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Methods of and devices for enhancing communications that use spread spectrum technology
Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte Ltd
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Filing: 1994-04-29
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Granted: 1998-05-12
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Expires: 2014-04-29
Abstract
Abstract We have invented methods of and devices for introducing unequal error protection into spread spectrum communication systems. One embodiment of the invention addresses certain inefficiencies of the standard known as IS-95 used, for example, in some mobile direct sequence code division multiple access ("DS-CDMA") phone systems. The invention allows for increased system capacity and/or improved quality. More specifically, spread spectrum multiple access ("SSMA") coding may be combined with the concept of unequal error protection ("UEP"), resulting in an UEP SSMA coding process. IS-95, in order to make significant portions of a signal highly immune to errors, has imposed the same high degree of error immunity on less significant portions of the signal (when, in fact, a lower degree would suffice) and, thus, wastes bandwidth. The present invention's coding process (i.e., UEP SSMA) utilizes bandwidth in a closer to optimal manner than known methods.
Inventors
- 👤 Nambirajan Seshadri
- 👤 Carl-Erik Wilhelm Sundberg
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-06 12:25
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04L; H04L1/00; H04L1/004; H04L1/0056; H04L1/0071; H03; H03M; H03M13/00; H03M13/35; H04B; H04B1/00; H04B1/69; H04B1/707; H04L1/0041; H04L1/0045; H04L1/007; H04L2001/0098
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 56
Claim 1
Independent Claim
111 words
A method of processing a signal comprising applying a spread spectrum coding process, the signal being a function of time, the improvement comprising: modulating the signal to generate a modulated signal, the signal comprising a first segment and a second segment, the first segment being more significant than the second segment and comprising a first time portion of the signal, the second segment comprising a second time portion of the signal, the modulating increasing the duration of the first time portion relative to the duration of the second time portion and wherein the increase in the first time portion is substantially the same as the decrease in the second time portion.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
111 words
A method of processing a signal comprising applying a spread spectrum coding process, the signal being a function of time, the improvement comprising: modulating the signal to generate a modulated signal, the signal comprising a first segment and a second segment, the first segment being more significant than the second segment and comprising a first time portion of the signal, the second segment comprising a second time portion of the signal, the modulating increasing the duration of the first time portion relative to the duration of the second time portion and wherein the increase in the first time portion is substantially the same as the decrease in the second time portion.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising spreading the modulated signal to generate a spread spectrum signal, the spreading comprising combining the modulated signal with a spreading signal.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising: (a) modulating a radio frequency carrier with a spread spectrum signal to generate a modulated radio frequency signal; and (b) transmitting the modulated radio frequency signal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
59 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the signal is generated by: (a) receiving an analog voice signal at a transmitter; (b) coding the analog voice signal to generate a digitized voice signal; (c) applying a forward error correction code to the digitized voice signal to generate an intermediate signal; and (d) interleaving the intermediate signal to generate the signal.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 4 wherein said interleaving comprises interleaving the intermediate signal based upon a basic time unit of the signal.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 2 wherein said spreading comprises the use of an orthogonal spreading sequence.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said applying the spread spectrum coding process comprises applying a code division multiple access coding process.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 7 wherein said applying the code division multiple access coding process comprises applying a direct sequence code division multiple access coding process.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
115 words
In a method including applying a spread spectrum decoding method to a signal, the signal being a function of time, the improvement comprising: variable time demodulating the signal to generate a variable time demodulated signal, the signal comprising a first segment and a second segment, the first segment being more significant than the second segment and comprising a first time portion of the signal, the second segment comprising a second time portion of the signal, the variable time demodulating comprising increasing the duration of the second time portion relative to the first time portion, and wherein the increase in the second time portion is substantially the same as the decrease in the first time portion.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
115 words
In a method including applying a spread spectrum decoding method to a signal, the signal being a function of time, the improvement comprising: variable time demodulating the signal to generate a variable time demodulated signal, the signal comprising a first segment and a second segment, the first segment being more significant than the second segment and comprising a first time portion of the signal, the second segment comprising a second time portion of the signal, the variable time demodulating comprising increasing the duration of the second time portion relative to the first time portion, and wherein the increase in the second time portion is substantially the same as the decrease in the first time portion.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method of claim 9 wherein said variable time demodulating comprises: (a) despreading the signal to generate a despread signal; (b) deinterleaving the despread signal to generate a deinterleaved signal; and (c) demultiplexing the deinterleaved signal to generate a first signal and a second signal.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of claim 10 further comprising: (a) generating a first series of soft decision values based upon the first signal; and (b) generating a second series of soft decision values based upon the second signal.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 10 wherein said deinterleaving comprises deinterleaving the intermediate signal based upon a basic time unit of the signal.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 9 where said applying a spread spectrum decoding method comprises applying a code division multiple access decoding process.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 13 wherein the step of applying the code division multiple access decoding process comprises applying a direct sequence code division multiple access decoding process.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
99 words
In an apparatus for processing a signal, the apparatus including means for applying a spread spectrum encoding process to the signal, the improvement comprising: means for applying a first error protection process to at least one more significant portion of the signal and a second error protection process to at least one less significant portion of the signal wherein the first error protection process provides a greater amount of error protection than the second error protection process, the means for applying comprising: (a) means for applying a variable time modulator; and (b) means for applying a variable rate coder.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
99 words
In an apparatus for processing a signal, the apparatus including means for applying a spread spectrum encoding process to the signal, the improvement comprising: means for applying a first error protection process to at least one more significant portion of the signal and a second error protection process to at least one less significant portion of the signal wherein the first error protection process provides a greater amount of error protection than the second error protection process, the means for applying comprising: (a) means for applying a variable time modulator; and (b) means for applying a variable rate coder.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
26 words
The apparatus of claim 15 wherein the means for applying the spread spectrum encoding process comprises means for applying a code division multiple access coding process.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
30 words
The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the means for applying the code division multiple access coding process comprises means for applying a direct sequence code division multiple access coding process.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
107 words
In an apparatus for processing a signal, the apparatus including means for applying a spread spectrum encoding process to the signal, the improvement comprising: means for applying a first error protection process to at least one more significant portion of the signal and a second error protection process to at least one less significant portion of the signal wherein the first error protection process provides a greater amount of error protection than the second error protection process, the means for applying comprising: (a) means for applying a variable power modulator; (b) means for applying a variable time modulator; and (c) means for applying a variable rate coder.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
107 words
In an apparatus for processing a signal, the apparatus including means for applying a spread spectrum encoding process to the signal, the improvement comprising: means for applying a first error protection process to at least one more significant portion of the signal and a second error protection process to at least one less significant portion of the signal wherein the first error protection process provides a greater amount of error protection than the second error protection process, the means for applying comprising: (a) means for applying a variable power modulator; (b) means for applying a variable time modulator; and (c) means for applying a variable rate coder.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
26 words
The apparatus of claim 18 wherein the means for applying the spread spectrum encoding process comprises means for applying a code division multiple access coding process.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
30 words
The apparatus of claim 19 wherein the means for applying the code division multiple access coding process comprises means for applying a direct sequence code division multiple access coding process.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
118 words
In an apparatus for processing a signal, the apparatus including means for applying a spread spectrum decoding process to the signal, the improvement comprising: means for decoding at least one more significant portion of the signal using a first error protection decoding process and at least one less significant portion of the signal using a second error protection decoding process, the means for decoding comprising: (a) means for demultiplexing a signal to generate a first segment of the signal and a second segment of the signal, means for decoding the first segment with a first channel decoder, and means for decoding the second segment with the second channel decoder; and (b) means for applying a variable time demodulator.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
118 words
In an apparatus for processing a signal, the apparatus including means for applying a spread spectrum decoding process to the signal, the improvement comprising: means for decoding at least one more significant portion of the signal using a first error protection decoding process and at least one less significant portion of the signal using a second error protection decoding process, the means for decoding comprising: (a) means for demultiplexing a signal to generate a first segment of the signal and a second segment of the signal, means for decoding the first segment with a first channel decoder, and means for decoding the second segment with the second channel decoder; and (b) means for applying a variable time demodulator.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
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The apparatus of claim 21 wherein the means for applying the spread spectrum decoding process comprises means for applying a code division multiple access decoding process.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
30 words
The apparatus of claim 22 wherein the means for applying the code division multiple access decoding process comprises means for applying a direct sequence code division multiple access decoding process.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
118 words
In an apparatus for processing a signal, the apparatus including means for applying a spread spectrum decoding process to the signal, the improvement comprising: means for decoding at least one more significant portion of the signal using a first error protection decoding process and at least one less significant portion of the signal using a second error protection decoding process, the means for decoding comprising: (a) means for demultiplexing a signal to generate a first segment of the signal and a second segment of the signal, means for decoding the first segment with a first channel decoder, and means for decoding the second segment with the second channel decoder; and (b) means for applying a variable rate decoder.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
118 words
In an apparatus for processing a signal, the apparatus including means for applying a spread spectrum decoding process to the signal, the improvement comprising: means for decoding at least one more significant portion of the signal using a first error protection decoding process and at least one less significant portion of the signal using a second error protection decoding process, the means for decoding comprising: (a) means for demultiplexing a signal to generate a first segment of the signal and a second segment of the signal, means for decoding the first segment with a first channel decoder, and means for decoding the second segment with the second channel decoder; and (b) means for applying a variable rate decoder.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
26 words
The apparatus of claim 24 wherein the means for applying the spread spectrum decoding process comprises means for applying a code division multiple access decoding process.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
30 words
The apparatus of claim 25 wherein the means for applying the code division multiple access decoding process comprises means for applying a direct sequence code division multiple access decoding process.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
82 words
In an apparatus for processing a signal, the apparatus including means for applying a spread spectrum decoding process to the signal, the improvement comprising: means for decoding at least one more significant portion of the signal using a first error protection decoding process and at least one less significant portion of the signal using a second error protection decoding process, the means for decoding comprising: (a) means for applying a variable time demodulator; and (b) means for applying a variable rate decoder.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
82 words
In an apparatus for processing a signal, the apparatus including means for applying a spread spectrum decoding process to the signal, the improvement comprising: means for decoding at least one more significant portion of the signal using a first error protection decoding process and at least one less significant portion of the signal using a second error protection decoding process, the means for decoding comprising: (a) means for applying a variable time demodulator; and (b) means for applying a variable rate decoder.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
26 words
The apparatus of claim 27 wherein the means for applying the spread spectrum decoding process comprises means for applying a code division multiple access decoding process.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
30 words
The apparatus of claim 28 wherein the means for applying the code division multiple access decoding process comprises means for applying a direct sequence code division multiple access decoding process.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
126 words
In an apparatus for processing a signal, the apparatus including means for applying a spread spectrum decoding process to the signal, the improvement comprising: means for decoding at least one more significant portion of the signal using a first error protection decoding process and at least one less significant portion of the signal using a second error protection decoding process, the means for decoding comprising: (a) means for demultiplexing a signal to generate a first segment of the signal and a second segment of the signal, means for decoding the first segment with a first channel decoder, and means for decoding the second segment with the second channel decoder; (b) means for applying a variable time demodulator; and (c) means for applying a variable rate decoder.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
126 words
In an apparatus for processing a signal, the apparatus including means for applying a spread spectrum decoding process to the signal, the improvement comprising: means for decoding at least one more significant portion of the signal using a first error protection decoding process and at least one less significant portion of the signal using a second error protection decoding process, the means for decoding comprising: (a) means for demultiplexing a signal to generate a first segment of the signal and a second segment of the signal, means for decoding the first segment with a first channel decoder, and means for decoding the second segment with the second channel decoder; (b) means for applying a variable time demodulator; and (c) means for applying a variable rate decoder.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
26 words
The apparatus of claim 30 wherein the means for applying the spread spectrum decoding process comprises means for applying a code division multiple access decoding process.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
30 words
The apparatus of claim 31 wherein the means for applying the code division multiple access decoding process comprises means for applying a direct sequence code division multiple access decoding process.
Claim 41
Independent Claim
102 words
A method of processing a signal, comprising applying a spread spectrum encoding process to the signal, the improvement comprising: applying a first error protection process to at least one more significant portion of the signal and a second error protection process to at least one less significant portion of the signal wherein the first error protection process provides a greater amount of error protection than the second error protection process, the step of applying comprising: (a) applying a variable rate coder to the signal to generate an intermediate modulated signal; and (b) applying a variable time modulator to the intermediate modulated signal.
Claim 42
Independent Claim
102 words
A method of processing a signal, comprising applying a spread spectrum encoding process to the signal, the improvement comprising: applying a first error protection process to at least one more significant portion of the signal and a second error protection process to at least one less significant portion of the signal wherein the first error protection process provides a greater amount of error protection than the second error protection process, the step of applying comprising: (a) applying a variable rate coder to the signal to generate an intermediate modulated signal; and (b) applying a variable time modulator to the intermediate modulated signal.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 33 wherein the step of applying the spread spectrum encoding process comprises applying a code division multiple access coding process.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 34 wherein the step of applying the code division multiple access coding process comprises applying a direct sequence code division multiple access coding process.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
109 words
In a method of processing a signal, the method including the step of applying a spread spectrum decoding process to the signal, the improvement comprising: decoding at least one more significant portion of the signal using a first error protection decoding process and at least one less significant portion of the signal using a second error protection decoding process, the step of decoding comprising: (a) demultiplexing a signal to generate a first segment of the signal and a second segment of the signal, decoding the first segment with a first channel decoder, and decoding the second segment with the second channel decoder; and (b) applying a variable time demodulator.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
109 words
In a method of processing a signal, the method including the step of applying a spread spectrum decoding process to the signal, the improvement comprising: decoding at least one more significant portion of the signal using a first error protection decoding process and at least one less significant portion of the signal using a second error protection decoding process, the step of decoding comprising: (a) demultiplexing a signal to generate a first segment of the signal and a second segment of the signal, decoding the first segment with a first channel decoder, and decoding the second segment with the second channel decoder; and (b) applying a variable time demodulator.
Claim 47
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 36 wherein the step of applying the spread spectrum decoding process comprises applying a code division multiple access decoding process.
Claim 48
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 37 wherein the step of applying the code division multiple access decoding process comprises applying a direct sequence code division multiple access decoding process.
Claim 49
Dependent Claim
109 words
In a method of processing a signal, the method including the step of applying a spread spectrum decoding process to the signal, the improvement comprising: decoding at least one more significant portion of the signal using a first error protection decoding process and at least one less significant portion of the signal using a second error protection decoding process, the step of decoding comprising: (a) demultiplexing a signal to generate a first segment of the signal and a second segment of the signal, decoding the first segment with a first channel decoder, and decoding the second segment with the second channel decoder; and (b) applying a variable rate decoder.
Claim 50
Dependent Claim
109 words
In a method of processing a signal, the method including the step of applying a spread spectrum decoding process to the signal, the improvement comprising: decoding at least one more significant portion of the signal using a first error protection decoding process and at least one less significant portion of the signal using a second error protection decoding process, the step of decoding comprising: (a) demultiplexing a signal to generate a first segment of the signal and a second segment of the signal, decoding the first segment with a first channel decoder, and decoding the second segment with the second channel decoder; and (b) applying a variable rate decoder.
Claim 51
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 39 wherein the step of applying the spread spectrum decoding process comprises applying a code division multiple access decoding process.
Claim 52
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 40 wherein the step of applying the code division multiple access decoding process comprises applying a direct sequence code division multiple access decoding process.
Claim 53
Dependent Claim
74 words
In a method of processing a signal, the method including applying a spread spectrum decoding process to the signal, the improvement comprising: decoding at least one more significant portion of the signal using a first error protection decoding process and at least one less significant portion of the signal using a second error protection decoding process, the step of decoding comprising: (a) applying a variable time demodulator; and (b) applying a variable rate decoder.
Claim 54
Dependent Claim
74 words
In a method of processing a signal, the method including applying a spread spectrum decoding process to the signal, the improvement comprising: decoding at least one more significant portion of the signal using a first error protection decoding process and at least one less significant portion of the signal using a second error protection decoding process, the step of decoding comprising: (a) applying a variable time demodulator; and (b) applying a variable rate decoder.
Claim 55
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 42 wherein the step of applying the spread spectrum decoding process comprises applying a code division multiple access decoding process.
Claim 56
Dependent Claim
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The method of claim 1 wherein the step of applying the code division multiple access decoding process comprises applying a direct sequence code division multiple access decoding process.
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