US5799013A
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Methods and devices for enhancing communications that use spread spectrum technology by using variable power techniques
Assignee: Nokia of America Corp
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Filing: 1997-03-11
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Granted: 1998-08-25
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Expires: 2017-03-11
Abstract
Abstract A method and device are disclosed that utilize a spread spectrum coding process for processing a signal having first and second time portions to achieve unequal error protection of the time portions by variably modulating the power of one segment relative to the second segment. In such a signal, the first segment contains information that is more significant, i.e., more sensitive to error, than the second segment and the power modulator increases the average power of the signal during the first time portion relative to the average power of the signal during the second time portion. Preferably, the power increase of the first time portion is proportional to the power decrease of the second time portion so as to maintain overall system power requirements. The method and device are particularly suited for a digital cellular telephone systems such as DS-CDMA. In such a system, the signal is spread by a single spreading sequence. Also disclosed is a decoding device and method for decoding the signal processed by the above coder utilizing a first decoder to decode the first time portion and a second decoder to decode the second time portion.
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 11:02
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; H04L1/007; H04L1/0078; H04L1/0083; H04L25/00; H04L25/38; H04L25/40; H04L25/49; H04L25/4902; H04L1/0045; H04L1/0054; H04L1/0059; H04L2001/0092; H04L2001/0096; H04L2001/0098
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
98 words
A method of processing a sequential signal comprising the steps of: receiving the sequential signal having a first time portion and a second time portion, said first time portion being more significant than said second time portion; power modulating said sequential signal to generate a power modulated signal having a first power modulated time portion and a second power modulated time portion, wherein the average power of said first power modulated time portion is increased relative to the average power of said second power modulated time portion; and spreading the sequential signal to generate a spread spectrum signal.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
98 words
A method of processing a sequential signal comprising the steps of: receiving the sequential signal having a first time portion and a second time portion, said first time portion being more significant than said second time portion; power modulating said sequential signal to generate a power modulated signal having a first power modulated time portion and a second power modulated time portion, wherein the average power of said first power modulated time portion is increased relative to the average power of said second power modulated time portion; and spreading the sequential signal to generate a spread spectrum signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of: (a) modulating a radio frequency carrier with the spread spectrum signal to generate a modulated radio frequency signal; and (b) transmitting the radio frequency modulated signal.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
71 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the sequential signal is an analog voice signal and said step of power modulating said sequential signal includes the steps of: coding the analog voice signal to generate a digitized voice signal having a segment having the first time portion and the second time portion; coding the digitized voice signal to generate an intermediate signal; and interleaving the intermediate signal to generate the sequential signal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
63 words
The method of claim 3 wherein the average power of the first time portion is greater than the average power of the power modulated segment by a first amount and the average power of the second time portion is less than the average power of the power modulated segment by a second amount, the first amount and the second amount being the same.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the step of spreading comprises the use of an orthogonal spreading sequence.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the step of spreading comprises applying a code division multiple access coding process.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 6 wherein the step of applying the code division multiple access coding process comprises applying a direct sequence code division multiple access coding process.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
57 words
The method of processing a signal according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of: (a) demultiplexing the power modulated signal to generate a first segment of the signal and a second segment of the signal; (b) decoding the first segment with a first channel decoder; and (c) decoding the second segment with a second channel decoder.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 8 further comprising the step of applying a code division multiple access decoding process.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 9 wherein the step of applying the code division multiple access decoding process comprises applying a direct sequence code division multiple access decoding process.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
103 words
A device for processing a sequential signal, the signal comprising: means for receiving the sequential signal having a first time portion and a second time portion, said first time portion being more significant than said second time portion; means for spreading the sequential signal to generate a spread spectrum signal; and means for power modulating said sequential signal to generate a power modulated signal having a first power modulated time portion and a second power modulated time portion, wherein the average power of said first power modulated time portion is increased relative to the average power of said second power modulated time portion.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
103 words
A device for processing a sequential signal, the signal comprising: means for receiving the sequential signal having a first time portion and a second time portion, said first time portion being more significant than said second time portion; means for spreading the sequential signal to generate a spread spectrum signal; and means for power modulating said sequential signal to generate a power modulated signal having a first power modulated time portion and a second power modulated time portion, wherein the average power of said first power modulated time portion is increased relative to the average power of said second power modulated time portion.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
37 words
The device of claim 11 further comprising: (a) means for modulating a radio frequency carrier with the spread spectrum signal to generate a modulated radio frequency signal; and (b) means for transmitting the modulated radio frequency signal.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
71 words
The device of claim 11, wherein said sequential signal is an analog voice signal and said means for power modulating includes: means for coding the analog voice signal to generate a digitized voice signal having a segment having the first time portion and the second time portion; means for coding the digitized voice signal to generate an intermediate signal; and means for interleaving the intermediate signal to generate the sequential signal.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
63 words
The device of claim 13 wherein the average power of the first time portion is greater than the average power of the power modulated segment by a first amount and the average power of the second time portion is less than the average power of the power modulated segment by a second amount, the first amount and the second amount being the same.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
18 words
The device of claim 11 wherein the means for spreading comprises means for using an orthogonal spreading sequence.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
21 words
The device of claim 11 wherein the means for spreading comprises means for applying a code division multiple access coding process.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
30 words
The device 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 20
Dependent Claim
60 words
The device for processing a signal according to claim 11, further comprising: (a) means for demultiplexing the power modulated signal to generate a first segment of the signal and a second segment of the signal; (b) means for decoding the first segment with a first channel decoder; and (c) means for decoding the second segment with a second channel decoder.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
17 words
The device of claim 18 further comprising means for applying a code division multiple access decoding process.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
30 words
The device of claim 19 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.
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