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Method and apparatus of providing time sensitive messages over a variable delay channel

Assignee: Qualcomm Inc
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Filing: 1996-09-20
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Granted: 1998-06-02
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Expires: 2016-09-20
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Abstract

Abstract An apparatus and method of providing communications between standard unmodified terminal equipment over a telephone link that includes a digital wireless link. The digital wireless link introduces substantial time variable delay. In order to pass time sensitive messages over the link, time sensitive messages are recognized and translated into time insensitive messages for transmission over the wireless link. The time insensitive messages indicate the information contained in the time sensitive messages and in the timing of the time sensitive messages. At the receiving end, the time insensitive messages are recognized and the time sensitive messages reconstructed with the appropriate timing.

Inventors

  • 👤 Matthew S. Grob
  • 👤 Gadi Karmi

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-08 00:52
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W28/00; H04W28/02; H04W28/06; H04L; H04L1/00; H04L1/12; H04L1/16; H04L1/18; H04L1/1809; H04M; H04M11/00; H04M11/06; H04N; H04N1/00; H04N1/00095; H04N1/00103; H04N1/00106; H04W76/00; H04W76/10; H04W92/00; H04W92/16; H04W92/18

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 178 words
A method of sending timing sensitive digital data over a communication channel having a variable delay, comprising the steps of: monitoring a stream of digital data; recognizing a first time sensitive message within said stream of digital data; substituting a time insensitive message for said first time sensitive message within said stream of digital data to produce modified digital data, said time insensitive message corresponding to an encoded representation of said first time sensitive message wherein said encoded message is insensitive to delay variation in said variable time delay channel; conveying said modified digital data over said communication channel; receiving a copy of said modified digital data from said communication channel; monitoring said copy of said modified digital data for said time insensitive message; recognizing within said copy of said modified digital data said time insensitive message; converting said time sensitive message into said first time sensitive message; and substituting said first time sensitive message for said time insensitive message within said copy of said modified digital data to produce a copy of said stream of digital data.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 178 words
A method of sending timing sensitive digital data over a communication channel having a variable delay, comprising the steps of: monitoring a stream of digital data; recognizing a first time sensitive message within said stream of digital data; substituting a time insensitive message for said first time sensitive message within said stream of digital data to produce modified digital data, said time insensitive message corresponding to an encoded representation of said first time sensitive message wherein said encoded message is insensitive to delay variation in said variable time delay channel; conveying said modified digital data over said communication channel; receiving a copy of said modified digital data from said communication channel; monitoring said copy of said modified digital data for said time insensitive message; recognizing within said copy of said modified digital data said time insensitive message; converting said time sensitive message into said first time sensitive message; and substituting said first time sensitive message for said time insensitive message within said copy of said modified digital data to produce a copy of said stream of digital data.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 44 words
The method of claim 1 of sending timing sensitive digital data over a communication channel having a variable delay wherein said communication channel is governed by a protocol which provides for repetition of erroneously received data and wherein said repetition causes said variable delay.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 74 words
The method of claim 1 of sending timing sensitive digital data over a communication channel having a variable delay further comprising the steps of: converting said copy of said stream of digital data to a plurality of analog tones; transmitting said plurality of analog tones over a telephone network to a remote location; and converting at said remote location said plurality of analog tones to a second copy of said stream of digital data.
Claim 5
Independent Claim 207 words
A method of sending timing sensitive digital data over time delay variable communication channels, comprising the steps of: recognizing a first time sensitive message within said stream of digital data; substituting a time insensitive message for said first time sensitive message within said stream of digital data to produce modified digital data, said time insensitive message corresponding to an encoded representation of said first time sensitive message wherein said encoded representation is insensitive to delay variation in said variable time delay channel; conveying said modified digital data over a wireless link using a first data format and protocol wherein said use of said first data format and protocol causes a time varying delay within said modified digital data; receiving a copy said modified digital data from wireless link; formatting said copy of said modified digital data for interconnection with a pubic packet switched network having a different protocol. conveying said formatted copy of said modified digital data over said public packet switched network; recognizing within said formatted copy of said modified digital data said time insensitive message; and converting said formatted copy of said modified digital data and said time insensitive message into a copy of said stream of digital data comprising said first time sensitive message.
Claim 6
Independent Claim 207 words
A method of sending timing sensitive digital data over time delay variable communication channels, comprising the steps of: recognizing a first time sensitive message within said stream of digital data; substituting a time insensitive message for said first time sensitive message within said stream of digital data to produce modified digital data, said time insensitive message corresponding to an encoded representation of said first time sensitive message wherein said encoded representation is insensitive to delay variation in said variable time delay channel; conveying said modified digital data over a wireless link using a first data format and protocol wherein said use of said first data format and protocol causes a time varying delay within said modified digital data; receiving a copy said modified digital data from wireless link; formatting said copy of said modified digital data for interconnection with a pubic packet switched network having a different protocol. conveying said formatted copy of said modified digital data over said public packet switched network; recognizing within said formatted copy of said modified digital data said time insensitive message; and converting said formatted copy of said modified digital data and said time insensitive message into a copy of said stream of digital data comprising said first time sensitive message.

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