Patent ID: 6304593
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A system for adaptively modulating voice and data on a channel, comprising:a first voice channel, modulated according to a first characteristic;a second data channel, maintained separate from said first voice channel and having characteristics which are modulated according to a second characteristic different than the first characteristic; andan allocator, operating to determine a power required by voice transmission, to determine if enough power exists to transmit voice reliably over said channel and if not declaring a voice outage, and if enough power exists to transmit voice, then transmitting said voice using said enough power and determining if enough power exists to transmit data reliably over said channel, and if enough power exists to transmit data then using whatever power is left after said transmitting said voice to transmit said data at a variable rate which is determined by the amount of power that exists.