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High power short message service using TDMA frames and/or broadcast control channel
Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson AB
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Filing: 1998-10-06
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Granted: 2002-07-02
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Expires: 2018-10-06
Abstract
Abstract A method and system for transmitting short data messages in a control station-based TDMA radiocommunication system. Selected TDMA frames are assigned as message frames, and one or more data slots from each message frame are assigned to transmitter/receivers. Data messages can be encoded and transmitted multiple times, at an increased power level, from a control station to a transmitter/receiver over the appropriate data slots in each message frame. The selected TDMA frames are preferably slow associated control channel frames. Also, short alphanumeric messages can be transmitted over the broadcast control channel of a digital radiocommunication link, or another communication channel consisting of one or more slots from successive frames in a TDMA communication link. An increase in transmission power is used in combination with repetition to increase effective signal margin without complications in the mobile unit design, significant delay, or co-channel interference. Where a more significant increase in signal margin is desired, when a longer message is required, or for voice messages, the message may be stored and the mobile unit alerted of the message.
Inventors
- 👤 Sandeep Chennakeshu
- 👤 Nils Rydbeck
- 👤 Amer A. Hassan
- 👤 Paul W. Dent
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 16:02
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W68/00; H04B; H04B7/00; H04B7/14; H04B7/15; H04B7/185; H04B7/1853; H04B7/18567; H04L; H04L1/00; H04L1/08; H04W52/00; H04W52/04; H04W52/06; H04W52/38; H04W52/48; H04W28/00; H04W28/02; H04W28/06; H04W4/00; H04W4/12; H04W4/14
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
164 words
A method for transmitting a short message service (SMS) data message over a TDMA communication channel having a plurality of frame sets, each frame set including a plurality of frames, wherein a subset of said plurality of frames are control channel frames for carrying control channel information at a first signal margin, the method comprising; encoding said SMS data message to form an encoded data message; and transmitting said encoded data message over a message channel at a second signal margin higher than the first signal margin, the message channel comprising one or more of said control channel frames; wherein a portion of said second signal margin is obtained by transmitting said encoded data message at an increased transmit power, and another portion of said second signal margin is obtained by dividing the SMS data message into a plurality of packets of one or more bits, transmitting each packet a plurality of times, and integrating the transmissions of each packet at a mobile station.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
164 words
A method for transmitting a short message service (SMS) data message over a TDMA communication channel having a plurality of frame sets, each frame set including a plurality of frames, wherein a subset of said plurality of frames are control channel frames for carrying control channel information at a first signal margin, the method comprising; encoding said SMS data message to form an encoded data message; and transmitting said encoded data message over a message channel at a second signal margin higher than the first signal margin, the message channel comprising one or more of said control channel frames; wherein a portion of said second signal margin is obtained by transmitting said encoded data message at an increased transmit power, and another portion of said second signal margin is obtained by dividing the SMS data message into a plurality of packets of one or more bits, transmitting each packet a plurality of times, and integrating the transmissions of each packet at a mobile station.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein said control channel frames include slow associated control channel (SACCH) frames.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 2 , wherein said message channel comprises one out of every eight SACCH frames.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein a portion of said second signal margin is obtained by coding the SMS data message using forward error correction coding.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein a portion of said second signal margin is obtained by transmitting the SMS data message at an increased transmit power and by increased coding of the SMS data message.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 1 , wherein the SMS data message contains information alerting a mobile station to the presence of an incoming call.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
191 words
A method for transmitting a data message over a TDMA communication channel having a plurality of frames, each frame including a plurality of time slots, each time slot containing a plurality of data bits, wherein a predetermined one of said timeslots in each frame is a control channel timeslot, the method comprising: encoding said data message to form one or more data codewords, each data codeword selected from a set of mutually orthogonal data codewords; and transmitting each data codeword over a message channel, the message channel comprising one or more of said control channel timeslots; wherein said control channel timeslots carry control channel information at a first signal margin, and said message channel carries said data message at a second signal margin higher than said first signal margin, a portion of said second signal margin is obtained by transmitting said data message at an increased transmit power, and another portion of said second signal margin is obtained by dividing said data message into a plurality of packets of one or more bits, transmitting each packet a plurality of times, and integrating the transmission of each packet at a mobile station.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
191 words
A method for transmitting a data message over a TDMA communication channel having a plurality of frames, each frame including a plurality of time slots, each time slot containing a plurality of data bits, wherein a predetermined one of said timeslots in each frame is a control channel timeslot, the method comprising: encoding said data message to form one or more data codewords, each data codeword selected from a set of mutually orthogonal data codewords; and transmitting each data codeword over a message channel, the message channel comprising one or more of said control channel timeslots; wherein said control channel timeslots carry control channel information at a first signal margin, and said message channel carries said data message at a second signal margin higher than said first signal margin, a portion of said second signal margin is obtained by transmitting said data message at an increased transmit power, and another portion of said second signal margin is obtained by dividing said data message into a plurality of packets of one or more bits, transmitting each packet a plurality of times, and integrating the transmission of each packet at a mobile station.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 7 , wherein the data codewords of said set of mutually orthogonal data codewords include frequency correction and synchronization information in addition to message data.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 8 , wherein said one or more of said control channel timeslots is designated as a frequency correction channel (SCH) slot.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 8 , wherein said one or more of said control channel timeslots is designated as a synchronization channel (SCH) slot.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 7 , wherein a portion of said second signal margin is obtained by coding said data message using forward error correction coding.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of claim 7 , wherein a portion of said second signal margin is obtained by transmitting said data message at an increased transmit power and by increased coding of said data message.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 7 , wherein said data message contains information alerting a mobile station to the presence of an incoming call.
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