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Method of switching a channel from a first propagation path to a second propagation path
Assignee: WSOU Investments LLC
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Filing: 1997-07-02
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Granted: 1999-11-30
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Expires: 2017-07-02
Abstract
Abstract The invention provides a method of switching a call set up between a first station and a second station from a current propagation path to a following propagation path. The method includes the following steps: a value representative of signal-to-noise ratio is measured for each of said propagation paths, namely the current path and the following path; and the first station switches the call from a current channel on the current propagation path to a following channel on a following propagation path as a function of values representative of signal-to-noise ratio measured respectively for said current propagation path and for said following propagation path. In the method: the following call channel is reserved for said call; and: in said second station, said call is switched from the current channel to said following channel in response to said call failing to be received in the current channel.
Inventors
- 👤 Anne Magnier
- 👤 Michel Cohen
- 👤 Denis Rouffet
- 👤 Gerald Sebastien
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 03:44
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04B; H04B7/00; H04B7/14; H04B7/15; H04B7/185; H04B7/1853; H04B7/18539; H04B7/18541; H04B1/00; H04B1/74; H04L; H04L1/00; H04L1/22
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
138 words
A method of switching a call, set up between a first station and a second station, from a current propagation path to a following propagation path, said method including the following steps: measuring a value representative of signal-to-noise ratio for each of said propagation paths, namely the current path and the following path; and causing the first station to switch the call from a current channel on the current propagation path to a following channel on a following propagation path as a function of values representative of signal-to-noise ratio measured respectively for said current propagation path and for said following propagation path; reserving said following channel for said call and in said second station, switching said call from the current channel to said following channel in response to said call failing to be received in the current channel.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
138 words
A method of switching a call, set up between a first station and a second station, from a current propagation path to a following propagation path, said method including the following steps: measuring a value representative of signal-to-noise ratio for each of said propagation paths, namely the current path and the following path; and causing the first station to switch the call from a current channel on the current propagation path to a following channel on a following propagation path as a function of values representative of signal-to-noise ratio measured respectively for said current propagation path and for said following propagation path; reserving said following channel for said call and in said second station, switching said call from the current channel to said following channel in response to said call failing to be received in the current channel.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
41 words
A first station for implementing the method according to claim 1, the first station including means for allocating transmit and receive means to the current channel, said first station including means for reserving transmit and receive means of the following channel.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
58 words
A second station for implementing the method according to claim 1, said second station including detection means for detecting a failure to receive information in said current channel, and means for switching transmission and reception of said call to said following channel in response to said detection means detecting a failure to receive information in said current channel.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
47 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein said first and second propagation paths are in a satellite communications network, and wherein said call is switched from said current channel to said following channel only in response to said call failing to be received in said current channel.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
220 words
A method of switching a call, set up between a first station and a second station, from a current propagation path to a following propagation path in a telecommunications network using a TDMA-type channel transmit/receive mode, said method comprising the following steps: measuring a value representative of signal-to-noise ratio for each of said propagation paths, namely the current path and the following path; causing the first station to switch the call from a current channel on the current propagation path to a following channel on the following propagation path as a function of values representative of signal-to-noise ratio measured respectively for said current propagation path and for said following propagation path; reserving said following channel for said call; in said second station, switching said call from the current channel to said following channel in response to said call failing to be received in the current channel; and in the second station, calculating a total propagation time difference between said current channel and said following channel as a function of: a) firstly, a propagation time difference between two respective reception instants at which test packets transmitted by the first station over respective ones of the two propagation paths are received; and b) secondly, a timing advance which is a function of the distance between said second station and said first station.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
220 words
A method of switching a call, set up between a first station and a second station, from a current propagation path to a following propagation path in a telecommunications network using a TDMA-type channel transmit/receive mode, said method comprising the following steps: measuring a value representative of signal-to-noise ratio for each of said propagation paths, namely the current path and the following path; causing the first station to switch the call from a current channel on the current propagation path to a following channel on the following propagation path as a function of values representative of signal-to-noise ratio measured respectively for said current propagation path and for said following propagation path; reserving said following channel for said call; in said second station, switching said call from the current channel to said following channel in response to said call failing to be received in the current channel; and in the second station, calculating a total propagation time difference between said current channel and said following channel as a function of: a) firstly, a propagation time difference between two respective reception instants at which test packets transmitted by the first station over respective ones of the two propagation paths are received; and b) secondly, a timing advance which is a function of the distance between said second station and said first station.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
135 words
A second station for implementing the method according to claim 5, said second station comprising detection means for detecting a failure to receive information in said current channel, and means for switching transmission and reception of said call to said following channel in response to said detection means detecting the failure to receive information in said current channel, and further comprising means for calculating the total propagation time difference between said current channel and said following channel as a function of: a) firstly, the propagation time difference between the two respective reception instants at which the test packets transmitted by the first station over the respective ones of the two propagation paths are received; and b) secondly, the timing advance which is the function of the distance between said second station and said first station.
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