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Transmitting circuitry for serial transmission of encoded information
Assignee: NTP Inc
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Filing: 1995-02-07
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Granted: 1997-12-02
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Expires: 2015-02-07
Abstract
Abstract The present invention provides reconstruction and resynchronization of wireless serial transmissions which are subject to fading causing erroneous uncorrectable bit errors exceeding the error correction code correction capacity present in frames of digitally encoded data. Valid data is reconstructed in frames which are determined to contain at least one erroneous uncorrectable bit exceeding the bit error correction capacity of the error correction code therein which have all erroneous uncorrectable bits within the error correction code bit held. A synchronization marker is transmitted with each frame group which does not represent any valid data in a frame. Detection of the synchronization marker by a digital signal processor after at least one frame is determined to contain at least one erroneous uncorrectable bit, which is indicative of a loss of synchronism of the receiving circuitry clock, resynchronizes the clock of a processor of the receiving circuitry. After resynchronization of the clock, frames beginning with the at least one frame containing the at least one erroneous uncorrectable bit indicative of the loss of clock synchronism to the frames in the frame group containing the synchronization marker are reconstructed to recover a data in frames which do not contain at least one erroneous uncorrectable bit and, as described above, to recover valid data bits in frames containing at least one erroneous uncorrectable bit. Finally, frames transmitted after the detected synchronization marker are processed synchronously including reconstruction or resynchronization as described above.
Inventors
- 👤 Thomas J. Campana, Jr.
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 17:56
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04B; H04B7/00; H04B7/02; H04B7/10; H04L; H04L1/00; H04L1/004; H04L1/02; H04L27/00; H04L27/18; H04L27/22; H04L7/00; H04L7/04; H04L7/041; H04L7/042; H04W; H04W84/00; H04W84/02; H04W84/04; H04W84/042
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 77
Claim 1
Independent Claim
191 words
A process for transmitting a plurality of frames of information with a radio frequency carrier comprising: modulating a subcarrier with at least one identification frame group which identifies receiving circuitry to receive the information followed at least one data group, each identification frame group at least one frame containing bits identifying the circuitry to receive the radio frequency carrier, a plurality of bits of error correction code in each frame, and synchronization information for originally synchronizing a clock of the receiving circuitry and a synchronization marker comprised of a plurality of bits for resynchronizing the clock of the receiving circuitry, and each data frame group having at least one frame each including a plurality of bits of error correction code and a plurality of bits of data, and another synchronization marker comprised of a plurality of bits for resynchronizing the clock of the receiving circuitry during the transmission of the plurality of frames of information when a loss of synchronization of the clock is detected by the receiving circuitry during the transmission of the plurality of frames; modulating the radio frequency carrier with the modulated subcarrier; and transmitting the modulated carrier.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
191 words
A process for transmitting a plurality of frames of information with a radio frequency carrier comprising: modulating a subcarrier with at least one identification frame group which identifies receiving circuitry to receive the information followed at least one data group, each identification frame group at least one frame containing bits identifying the circuitry to receive the radio frequency carrier, a plurality of bits of error correction code in each frame, and synchronization information for originally synchronizing a clock of the receiving circuitry and a synchronization marker comprised of a plurality of bits for resynchronizing the clock of the receiving circuitry, and each data frame group having at least one frame each including a plurality of bits of error correction code and a plurality of bits of data, and another synchronization marker comprised of a plurality of bits for resynchronizing the clock of the receiving circuitry during the transmission of the plurality of frames of information when a loss of synchronization of the clock is detected by the receiving circuitry during the transmission of the plurality of frames; modulating the radio frequency carrier with the modulated subcarrier; and transmitting the modulated carrier.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
39 words
A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein: each frame group contains a frame group address comprised of a plurality of bits which identify a unique address of the frame group within the plurality of frames of transmitted information.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein: cycles of the subcarrier are modulated with pulse width modulation with a width of parts of the subcarrier being modulated with at least one bit of the frames of the information.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein: cycles of the subcarrier are modulated with bits encoding the plurality of frames of information with each cycle of the subcarrier being modulated by the bits at a plurality of separated angular positions.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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A process in accordance with claim 2 wherein: cycles of the subcarrier are modulated with pulse width modulation with a width of parts of the subcarrier being modulated with at least one bit of the frames of the information.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
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A process in accordance with claim 2 wherein: cycles of the subcarrier are modulated with bits encoding the plurality of frames of information with each cycle of the subcarrier being modulated by the bits at a plurality of separated angular positions.
Claim 8
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A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein: the synchronization information also contains bits identifying the receiving circuitry.
Claim 9
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A process in accordance with claim 2 wherein: the synchronization information also contains bits identifying the receiving circuitry.
Claim 10
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A process in accordance with claim 3 wherein: the synchronization information also contains bits identifying the receiving circuitry.
Claim 11
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A process in accordance with claim 4 wherein: the synchronization information also contains bits identifying the receiving circuitry.
Claim 12
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A process in accordance with claim 5 wherein: the synchronization information also contains bits identifying the receiving circuitry.
Claim 13
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A process in accordance with claim 6 wherein: the synchronization information also contains bits identifying the receiving circuitry.
Claim 14
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A process in accordance with claim 1 wherein: the identification frame group also contains a command field containing at least one bit for commanding a function to be performed by the receiving circuitry.
Claim 15
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A process in accordance with claim 2 wherein: the identification frame group also contains a command field containing at least one bit for commanding a function to be performed by the receiving circuitry.
Claim 16
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A process in accordance with claim 3 wherein: the identification frame group also contains a command field containing at least one bit for commanding a function to be performed by the receiving circuitry.
Claim 17
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A process in accordance with claim 4 wherein: the identification frame group also contains a command field containing at least one bit for commanding a function to be performed by the receiving circuitry.
Claim 18
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A process in accordance with claim 5 wherein: the identification frame group also contains a command field containing at least one bit for commanding a function to be performed by the receiving circuitry.
Claim 19
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A process in accordance with claim 6 wherein: the identification frame group also contains a command field containing at least one bit for commanding a function to be performed by the receiving circuitry.
Claim 20
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A process in accordance with claim 7 wherein: the identification frame group also contains a command field containing at least one bit for commanding a function to be performed by the receiving circuitry.
Claim 21
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A process in accordance with claim 8 wherein: the identification frame group also contains a command field containing at least one bit for commanding a function to be performed by the receiving circuitry.
Claim 22
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A process in accordance with claim 9 wherein: the identification frame group also contains a command field containing at least one bit for commanding a function to be performed by the receiving circuitry.
Claim 23
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A process in accordance with claim 10 wherein: the identification frame group also contains a command field containing at least one bit for commanding a function to be performed by the receiving circuitry.
Claim 24
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A process in accordance with claim 11 wherein: the identification frame group also contains a command field containing at least one bit for commanding a function to be performed by the receiving circuitry.
Claim 25
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A process in accordance with claim 12 wherein: the identification frame group also contains a command field containing at least one bit for commanding a function to be performed by the receiving circuitry.
Claim 26
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Transmitting circuitry for transmitting a plurality of frames of information with a radio frequency carrier comprising: an encoder for modulating a subcarrier with at least one identification frame group which identifies receiving circuitry to receive the information followed by at least one data frame group with each identification frame group comprising at least one frame containing bits identifying the receiving circuitry to receive the radio frequency carrier, a plurality of bits of error correction code in each frame, synchronization information for originally synchronizing a clock of the receiving circuitry, and a synchronization marker comprised of a plurality of bits for resynchronizing the clock of the receiving circuitry with each data frame group comprising at least one frame each including a plurality of bits of error correction code and a plurality of bits of data, and another synchronization marker comprised of a plurality of bits for resynchronizing the clock of the receiving circuitry during the transmission of the plurality of frames of information when a loss of synchronization of the clock is detected by the receiving circuitry during the transmission of the plurality of frames; a modulator, coupled to the encoder, for modulating the radio frequency carrier with the subcarrier; and a transmitter, coupled to the modulator, for transmitting the modulated carrier.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
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Transmitting circuitry for transmitting a plurality of frames of information with a radio frequency carrier comprising: an encoder for modulating a subcarrier with at least one identification frame group which identifies receiving circuitry to receive the information followed by at least one data frame group with each identification frame group comprising at least one frame containing bits identifying the receiving circuitry to receive the radio frequency carrier, a plurality of bits of error correction code in each frame, synchronization information for originally synchronizing a clock of the receiving circuitry, and a synchronization marker comprised of a plurality of bits for resynchronizing the clock of the receiving circuitry with each data frame group comprising at least one frame each including a plurality of bits of error correction code and a plurality of bits of data, and another synchronization marker comprised of a plurality of bits for resynchronizing the clock of the receiving circuitry during the transmission of the plurality of frames of information when a loss of synchronization of the clock is detected by the receiving circuitry during the transmission of the plurality of frames; a modulator, coupled to the encoder, for modulating the radio frequency carrier with the subcarrier; and a transmitter, coupled to the modulator, for transmitting the modulated carrier.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
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Transmitting circuitry in accordance with claim 25 wherein: each frame group contains a frame group address comprised of a plurality of bits which identify a unique address of the frame group within the plurality of frames of transmitted information.
Claim 29
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Transmitting circuitry in accordance with claim 25 wherein: cycles of the subcarrier are modulated with pulse width modulation with a width of parts of the subcarrier being modulated with at least one bit of the frames of the information.
Claim 30
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Transmitting circuitry in accordance with claim 25 wherein: cycles of the subcarrier are modulated by the encoder with bits encoding the plurality of frames of information with each cycle of the subcarrier being modulated by the bits at a plurality of separated angular positions.
Claim 31
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Transmitting circuitry in accordance with claim 26 wherein: cycles of the subcarrier are modulated with pulse width modulation with a width of parts of the subcarrier being modulated with at least one bit of the frames of the information.
Claim 32
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Transmitting circuitry in accordance with claim 26 wherein: cycles of the subcarrier are modulated by the encoder with bits encoding the plurality of frames of information with each cycle of the subcarrier being modulated by the bits at a plurality of separated angular positions.
Claim 33
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Transmitting circuitry in accordance with claim 25 wherein: the synchronization information also includes bits identifying the receiving circuitry.
Claim 34
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Transmitting circuitry in accordance with claim 26 wherein: the synchronization information also includes bits identifying the receiving circuitry.
Claim 35
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Transmitting circuitry in accordance with claim 27 wherein: the synchronization information also includes bits identifying the receiving circuitry.
Claim 36
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Transmitting circuitry in accordance with claim 28 wherein: the synchronization information also includes bits identifying the receiving circuitry.
Claim 37
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Transmitting circuitry in accordance with claim 29 wherein: the synchronization information also includes bits identifying the receiving circuitry.
Claim 38
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Transmitting circuitry in accordance with claim 30 wherein: the synchronization information also includes bits identifying the receiving circuitry.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
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Transmitting circuitry in accordance with claim 25 wherein: the identification frame group also contains a command field containing at least one bit for commanding a function to be performed by the receiving circuitry.
Claim 40
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Transmitting circuitry in accordance with claim 26 wherein: the identification frame group also contains a command field containing at least one bit for commanding a function to be performed by the receiving circuitry.
Claim 41
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Transmitting circuitry in accordance with claim 27 wherein: the identification frame group also contains a command field containing at least one bit for commanding a function to be performed by the receiving circuitry.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
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Transmitting circuitry in accordance with claim 28 wherein: the identification frame group also contains a command field containing at least one bit for commanding a function to be performed by the receiving circuitry.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
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Transmitting circuitry in accordance with claim 29 wherein: the identification frame group also contains a command field containing at least one bit for commanding a function to be performed by the receiving circuitry.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
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Transmitting circuitry in accordance with claim 30 wherein: the identification frame group also contains a command field containing at least one bit for commanding a function to be performed by the receiving circuitry.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
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Transmitting circuitry in accordance with claim 31 wherein: the identification frame group also contains a command field containing at least one bit for commanding a function to be performed by the receiving circuitry.
Claim 46
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Transmitting circuitry in accordance with claim 32 wherein: the identification frame group also contains a command field containing at least one bit for commanding a function to be performed by the receiving circuitry.
Claim 47
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Transmitting circuitry in accordance with claim 33 wherein: the identification frame group also contains a command field containing at least one bit for commanding a function to be performed by the receiving circuitry.
Claim 48
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Transmitting circuitry in accordance with claim 34 wherein: the identification frame group also contains a command field containing at least one bit for commanding a function to be performed by the receiving circuitry.
Claim 49
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Transmitting circuitry in accordance with claim 35 wherein: the identification frame group also contains a command field containing at least one bit for commanding a function to be performed by the receiving circuitry.
Claim 50
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Transmitting circuitry in accordance with claim 36 wherein: the identification frame group also contains a command field containing at least one bit for commanding a function to be performed by the receiving circuitry.
Claim 51
Dependent Claim
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A process for transmitting a plurality of frames of information with a radio frequency carrier comprising: modulating a subcarrier with synchronization information for originally synchronizing a clock of receiving circuitry to receive the plurality of frames of the information, at least one frame group comprising at least one frame with each frame comprising a plurality of bits of error correction code and a plurality of other bits and a synchronization marker comprised of a plurality of bits for resynchronizing the clock of the receiving circuitry after initial synchronization of the clock by reception of the synchronization information during the transmission of the plurality of frames of information when a loss of synchronization of the clock is detected by the receiving circuitry during the transmission of the plurality of frames; modulating a radio frequency carrier with the modulated subcarrier; and transmitting the modulated carrier.
Claim 52
Dependent Claim
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A process for transmitting a plurality of frames of information with a radio frequency carrier comprising: modulating a subcarrier with synchronization information for originally synchronizing a clock of receiving circuitry to receive the plurality of frames of the information, at least one frame group comprising at least one frame with each frame comprising a plurality of bits of error correction code and a plurality of other bits and a synchronization marker comprised of a plurality of bits for resynchronizing the clock of the receiving circuitry after initial synchronization of the clock by reception of the synchronization information during the transmission of the plurality of frames of information when a loss of synchronization of the clock is detected by the receiving circuitry during the transmission of the plurality of frames; modulating a radio frequency carrier with the modulated subcarrier; and transmitting the modulated carrier.
Claim 53
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A process in accordance with claim 49 wherein: each frame group contains a frame group address comprised of a plurality of bits which identify a unique address of the frame group within the plurality of frames of transmitted information.
Claim 54
Dependent Claim
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A process in accordance with claim 49 wherein: cycles of the subcarrier are modulated with pulse width modulation with a width of parts of the subcarrier being modulated with at least one bit of the frames of the information.
Claim 55
Dependent Claim
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A process in accordance with claim 49 wherein: cycles of the subcarrier are modulated with bits encoding the plurality of frames of information with each cycle of the subcarrier being modulated by the bits at a plurality of separated angular positions.
Claim 56
Dependent Claim
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A process in accordance with claim 50 wherein: cycles of the subcarrier are modulated with pulse width modulation with a width of parts of the subcarrier being modulated with at least one bit of the frames of the information.
Claim 57
Dependent Claim
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A process in accordance with claim 53 wherein: cycles of the subcarrier are modulated with bits encoding the plurality of frames of information with each cycle of the subcarrier being modulated by the bits at a plurality of separated angular positions.
Claim 58
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A process in accordance with claim 49 wherein: the at least one frame group also contains a command field containing at least one bit for commanding a function to be performed by the receiving circuitry.
Claim 59
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A process in accordance with claim 50 wherein: the at least one frame group also contains a command field containing at least one bit for commanding a function to be performed by the receiving circuitry.
Claim 60
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A process in accordance with claim 51 wherein: the at least one frame group also contains a command field containing at least one bit for commanding a function to be performed by the receiving circuitry.
Claim 61
Dependent Claim
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A process in accordance with claim 52 wherein: the at least one frame group also contains a command field containing at least one bit for commanding a function to be performed by the receiving circuitry.
Claim 62
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A process in accordance with claim 53 wherein: the at least one frame group also contains a command field containing at least one bit for commanding a function to be performed by the receiving circuitry.
Claim 63
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A process in accordance with claim 54 wherein: the at least one frame group also contains a command field containing at least one bit for commanding a function to be performed by the receiving circuitry.
Claim 64
Dependent Claim
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Transmitting circuitry for transmitting a plurality of frames of information with a radio frequency carrier comprising: an encoder for modulating a subcarrier with synchronization information for originally synchronizing a clock of receiving circuitry to receive the plurality of frames of the information, at least one frame group comprising at least one frame with each frame comprising a plurality of bits of error correction code and a plurality of other bits, and a synchronization marker comprised of a plurality of bits for resynchronizing the clock of the receiving circuitry after initial synchronization of the clock by reception of the synchronization information during the transmission of the plurality of frames of information when a loss of synchronization of the clock is detected by the receiving circuitry during the transmission of the plurality of frames; a modulator, coupled to the encoder, for modulating a radio frequency carrier with the subcarrier; and a transmitter, coupled to the modulator, for transmitting the modulated carrier.
Claim 65
Dependent Claim
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Transmitting circuitry for transmitting a plurality of frames of information with a radio frequency carrier comprising: an encoder for modulating a subcarrier with synchronization information for originally synchronizing a clock of receiving circuitry to receive the plurality of frames of the information, at least one frame group comprising at least one frame with each frame comprising a plurality of bits of error correction code and a plurality of other bits, and a synchronization marker comprised of a plurality of bits for resynchronizing the clock of the receiving circuitry after initial synchronization of the clock by reception of the synchronization information during the transmission of the plurality of frames of information when a loss of synchronization of the clock is detected by the receiving circuitry during the transmission of the plurality of frames; a modulator, coupled to the encoder, for modulating a radio frequency carrier with the subcarrier; and a transmitter, coupled to the modulator, for transmitting the modulated carrier.
Claim 66
Dependent Claim
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Transmitting circuitry in accordance with claim 61 further comprising: each frame group containing a frame group address comprised of a plurality of bits which identify a unique address of the frame group within the plurality of frames of wirelessly transmitted information.
Claim 67
Dependent Claim
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Transmitting circuitry in accordance with claim 61 wherein: cycles of the subcarrier are modulated with pulse width modulation with a width of parts of the subcarrier being modulated with at least one bit of the frames of the information.
Claim 68
Dependent Claim
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Transmitting circuitry in accordance with claim 61 wherein: cycles of the subcarrier are modulated by the encoder with bits encoding the plurality of frames of information with each cycle of the subcarrier being modulated by the bits at a plurality of separated angular positions.
Claim 69
Dependent Claim
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Transmitting circuitry in accordance with claim 62 wherein: cycles of the subcarrier are modulated with pulse width modulation with a width of parts of the subcarrier being modulated with at least one bit of the frames of the information.
Claim 70
Dependent Claim
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Transmitting circuitry in accordance with claim 62 wherein: cycles of the subcarrier are modulated by the encoder with bits encoding the plurality of frames of information with each cycle of the subcarrier being modulated by the bits at a plurality of separated angular positions.
Claim 71
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Transmitting circuitry in accordance with claim 61 wherein: the at least one frame group also contains a command field containing at least one bit for commanding a function to be performed by the receiving circuitry.
Claim 72
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Transmitting circuitry in accordance with claim 62 wherein: the at least one frame group also contains a command field containing at least one bit for commanding a function to be performed by the receiving circuitry.
Claim 73
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Transmitting circuitry in accordance with claim 63 wherein: the at least one frame group also contains a command field containing at least one bit for commanding a function to be performed by the receiving circuitry.
Claim 74
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Transmitting circuitry in accordance with claim 64 wherein: the at least one frame group also contains a command field containing at least one bit for commanding a function to be performed by the receiving circuitry.
Claim 75
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Transmitting circuitry in accordance with claim 65 wherein: the at least one frame group also contains a command field containing at least one bit for commanding a function to be performed by the receiving circuitry.
Claim 76
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Transmitting circuitry in accordance with claim 65 wherein: the identification frame group also contains a command field containing at least one bit for commanding a function to be performed by the receiving circuitry.
Claim 77
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Transmitting circuitry in accordance with claim 66 wherein: the identification frame group also contains a command field containing at least one bit for commanding a function to be performed by the receiving circuitry.
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