Patent ID: 7180902
Filing Date: 2007-02-20
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for mapping format identification bits onto a frame which is to be transmitted using a compressed mode, the method comprising the steps of: sending information, contained within a frame which is to be transmitted using the compressed mode, compressed in time such that there is a transmission gap, which is not filled with information, within the compressed frame; obtaining the format identification bits by puncturing an appropriate format identification code word; removing at least one punctured format identification bit from the format identification code word; mapping the format identification bits in the compressed mode onto a specific number of format identification points which are available in a corresponding compressed frame, with the specific number being greater than a number of format identification bits; mapping at least one format identification bit repeatedly during the mapping of the format identification bits onto the format identification points, in order to fill all the format identification points with a format identification bit; and mapping the originally punctured format identification bits in the compressed mode also onto corresponding format identification points in the compressed frame.