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US 7,110,466 · App. 09/587,727 · Granted Sep 19, 2006

Variable rate message coding

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Patent No.
US 7,110,466
App. No.
09/587,727
Granted
Sep 19, 2006
Kind
B1
Abstract

The present invention provides a method for encoding messages. The method includes identifying at least a first plurality of messages indicative of a corresponding first plurality of data transmission rates and a second plurality of messages indicative of a corresponding second plurality of data transmission rates based on a prior transmitted message, where the first and second pluralities of messages are unequal. The method also includes transmitting a message from one of at least the first and second pluralities of messages.

Claims (31)

1. A method for encoding messages, comprising the steps of:

identifying at least a first plurality of messages indicative of a corresponding first plurality of data transmission rates and a second plurality of messages indicative of a corresponding second plurality of data transmission rates based on a prior transmitted message, where the first and second pluralities of messages are unequal; and

transmitting a message from one of at least the first and second pluralities of messages.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a first number of bits used to represent messages in the first plurality of messages is different than a second number of bits used to represent messages in the second plurality of messages, where the first and second number of bits are at least equal to one.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a message from the first plurality of messages has a higher probability of being transmitted than a message from the second plurality of messages.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein a first number of bits used to represent messages in the first plurality of messages is less than a second number of bits used to represent messages in the second plurality of messages, the first number of bits being at least equal to one.

5. A method for encoding messages, comprising the steps of:

identifying at least a first plurality of messages indicative of a corresponding first plurality of data transmission rates and a second plurality of messages indicative of a corresponding second plurality of data transmission rates based on a prior transmitted message, where the first and second plurality are unequal; and

transmitting a message from one of at least the first and second plurality of messages, where a message from the first plurality of messages is transmitted at a different power than a message from the second plurality of messages.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein a first number of bits used to represent messages in the first plurality of messages is different than a second number of bits used to represent messages in the second plurality of messages, where the first and second number of bits are at least equal to one.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein a message from the first plurality of messages has a higher probability of being transmitted than a message from the second plurality of messages.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein a first number of bits used to represent messages in the first plurality of messages is less than a second number of bits used to represent messages in the second plurality of messages, the first number of bits being at least equal to one.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein a message from the first plurality of messages is transmitted using less power than a message from the second plurality of messages.

10. A method for encoding messages, comprising the steps of:

identifying at least a first group of messages having a first plurality of transmit rate request messages and a second group of messages having a second plurality of transmit rate request messages based on a prior transmitted transmit rate request message, where the first and second plurality are unequal; and

transmitting a transmit rate request message from one of at least the first and second group of messages by replacing at least a portion of a pilot signal with a signal representing at least a portion of the transmit rate request message.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein a first number of bits used to represent messages in the first group is different than a second number of bits used to represent messages in the second group, where the first and second number of bits are at least equal to one.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein a message from the first group has a higher probability of being transmitted than a message from the second group.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein a first number of bits used to represent messages in the first group is less than a second number of bits used to represent messages in the second group, the first number of bits being at least equal to one.

14. A method for encoding messages, comprising the steps of:

identifying at least a first group of messages having a first plurality of transmit rate request messages and a second group of messages having a second plurality of transmit rate request messages based on a prior transmitted transmit rate request message, where the first and second plurality are unequal; and

transmitting a transmit rate request message from one of at least the first and second group of messages by replacing at least a portion of a pilot signal with a signal representing at least a portion of the transmit rate request message, where a message from the first group is transmitted at a different power than a message from the second group.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein a first number of bits used to represent messages in the first group is different than a second number of bits used to represent messages in the second group, where the first and second number of bits are at least equal to one.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein a message from the first group has a higher probability of being transmitted than a message from the second group.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein a first number of bits used to represent messages in the first group is less than a second number of bits used to represent messages in the second group, the first number of bits being at least equal to one.

18. A method of encoding messages comprising the steps of:

identifying at least a first group of messages having a first plurality of transmit rate request messages and a second group of messages having a second plurality of transmit rate request messages based on a current system state, where the first and second plurality are unequal; and

transmitting a transmit rate request messages from one of at least the first and second group of messages by replacing at least a portion of a pilot signal with a signal representing at least a portion of the transmit rate request message.

19. A method for encoding messages comprising the steps of:

identifying at least a first group of messages having a first plurality of transmit rate request messages and a second group of messages having a second plurality of transmit rate request messages based on a current system state, where the first and second plurality are unequal; and

transmitting a transmit rate request message from one of at least the first and second group of messages by replacing at least a portion of a pilot signal with a signal representing at least a portion of the transmit rate request message, where a message from the first group is transmitted at a different power than a message from the second group.

Assignments (1)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 9, 2014
From: CREDIT SUISSE AG
To: ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC.
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