Patent ID: 11902062
Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. A method for transmitting a bit in addition to a plurality of payload data symbols of a communication protocol, the method comprising:
receiving information about a bit value of the bit;
if the bit value is a first value, transmitting the plurality of payload data symbols at predetermined positions in a data signal as pulses of variable pulse length, wherein a respective pulse length of each of the pulses of variable pulse length is selected based on the symbol value of the payload data symbol represented by each pulse of variable pulse length; and
if the bit value is a second value, transmitting a pulse exhibiting an extended pulse length being longer than a maximum payload data symbol pulse length defined in the communication protocol at the predetermined position of the pulse for a d-th payload data symbol of the plurality of payload data symbols, wherein d=k+i if k+i≤z, wherein d=([k+i] mod z) if k+i>z, wherein k is the symbol value of a i-th payload data symbol of the plurality of payload data symbols, wherein z is the number of possible symbol values of the payload data symbols defined in the communication protocol, and wherein 1≤i≤z.