal block transmitted from said first station in a variable number of repetitions in accordance with the last-mentioned output signal.

Claim 11

A communication system as claimed in claim 5, wherein said first station further includes: means for encoding said signal block into a digital data block; means for generating a third control signal representative of the number of repetitions of said signal block and transmitting said third control signal to said second station immediately prior to the transmission of said data blocks to said second station; means for detecting a fourth control signal transmitted from said second station and generating therefrom an output signal indicative of the number of repetitions of said data block transmitted from said second station; and means for decoding said data blocks in a variable number of repetitions in accordance with the output signal from said detecting means, wherein said second station further includes: means for encoding said signal block into a digital data block; means for generating said fourth control signal representative of the number of repetitions of said signal block and transmitting said fourth control signal to said first station immediately prior to the transmission of said data blocks to said first station; means for detecting said third control signal transmitted from said first station and generating therefrom an output signal indicative of the number of repetitions of said data block transmitted from said first station; and means for decoding said data block in a variable number of repetitions in accordance with the last-mentioned output signal.