Device and method for generating and decoding a side channel signal transmitted with a main channel signal

US9099079B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9099079-B2
Application numberUS-201314101403-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateDec 10, 2013
Priority dateJan 22, 2007
Publication dateAug 4, 2015
Grant dateAug 4, 2015

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For generating a signal to be transmitted original information is encoded into a main channel and a side channel, wherein the side channel is more robust against channel influences than the main channel. On the receiver side, when the receive quality is above a threshold, which is necessitated to execute a successful decoding of the main channel, the main channel is reproduced. If the receive quality falls below this threshold, however, the side channel is reproduced which may have less bits than the main channel and which is a correspondingly lower quality representation of the original information than the main channel.

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The invention claimed is: 1. A device for generating a decoded signal, comprising: a receiver configured to receive a receive signal comprising a main channel and a side channel which are capable of being decoded separate from each other, wherein a minimal signal/noise ratio used to decode the side channel is smaller than a minimal signal/noise ratio used to decode the main channel; a decoder configured to generate a main channel which is separate from the side channel; a qual…

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What does patent US9099079B2 cover?
For generating a signal to be transmitted original information is encoded into a main channel and a side channel, wherein the side channel is more robust against channel influences than the main channel. On the receiver side, when the receive quality is above a threshold, which is necessitated to execute a successful decoding of the main channel, the main channel is reproduced. If the receive q…
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Fraunhofer Ges Forschung
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G08C19/34. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Aug 04 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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