Patent ID: 9615290
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method for detecting interference within a communication system, the method comprising the steps of: using a radio-frequency receiver to receive multiple, simultaneous transmissions from a plurality of subscriber units; determining that a common portion of the multiple, simultaneous transmissions can be decoded, while a non-common portion of the multiple, simultaneous transmissions cannot be decoded; and applying an interference-mitigation technique that is based on whether the common portion of the multiple, simultaneous transmissions can be decoded, while the non-common portion of the multiple, simultaneous transmissions cannot be decoded; wherein the multiple, simultaneous transmissions comprise multiple, simultaneous registration or call requests, and wherein the common portion comprises a field taken from a group consisting of a sync field, a slot-type field, a color code field, a data type field, a frame synchronization field, and a network identifier field.